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hunter like climbing the giddy Alpine heights of Science; one madly dashed
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THE MUNICIPALITY
OF TORONTO a history

Biographical and Genealogical

Volume III.

THE DOMINION PUBLISHING COMPANY

TORONTO and NEW YORK

1923

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BIOGRAPHICAL

EMERSON COATSWORTH, K.C.— Among the
remost representatives of the legal profession in
oronto is Emerson Coatsworth, K.C., senior county
idge, formerly head of the firm of Coatsworth & Rich-
■dson, who for more than thirty-five years practiced
w in Toronto prior to his appointment as county judge.
Judge Coatsworth is of English and Scotch origin,
id was born in Toronto, March 9, 1854, son of the late
merson C. Coatsworth, city commissioner for Toronto,
id Janet (Taylor) Coatsworth. He received his early
lucation in the public schools of Toronto, and the
ritisl American Commercial College, and later attended
le Law School of the Upper Canada Law Society;
as called to the bar. May, 1879, and in 1886, on exam-
lation, was granted the degree of Bachelor of Laws by
le Toronto University. In 1908 he was created a King s
junsel, and appointed junior county judge, March,
914, and senior county judge, July, 1919. He had a large
nd important practice in Toronto. During the long
eriod of his practice in Toronto he had the confidence
nd esteem of the people of Toronto in the highest degree,
nd made for himself a place among the foremost repre-
entatives of his profession in this city Along with his
umerous and exacting responsibilities as senior member
f his firm, and as senior judge of the county bench,
e has assumed various other connections and obliga-
ions, the duties of which he has discharged with faith-
ilness and efficiency. He was a member of the board
f directors of the Continental Life Insurance Company,
nd of the Toronto Exhibition Association; a governor
f the Victoria Industrial Schools Association; one of
he conveners of the Western Municipal Niagara Power
Inion, 1906; chairman of the Muir Memorial Committee,
906 ; served as vice-president and president of the Union
f Canadian Municipalities, 1906-07; vice-president of
he American League of Municipalities, 1907; and he has
Iso served as honorary president of the Yorkshire
iociety of Toronto, and is honorary president of the
?hornhill Golf and Country Club.

With all these manifold activities and responsibilities,
udge Coatsworth has found time for eminently efficient
ervice in public office. Politically he is a Conservative
if a pronounced type, and from 1891 to 1896 he represent-
:d East Toronto in the House of Commons. He was
ilected to serve as alderman in 1904-05; was mayor of
r oronto in 1906-07; and chairman of the board of
icense commissioners for Toronto for eight years, 1908-
.5. Nor do these numerous activities represent all of the
orms of service rendered by Judge Coatsworth. He
vas for fifteen years superintendent of Berkeley Street
iklethodist Sabbath School, and an official of that church
or over forty years, and is an active supporter of the
;emperance cause, and has given of his time, of his
ibility, and his means for the furtherance of innumerable
mterprises for the advancement of the public welfare.
He is a Mason, an Orangeman, member of the Albany
Club, Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Don Rowing Club,
ind the Thornhill Golf and Country Club. Judge
Coatsworth is honored as "one of the ablest and most
'aithful of representatives," and his place in the esteem
of his fellow-citizens is among the foremost.

Judge Coatsworth married, in 1883, Helen Robertson,
daughter of the late John Robertson, of De Cew Falls,
Ontario, and they are the parents of two sons and two
daughters. Judge and Mrs. Coatsworth still reside at
their beautiful home located at No. 1 May Square,
Toronto.

COLONEL HERBERT ALEXANDER BRUCE,
A.M.S., C.A.M.C, M.D., L.R.C.P., r.R.C.S. (ENG.)

—Colonel Herbert Alexander Bruce is a surgeon of
international reputation, whose career is intimately

linked with Toronto's history. Devoted service in
normal times have brought him the recognition and
honors of a noble calling, and equally devoted and timely
aid to the Allied cause won him colonel's rank in the
British army.

Dr. Bruce is a son of Stewart and Isabella (Morrow)
Bruce, and was born in Blackstock, Durham county,
Ontario, September 28, 1868. He attended Port Perry
High School, preparing for the University of Toronto,
whence he was graduated M.D. in 1892, receiving the
gold medal and the Starr Silver Medal. His later studies
were pursued in University College, London, England,
and in the universities, hospitals, and clinics of Paris,
Berlin and Vienna. In 1906 he became a fellow of the
Royal College of Surgeons of England, in the same year
becoming a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.
For one year alter the completion of his regular pro-
fessional training he was house surgeon in the Toronto
General Hospital, and the following year was spent at
sea as surgeon on the "Empress ot India," running from
Vancouver to China. At this time he passed a few
months in travel in Egypt and the Holy Land, and also
attended clinics in the European centers of professional
learning. He was appointed associate professor of
Clinical Surgery at the University ot Toronto in 1897,
returning to this city in July of that year to assume the
duties of that office and to begin practice. For several
years he was surgeon at St. Michael's Hospital, and
since 1909 he has been chief of one of the surgical services
of the Toronto General Hospital. In 1911-12 he was
president of the Ontario Medical Association, and he is
now a member of the British Medical Association, fellow
of the American Surgical Association, and a member
of the Canadian Medical Association.

In 1909 Dr. Bruce was present at the International
Congress ot Medicine held at Budapest, and in 1915
he was vice-president of the Congress of Surgeons of
North America. He was president of the Academy of
Medicine of Toronto in 1916, and since 1913 has been
regent of the American College of Surgeons. He is an
international figure in surgery, and has contributed
articles on surgical subjects to various medical journals.
Early in the Great World War, Dr. Bruce offered his
services to the Allies, and was attached to the Canadian
Army Medical Corps, Expeditionary Forces, in 1915,
serving on the staffs of the Red Cross Hospital at Taplow,
and the Canadian General Hospital, No. 2, at Le Treport,
France, during part of the summer of 1915. Instructed
by the Honorable, the Minister of Militia and Defence
for Canada, the late Lieutenant-General Sir Sam Hughes,
K.C.B., to make an investigation into the work of the
Canadian Army Medical Service overseas, to report
on its efficiency and to make recommendations for ita
improvement, he was appointed inspector general of the
Canadian Army Medical Service in July, 1916. He
caused the appointment of a committee of five officers,
four army medical men and one military layman, officers
ot long and complete experience, who loyally gave co-
operation in his work. After tremendous labors the report
was completed and was presented to the Canadian
Government, September 20, 1916. The "Bruce Report,"
as it became known, created a great amount of newspaper
discussion, for, although it was intended by Colonel
Bnice as a confidential document, its contents unfortun-
ately became known. It was a most searching and
complete summary of the existing situation, and the
defects uncovered were so numerous and serious that the
complete re-organization of the Canadian Army Medical
Service from "top to bottom" was recommended. It
resulted in grievous offense to the powers in office,
and Colonel Bruce resigned from the Canadian Service,
January 1, 1917. The usual investigating board wm

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lormed, and it "white-washed" the find: ^f Colonel
Bruce and his associates. However, in Cue succeeding
year, Colonel Bruce had the sati=' .^i,ion of observing the
adoption of everyone of the twenty-four recommenda-
tions offered in the report. He received the most kindly
recognition in the Army Medical Service of Great
Britain, and for two years filled the important post of
consulting surgeon to the British armies in France.
From a professional standpoint, this was a post of
exceptional honor, since there were but twelve consulting
surgeons with Field Marshal Haig's vast army. In
February, 1917, Colonel Bruce received an invitation
from the Hon. Newton D. Baker, United States Secretarjr
of War, to visit Washington and to address the Council
of National Defence on the subject of medical organiza-
tion. Accepting this invitation, he placed before that
council valuable information and advice. In the summer
of 1918 Colonel Bruce was one of the three representa-
tives of Great Britain in attendance at the American
Medical Congress of Chicago. His associates were Sir
James MacKenzie, representing the medical profession
of England, and Sir Arbuthnot Lane, one of the consult-
ing surgeons of the British Medical Service in England.

Colonel Bruce served with the British army until
after the armistice, when, returning to Toronto, he
resumed his place in professional activities. He then
published the details surrounding the Bruce report
controversy in a volume entitled "Politics and the
Canadian Army Medical Corps," a history of intrigue,
containing many facts omitted from the government's
official records, showing how efforts at rehabilitation were
balked. Dr. Bruce's story was supported by documentary
evidence in a manner so clear and convincing that his
position is firmly and honorably established. Dr. Bruce
returned to his many professional associations in Toron-
to at the close of the war and there continues his work.
He lives in his profession as few men are privileged to
live in the tasks that are theirs, and humanity benefits
through his absorbed devotion.

Dr. Bruce is a member of the York Club, Toronto
Golf Club, Rosedale Golf Club, the British Emi)ire
Club (London), and the Canadian Club. In riding
and golf he finds enjoyable recreation from wearing
professional cares. In politics he is a Conservative;
nis church is the Anglican.

Dr. Bruce married, February 3, 1919, Angela Hall,
daughter of H. B. Hall, of Cornwall, England. They are
the parents of one son, Herbert Maxwell, born February
24, 1920.

FALCONBRIDGE FAMILY— John Kennedy Fal-
conbridge was born in 1819 at Lame, County Antrim,
Ireland. His father, William Falconbridge, was a mem-
ber of a family long established at Bristol, England, and his
mother, Mary Glenholme Falconbridge, was the author
of "Veritas Vincit, or Incidents of Real Lite," published
at Dublin in 1827. His uncle was Alexander Falcon-
bridge, author of "An Account of the Slave Trade on the
Coast of Africa," published at London in 1788, who
under a commission from the St. George's Bay Com-
pany (incorporated as the Sierra Leone Company),
founded Granville Town, Sierra Leone, in 1791, and
planned the establishment of Freetown in 1792.

John Kennedy Falconbridge came from Ireland to
Canada in 1837, taking up his residence with his uncle,
Samuel Falconbridge, postmaster and merchant at
Drummondville (now Niagara Falls), Upper Canada.
He soon began business on his own account at Bradford,
and subsequently moved to Richmond Hill. There,
having retired from business comparatively early in
life, he remained until his death in 1894. He was a
man of literary and artistic tastes, reading widely and

doing some creditable amateur work in oils and wate
colors. A Conservative in politics, he would neve
consent to be a candidate for any public office, but fo
some years he discharged the duties of a justice of th
peace.

In 1845 Mr. Falconbridge married Sarah, daughter o
Robert Fralick, who was of United Empire Loyalia
descent, being a grandson of Abigail Seabury, wife o
Gilbert Van Wyck, and half-sister of the Rt. Re\
Samuel Seabury, Bishop of Connecticut and first Anglica:
Bishop in America. The only son of Mr. Falconbridg
by his first marriage was William Glenholme Falcon
bridge, afterward known as the Hon. Sir Glenholm
Falconbridge. His second wife was Elisa, daughter c
James Dugan, of Articlave, Coleraine, Ireland, an
their children are: Margaretta Falconbridge and Jame
Dugan Falconbridge, both of Toronto.

William Glenholme Falconbridge, son of John Kenned;
and Sarah (Fralick) Falconbridge, was bom at Drum
mondville, Upper Canada, May 12, 1846. He attend©
the Richmond Hill County Grammar School; the Barri
Grammar School; the Upper Canada Model Gramma
School; and in 1862 entered the University College
Toronto. At the University of Toronto he took th
courses in classics and modern languages, obtain©
scholarships and prizes in all years, and was gold medal
listin modern languages on his graduation in 1866. H
took his Master oi Arts degree in 1871. After his gradua
tion he was professor of modern languages, Yarmout'
Seminary, Nova Scotia, for one year (1866-7), and the:
lecturer in Italian and Spanish, University College
Toronto (1867-8). He was examiner in the University o
Toronto for several years, registrar 1872-1881, and
member of the Senate 1881-1896.

In 1871 Mr. Falconbridge was called to the bar o
Ontario and admitted as a solicitor. He joined th
firm of Harrison, Osier & Moss (its members afterwan
becoming Chief Justice Harrison, Mr. Justice Oslei
Chief Justice Thomas Moss and Sir Charles Moss]
Until he was appointed to the bench, he continued ti
practice as a member of that firm and its successors — th
firm becoming Bethune, Osier & Moss, in 1875; Bethune
Moss, Falconbridge & Hoyles, in 1879; and in 1883
adopting the dual title of Moss, Falconbridge & Barwich
and Moss, Hoyles & Aylesworth. He was elected i
bencher of the Law Society in 1883, and was appointe(
Queen's Counsel in 1885. In the days when commoi
law and equity were administered separately. Mi
Falconbridge's practice was largely devoted to tb
common law side, and his greatest successes at the ba
were obtained in jury cases. In this class of cases he hai
profited by the valuable experience acquired when actinj
as junior counsel with Mr. Harrison. He might have beei
an outstanding counsel in criminal cases, but at an earl;
stage in his career he decided to confine himself to civi
cases.

On November 21, 1887, Mr. Falconbridge was appoint
ed by the government of Sir John A. Macdonald as i
judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Cour
of Justice, in the place of the Hon. John Douglas Armour
who had been promoted to be Chief Justice of th(
Queen's Bench. On July 3, 1900, when Chief Justici
Armour became Chief Justice of Ontario, Mr. Justio
Falconbridge was appointed Chief Justice of the Queen'i
Bench. His title became that of Chief Justice of thi
King's Bench on the accession of Edward VII., and
owing to the abolition of the King's Bench Divisioi
as a result of the reorganization of the Ontario court
in 1913, he was the last to bear that title in Ontario
On June 26, 1908, he was knighted, and was thereaftei
known as Sir Glenholme Falconbridge. During hii
judicial career he was a member of several royal com

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ssions, notably that appointed in 1903 to investigate
arges of bribery oi members of the Ontario Legislature.
1916 he became by seniority the president of the High
)urt Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario.
As a judge Sir Glenholme Falconbridge was at his
st when presiding at a trial with a jury, and he always
eferred trial work and going on circuit to appellate
>rk, though for one year he took his turn as president
the second Appellate Division of the Supreme Court

Ontario. He seldom WTote elaborate judgments,
ually going to the point in a few words, but he v/as a
ister of good English, and on occasion would adorn
commonplace subject with a few skillful phrases. As
;rial judge he was regarded as having a sound judgment,
d an almost unerrinc instinct for arriving at a right
nclusion with regard to disputed questions of fact.
1 the bench he had an enviable reputation for patience
d openmindedness, and for courtesy to counsel and
tnesses.

Outside of his judicial work. Sir Glenholme wrote little
• publication, but he produced some metrical trans-
;ions of Greek and Latin poets, and he was the author
the introduction to the Canadian edition of Burke's
orks, published by Morang in 1901. He was a member
the Toronto Public Library Board, and for some tiine
, president. He was also president of the Ontario
sh and Game Protective Association; president, during
e late war, of the Ontario branch of the Secours
ational; president of the Toronto Club; and occupant

other public positions. All his life he was a keen
ortsman, and he was widely known as a skillful and
thusiastic fisherman. It wa? always with undisguised
gerness that each spring he looked forward to the
lening of the fishing season.

After a short illness, Sir Glenholme died on February
1920, little more than a week after he had presided at
e Toronto Jury Assizes. Two days later an impressive
ibute to his memory was paid, when the funeral service
IS held in the atrium of Osgoode Hall, under the dir-
tion of the Benchers of the Law Society of Upper
inada. The judges and benchers attended in their
bes, and, in addition to representatives of the Dominion
id the Province and various public bodies, a great num-
ir of members of the bar and other friends were present

pay their last respects. The service was read by
inon Plumptre, rector of St. James' Cathedral, and
e Chief Justice was buried in St. James' Cemetery.
On April 15, 1873, Mr. Falconbridge married, at St.
ike's Anglican Church, Toronto, Mary Phoebe
illivan, youngest daughter of the Hon. Robert Baldwin
illivan, a former mayor of the city of Toronto, and
ccessively member of the Legislative Council and
xecutive Council of the Province of Canada, judge of
le Court of Queen's Bench, and judge of the Court

Common Pleas.

Sir Glenholme and Lady Falconbridge had seven child-
n: 1. Madeleine St. George, who was married, in
$94, to Arthur Whyte Anglin, K.C., of Toronto, son

the late Hon. Timothy Warren Anglin, sometime
jeaker of the House of Commons of Canada. 2.
)hn Delatre, of whom further. 3. Francis Hincks,
am in 1876, died in 1877. 4. Evelyn Mary, who died
1 1909; she married, in 1903, Vincent James Hughes,
' Montreal, son of the late Bernard B. Hughes. 5. Emily,
ho married, in 1903, Robert Cassels, of Toronto, son
■ the late James McNab Cassels, M.D., of Bedford,
uebec. 6. Adele, who married (first) in 1903, Cawthra
tulock, of Toronto, son of the Hon. Sir William Mulock,
;.C., M.G., Chief Justice of the Exchequer, and (second)
1 1920, Major Thomas Moss, of Toronto, and London,
Ingland, barrister, son of the late Hon. Sir Charles
loss. Chief Justice of Ontario. 7. Aimee, who married.

in 1908, Lieutenant-Colonel David Douglas Young,
son of Lieutenant-Colonel David Douglas Young.

John Delatre Falconbridge, only surviving son of
Sir Glenholme Falconbridge, was born at Toronto on
June 7, 1875. He attended the public school at Rich-
mond Hill, and the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute,
"Toronto, and in 1892 entered University College, Toron-
to, winning at matriculation a scholarship for general
proficiency. He graduated in 1896 and obtained the
degree of Master of Arts in 1902, and the degree of
Bachelor of Laws in 1904.

After Mr. Falconbridge had been called to the Ontario
bar in 1899, he practised as barrister and solicitor,
first as a partner of the late E.F.B. Johnston, K.C., and
later as a member of the firm of Cassels, Brock, Kelley
& Falconbridge. In 1917 he retired from active practice,
and since that time has devoted himself chiefly to teach-
ing and writing.

At the University of Toronto, Mr. Falconbridge was
for a time an examiner in law, and subsequently lec-
turer in International Law and Commercial Law. At
the Osgoode Law School he was formerly an examiner,
and since 1909 has been a lecturer. He is the author
of various legal works: "Banking and Bills of Exchange,"
1907; second edition 1913; "Law of Mortgages," 1919;
"Sale of Goods," 1921; "Handbook of Negotiable In-
struments," 1922; and has contributed articles to law
journals. He was appointed King's Counsel in Decem-
ber, 1921.

Mr. Falconbridge is one of the Ontario representatives
in the Conference of Commissioners on Uniformity of
Legislation in Canada; a member of the Senate of
Toronto; and a trustee and councillor of Wycliffe
College. He has been a member of diocesan, provincial
and general synods of the Anglican church in Canada,
and was formerly honorary lay secretary of the Synod
of Toronto.

Mr. Falconbridge married, on April 27, 1905, Elizabeth
Porter, (since deceased), daughter of the Rev. S. M.
Hamilton, M.A., D.D., of New York.

SIR WILLIAM HOWARD HEARST, K.C.M.G.,
K.C., M.P.P. — Confronted in his Premiership of the
Province of Ontario by the unusual responsibilities and
opportunities of wartime. Sir William Howard Hearst,
from October 2, 1914, to 1919 the incumbent of this
high governmental post, had a most successful adminis-
tration. Many constructive measures were enacted
under his leadership, and a large measure of popular
support and approval attended him in the discharge of
his official duties. Opposition was frequently encoun-
tered, but whatever the outcome, the sincerity ol his
purpose and the loyalty and patriotism that inspired
him have marked his every official action. The outline
of his career follows.

Sir William Howard Hearst was born in the township
of Arran, Bruce county, Ontario, February 15, 1864,
son of William and Margaret (McFadden) Hearst. His
father was a farmer, and Sir William was educated at
the public schools of Arran township and later at Colling-
wood Collegiate Institute. Subsequently, he studied
for the legal profession at Osgoode Hall, Ontario, and was
called to the bar of Ontario in 1888. He commenced the
practice of law in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where he
became prominent in municipal affairs and active as a
speaker in the Conservative interest. He was an unsuc-
cessful candidate in Algoma, East, in 1894, but in the
Ontario legislative elections in 1902 he helped to organize
a group of newly-defined constituencies in Northern
Ontario for Mr. (afterward Sir) James P. Whitney, and
by his effective methods largely assisted him in placing
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Government was fonned in 1905, Mr. Hearst was
appointed government agent in connection with the
guaranteed loan furnished to the Lake Superior Corpora-
tion, under the provisions of which the government had
a voice in the management of the corporation until the
loan should be liquidated. In this capacity Mr. Hearst
proved a business success, but resigned the office in 1908
to contest the riding of Sault Ste. Marie for the Ontario
Legislature. He was successful, and in September, 1911,
when the Hon. Frank Cockrane resigned the Portfolio
of Forests and Mines to become Minister of Railways
and Canals in the first Borden cabinet, Sir James P.
Whitney tendered the vacancy in his cabinet to Mr.
Hearst. The latter accepted and was re-elected by
acclamation by his constituents, whom he continued
to represent to 1919. On the death of Sir James P.
Whitney in 1914, he was asked to form a government, all
his former colleagues accepting office under him. He
was sworn in as Prime Minister and President of the
Council on October 2, 1914, this being practically the
last official act of Sir John Gibson as lieutenant-governor.
Following the death of Hon. James Duff in December,
1916, he also assimied the post of Minister of Agricul-
ture, retaining it for two years until the elevation of
Hon. George Henry to the Cabinet in 1918.

In connection with his profession as a lawyer Sir
William was created a King's Counsel in 1908, and was
elected a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada
in 1912. On February 13, 1917, he was created a knight
commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George,
and he was made an LL.B. of Toronto University in 1915.
The Premiership of Sir William H. Hearst was marked
by energetic administration and progressive legislation.
He took office at a time of peculiar difficulty in Canadian
affairs, when the Great World War had been in progress
for two months and when it was becoming evident that
it would be necessary for a vast and united effort if it
was to be successfully prosecuted. Perhaps his most
radical step was his act of 1916, to prohibit the sale of
intoxicating liquors throughout the Province of Ontario,
a courageous act fraught with political and personal
danger. Subsequent orders-in-council by the Federal
Government gave this act the effect of absolute prohibi-
tion. In 1917 he introduced and carried an act to confer
the Parliamentary franchise on women. Under his
leadership a comprehensive measure previously enacted
providing for compensation to workmen for injuries was
put into successful operation and extended. An import-
ant measure of his provides for loans to settlers, and he
also took practical steps to deal with the housing prob-
lem.

Under his administration vigorous steps were taken for
the development and advancement of New Ontario.
Important labor laws were enacted and a labor depart-
ment established. A municipal branch was created,
and a Town Planning Act and other municipal reforms
adopted. Social problems received special consideration.
The treatment of the mentally detective was inquired into
and studied, and advanced legislation passed for com-
bating venereal diseases. Mothers' pensions and a
minimum wage for women were inquired into, and plans
outlined in connection therewith. Special attention was
given to agriculture and many plans carried out for the
advancement of this industry. School fairs and teaching
of agriculture in the schools were inaugurated. The
influence of the Guelph Agricultural College was extend-
ed and the farmers organized for marketing purposes.
Bold measures were adopted during the war for securing
greater production of food stuffs by supplying tree seed,
furnishing tractors, and mobilizing the people of the
towns and city for work on the farms and in other ways.
Provision was made for the establishment of consolidated

rural schools and for industrial, technical and agricul-
tural education throughout the province. The school ag<
was extended and other important educational reforms
adopted. Special attention was given to reforestation,
and a scientific fire prevention service established. A
comprehensive and scientific scheme for the construc-
tion of a system of good roads throughout the provinc*
was entered upon. A Fire Marshal's Department was
organized and an energetic campaign waged to reduct
wastage by fire. A Resources Committee was formed that
did useful service in all campaigns for food production,
and contributions to the Red Cross and other wai
charities. The policy of Sir James P. Whitney and Sii
Adam Beck of government control and operation of the
water powers of the province, known as the Hydro-
Electric System, has been amplified under Sir Willianj
H. Hearst.

In connection with war work Sir William H. Hearst
visited the front to ascertain personally the needs of the
situation, and led in all the splendid accomplishments
that made Ontario's record gloriously conspicuous
throughout the British Empire. The largest compara-
tive quotas for the British Red Cross were obtained from
Ontario, and money, men, munitions and service in all
causes were offered in the same generous spirit of pa-
triotism and sacrifice. Under his administration the
Orpington Hospital in England was built as the gift of
the people of Ontario. When victory crowned the
Allied efforts. Sir William did much to further the work
of reconstruction and the establishment of normal
conditions by helping returned soldiers to settle on the
land. In 1920 the Imperial Government appointed Sir
William a member of the International Joint Commis-
sion, a body created under the treaty entered into be-
tween the United States and Britain in 1919 for the
purpose of settling international disputes between the
United States and Canada.

Sir William H. Hearst has resumed the practice of
law, and has opened an office in the city of Toronto in
partnership with his son, W. I. Hearst. He is vice-
president and chairman of the executive committee of
the Municipal Bankers' Corporation, Ltd., a bond
company recently formed with a strong directorate and
connections in New York, and London, England. He
is a member of the Methodist church. Thirty years in
public life won him a reputation for fearlessness in the
advocacy of measures he considered right and necessary,
and by the opposition, he was held in respect and regard
as an honest, upright public officer, whose highest aim
was the best good of the Province.

Sir William H. Hearst married, on July 21, 1891,
Isabella Jane Dunkin, of Simcoe, by whom he has four
children: Lieutenant Edward Vernon Hearst, and
Lieutenant W. Irving Hearst, both of whom were in
active war service; and Isabel and Evelyn Hearst. Sir
William H. Hearst resides in Toronto.

SIR JOHN ALEXANDER BOYD— One of Canada's
best beloved and most eminent jurists, Sir John Alexan-
der Boyd's calm and beneficient influence extended far
beyond the court room into many relations of the
Dominion's economic life. He stands in the annals of
his time as a man of the broadest scholarship, rare legal
talents, and unsurpassed devotion in the public service.

Sir John Alexander Boyd, son of John and Margaret
(Macallum) Boyd, his father the principal of the Bay
Street Academy, was born in Toronto, April 23, 1837.
He was educated in Upper Canada College and Toronto
University, being graduated with the degree of Bachelor
ot Arts and the gold medal in modern languages, also
a scholarship, in 1860, and receiving his Master's degree
in 1861; an LL.D was conferred upon him in 1889.

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Jailed to the bar in 1863, he was for many years associa-
ed professionally with Messrs. E. & S. H. Blake, and
?as regarded as one of the ablest equity pleaders of the
Canadian bar. He was created a King's Counsel (M.
It Lornel in 1880, was appointed chancellor of Ontano,
day 3, 1881, and president ot the High Court of Justice
or Ontario in 1887. He was arbitrator for the Dominion
jovernment with respect to certain claims made by the
Canadian Pacific railway in connection with the road
a British Columbia in 1888, and served in the same
apacity for Ontario in connection with the adjustment
if accounts between the Dominion and the provinces
onsequent on Confederation in 1893. He was chairman
if the Royal Commission to determine the mode of
emunerating and appointing provincial and county
fficials in 1894, and m 1899 was a member of the Royal
Commission to delimit the boundaries of constituencies
n Ontario. In 1900 he was a member of the Royal Com-
aission to investigate certain alleged election frauds;
n 1902 was arbitrator between the Canadian Pacific
ailway and its trackmen, was a member of the Royal
Commission re the Gamey charges in 1903, and also
erved as a royal commissioner, on several occasions,
or the revision of the statutes. In arbitration he stood
rithout a superior, admirably constituted in tempera-
nent and personaUty for responsibilities requiring him

0 look beyond the present conflict of desire, and the
ibscuring mists of passion, to the broad fundamentals ol
ustice and right. He was knighted in 1899, declined the
hancellorship of Toronto University in 1900, and was
ireated a knight commander of St. Michael and St.
Jeorge in 1901. In 1906 Sir John A. Boyd, who had
lumerous other important business connections, with-
irew from all these positions, and from that time until
lis death, November 23, 1916, devoted himself to the
icholarly and philanthropic pursuits that had always
•eceived a large share of his time and strength. For a
ihort time he had held the appointment oi master-of-
;hancerv in Toronto. He was a director of the Work-
ng Boys' Home and the Home lor Incurables, and pres-
dent of the Toronto Conservatory ot Music. His in-
«re8ts and influence were intimately allied with the
orces promoting the moral, aesthetic, and practical wel-
are of his city and the country-at-large, and throughout

1 long life he held the admiration, esteem, and love of
I vast number of his fellows. He was author ot "A
summary of Canadian History," which has been widely
•ead. In 1902 he received an honorary D.C.L. from
Prinity University.

Sir John A. Boyd married, in 1863, Elizabeth Buchan,
vho died in December, 1920, daughter of David Buchan,
jursar of Toronto University. Their children were:
I. Alexander James, died in South Africa after serving
n the Boer War. 2. John Leonard, an engineer, residing
it "Braeside," Woodbridge, Ontario. 3. Dr. Geoffrey,
in ear and throat specialist of Toronto. 4. Lawrence,
in accountant of Toronto. 5. David Griffith, engaged in
;he civil service of Toronto. 6. Philip Ewing, also in
roronto civil service. 7. Walter Halcro, a resident of
Dttawa, chief of the topographical branch of the
3eological Survey. 8. Dr. Edmund, a sketch of whom
ollows. 9. Arthui Macallum, a sketch of whom appears on
[ollowing pages. 10. Margaret, married Professor W.S.W.
McLay, of Toronto. 11. Elizabeth, lives at home. 12.
Jane Eleanor, married Dr. Joseph Graham, of Toronto.

The "Globe," under date of November 24, 1916,
made the following editorial appreciation of Sir John's
life and work:

With the passing of Sir John Alexander Boyd there ha.s dropped
out of the ranks of the legal profession of Ontario one of the most
iistinjfulshed jurists who ever served as an advocate at a Canadian
Bar or occupied a seat on a Canadian Bench. For tUrty-flve years
he filled continuously the position of Chancellor of this Province; and

Ir^fore he wa.s appointed to it in 1881, he had won for himself a high
reputation as a practitioner at the equity Bar. There were giants
in tliose days in tliat branch of practice, t)ut he had K;)0<i natural
ability valuable habits of indastry, and the two Blalies for partners.
Edwa'rd Blakii had been offered the Chancellorsliip several years
previoas and had refused it. and Samuel Blal<e ha<l served njne years
as V'ico-ChanciJlor l)i*)re the promotion of his former partner to the
Chancellorship matle it necessary to resume his practice at the bar.

Sir John A. Boyd was the fortmiate podsessor of what is called
a "judicial mind." Many Judww have lxx!n calkxl to the Bench
after having made a reputiition in Parliament, but he never tooK an
active part in political controversy even as a private citizen. It was
a common subject of remark that if he had any political opimons
he was very successful in concealing his preference, for noone.unleRS
his most intimate friends, ever knew to which side in i)ubilc discus-
sions he conscioasly or ever sul)-con.sciotisly inclintxi. An a Judge he
wa.s from first to la.st noted for his mastery of the facts of each case
as they were presented to him, for the facile skill with which he
disentangled them, for the unerring soundness of tlie conclusions
he based on tliem, and for the lucidity with which he emlxxUed the
whole in crisp language and compact form.

It was a stroke of good fortune, alike for Sir John A. Bo.vd and for
the Province of Ontario, that the decision in one famous case fell to
him to pronoimce. It was the s-uit over the title to a timlxr limit
within the territory in dispute between Manitoba and Ontario, but
the Chancellor took high ground in delivering his judgment, and in
the general opinion of the day thi5 judicial fmding had much to do
with influencing the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to take
the view that ended in awarding to Ontario a large part of the region
known today as "Patricia." , , ., •

As an elected representative of his fellow graduates of the imver-
sity of Toronto. Sir John took always a deep interest and often an
active part in the financial controversies of the Provmcial Uni-
versity's history. His "Alma Mater" had no abler or more loyal
advocate. He was ever a true friend of higher education aiid
never a partisan of a particular institurion. Fortunately, also,
he was a man of genial temperament in his private life and rela-
tions, and always a courteous gentleman hi every department of
his manifold activity.

EDMUND BOYD, B.A., M.B., L.R.C.P. (Lon.)
M.R.C.S. (Eng.)— A leading specialist in the treatment
of diseases of the ear and throat. Dr. Boyd has, through
able and noteworthy service, added to the professional
prestige of a family prominent in the law and in medicine.
He was born in Toronto, June 16, 1882. son of Sir John
Alexander and Elizabeth (Buchan) Boyd, (see preced-
ing sketch). .

Dr. Boyd's early education was received in the Toron-
to Church School, whence he entered Upper Canada
College, and here, in his last year, he was head of the
Town Boys, a steward, captain of the football team,
and was awarded the J. Herbert Mason Gold Medal.
Matriculating at the University of Toronto, after
holding the Edward Blake and Daniel Wilson scholar-
ships in Natural Science, he graduated with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts in 1905, in the same year being
appointed assistant to Professor Ramsay Wright, pro-
fessor of Biology. During this time he entered the medical
department of the University of Toronto, graduating in
1908 with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, after
which he served as house surgeon in the Toronto General
Hospital and later in the Hospital for Sick Children. Dr.
Boyd then went to London, England, where for three
years he pursued post-graduate work in various hospitals,
for the latter part of that time giving his attention to
specialized work in diseases of the throat and ear. For
a time he was house surgeon at the Royal Ear Hospital,
receiving while in England the qualifications of Licentiate
of the Royal College of Physicians and Member ot the
Royal College of Surgeons. In the following
year, 1913, Dr. Boyd returned to Toronto and began
practice as a throat and ear specialist in association with
the late Dr. G. R. McDonagh, professor of Laryngology
at the University of Toronto. Dr. Boyd has taken an
active part in the promotion of scientific knowledge and
in the improvement of methods and practices in his
specialty. .^ , ^

Upon the outbreak of the Worid War, Dr. Boyd at
once qualified for service, and was later assigned to
special work for the military. In 1918 he was sent over-
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Medical Corps, and was stationed at the West Cliff
(England) Eye and Ear Hospital until that institution
was disbanded. Captain Boyd was then transferred to
Canadian General Hospital No. 16, at Orpington, being
given charge of throat and ear work, remaining with
this unit until it was disbanded.

Returning to Toronto, Dr. Boyd resumed private
practice, and in July, 1920, was appointed surgeon-in-
chief of the Throat and Ear Department of the Hospital
for Sick Children, at this time discontinuing his work at
the General Hospital. Dr. Boyd is also an associate
in Laryngology in the University of Toronto, and is a
member of the Toronto Academy of Medicine and the
Canadian and Ontario Medical associations.

Dr. Boyd's country home, "Braeside," is at Wood-
bridge, Ontario, and here he spends much of his free
time, finding in its beautification and management a
stimulating interest. He is a life member of the Art
Gallery of Toronto, and continues the association
of college years through membership in the Upper
Canada Old Boys' Association. He is also a member of
the Toronto Hunt Club and the Toronto Golf Club.
His office and city residence are at No. 36 Prince Arthur
avenue.

ARTHUR MACALLUM BOYD— In making the
law his field of labor for a life work, Mr. Boyd follows
the example of his distinguished father, one of Canada's
best-loved and most eminent jurists. Sir John Alexander
Boyd. Mr. Boyd has been engaged in legal practice
continuously since 1911, with the exception of three
years spent in military service, and is a member of the
well known law firm, Henderson & Boyd.

Arthur Macallum Boyd, son of Sir John Alexander
»nd Elizabeth (Buchan) Boyd, (q.v.), was born in Toron-
to, February 3, 1886. His advanced studies were followed
in Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto,
and in 1907 he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts
from the latter institution. Subsequently, he attended
Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the bar in
1911, becoming a member of the firm of Royce, Hender-
son & Boyd, with whose professional activity he was
associated until 1915.

In July, 1915, Mr. Boyd entered military service,
attached to the Fortieth Battery, Canadian Field
Artillery, with the rank of lieutenant, serving overseas
with this organization. While in Canada on leave in 1918,
he was injured, but served in Canada until November
30, 1918, when he was honorably discharged. Since
returning to civil life, Mr. Boyd has been engaged in
practice as a member of the firm of Henderson & Boyd,
with offices in the Bank of Hamilton building, and
occupies an honorable position in his profession. He is
a member of Ionic Lodge, No. 25, Free and Accepted
Masons, the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar
Association, and the York County Law Association;
his clubs are: the University, Toronto Golf, Toronto
Garrison Badminton, and Canadian Military Institute.

HON. JAfVlES COX AIKINS, P.O. LL.D.— A

statesman and public servant, part of whose work was
performed at a period most important and critical in
Canadian History, Hon. J. C. Aikins' name stands forth
in the annals of the Dominion as a man of broad powers
inspired by devoted love of country. No service was
found too arduous, no task too thankless, no burden
too great for his unfailing public spirit, his unwavering
patriotism, and he answered with capable, forceful,
efficient service every call made upon him. When seven-
ty-three years of age Toronto again placed him in the
Senate, and then, as always, he rendered a splendid
accounting of the trust reposed in him, easily throwing

off the weight of years in the defence of causes he fi
just and right. Throughout a long life of four-score ai
one years he moved in the love and esteem of a vs
circle of friends, respected and admired for attainmer
of unusual order.

Senator Aikins was a son of James Aikins, who cai
to America from County Monaghan, Ireland, in 181
spending four years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a:
then coming to Canada. He made Toronto townsh:
Peel county, his home, and here J. C. Aikins was boi
March 30, 1823. He attended local schools and Victoi
College in Cobourg. In 1892 he received (honoris eaut
the LL.D. from his alma mater, Victoria UniversH
In 1 854 he was elected to the Canadian Assembly frc
Peel county, but was defeated for re-election in 18(
In 1862 he was elected a member of the Legislati
Council, "Home" Division (Peel and Halton), holdi
this position until Confederation, when he became o
of the original members of the Senate. From 1867
1882 he filled a seat in the Canadian Senate, resigni
to accept the appointment as lieutenant-governor
Manitoba. In young manhood he had been a Liberal
political conviction, but he entered Sir John MacDonal(
coalition government as Secretary of State in 1869, cc
tinuing in this position until the resignation of t
government in 1873.

Upon the return of the Conservatives to power in 18'
Senator Aikins was again appointed Secretary of Sta
and in 1880 became Minister of Inland Reveni
resigning and retiring from the cabinet, May 23, 18i
Upon the completion of his term as lieutenant-goverr
of Manitoba, Hon. J. C. Aikins returned to Toronto, a
in 1896 was again called to the Senate. During his lo
career in public office. Senator Aikins was connect
with many public movements of great moment. Af
the acquisition of the Northwest territories, he fram
and sponsored through Parliament the Public Lar
Act, and organized the Dominion Lands Bureau, whi
is now the Department of the Interior. His name
connected with a vast amount of constructive statesmi
ship, conceived and carried to successful completion w
the advancement of the welfare of the Dominion as
sole aim and intent. Canada had in him a loyal son w
directed his energies and talents in paths that brouj
benefit to all her people.

Senator Aikins was always deeply interested
religious and temperance work, and gave all organizati(
furthering these causes his loyal support. He \
treasurer of the Methodist Missionary Society, presidi
of the Methodist Social Union, and vice-president of 1
Ontario Prohibition Alliance. His business connects
were as a director of the Freehold Loan and Savii
Company, the Ontario Bank, the Loan and Depc
Company, the Manitoba & Northwest Loan Compa
and the Trusts Corporation of Ontario.

Senator Aikins married, in 1845, Mary Elizab
Somerset, of Toronto, whom he survived. They w
parents of four daughters and three sons: Helena, v
married Rev Dr. Donald G. Sutherland, (see sketch!
lowing) ; Mrs.(Dr.) J. E. Graham, of Toronto; John Sorr
set Aikins, of Winnipeg, who died in 1911; Sir Jar
Aikins, K.C., of Winnipeg; Mrs. J. W. L. Forst
Clara Aikins; and Dr. W. H. B. Aikins, a sketch
whom appears on following pages; all are of Toron
Senator Aikins died August 8, 1904. He had li\
through many stirring times in the history of his count
and his record stands as that of a patriot who gave of
best for the common welfare.

REV. DR. DONALD GEORGE SUTHERLANI

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reers claimed many members of the line to which Don-
i George Sutherland belonged, and his father followed
e sea and inland waters until his death. The son heard
e call to the church after he had entered the law, and
a minister of the Methodist church he spent the active
lars of his life. Length of years was not granted to
m, but in numerous Canadian charges he preached
e faith that was in him, and his work was richly
essed. It has been long since his voice carried its
icere, uplifting message from the pulpit, since he made
3 parish rounds of comfort and cheer, since he liited
e spiritual burdens of his people, but there are many
10 remember his faithful ministrations and the spirit

unselfishness in which they were performed, and this
cord in the history of his birthplace is a tribute in-
lired by this memory.

Dr. Sutherland was a son of Captain James Sutherland,
lio was born in Hoy, Orkney Islands, and Margaret
lobinson) Sutherland, a native of Lincolnshire, Eng-
nd. At an early age. Captain James Sutherland went

sea in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company,
id after sailing in the Baltic and South American
ades came to Canada while still in young manhood'
n Lake Ontario he became known as owner and
iptain of steam vessels, and during the Rebellion of
!37-38 he was entrusted with important commissions
{ the government, his fulfillment of these trusts
inning him high praise. Captain James Sutherland was
lied in the Desjardins Canal accident, March 12, 1857.
Donald George Sutherland was born in Toronto,
anada, April 12, 1839. He obtained his education

the Hamilton schools, and in 1859 was graduated
om Victoria University with the degree of B.A.,
ceiving his M.A. in 1867, and his LL.B. from the
niversity of Toronto in 1873. He began the study
' law in the office of Judge O'Reilley, of Hamilton, and
3came a solicitor in 1862, practicing for about a year,
he call to the ministry sounded above his legal responsi-
ilities, and he became a probationer in the Wesleyan
[ethodist Church, being ordained to the full ministry
1 1868. His charges were at Milton, Oakville, Dundas,
rampton, Kingston, Gallinauqua, Gait, Simcoe, Clin-
>n, St. Thomas, London, Toronto, Hamilton, and then
ick to Toronto. In addition to the duties of these
irious churches. Dr. Sutherland served in 1874-75 and
581-82 as financial secretary of his district, in 1883-84
as secretary of the London Conference, in 1883 was
lairman of St. Thomas' district, and in 1878 and 1882-
5 was a member of the General Conference. His heart
as fully in his pastoral work, and his zeal and enthus-
sm were unflagging. In 1869 he visited Rome, Italy,
nd in 1880 toured Egypt, also visiting Damascus and
alestine, finding in his journeys to these scenes of early
lurch history inspiration for his work at home. In 1862
•r. Sutherland was appointed an ensign in the Eighth
attalion, Wentworth. He was a member of the Board
[ Regents, and a member of the Senate of Victoria
niversity at the time of his death, always taking
deep interest in the work of the university.

Dr. Sutherland married, in 1872, Helena, daughter
f the Honorable J. C. Aikins (see preceding sketch),
nd their children were: Dr. J. A., of Fairbanks, Alaska;
lary, married L. F. Stephens, a barrister of Hamilton;
Hadys, married Dr. Fred C. Harrison of Toronto; and
iara. Dr. Sutherland died March 12, 1895. He had
ibored diligently and purposefully in the vineyard of
is Master, and he went to a rich and certain reward.

WILLIAM HENRY BEAUFORT AIKINS, M.B.,
4.D.C.M., L.R.C.P. (Lond.) — The distinguished career
1 public life of the Hon. James Cox Aikins, P.C, LL.D.,
uppHes the standard for the measurement oi the

notably useful service of his son. Dr. William H. B.
Aikins, a medical specialist of Toronto, who holds high
place in the profession to which he has given his active
years.

William Henry Beaufort Aikins was born at "Rich-
view," County of Peel, Ontario, August 22, 1859. After
attending Upper Canada College and the Toronto School
of Medicine, he pursued studies in two of New York
City's most noted institutions, Bellevue Medical College
and the College of Physicians and Surgeons. This was
followed by post-graduate work in London, Edinburgh,
Berlin, Vienna and Paris. His degrees, all received in
1881, were those of M.D.C.M. from Victoria University,
M.B. from Toronto University, and L.R.C.P. from the
Royal College of Physicians, London. In 1884 he
established in general practice in Toronto, and for many
years was so engaged, gaining a large following and an
influential place in his profession. Subsequently he
specialized in internal medicine and dermatology, still
later in radiumtherapy, and his activities, covering wide
scope, have contributed largely to medical and scientific
advance. Dr. Aikins has filled numerous positions of
honor and responsibility in his profession, including
those of physician to the Toronto General Hospital,
Toronto Dispensary, Toronto Hospital for Incurables,
and King Edward Sanitarium, and radium therapeutist,
Grace Hospital, Toronto, etc. He has been president of
the Toronto Clinical Society, and has been oflScially
associated with the Ontario Medical Association and the
British Medical Association. He is past president of the
Toronto Academy of Medicine and of the American
Radium Society. Dr. Aikins was elected treasurer of
the Canadian Medical Association in 1907, and was
present, as secretary of the Canadian National Commit-
tee, at the International Medical Congress at Lisbon,
Portugal, at Budapest, Hungary, and at London,
England, in 1913. For fifteen years he was senator of
Toronto University, representing the graduates in med-
icine. He has been one of the editors of the "Canadian
Practitioner," and is the author of many articles on the
treatment of disease by radium, and numerous other
contributions to medical literature.

In his youth. Dr. Aikins was a member of the Queen's
Own Regiment. His fraternal affiliations are with the
Masonic order, and he is a member of the Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, the York Club, and the Aesculapian Club,
and a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, London,
England.

SIR CLIFFORD SIFTON, P.O., K.C., K.C.M.G.—

In many government positions of leading prominence,
in national and international affairs calling for patriotic,
broad-minded, unselfish service, in political, diploraatic,
and economic activities upon which have hinged weighty
consequences to the Dominion and the Empire, Sir
Clifford Sifton has come rightfully into the title of
statesman. His work in connection with public affairs
has covered a wide range, one phase of which has earned
him the title, "father of the forest reserves in Western
Canada." The foundation of his Political creed, a
principle underlying his whole conception of government
and national development, Ls his belief that "our destiny
unquestionably is to be one of a sisterhood of self-
governing nations centered around the British Crown."
Sir Clifford Sifton is a member of a family of English
origin which became seated in Ireland at the time of the
Conquest, and which, in the ninety years of its Canadian
residence, has given numerous members to public and
military life. Sir Clifford Sifton's large business interests
and prominence as a sportsman have carried him into
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widely extended, — the influence ol a highly-respected
and eminent Canadian.

Sir Clifford Sifton, youngest son of the Hon. John
Wright and Catherine (Watkins) Sifton, grandson of
Bamlet and Mary Sifton, was born in London township,
Middlesex county, Ontario, March 10, 1861. He was
educated in Dundas Collegiate Institute, London High
School, and Victoria University, being graduated from
the last-named institution in 1880 with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts and the Prince of Wales Gold Medal.
In 1882 he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, ad
eund. from Manitoba University. He was called to
the bar in 1882, was created a King's Counsel (Earl of
Aberdeen) in 1905, and engaged in successful professional
work at Brandon, Manitoba, where he was city solicitor
and solicitor of the Western Judicial District. He is a Lib-
eral in political conviction, sat for North Brandon (local)
from 1888 to 1896, and on May 14, 1891, succeeded the
Hon. Joseph Martin as attorney-general in the Green-
way administration. While discharging the duties of
this office he was also, for a short period, 1895, acting
premier, up to the time of joining the Laurier administra-
tion at Ottawa, November 17, 1896. Sir Clifford Sifton
was one of the vice-chairmen of the Ottawa Reform
Convention in June, 1893. He introduced in the Legisla-
ture the resolutions refusing to carry out the Dominion
Government's order in council for the restoration of
separate school privileges to the Catholics of Manitoba,
in June, 1895. He also introduced resolutions protesting
against the passage by Parliament of the Manitoba
Remedial Bill then under discussion, February, 1896.
He was appointed a commissioner on behalf of the
government of Manitoba to meet in conference certain
delegations from the Dominion Government to discuss
the same question in the following March, and later
signed a refusal of his government to accede to the
demands of the Tupper administration in this regard.

Sir Clifford Sifton retired from the Manitoba Govern-
ment and entered Sir W. Laurier's administration as
minister ot the interior and superintendent-general of
Indian affairs, November 17, 1896. He was returned from
Brandon (H.C.) and continued to sit therefore to the
time ot the general election of 1911, when, in a letter
addressed to his constituents, he retired from the
representation. On February 27, 1905, Sir Clifford
Sifton resigned from the government as a protest against
the educational clauses of the Alberta and Saskatchewan
Autonomy Bill, his speech on this occasion described
by the Toronto "News" to be "in acuteness oi reasoning,
largeness of spirit, hardness of common-sense and clarity
of statement, simply a masterpiece." While a member
of the Manitoba government he introduced and carried
the act abolishing divisions between law and equity
procedure in the Court ot King's Bench, and codifying
and simplifying civil procedure. As minister of the
interior he carried out a vigorous immigration policy
which added largely to the population of the Dominion,
and conducted with tireless enthusiasm a campaign for
the conservation of the rich resources of the country. He
was British agent before the Alaska Boundary Tribunal
in 1903. He was chairman of Commission of Con-
servation of Natural Resources from its inception until
his resignation in 1916. He was a commissioner for
Canada at the Washington Conference to consider the
conservation of the national resources of the American
Continent in 1909, and in January, 1910, was elected
chairman of the Canadian Conservation Commission.
He was opposed to the Taft-Fielding reciprocity agree-
ment, and in a speech delivered in the House of Com-
mons in March, 1911, gave expression to his views and
withdrew from the support ot the government. Later,
dunng the general election of 1911, Sir Clifford Sifton took

an active part against the government on this ques-
tion, addressing many public meetings held in various
parts ot the Dominion. He was also opposed to a scheme
for the damming of the St. Lawrence river by an Ameri-
can company without sufficient Canadian control, and
with characteristic energy and determination has suppor-
ted his views. He has lectured widely on "The Conserva-
tion of Our National Resources," and one of his best
known speeches is one delivered in March, 1908, on
"The Problems of the Dominion." The leading journals
and two ot Sir Clifford Sifton's contemporaries have
expressed themselves concerning him as follows: "A
man of great ability." — Right Hon. Sir W. Laurier.
"An administrator of the first rank." — E. W. Thomson.
"The father of the forest reserves in Western Canada." —
Ontario "Free Press." "A faithful friend and a hard
fighter ... by nature a business man, first, last and
all the time." — Toronto "Saturday Night." "A strong,
brainy man who takes rank among the shrewdest and
ablest political managers this country has produced
at any stage of its history." — Montreal "Herald."
"His energy and insight and matchless gift for business
made him the greatest force in the Government outside
of the Premier." — Vancouver "Province." "A strong-
minded, well-equipped publicist, courageous in his
desire to accomplish things, resourceful and relentless
in pursuing his aims, and apparently possessed of am-
bition \yithout limit." — Canadian "Courier." "Of all
the ministers who have held portfolios since Confedera-
tion none has rendered as valuable service to Canada
as Mr. Sifton, and his withdrawal from our cabinet is
a national loss." — Chief Justice Sir William Mulock
(1905).

In 1903 he was presented to King George, in St.
James' Palace. He is the principal shareholder and
controller of the Manitoba "Free Press," and the largest
shareholder of the Canadian Western Light, Heat and
Power Company, whose head office is at Calgary. His
principal sport is riding and fox hunting, and he is widely
known in Canada and the United States for his triumphs
in the show ring. He has done much for the breeding
industry, and his stable has afforded him his most
enjoyable relaxation from business and official cares.
He is also fond of golf and is a member of the "Toronto
Club, York Club, Toronto Golf Club, and Hunt Club.

Sir Clifford Sifton married, in August, 1884, Elizabeth
Arminella Burrows, daughter of Henry J. Burrows,
formerly of Ottawa. Lady Sifton formed and presided
over the Young Women's Temperance Union of Brandon,
and was also president of the Women's Hospital Aid
Society, the Women's Society of the Methodist Church,
also of Brandon, and the Ladies' Aid of the Dominion
Methodist Church of Ottawa. She was one of the
originators of the Ottawa branch of the Women's
Historical Society and was elected its first president.
Before leaving Ottawa she was vice-president of the
Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Luke's General Hospital of
Ottawa, president of the Ottawa Lawn Tennis Club,
originator of the Young Girls' Society of Ottawa, vice-
president of the Canadian Immigration Guild, and vice-
president of the Ladies' Canadian Club of Ottawa. She
was present, by invitation, with her husband, at the
coronation of Their Majesties, in June, 1911. Children:
Major J. W., Captain Winfield B., Henry Arthur; Major
Clifford, D.S.O.; and Major Victor, D.S.O.

JOHN GALLOWAY SCOTT, K.C.— For many
years active in the public life of Ontario, John Galloway
Scott has within the past few years retired from th«
responsibilities which he so long has borne. Mr. Scoti
is a son of Thomas Chalmers Scott, who was born in
Scotland, and came to the city of Toronto as a young

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m, bringing his little family with him. Thomas
lalmers Scott was for many years, and at the time of
i death in 1876, surveyor of customs at Toronto,
iring all this time he on Sundays preached regularly
the Disciples" Church, with which he was connected.
; married, in Scotland, Anne Galloway, who was also
rn in that country, and they were the parents of three
ildren: David, for some years in business in New
)rk City, now deceased; Catharine, later the wife of
)bert W. Elliot, also now deceased; and John Galloway,
lose name heads this review.

John Galloway Scott was born in Dundee, Scotland,
1836. Coming with his parents to Ontario as a child

eight years (1844), it was in the public schools of
)ronto that his formal education was begun. He
bsequently attended Toronto Academy and com-
3ted his collegiate course at Bethany College, in West
rginia. After serving some years in mercantile business
Toronto he entered the law office of R. G. Dalton and
gan the study of law. Mr. Scott was called to the bar
1862, and shortly after became a member of the law
m of Dalton & Scott. Upon Mr. Dalton being appointed
erk of the Crown, Mr. Scott entered into partnership
th Kenneth MacKenzie, Q.C., who subsequently for
number of years was judge of the County Court of
ork. In 1870 Mr. Scott was appointed by the Hon.
ihn Sandfield Macdonald, Clerk of the Executive
juncil, this office including also the duties of Chief
lerk of the Department of the Attorney General of
itario, Mr. Scott fulfilling the responsibilities of this
mble obligation for several years, when he was appoint-

Deputy Attorney General, which position he held
itil 1885. In that year he was chosen to inaugurate the
nd titles' system in Ontario and was appointed Master
Titles, and for thirty-five years ably filled that office,
signing only in 1920, when on account of advancing
sars he retired from all public duty. The following
quoted from "The Executor and Trustee," a quarterly
illetin published by the Toronto General Trusts
orporation, dated April, 1921:

As Deputy Attorney-General, the draftint? of many Acts of the
«islature devolved upon Mr. Scott, two of the most important
Ing the Coasolidatcd Municipal Act of 1873, and the Creditors'
^lief Act of 1880. Tliis latter Act ha.s recently been superswied by
e Bankruptcy Act of the Dominion, but in the absence of a
[iminion insolvency law. the provisions of the Creditors' Relief
't were found most u-seful in preventing priority among execution
editors, and undue preference being granted by insolvent debtors

their relatives and friends.

Wo think it is universally admitted that the success of the Land
itles' Act in the portions of Ontario in which it Ls in force is largely
le to its careful and yet liberal administration by Mr. Scott, and
s readiness to render every assistance in carrying out its provisions

anyone desiring it, and his aptitude in framing amendments to
move difficulties whenever these arose.

In 1882 Mr. Scott assisted in the organization of the
oronto General Trusts Company, now the Toronto
eneral Trusts Corporation, snd is the only living
lember of the board of directors of that institution who
irtieipated in its founding. Still enjoying excellent
2alth, Mr. Scott has since devoted his time to personal
terests and those recreations which in a long and busy
'e are deferred until the convenient season. He is hale
id hearty at his advanced age, with a mind that retains
s old-time vigor.

Mr. Scott married, in 1859, Mary Elliot, daughter of
nUiam Elliot, of Elliot & Company, Toronto. Mr. and
Irs. Scott are the parents of two children: 1. Arthur H.,
am in Toronto, and educated in Upper Canada College,
ho married Miss Davis; they are the parents of two
lildren: Lieutenant Elliot Scott, of the 24th BattaUon,
anadian Expeditionary Force, who was killed at
ourcelette, France; and Norton, widow of Lieutenant

arry Fry, who died from the effects of hardships
iffered during the World War. 2. Helen, who resides

at home. The family are Baptists. Their home is at
No. 29 Dunvegan road, and there Mr. Scott devotes
much 01 his time to gardening, his favorite recreation.

SIR ROBERT FREDERIC STUPART, K.B.-

Widely known in the public service of Canada, Sir Robert
Frederic Stupart has held a position of note as director
of the meteorological and magnetic service of Canada,
and of the Magnetic Observatory of Toronto for more
than twenty-five years.

Sir Robert Frederic Stupart, K.B., was bom near
Toronto, Ontario, October 24, 1857, and is a son of the
late Captain Robert Douglas Stupart, of the Royal
navy, and Eliza S. (Lee) Stupart, daughter of the late
Captain Simon Lee, of the honorable East India service.

As a lad. Sir Robert Frederic Stupart attended the
private schools, then completed his education in the
Upper Canada College, in Toronto, then, in 1872,
entered the Canadian Meteorological service, which was
then under the charge of Professor G. T. Kingston, who
had inaugurated the ser-vice. Upon the resignation of
Professor Kingston, in 1880, Charles Carpmael, M.A.,
was appointed director. For some years before the death
of Mr. Carpmael, Sir Robert Frederic Stupart acted as
senior inspector and probability officer of the Toronto ob-
servatory, and in 1884-5 had charge of the chief station of
the Canadian Hudson's Bay expedition, which investi-
gated and reported upon the conditions of navigation in
the straits. On December 28, 1894, he was appointed
superintendent and director of the meteorological service
of the Dominion, at the same time appointed also as
director of the Magnetic Observatory at Toronto. For
his long connection with the weather service he has for
some years been popularly and affectionately known
by the sobriquet of "Old Probs."

Sir Robert Frederic Stupart was created a Knight
Bachelor in the year 1916, in recognition of his services
in the above connection. He became a fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada in 1901, has long been a member
of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and served
as its president in 1902-3. He was made president of
the Royal Canadian Institute for the term of 1906-7, and
was elected a member of the International Meteorological
Committee in 1907. In 1921 Sir Robert Frederic Stupart
was elected president of the American Meteorological
Society to serve during the years 1922-23. He has
published numerous papers of popular and scientific
interest on the climate of the Dominion, and on general
meteorological topics. By way of recreation he turns
to out-door sports, and is a member of the Royal Cana-
dian Yacht Club, and of the Toronto Golf Club.

Sir Robert Frederic Stupart married, in 1886, Marion
Dallas, and they are the parents of three sons and one
daughter: Lieutenant E.G., of the 75th Battalion,
who was killed in action at Somme, October 22, 1916;
Lieutenant Alan Victor, D.F.C., of the Royal Air
Force, now of Toronto; Leonard Dallas, and E. Doris,
who is well known in connection with occupational
therapy.

MOST REV. NEIL McNEIL— One of the most
widely known and deeply reverenced men of Holy
Church in the Province of Ontario is Most Rev. Neil
McNeil, Archbishop of Toronto, who during the past
ten years has endeared himself to his superiors, his peers,
and the members of his diocese by his broad Christian
spirit, his genuine devotion to the interests ot his charge,
and by his spirit of general helpfulness.

Born at Mabou, Nova Scotia, November 23, 1851,
son of Malcolm and Ellen (Meagher) McNeil, he
received his early collegiate training in the College of
St. Francis Xa'vier, at Antigonish, Nova Scotia. In

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1873 he entered the College of the Propaganda, at Rome,
where he continued his studies for six and a half years.
At the end of that period he was ordained a priest, in
1879, the ceremony taking place in the Basilica of John
Lateran and performed by the late Cardinal Patrizzi.
In the same year he received the degrees of Doctor of
Philosophy and Doctor of Divinity, and then took a
post-graduate course of one year in the University of
Marseilles, France. In 1880 he became a member of the
staff of St. Francis Xavier College, at Antigonish, and for
a period of seven years from 1884 to 1891 was rector of
the College. In 1895 he was made Bishop of Nilopolis
and Vicar Apostolic of St. George's, west coast of New-
foundland, the consecration service taking place in
St. Ninan's Cathedral, at Antigonish. Rapid as had been
his advancement, still higher honors and larger responsi-
bilities and opportunities for service were to be his.
In January, 1910, he was appointed Archbishop of
Vancouver, British Columbia, and two years later was
transferred to the Archbishopric of Toronto, a still
more important office. He was installed Archbishop of
Toronto in 1912, and during the ten years that have
elapsed since that time he has rendered a service of the
highest order, winning the esteem of the citizens of
Toronto in general, regardless of church affiliation, and
endearing himself to the members of his diocese by his
eminently-faithful and sympathetic service. During
the World War, Archbishop McNeil especially endeared
himself to all classes of tne community by his active
support of all patriotic enterprises, whether undertaken
by adherents of his own faith or by those of other or no
church affiliation. The spirit of sympathy and broad-
minded charity, together with deep devotion to the vital
principles of his church and his genuine desire to serve,
are the key-notes of his character and the explanation
of his marked success as Archbishop of Toronto.

FREDERICK BARNARD FETHERSTONHAUGH,
K.C. — Mr. Fetherstonhaugh's service to this time has
been rendered in a field concerning which the average
individual has little knowledge and less appreciation,
yet which touches intimately his daily life and welfare,
patent law. That he has risen to a position of leadership
m his profession is the result of noteworthy accomplish-
ment in safeguarding the very well-spring of industry,
the rights and possessions of inventors. As the head of
the firm of patent agents known in the great business
centers of the Dominion of Canada, the United States
and England as Fetherstonhaugh & Company, he
stands in a significant relation to the arts, sciences and
industries of these countries.

Mr. Fetherstonhaugh is a descendant of an old
Westmeath family, and his father, Francis Fetherston-
haugh was a scion of the Irish family of Fetherstonhaugh
of "Carrick House," on Lough Erne, in MulUngar,
County Westmeath, Ireland, the residence for centuries
of the head branch of the family. Francis Fetherston-
haugh came to Canada about 1859, and after residing
in Orillia, Guelph, and Paisley for short periods, settled
in Toronto, where his home was a social center for many
years. He married Fannie Swift.

Frederick Barnard Fetherstonhaugh was born in
Paisley, Ontario, coming to Toronto with the family
in infancy. His early education was acquired in the public
schools and at the Toronto Collegiate Institute. After
matriculating at the University of Toronto, he took
a course in mechanical engineering to better fit himself
for the specialty he purposed following in the practice
of his chosen profession. Afterwards he finished his
preparation for his career at Osgoode Hall of the Upper
Canada Law Society, and was called to the bar in 1889,

and some years later, in 1910, was created a King's
Counsel. From the beginning the character and eventua
scope of the present business was clear in his mind, anc
the present head office in Toronto was established it
1890. He has followed patent work exclusively, broad
ening his activities until he now has branch offices ii
Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, St. John, Hamilton, Winni
peg, and Vancouver, in New York City, Washington, ant
Cleveland, the members of the firm at these branches
being among the foremost professional men of the daj
in their particular sphere. This is the largest organizatioi
in the world of its kind, from the standpoints of botl
patents and the law.

The personal activity of Mr. Fetherstonhaugh in
eludes exhaustive research on all subjects relative t(
patents in every land, and he is considered an authoritj
in this field by his colleagues and the technical journal
for which he trequently writes. He is not only familia;
with the law and precedent of the patent world, but hai
instituted and is promoting a revolutionary step, prem
ised upon the fundamental principles of industrial pro
tection or patent rights. This is the proposed Britisl
Empire Patent Act, which he champions in an exhaustivi
article under the title of "The Reason Why," in "Nation
al Progress." This act provided for the unification o
all patent laws and law procedure in England and all thi
Dominions and dependent states of the Empire, bringinj
the various patent offices into a. policy of co-operatioj
which would reduce their maintenance costs to a mini
mum, filing all records with every office, obviating th
necessity of searching repeatedly in different office
to determine the status of an invention, and making !
patent issued in any office to be effective in every part o
the Empire. Mr. Fetherstonhaugh himself drafted thi
act and now sponsors it, holding that the incalculabli
benefit which will accrue to invention and industry
through its action will give an unprecedented impetii
to the progress of manufactures throughout the Britisl
Empire. This is unquestionably one of the most vitall;
constructive pieces of proposed legislation which ha
come before the Imperial Government in recent years
and its possibilities in the encouragement of industria
advance amount to no less than the inauguration of ai
industrial Renaissance.

In the preparation of amendments to patent legislatioi
in the Dominion ParUament, Mr. Fetherstonhaugh ha
long been sought in an advisory capacity, and he num
bers among his clients the leading industrialists of th
countries in which he is active. He has been notabl;
connected with the protection of various patents on elec
trical appliances, and his name in connection witl
patent procedure or litigation has become recognized a
the assurance of the most thorough, learned, and capabli
administration of the many important and complicate(
requirements that have surrounded the granting aw
protection of inventions. He is a member of the Charter
ed Institute of Patent Agents of London, England, an(
the American Patent Law Association, also a member o
the Royal Canadian Institute, and a fellow of the Roya
Colonial Institute, of London, England. Mr. Fetherston
haugh is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers
Association, and of the Toronto Board of Trade. Sociall;
he is well known, is a life member and was one of th
founders of the Empire Club, which he has served a
president. He represented the club at Westminste
Abbey at the coronation of His Majesty, King Georg
v., and is the only chartered member who has servei
continuously on the executive committee to the presen
day. Mr. Fetherstonhaugh is a member of the Masoni
order, chief ranger of the Independent Order of Forester;
a life member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, an
the Argonaut Rowing Club, and a member of th

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tional and Albany clubs, and the Toronto Golf Club,
is a member of St. James' Cathedral (Anglican),
kir. Fetherstonhaugh married, in New York City, on
)ruary 17, 1888, Marian Arabelle Rutledge, of that
r, and they have one son, James Edward M., who is
uember of the firm of which his father is the head,
the capacity of mechanical engineer and expert.
B family home, "Lynne Lodge," is on Lake Shore
d, Toronto.

OHN F. ELLIS — In the manufacturing world of
ronto Mr. Ellis is well known as the managing director
the firm of Barber-Ellis, Limited, paper dealers and
nufacturers of envelopes, and in many other depart-
nts of municipal and provincial life he holds responsi-
and notable place. He was born in Mount Pleasant,
;ario, November 9, 1845, and is a son of John R.
I Janet (Carlyle) Ellis, his mother having been a
:e of Thomas Carlyle, the famous Scottish author
the nineteenth century.

is a boy Mr. Ellis attended the grammar schools of
native town, then completed his education at the
•onto Normal School. He has been identified with the
sent business for more than forty-five years, having
nded this concern in the year 1876. The growth of
business was steady from the beginning, and the firm
ly took an assured place in the industrial and commer-
circles of Toronto. With the years they expanded
adly, until the present organization was complete,
uding the modern manufacturing plant at Brantford,
;ario, and branch offices at Winnipeg, Manitoba, at
gary, Alberta, and Vancouver, British Columlsia,
veil as the central offices in Toronto.
Ir. Ellis was one of the earliest and most earnest
nbers of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association,
oting much time to its growth and development and
oming one ot its best known members. He served as
kident, 1898-1900, and became treasurer in 1917,
gning in 1920. In the latter year, at the annual
rting in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was unani-
asly elected life member, a most unusual honor, Mr.
3 being one of two men so honored in the fifty years
tence of the Association.

[r. Ellis was president of the Toronto Board of Trade
903-04. During these years the following important
ters were dealt with: Firemen's Union, Improvement
Waterworks System, Toronto Technical School,
ointment of the Railway Commission, Laborer's
je. Esplanade Expropriation, James Bay Railway,
si Railway Crossings. He served as a delegate from
Toronto Board of Trade to the Sixth Congress,
mbers of Commerce of the British Empire, London,
land, in 1906, and during his stay in England was
ented to King Edward. Mr. Ellis is a director of the
vn Life Insurance Company.

/ way of relaxation from the cares of business, Mr.
I seeks the great out-doors. He is a member of the
don Fishing Club, and was its president, 1903-05.
is now vice-president of the local branch of the
irio Fish and Game Protective Association. For
y years he has been a member of the National Club,
(hich he was president, 1901-02, and he was one of
founders of the Commercial Travellers' Association.
Mas served as a member of the board of governors
pper Canada College. Politically he holds an inde-
cent position, reserving the right to individual
:ght and action. His religious faith aligns with the
iiodist church.

I> June 7, 1877, Mr. Ellis married Emma Maughan,
' :hter of Nicholas Maughan, assessment commissioner
le city of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis have three

sons: Fitzallen M., Charles G., Edward H. The family
residence is at No. 81 Wellesley street, Toronto.

SIR GEORGE WILLIAM BURTON— The honors
and rewards of the legal profession came in deserved
abundance to Sir George William Burton, who upon his
retirement from active life was Chief Justice of Ontario.
Those of Canada's barristers whose work at the bar
stretches back over a period from a quarter to half
a century and who brought the interests of their clients
before him in the Provincial courts remember him as a
jurist of broad knowledge of the statutes and of precedent,
noted for the courteous yet dignified manner in which
he presided over his court. He was a public servant,
diligently faithful in every detail of his office, and the
cause of right and justice was substantially advanced
through his devoted labors.

Sir George William Burton was the second son of
Rear-Admiral George Guy Burton, and was born in
Sandwich, England, July 21, 1818, being educated there
and in Rochester. He sailed for Canada in a sailing ship
in May, 1836, a youth of eighteen years, taking about
six weeks to reach Quebec from Liverpool. He proceeded
to Ingersoll, Ontario, to the home of his uncle Edmund
Burton, who was practicing law there. After studying
with his uncle, he was called to the bar, and remained
for a short period in Ingersoll, then moving to Hamilton,
Ontario, and shortly thereafter forming a partnership
with Mr. Beasley, the firm being Beasley & Burton. Mr.
Beasley died soon afterward, and a partnership was made
with Mr. Sadlier, the firm for many years. Burton &
Sadlier. In 1860 Alexander Bruce entered the firm, which
became Burton, Sadlier & Bruce, Mr. Burton having
been created a Queen's Counsel about this time. During
this period Mr. Burton was solicitor for the city of
Hamilton, the Great Western railway, the Wellington,
Gray & Bruce railway, and acted as solicitor in 184'7
in the formation of the Canada Life Assurance Company.
In 1874 Mr. Burton was appointed a puisne judge of the
Court of Appeal, and moved to Toronto at that time.
Upon the death of Chief Justice Haggarty, Mr. Burton
was appointed Chief Justice of Ontario, and shortly
after that the honor of Knighthood was conferred upon
him. He retired about 1898, and died in August, 1901.
He belonged to the Reform party prior to his elevation
to the bench, and he was a lifelong member of the
Anglican church. During the almost quarter century
of his judgeship he worthily and wisely upheld the
dignity and honor of his judicial place, and his record
is distinguished for his faithfulness and ability in ^dis-
pensing justice, and for his courtesy upon the bench.

Mr. Burton married, in 1850, Elizabeth Perkins, and
they were the parents of: Warren F., Sophie E. M., Clara
H., Louisa G., Manley, Emmie; George Francis, a
sketch of whom follows; and Elizabeth F.

GEORGE FRANCIS BURTON is a member of the
Ontario bar, and has long been a respected citizen of the
city ot Toronto. Mr. Burton comes of an old English
family, and is a son of Sir George William and Elizabeth
(Perkins) Burton (see preceding sketch).

Mr. Burton was born in Hamilton, Ontario, December
24, 1863. He received his early education in the English
schools of his native city, and was prepared for his
professional career at the University of Toronto. Called
to the bar about 1888, he has since continuously engaged
in the general practice of law in Toronto, winning his
way many years ago to a responsible position, which
he has since held, both in the esteem of the profession
and with his clients.

Socially, Mr. Burton has long been a member of the
York Club, and he holds membership in the University

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of the Toronto Greek Society and the Literary Club. His
favorite recreation is billiards, and he is a member of the
Toronto Golt Club. Affiliated with the Anglican church,
he is a member of St. James' Cathedral.

Mr. Burton married, in Toronto, May 9, 1892, Mary
Emmaline Biggar, daughter of James Lyons and Isabella
Biggar, Mr. Biggar having been of English birth, settUng
in the Carrying Place, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Burton
have two children: Isabel de St. Remy, born December
7, 1894, now the wife of J. K. Cronyn; and EUzabeth
Warren, bom January 27, 1897. The family residence
is at No. 61 Prince Arthur avenue.

JAMES DIXON TREES— At the head of a leading
and long-estabUshed mercantile and manufacturing
enterprise, with interests centering in Toronto, James
Dixon Trees is widely known in business circles through-
out the Dominion.

Samuel Trees, Mr. Trees' father, and the founder
ol the present business, was bom in England, in the
town of Walsall, in April of 1838, and died in "Toronto,
January 19, 1918. Educated in the schools of his native
place, he engaged in the manufacture of saddlery there,
as a young man, and at the time of the Crimean War he
was appointed by the British Government as inspector
of saddlery supplies to the Imperial army. With the
inauguration of the volunteer movement in England in
1859, he was among the first who responded. While
still a young man, in 1866, Samuel Trees came to Canada
and settled in Toronto, where he became one of the fore-
most figures of the business world. This was shortly
before the Fenian Raid, but Mr. Trees had implicit
faith in the readjustments of time, and immediately
established the business enterprise which has now
reached such large proportions. His first activities were
limited to the importing of saddlery and trunks, and
the business was founded on Colbome street, near the
market, later being removed to King street. East, at a
point near its junction with Jarvis street. As time passed,
the scope ol the business was later broadened by the
manufacture of horse blankets, horse collars and harness.
The present Wellington street property was purchased
in 1874 and the Colbome street property in 1905, and
at this location the business has since continued, and
the founder, although for many years sharing his burdens
with his son, James Dixon Trees, was actively identified
with its management until the time of his death.

A man of broad interests and generous impulses,
Samuel Trees took a constructive part in many branches
of public endeavor. A staunch Conservative, he never
sought political honors, his service in representing the
old St. Thomas Ward in the City Council (1882-83)
being the extent of his mingling in political affairs.
Deeply interested in educational progress, he served
as a trustee and member of the council of Wycliffe Col-
lege for more than twenty-flve years. He was for more
than forty years treasurer of St. George's Society, in
the work of which he was very active, and served this
organization as its president in the year 1877. He was
also for years one ol the senior managers of the House
of Industry, and was connected with these various
organizations in official capacity up to the time of his
death. Samuel Trees was a man of deep religious
convictions, and consecrated a generous measure of his
time and means to the advancement of church work in the
Dominion. He was for many years a member of the board
of the Upper Canada Bible Society. A lifelong Anglican,
he was a member of All Saints' Church of Toronto, and
served as church warden for thirteen years, also being
a prominent member of the Toronto Diocesan Synod.
At the time of his death there were few better known
men, and he was sadly mourned by those to whom his

life was an open book, and also by those whose lives h
been enriched by his benevolences.

Samuel Trees married Miss J. F. Dixon, a sister
Major (Rev.) Canon Dixon, and a member of a tam
identified with the progress of Toronto for more th
a century. They were the parents of the followi
children, four sons and three daughters: 1. James D.,
further mention. 2. Samuel L., manager of the Whit
(Ontario) factory of Samuel "Trees & Company, L
3. Lieutenant Christopher F., who enlisted during t
World War in the 234th Peel Battalion in the spri
of 1916, and was sent overseas. Upon arriving in Engla
he was transferred to the 198th Canadian Buffs at Witl
Camp and later crossed to France with the 2nd C. ;
Rifles. He was killed in action in the Battle of Cambr
September 29, 1918. He was an all-round athlete, a me
ber of the Argonaut Rowing Club ; life member of Ro;
Canadian Yacht Club; and a member of Rosedale O"
Club. He was a member of the Chruch of England, bei
secretary of St. Peter's Sunday School; member
Zetland Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; on the boa
of the Upper Canada Bible Society, and life member
St. George's Society. 4. Lieutenant Alexander Geori
who enlisted at the same time as his brother, Lieutent
Christopher F., in the same battalion and was transfer!
with him. He was badly wounded August 9, 1918, at t
battle of Amiens. He returned to "Toronto, where
resumed his business connection with Samuel Trees
Company, Ltd., as a director. 5. Charlotte E. 6. Edil
7. Ethel.

James Dixon Trees, eldest son of the above fami
was born in Toronto, August 8, 1877. Receiving 1
early education in the public schools of his native cil
he completed his studies at the Jarvis Street Collegis
Institute. From boyhood interested in the business
which his father was engaged, Mr. Trees became ide
tified with the firm as an employee at the age of sixte
years, beginning at the bottom and learning the busint
from every angle. With its expansion, and the establis
ment of the branch at Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 19(
which has since handled all the western business, he h
kept in touch with every significant movement, and upi
the incorporation of the business in 1908, he was elect
vice-president and general manager. With the dea
of his father, who from the incorporation until that tir
was president of the concern, James D. Trees succeed
to that office, which he still holds. The business is n<
one of the foremost in the Dominion in this field, mar
facturing harness in their Toronto plant, having a lai
factory in Whitby, Ontario, for the manufacture of ho'
blankets and collars. In addition to the above they i
jobbers of automobile accessories, and shoe findin
They do an extensive business throughout the Domin' ;
of Canada, marketing these products through th
own representatives. Mr. Trees has various all
interests in the manufacturing line, being presid
of the Trees-Spriggs Company, Ltd., of Winnip
their western distributors; and a director of the Ha
Manufacturing Company, of Whitby, Ontario, ma
facturers of saddlery hardware. The old concern
since its corporation been known as Samuel Trees
Company, Ltd.

A member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Asso
tion and of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Trees ser
the latter body in 1920-21, as chairman of the Pu
Service Committee, and is broadly identified with
activities of the board. Politically always endorsing
Conservative party, the exactions of business prec!
active participation in political affairs. He is a men
and treasurer of St. George's Society, a member of
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Rotary Club, and
Rosedale Golf Club. Mr. Trees is a member of

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ncil of WycliSe College, and deeply interested in the
ance of this and other educational institutions. He
always actively identified himself with church work,
member of All Saints' (Anglican) Church, and has
'ed as vestry clerk for the past twenty years.
Ir. Trees married, in Toronto, Caroline Nairn,
ghter of Alexander and Elizabeth Nairn, of this city,
they are the parents of two children; Frances Dixon,
Elizabeth Nairn. The Trees town house is at No. 9
•edith Crescent, and Mr. Trees has for twenty-five
■s been a resident of Toronto Island, where he has a
•ming summer home, and where he was instrumental
iromoting the building of the present club house of
Island Aquatic Association.

lEUTENANT-COLONEL NOEL GEORGE LAM-
IT MARSHALL— Of Mr. Marshall as a Toronton-
the following has been written, and in itself it would
e him in prominent position in a history of the city:

irshall is a Torontonian of sixty-nine years, though not one of
lative-born. He was cradled in Old London.and came hither
1 he was four years old. He Itnows the Toronto that was. as
lany men do. He makes no pretence to a deep and wide hlstorl-
tore, but lilse many modest observers of events, he under-
ates his descriptive iKjwers. It is no monotonous record to have
; in tliis city from the Crimean War until after the greatest
to have seen the Prince of Wales ride down Jarvis street in
and to have ofllcially greeted the Prince of Wales for the
bitlon directors in 1919 : to have ridden on the first trip of the
iorse car that ever excited an Ontario populace; to have been
urly present on the first electric car that -sped on these busy
s, and to have had the first ofBce telephone In this part of the

n to this is added the wealth of humanitarian and
service that stands in his name, it is realized how
nplete would be a narrative of Toronto without
tory of his career.

eutenant-Colonel Marshall, son of Kenric R. and

lotte A. Marshall, was born in London, England.

(ducation was obtained in public and private schools

sronto, and as a youth of fifteen years he became a

in the office of L. Coffee & Company, grain mer-

ts. For three years he remained with this concern,

entered the employ of George Chaffey Brothers, coal

hants, where he remained from 1867 to 1870. He

became associated with C. J. Smith, coal and wood

r, in 1879 purchasing an interest in this business,

1 had been founded in 1869 by Mr. Smith. In 1888

Vlarshall, in partnership with Sir William McKenzie,

lased this interest, and three years later its corporate

I became the Standard Fuel Company, Sir William

enzie withdrawing from the partnership in 1900.

holesale operations in wood, which constituted the

lal business of the company, were later added coal

anthracite and bituminous. At present the

Jard Fuel Company holds place among the most

Jrtant dealers in the Dominion, of coal, foundry coke

(svood. The head office of the company, and eight

tors, are located in Toronto, and a chain of depots

ds throughout the Province. More than two

red people are employed in the conduct of this

ess, and the company's equipment is the most

m and efficient for the handling and transportation

commodities. Colonel Marshall is chairman of the

I of directors of the company, and his son, Lieuten-

Jolonel K. R. Marshall, is its president. Among

jher business connections, Mr. Marshall is president

Je Faramel Company, Ltd., of Toronto, and the

ifnion Automobile Company, Ltd.; vice-president

le Imperial Guarantee and Accident Company,

Ibf the Chartered Trust and Executor Company;

*or of the Sterling Bank, Western Canada Flour

U^ Company, Ltd., and Canada Northern Prairie

i^ Company, Ltd.

The writer, quoted in the opening paragraph of this
record, has written that Mr. Marshall's life is unique in
that he has been a constant public servant without
being in public life. He was a member of the Toronto
Board of Education in 1890-91, a brief experience that
caused him to resolve to have no more to do with public
office. He was created Knight of Grace of the Order of
St. John of Jerusalem in 1915, and was gazetted Honor-
able Lieutenant-Colonel in the same year. He was the
chief supporter of C. J. Atkinson in the founding of
Broadview Young Men's Christian Association, and for
many years has devoted no small share of his time to the
Exhibition. He was president of the O pen-Air Horse
Parade Association; vice-president of the National
Chorus and Provincial Council; Canadian Boy Scouts;
member of the Ontario Parole Commission; treasurer of
the LajTnen's Missionary Movement of the Church
of England; governor of the Western Hospital, Toronto;
vice-president of the Hospital for Incurables; member of
the board of the Children's Aid Society, Orphan Boys'
Home, Working Boys' Home, British Welcome League,
Imperial Home Re-union, Imperial Daughters of the
Empire, Women's Welcome Hostel, Georgina Houses,
and Bishop Strachan School.

Mr. Marshall was chairman of the Central Council and
Executive Committee of the Canadian Red Cross Society
throughout the war period, and he was also an executive
committeeman and active in leading degree in all loan
drives. In this capacity he performed a notable work for
humanity which, in all probability, could not be equalled
except in other war-time annals of the Red Cross.
He was indefatigable and successful in his efforts to
bring together the far-flung branches in the Dominion.
His knowledge of transportation truly was the bridge that
crossed the gap between the Red Cross and all other
societies. He was diplomatic and kindly; perhaps in
this latter quality lay a great measure of his success.
No branch was too small for his consideration; no indiv-
idual effort was allowed to go unrecognized, even though
his days and nights were devoted to addressing meetings,
to administrative matters and to answering personally
letters that were in a sense no part of his self-assumed
duties. One of the high tributes that was paid to Colonel
Marshall came from the women of Canada in May, 1921,
when he was presented with a beautiful illuminated
address and basket ot letters bearing the heartfelt
gratitude of Canadian women from coast to coast in
acknowledgment of the inestimable aid which had been
rendered by him as chairman of the Red Cross in minis-
tering to the men overseas. He was also presented with
a silver service and address by the Governor-General at
Government House, Ottawa, in October, 1920, on behalf
of the Canadian Red Cross Society, and in the same year
was made a commander of the Order of the Crown of
Italy. He was likewise a commander of the Order of
Regina Maria, Roumania; commander of the Order of
the Crown of Italy; grand officer of the Order of St.
Sava of Serbia; and a commander ot the order of Prince
Danilo 1, of Montenegro. In July, 1916, he was presented
to the president of France, in 1918 was granted an aud-
ience in Buckingham Palace by King George, and by the
Prince ot Wales in St. James Palace in 1919. By the
French government he was created a commander of the
Legion d'Honneur. The fact that he received the praise
and thanks of all the belligerent countries speaks well for
his tact and kindly sympathy, who ever put the work of
the people for the people before a personal interest or
thought ot public recognition.

Colonel Marshall is a member of the York, National,
Granite and Royal Canadian Yacht clubs, and is a
Conservative in politics. In 1906, upon retiring from
the presidency of the National Club, he was tendered a

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banquet and presentation by the members of the club.
In April, 1914, he was tendered a banquet and presenta-
tion by the Coal Trade of Toronto upon the completion
of forty-five years' connection with the trade, and this
honor was also conferred in 1917, when, upon retiring
from the presidency of the Canadian National Exhibi-
tion, he was presented with an address and a silver
service. In 1920 Colonel Marshall's portrait, painted by
E. Wyly Grier, was unveiled at a banquet in the National
Club, and a gold watch was presented to him by his
fellow-members. He is a member of the Anglican
church, and for twenty-five years served as a warden of
St Matthew's.

Colonel Marshall married, in 1879, Harriette Isabel
Hogg, daughter of John Hogg, J. P., York Mills, Ontario.
She died December 4, 1904. Colonel Marshall has two
sons, Lieutenant-Colonel Kenric R. and Noel Clifford.

THOMAS ROBERTSON— At the age of eighteen
years, Thomas Robertson came from his native Scot-
Uind, and with his four brothers established the firm
of Robertson Brothers, candy manufacturers, of Toronto.
Of these five brothers, Thomas Robertson was the leading
spirit and virtual founder of the business, but all con-
tinued therein until death called them except Gideon,
who withdrew after about fourteen years' connection.
He was the last surviving brother. The business now
continues under the old firm name, three nephews of
Thomas Robertson and sons of the original founders
being the managing heads. These Robertson brothers
were sons of Thomas and Jessie (Rutherford) Robertson,
of ancient Scotch ancestry.

Thomas Robertson was born in Selkirkshire, Scotland,
September 11, 1838, died in the city of Toronto, Canada,
April 19, 1917. He was educated in private schools in
Scotland prior to 1856, and in that year came to Toronto,
where he began his business career. There were five
Robertson brothers, Gideon, William, Thomas, George
and Alexander, who joined forces, and at Yonge street
and Wilton avenue, Toronto, opened a grocery store with
a confectionery department. The grocery business was
in time abandoned and candy became the sole business
of Robertson Brothers, while from dealers they became
manufacturers, and from retailers, wholesalers. In 1868
Robertson Brothers located at the present place of
business, having been previously located at Yonge
street and Trinity Square. Thomas Robertson was the
inventive genius of the firm, inventing and patenting
candy-making machinery which came into use in all
candy-making countries. He became head of the business
and conducted it after his three brothers had been re-
moved by the hand of death. The company later was
incorporated as Robertson Brothers, Ltd., wholesale
confectioners, Thomas Robertson, president. He was also
president of the Monetary Times Publishing and Print-
ing Company, of Toronto, an office he entered in 1902.
The following is quoted from the issue of the "Monetary
Magazine" of April, 1917:

Following the career of this joTimal with great pride, he wa.s
always most ardent in the desire that it should strictly maintain
the policy of the founders of the paper — to print an independent,
outspoken, carefully written and property conducted buslnoss and
financial journal. Throughout his business career, Mr. Thomas
Kobei-tson believed in recognizing the best side of tlie human ele ' cnt
in business and had the greatest pos-sibio faith in his fellow men.
To the Great Beyond has pa.sscd an unobtrusive but efTective nation
builder, a man who did noble deeds, without ostentation, a con-
sdentiou-s citizen of whom other men said with truth: "Here is a
gentleman."

Thomas Robertson was a man of strong mind and
character, self-reliant and not afraid to lead. He was
a Liberal in politics, but strongly opposed to the Taft-
Fielding Reciprocity Agreement of 1911. He was for
Canada first, and his pubUc spirit was boundless. He

was a member of the Toronto Board of Trade,
Andrew's Society, Canadian Manufacturers' Assoc
tion, York Pioneers' Association, Royal Canadi
Ontario and National clubs, being a charter member
the last-named. Mr. Robertson was a world-w
traveler, a collector of fine paintings, and patron
Canadian artists. He died in Toronto, aged seven
nine, having been a resident of the city for sixty-(
years, and one of the important business men of the c
for half a century.

Thomas Robertson married, in 1867, Elizabeth Vi
of "Toronto, who died in 1911. He married in 19
EUzabeth J. McKnight, of Toronto, born in Allist
Ontario, who survives him, a resident of Toronto.

COLONEL WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK M
NAUGHT, C.M.G.— In reviewing the life of Colo
McNaught, C.M.G., stretching over almost thr
quarters of a century, one is unfailingly impressed w
the intimacy of his association with those projects a
institutions which are universally recognized as represei
ing the finest effort and achievement of the Domini
in many fields. Canada's sons, in large numbers, fou
in the critical conditions of the World War the mes
of valuable service to their fellows, but while Goloi
McNaught's work in this emergency was surpassed
none, its magnitude and magnificence could not dim i
brilliance and worth of his devotion to the gene
welfare throughout the long years of peace. His 1
seems to have been described, in its far-reaching huini
itarianism, by the injunction of the Apostle Paul in 1
letter to the Philippians, for he had indeed thought
"Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things i
honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever thii
are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsow
things are of good report."

William Kirkpatrick McNaught, son of John a:
Sarah McNaught, was bom in Fergus, Ontario, Septei
ber 6, 1845, and died in Toronto, February 2, 1919. Af(
attending the public schools he was a student in Brai
ford Collegiate Institute and Bryant & Strattoi
Commercial College of Toronto, spending his early yei
on the home farm. His entrance into business life was
the employ of Robert Wilkes & Company, wholes!
jewellers of Toronto, his first position that of invoi
clerk, and in the nine years of his identification with tl
concern he rose to the managership of the silverware a!
cutlery departmeilt, and finally to the office of forei
buyer. In 1876 Mr. McNaught established the Ni
York office for this firm, and in 1877 organized, in Tore
to, the wholesale jewelry house_ of Zimmerman, V.
Naught & Lowe, continuing active in that firm un
1885, when he sold his interest to devote himself entin
to the oiganization of the American Watch Case Co
pany. From 1885 to 1904 he was secretary and treasu
of this concern, in the latter year_ succeeding to 1
presidency and general managership, which he h
until his death. His executive genius and almost unli
ited capacity for management were responsible for ■
large measure of success that attended the operati
of this company, and his untiring zeal and well-direc
efforts placed it in a commanding position in its fi(
He was a conspicuous figure in Canadian business 1
and was vice-president of the Canadian Elgin Wa
Company; treasurer of the Canadian Keystone Cresc
Watch Case Company; president of the Trader Pub!
ing Company from 1891 to 1905; and for twenty-t!-
years editor of "The Trader;" vice-president of
Standard Publishing Company, Ltd., from 1893 to If
and director of the Porto Rico Electric Railway C
pany, the Gore Fire Insurance Company, and the Cj
solidated Optical Company. For many years he wil

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illor of the Toronto Board of Trade; was president
: Canadian Manufacturers' Association from 1896
)8, and chairman of its taiifT committee from 1899
[)5. Mr. McNaught gave generously of his time
Gfort to the worlc of the Canadian National Exhibi-
)f which he was president from 1901 to 1905, and he
ed the tribute of the honorary presidency of the
tion from 1905 until 1910. The effectiveness of
ork in reorganizing the exhibition won deserved
ciation partially expressed in the presentation of a
service at a public banquet, and upon his resigna-
f the presidency he was made a life member of the
ition and a member of the executive. In 1907 his
of the provincial industrial and business conditions
jcognized in his appointment to membership on the
3-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, and in
he was again appointed a member of this commis-
vithout salary. In 1905-1906 he was chairman of the
[ of License Commissioners of Toronto. His
:al convictions were Conservative, and he sat
orth Toronto in the Provincial Parliament in 1906,
ind 1911, his careei in this body marked by a fear-
nd uncompromising advocacy of reform measures,
ceived the public thanks of the Toronto Anglican
I for having introduced a bill in the Assembly
e abolition of treating in June, 1906, and in 1908
troduced and staunchly championed a pure milk
From 1909 until his death he was a director of the
nal Consumptive Association, and he was also
ctor of the British Empire League. Mr. McNaught
;he author of numerous articles and pamphlets,
pally on commercial subjects, and among the
,gs that came from his pen were the "Canadian
ers" and "Ontario's True National Policy in
•d to Black and White Coal."
onel McNaught was a Baptist in religious belief
[filiated with the Bond Street Church, later with the
I Street Church. He was intensely interested in
;ic sports and was an authority on lacrosse, being
uthor of two books on this game and serving as
ary of the National Amateur Lacrosse Association
1877 to 1880, and president from 1880 to 1884.
as also a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht
and vice-president of the Toronto Rowing Club
1873 to 1875. He was president of the National
from 1897 to 1901, and in this period reorganized
enerally revivified the club, in recognition of these
es being presented with a silver loving cup and
g his portrait, by E. Wyly Grier, R. A., hung in the

1866 he enlisted as a private in the Queen's Own
, No. 4 Company, rising to the rank of color
mt, and later joining the Twelfth Battalion of
Rangers, in which he was commissioned lieutenant,
other officers and enlisted men he volunteered for
lief of General Gordon at Khartoum, but the offer
ot accepted by the British war office. At the out-

of European hostilities in 1914 Mr. McNaught
i his services to the government in any capacity

he might be of use, and he was attached to the
luarters Staff at Ottawa, with the rank of honorary
!l. He served as a member of the special land
)ort committee which standardized and purchased
lechanical and vehicular land transport for the
iian overseas forces, and at the request of the
liter of Militia raised one hundred thousand dollars
ibattery of armored cars. Later he superintended
tganization and equipment of the 109th Regiment
Jiadian Militia, and at the request of the members
•♦f was appointed honorary colonel in 1915. Colonel
tiught also was active in the recruiting and organiza-
lif the 84th and 169th Overseas battalions. He was

vice-chairman of the Industrial Association of Ontario,
organized in 1914 by the municipalities of the Province
to deal with the unemployment occasioned by the war,
and he was also organizer in the same year of the Muni-
cipal War Loan Association of Toronto, at whose
disposal two hundred and fifty thousand dollars were
placed by the City Council for loans in small amounts
to needy citizens^ out of employment.

From time to time in the course of his long distinguish-
ed career Colonel McNaught was made the recipient of
notable honors at the hands of his fellows, all of which left
him as they found him, sincere, loyal and unselfish in
his labors for the general good. In June, 1905, he was
presented to King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
at Windsor Castle, and in June, 1914, he was made a
commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.

Colonel McNaught married, June 22, 1872, Caroline
Eliza Lugsdin, daughter of Ladds William Lugsdin,
and they were the parents of: Harvard Young, a medical
doctor, member of the faculty of Leland Stanford Uni-
versity, California; Charles Boyd, a sketch of whom
follows; William Carlton; and Edna P. L., who married
H. R. Tudhope.

CHARLES BOYD McNAUGHT— Bearing a name
that has long been prominent in the Province and
Doininion, Mr. McNaught, in numerous fields of activity,
continues traditions of useful and sustained service.
He is a son of Colonel William Kirkpatrick McNaught,
C.M.G. (see preceding sketch) and Caroline E. (Lugsdin)
McNaught, and was born in Toronto, April 14, 1877.

After attending the Church Street Public School
and the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, Mr. Mc-
Naught became employed as junior clerk with E. P.
Pearson, an insurance broker, from 1895 to 1898, and
then for a time was his partner. In 1899 he embarked
upon an independent venture and operated alone until
1903, when he formed an association with George B.
Shaw, as Shaw & McNaught. Their business was
merged with that of J. B. Reed & Son in 1906, as Reed,
Shaw, & McNaught. Mr. McNaught's business interests
have extended into many fields, and he is an official
of several widely known industrial organizations. He
is president of the Consolidated Optical Company,
manufacturing opticians, of which he was the organizer,
president of the Sterling Coal Company, president of
the Conger-Lehigh Coal Company, president of the
City Dairy Company, Ltd., and president of the Pruden-
tial Coal Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He
also is a director of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com-
pany, of Canada. He is identified with the work of the
Toronto Board of Trade and the Canadian Manufactur-
ers' Association. He was a member of the War Trade
Board of Canada, upon which there were four representa-
tives chosen from the entire Dominion, and served as a
member of the Canadian Trade Commission. Mr.
McNaught represents the Ontario Government as a
member of the board of trustees of the Toronto General
Hospital, and he is a member of Deer Park Presbyterian
Church. In politics he is a Conservative, and he is a
member of the National Club, which he serves as vice-
president, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Scarboro
Golf and Country Club, the Rosedale Club, and the
Union Club of Cleveland. Mr. McNaught is a member of
the group of Toronto men-of-affairs who have bent their
efforts along lines productive of general benefit and
whose work has been pursued with public-spirited regard
for the common welfare.

Mr. McNaught married Violet L. Seath, daughter of
Dr. John Seath, superintendent of education for Ontario
from 1898 until 1919. They have one son, John C.K.,
a student in the University of Toronto.

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THE HON. and REV. HENRY JOHN CODY,

rector of St. Paul's Church, Toronto, and fonnerly
Minister of Education for Ontario, is an honored figure
in the life of Toronto and of Canada. His career has
been brilliant beyond the ordinary. It is as influential
in the state as in the church. Rarely does one find a
dergyman, devoted to his religious duties, exerting so
much power in civil society. A brief and simple recital
of the events of his life is the best proof of his place in
the Nation and the community. He was born in Embro,
Oxford county, Ontario, December 6, 1868, the son of
E.J. and Margaret L. (Torrance) Cody.

His education was received at the Gait Collegiate
Institute and the University of Toronto; his theological
training at Wycliffe College. He entered as an under-
graduate in University College with the Prince of
Wales Scholarship, and he graduated in 1889 with first
class honors in classics and philosophy — a double first —
winning the McCaul gold medal in classics and the
Frederick Wyld prize in English for his essay on "Flor-
ence the Mediaeval Athens." He is a B.A., an M.A.,
and an LL.D. of his alma mater. Conspicuous in classical
scholarship, he also devoted himself to history, under
Sir Daniel Wilson, and to English literature. Several
of his college contemporaries, like himself, attained to
eminence in life, such as Mr. Justice Duff, Sir Thomas
White, Rev. Dr. Gordon ("Ralph Connor"), Sir Hamar
Greenwood, the late Di. John Macrae, and Professor
Stephen Leacock.

From the first Dr. Cody was deeply interested in
education; taught for a time on the staff of Ridley
College, and lectured in Wycliffe College on Church
Hbtory and Systematic Theology. He was a member
of the University Commission of 1905, chairman of a
similar commission in 1921, and is now a member of the
board of governors of the University of Toronto. He is
also one of the trustees of the Royal Ontario Museum.
Closely associated with the Provincial School System,
he was invited by Sir William Hearst, in 1918, to become
Minister of Education, and his acceptance of the office
was the signal for popular approval and satisfaction.
His dual robe of clergyman and minister of the Crown,
80 far from exciting censure, secured for him the cordial
confidence of every element in the country. By necessity
a member of a government, he retired from office upon
the defeat of the Hearst Administration in 1919, although
he himself had been elected by acclamation to the
Legislature in an otherwise keenly contested general
election — a tribute to his personality and his recognized
fitness for the office. During the comparatively short
term of cabinet service, he had been able to embody
needed reforms in both elementary and secondary edu-
cation, to enlarge the opportunities for technical and
industrial training, and to secure from the Legislature
the passage of the most important educational measure
which his native Province had adopted for many years —
the extension of the compulsory period of attendance,
either in whole or in part-time, from fourteen to sixteen
or eighteen years of age. This advanced step, placing
Ontario in the forefront of educational progress, is now
being applied and worked out.

In his church. Dr. Cody fills a place at once unique and
commanding. He has been a clergyman of the Church
of England for twenty-eight years, and always associated
with St. Paul's parish. He took priest's orders in 1894,
and was Archdeacon of York from 1909 to 1918. But his
fame has spread far beyond the bounds of a parish
or a province. He declined the bishopric of Nova Scotia
in 1904; was the choice of the laity at the election of a
bishop for the Toronto Diocese in 1909; and in 1921
again refused even higher preferment, as Archbishop of
Melbourne, Australia, an unsought and unexpected

evidence of his standing and influence at home a;
abroad. The growth of St. Paul's under his fosteri
care is one measure of his usefulness and authoril
During his ministry St. Paul's had been three tire
enlarged until now it is the largest Anglican chur
in Canada, and the present edifice is a stately and ii
pressive example of the early English and decorated ty
of architecture. Its great organ is one of the dozen or
largest church organs in the world. In the geneial actr
ties of church life. Dr. Cody finds time for many labo
is a member of the executive committee of the Missi
Board of the Church of England in Canada, and 1
ecclesiastical scholarship has been drawn upon in t
recent revision of the Prayer Book. The degree of D.
has been conferred upon him by Trinity, Queen's, Kn<
and Wycliffe colleges, and the degree of LL.D. by t
University of Manitoba.

It is no easy task to define in a few words Dr. Cod;
relation to the varied interests of social, municipal, a
other branches of civil affairs; his intimate contact wi
all sorts and conditions of men of every religious (
nomination, profession, and occupation; his help,
and sympathetic encouragement of movements tendi
to stimulate and direct mankind; his eloquence in 1
pulpit and on the platform, and his devotion to Cana
and the British Empire. Few men have used grea'
talents, energy, and scholarship to better effect upon t
character of those around them. He has travel!
extensively, and is deeply read. In military matters al
he has taken a deep interest, and is chaplain of t
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, with the rank of lieuh
ant-colonel.

Dr. Cody married Florence Louisa Clarke, daugh'
of the late H. E. Clarke, M.P.P., of Toronto, and 1:
one son. He resides at No. 603 Jarvis street, Toron
and in summer at Morval Lodge on the shore of La
Simcoe.

REV. JOHN GILLESPIE— Rarely is it given to a
man to distinguish himself in two fields of endeavor, b
in the person of Rev. John Gillespie the business woi
for many years felt the force of a discerning mind a
progressive spirit, while his later years ^ave to t
religious advance of the Asy the same qualities ripen
to full fruition. Long a resident of Toronto, there t«
scarcely an interest here, civic, social or religious, whi
did not benefit by his devoted and constructive «
deavors. Both as an exponent of business integrity a
Divine Grace his influence was very powerful throu
his daily contact with the people, and now still \\\
among them, an inspiring memory.

The Rev. John Gillespie was born July 14, 1835,
County Wicklow, Ireland, although of Scottish ancest
He was descended in direct line from "Baron Dumfrie
a hero of Bannockburn. Mr. Gillespie's father, Jo
Gillespie, was a graduate of Trinity College, of Dubl
Ireland, and until his death a tutor in that instituti
His dearest wish was to see his son take holy orders, t
at great personal sacrifice the father planned his edu
tion, entering him as a student at Dundalk Board i
School. The father's untimely death, only a few ye
later, left the youth without means of continuing
studies, compelling him to relinquish his plans and ei
business as a means of livelihood. Accordingly, he beci
identified with the celebrated mercantile establishmeii
Todd, Burns & Company, of Dublin, where he remai
during his stay in that country. In the year 1854
common with many forward-looking young men of
time, Mr. Gillespie crossed the Atlantic and came
Canada, settling at Guelph, Ontario. Remaining tl
for about four years, he then accepted an offer from
old firm of A. T. Stewart & Company, of New York C

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lere he assumed a position of large responsibility,
hile remaining in New York he filled other positions
importance, and eventually returned to Canada
1866, becoming a permanent resident of Toronto,
ith this broadly comprehensive experience, Mr. Gil-
pie established his own business in Toronto, entering
B wholesale hat and fur field, the firm name at the
ginning being John Gillespie & Company. The enter-
ise was marked by immediate and lasting success, and
r. Gillespie personally retained the management of the
siness for twenty-two years. In the course of this
ne his personality made a profound impression upon
B business world of the day. Frankly acknowledging,
len occasion made it seemly, his deep interest in re-
ious matters and his convictions along this line,
B most positive opponent of his views could only con-
le his consistency, and respect and admire him for it.
ir he not only gave generously of his time and sub-
mce for religious work, but carried the principles and
Bcepts of religious teaching into the daily transactions
his business. The enterprise continued to prosper, and
derwent various changes necessitated by the growth
d development which brought it to a foremost position
its particular field, and still exists, under the name of
s Gillespie Fur Company, Ltd. During his business
reer Mr. Gillespie was identified with much of the
mmercia! and civic advance of the city of Toronto,
ing a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, he was
10 a member of the Dominion Board of Trade, and he
•ved as treasurer of both these important bodies. He
s also a director of the Bristol Mortgage Company,
d from early in its history until his death he was
inaging director of the Dominion Lands Coloniza-
in Company.

Meanwhile, although Mr. Gillespie, as a young man,
IS compelled by circumstances to lay aside his plans

• a position of prominence in the religious world, he was
levoted and indefatigable lay worker. No service was
3 humble to receive his earnest attention, and he came

be one of the most valued assistants at St. James'
ithedral, of which he was for many years a member.
; was appointed superintendent of St. James' Sunday
hool under the pastorate of the late Very Rev. Dean
asett, and his leadership of this body was a story of
ry striking success. Always appreciative of the view-
int of childhood and youth, his cordial sympathy and
nning personality increased the membership until the
nday school had the very remarkable attendance of
teen hundred pupils. Almost coincidentally with his
^ing up the Sunday school work, Mr. Gillespie became
urch-warden ol the cathedral. In this connection he
1 a great work for the material good of the parish, being
e of the leaders in the movement tor erecting a steeple

• the edifice, and making. other additions and improve-
jnts in keeping with the dignity and beauty of the
ihitecture, which have made St. James' Cathedral one

the finest church edifices of the entire Dominion,
s work was recognized by the placing ot his name upon
3 marble sphere which forms the cap-stone of the spire.
But through all these years Mr. Gillespie never for
e moment forgot the original purpose to which his life
d been consecrated, and the desire of his father that
should become a member ot the clergy. For a number
years before he retired from business he was making
separation for consummation of his purpose — the ful-
bient of his father's wish. He felt that the personal
;cess which he had achieved bore but slight significance
the general advance, and he cherished the old aspira-
n toward a higher plane of effort, a field in which the
ritual growth of men's souls should be his daily care,
king time from his business interests, he took up the
ial course in theology under a private tutor, and

prepared for ordination. He was ordained deacon by the
Rt. Rev. Arthur Sweatman, Bishop of Toronto, in 1887,
being ordained priest the following year by the same dig-
nitary. His first appointment was as assistant, under the
late Canon Sanson, at "Little" Trinity Church, of Toron-
to, but he was retained in this position for only a short
time. His ability and the excellent work he did for this
parish gave him a standing among the foremost clergy-
men of the day. The improvements he made on the
church edifice amounted practically to its rebuilding, and
his thoroughly businesslike handling of its financial
affairs placed it upon a sound economic basis, and gave
it a new lease ol life.

The most noteworthy feature, however, of Mr. Gilles-
pie's progress in the work of his sacred office was the fact
that among the people with whom he had come in daily
contact as a man of large mercantile interests, people
who had known him only as a business man, he was
received and acknowledged a man of God. So fully
and completely had his commercial career measured
up to the approved standards of honor and integrity
that even "in his own country and among hisown kin"
he was accepted as a worthy apostle of the religious life.
His appointment, in 1890, as rector of the Church of the
Messiah, in Toronto, then just set apart as an indepen-
dent parish, placed him in a position of great hardship,
and at the same time of great privilege. As the head of
a struggling congregation, without a home other than its
small and inadequate temporary mission house, the
pecuniary rewards of his labor were negligible, but the
opportunity for high achievement was well nigh un-
exampled. His zeal and devotion form a significant theme
running through the entire early history of the church,
like a melody rising above the accompanying chords
until hushed by the Author of all Harmony. His ceaseless
efforts brought into being the wonderfully beautiful
structure on Avenue road now known as the Church of
the Messiah. Through all the discouragements attend-
ant upon such an undertaking, he led his parishioners
with unfaltering faith and courage, much of the time
his dauntless attitude being the only influence which held
the workers together in their forward struggle. A year
before his death his flock expressed their appreciation
of his labors by presenting him with a beautiful gold
watch, suitably inscribed, a fitting address being tendered
him upon the occasion of its presentation. Rev. John
Gillespie has passed on to the rewards ot Christ-like
endeavor, and among the younger generation now grow-
ing up, his name is only one of many honored names,
but the Church of the Messiah will stand for many gen-
erations, pointing both the worshipper and the casual
passer-by to the higher life, and in this structure his
name will live as long as it shall stand.

Other bodies of organized effort and wide benevolence
also benefited by the personal activity and public
influence of Mr. Gillespie. He was for years a member of
the executive committee of the Diocese of Toronto, and
chairman of the Toronto Rectory Fund. Long govern-
ment trustee of the Toronto General Hospital, he was
a member of the board of the Toronto Orthopaedic
Hospital, and was chairman of the House of Industry.
He gave of his best efforts and of his personal means to
every worthy cause brought to his attention, never
questioning whether the part he bore should receive any
recognition or recompense of praise. Few have served
so wholeheartedly for the sake of the good to be ad-
vanced, with so little thought of personal aggrandize-
ment, in any cause at any time, and his loss came as a
deep bereavement to many individuals and organiza-
tions.

A year before his death Mr. Gillespie's health became
very precarious, but he continued to fulfill his duties

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as rector until within two months of the end. He died
Saturday morning, July 23, 1904, and the following day
all the services at the Church of the Messiah breathed of
sorrow, emblems of mourning appearing in profusion.
The Rev. Robert Sims, who for some years had been the
deceased rector's assistant, preached the morning sermon,
and Rev. Canon Sweeny, of St. Philip's Church, preached
the evening sermon. His presence was vividly recalled
in the reverent words spoken of him by his colleagues,
and by the singing of his favorite hymns. The "Dead
March from Saul" concluded both services, the con-
gregation standing. The funeral obsequies were held at
the church, which was the object of his loving and
devoted labors, at three o'clock on the afternoon of
July 25th, the services being conducted by the Bishop
of Toronto, assisted by Rev. Canon Sweeny, Rev. J.
Pitt Lewis, and Rev. Robert Sims. Many very beauti-
ful floral tributes attested to the esteem in which the
deceased rector was held, and the large congregation
in attendance told even more truly what the man and
his work had meant to the people of the city.

Mr. Gillespie married (first) in 1855, Hester Ellis
Cunningham, who died in 1876, leaving six children, of
whom three survive their father: Mrs. J. H. Brock, of
Winnipeg; Frederick G. Gillespie, of New York City;
and Mrs. Oswald W. Howard, of Montreal. Mr. Gillespie
married (second) Julie Rowland, daughter of H. S.
Howland, the founder and first piesident of the Imperial
Bank of Canada, whose son, Peleg Howland, is now the
president. Mr. Howland was also the founder of the
hardware firm now well known under the name of the
H. S. Howland, Sons & Company, Ud. He was for many
years one of the most broadly prominent men of the city
of Toronto. Mrs. Julie (Howland) Gillespie with her
children, survive Mr. Gillespie. Children: Ardelia, wife
of C. H. Watson, of Hamilton, Ontario; Julie, wife of
Adrian Millinan, of Toronto; Kathleen, wife of Dudley
Kelly, of California; Laura, who resides at home; How-
land, with the Gillespie Fur Company, Ltd., of Toronto,
of which his father was the founder, as above noted;
Paul p., who served in the Great World War as a lieuten-
and in the Flying Corps, and is now in the insurance
business; and John K., who also served in the Great
World War, won the Military Cross, was discharged with
the rank of major, and is now also in the insurance busi-
ness.

The life and work of Rev. John Gillespie presents
to the most casual reader a loyalty to high ideals and
fidelity to worthy purposes seldom surpassed. His
history can reflect only honor upon the city of his adop-
tion, upon the wide circle of friends who still cherish
his memory, and upon the sacred calling to which so
large a share of his energy was given. The world is better
for his having lived and labored in it, and every life is
richer which had the privilege of touching his.

JAMES FAIRHEAD— For almost half a century
engaged in the ice business, James Fairhead has for many
years been a leader in this line of endeavor in Toronto.
Mr. Fairhead is a son of James and Elizabeth (Fisher)
Fairhead, who were both born in England. A farmer by
occupation, the father went to Australia while still a
young man, in 1847, taking his family with him. After
being there for about two years, engaged in farming,
gold was discovered within one hundred miles of his
farm. Unlike the majority of the farmers who rushed
to the gold fields, he continued his agricultural pursuits,
and due to the scarcity of farm products, he was able
to sell at extraordinary prices, accumulating a fortune
within a few years. In 1857 he returned to England and
resumed farming there. His death, by accident, occurred

in 1873, cutting short his career just as he was lookini
forward to spending his declining years in comfort.

James Fairhead, the son, who is recognized toda;
as one of the leading figures in the ice bu.siness in Ontario
was born in Penrith, Australia, December 20, 184J
Educated in England, he came to Canada in 1871, am
settled in the village of Yorkville, now Toronto. Re
turning to England in 1872, he again came to Canad
in 1878 with his mother and his seven brothers am
sisters, he being the eldest son, and until the younge
children were settled in life he was the head of th
family. Once more locating in the village of Yorkvillt
Mr. Fairhead bought out a brickyard in North Torontt
which he carried on until 1876, when he entered the ic
business. First purchasing the Spring Water Ice Cora
pany, of Toronto, he found himself obliged, as tim
passed, to extend his activities to meet the constantl
increasing demand of the growing city. In 1886 he bega
procuring ice from Lake Simcoe, and at that tim
changed the firm name to the Lake Simcoe Ice Companj
In 1892 the concern was incorporated, and at this tim
an amalgamation of five other companies was effectec
Mr. Fairhead being made manager of the concern. I
1899 he was elected president of the company, and ha
since held this position in addition to its general managei
ship. The constant growth of the business has been sue
that the concern is undoubtedly the largest ice compan
in the city of Toronto. Their ice manufacturing plant
are located at the foot of George street, and No. 10
Dupont street, and are operated night and day, wint«
and summer, their output amounting to one hundred an
sixty-five tons daily, when run to capacity, as is almoe
always the case. Their output of natural Lake Simco
ice of course varies with the season, running from one t
eight hundred tons daily. They not only supply the cit
of Toronto and near-by towns, but ship throughout th
Province of Ontario.

Mr. Fairhead is a member of the Toronto Board «
Trade, and is a Liberal in political convictions. Politia
as such, have little interest for him, but he has bee
deeply concerned in movements of civic improvement an
progress and has been identified with much constructiv
work in this field. He is a member of St. Paul's Methodis
Church, and is very active in its various undertaking:
He has been a trustee for more than forty years, durin
fifteen years of which time he was treasurer of the churcl
For some time he has been a director of the Upper Canad
Bible Society, seryingon several of the various commil
tees of that organization. His chief recreation is foun
in lawn bowling, and he is a member of the Canada liaw
Bowling Club.

Mr. Fairhead married (first) in the spring of 187*
Catherine Shaw, daughter of Robert Shaw, of Toronb
by whom he had three sons and two daughters: Henr
James, now vice-president and assistant manager <
the above concern; Helena; Ella May; Norman Edga
associated with his father and elder brother; and Nev
man Allen, engineer of the manufacturing plant. Mr
Fairhead died in May, 1909, and two years later M
Fairhead married her sister, Margaret Jane. His cit
residence is at No. 193 St. George street, Toronto, at
his summer home on Shaw's Island, Lake Muskok
where he has spent his summers for the past thirt;
eight years, enjoying its beautiful environment
lake and wood.

COLONEL WILLIAM CAMPBELL MACDONAL

— Upon the roll of Canada's sons who contributed
world freedom and justice in the Great World War
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field, his death on January 21, 1917, resulting from
accident at the Toronto Union Station, as he was
ding farewell to troops of his command proceeding
rseas. It had not required the crisis of a world at war
bring home to Colonel Macdonald's fellows the
mgth of his character and the depth of his nature, for
he business world he held high place, and in the social
les in which he moved he was held in respect and
ird, whole-hearted and enduring. His stand upon
:al and ethical questions was uncompromisingly taken
m a high level, and he was tolerant and considerate
he rights and privileges of his associates, among whom
was extremely popular. In Toronto's history his life
)rd is illuminated by the steady light of noble pur-
es and attainments.

lolonel William Campbell Macdonald was the son of
ijamin and Dorothea (Campbell) Macdonald of
nguacousy, in the County of Peel, Ontario, and was
n in the County of Peel on May 31, 1856. He was
cated in the public schools and by private tutor, and
m nineteen years of age entered the office of the
isurer of the County of York, and five years later
led the staff of the Confederation Life Association,
^hich he became managing director and actuary in
4. He was a noted authority upon life insurance;
counsel bore the weight of exact knowledge, and his
iding was attested by his election in 1910 to the
sidency of the Toronto Insurance Institute, and later
president of the Actuarial Society of America.
Jolonel Macdonald joined the militia in 1878 on
stment in the "Queen's Own Rifles" of Toronto,
ig promoted in successive grades to the rank of cap-
1 and adjutant, and served with this regiment in the
rth West Rebellion in 1885, being present at the
lief of Battleford and the operations against Chief
Bear. He became a major in the 48th Highlanders on
organization in 1892, and lieutenant-colonel, comman-
g the regiment from 1900 to 1906, and after com-
inding the Sixteenth Infantry Brigade in 1908, was
moted the following year to the rank of colonel,
held a first-class certificate from the Royal School
Infantry and wore the Long Service decoration. Dur-
the Great World War he volunteered for service, and
u at Camp Borden and elsewhere in Military Dis-
itrict No. 2, as brigadier of the 1st Infantry Training
igade. He was a lifelong enthusiast in rifle-shooting,

I was on the Canadian Bisley Team two years, and in
16_ won the "Daily Graphic" prize, and was at Bisley
nird time as adjutant of the team; he was also presi-
It of the Dominion and Ontario Rifle associations, and
uident of the Canadian Military Institute in 1901-3.
lonel Macdonald attended St. James' Cathedral, and
B a member of the York, Toronto, Ontario Jockey,
f-onto Golf and Toronto Hunt clubs, and for recreation

II greatly attached to riding and golf.

volonel Macdonald married, in 1887, Caroline Emily
lid, only daughter of Frederick and Louisa (Barrett)
lid, (see sketch following) and their children were:
iFlora, who married William Batten McPherson, of
•onto, son of the Hon. W. D. McPherson, K.C.
iFrederick Wyld, an officer in the 48th Highlanders,
b served with distinction in France and Belgium with
f 15th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces,
lining the Military Cross at St. Julien, where he was
ien prisoner, and now aflSliated with the Toronto
Ice of the National City Company of New York.
Louise. 4. William Campbell, who died on May 4,
19.

ill Toronto mourned the death of Colonel Macdonald,
ll he will be long remembered as an able and popular
ber, who possessed not a single quality implied in the
in "militarism," but who always advocated the

maintenance of a proper state of defence, as a business
man of splendid endowments, and as a citizen whose
every work was good.

FREDERICK WYLD, son of William Wyld, of
Scotston, Queensferry, in West Lothian, Scotland,
was born on December '24, 1832, and was educated at
Irving Academy, subsequently serving an apprenticeship
of five years with Craig Brothers, woollen merchants,
at Edinburgh. In 1854 he entered the wholesale dry
goods trade at Hamilton, Canada, in partnership with
Henry Darling, under the name of Wyld & Darling, and
eighteen years later, on account of rapid expansion, the
business was moved to Toronto in order to occupy more
extensive premises, and the name was changed to Wyld,
Brock & Darling. In 1878 the firm was known as Wyld,
Grasett & Darling, but in ten years Mr. Grasett re-
tired and the original name of Wyld & Darling was
revived, with Andrew Darling as partner.

Mr. Wyld was known as a successful merchant of rare
merit, and in addition to his executive duties i n the
business which bore his name, many of the noted
corporations and financial institutions received the
benefit of his administrative talents, and his a.ssociation
with any company was full evidence of his faith in
its basic soundness and almost invariably a guarantee of
its success and prosperity. He was vice-president of the
Confederation Life Association, vice-president of tlie
Standard Bank, president of the Fire Insurance Ex-
change, and a director of the Canada Permanent Mort-
gage Corporation, the Toronto General Trusts Corpora-
tion, Dominion Transport, and King Edward Hotel
Company. He was extremely industrious, taking keen
enjoyment in the solution of business problems and
overcoming commercial difficulties, and any organiza-
tion with which he associated himself was proud to
follow his leadership.

Mr. Wyld was keenly interested in public affairs of
a nonpolitical nature, and there are few figures of the
generation past which symbolize more the public and
private virtues which men admire. He realized the
importance of education in Canada, and founded the
Frederick Wyld Scholarships in English at the University
of Toronto, and in Latin at St. Andrew's College, Toron-
to. He was an active member of the congregation of St.
James' Cathedral and liberally contributed to it and to
innumerable charitable activities, and was one of those
responsible for the organization in 1892 of the 48th
Highlanders of Toronto, a splendid regiment which was
afterwards commanded by his son-in-law Colonel
William Campbell Macdonald (see preceding sketch).

While a very young man, Mr Wyld married Louisa
Barrett, who survived him, and they had one daughter,
Caroline Emily, who married Colonel William Campbell
Macdonald. His clubs included the York, Toronto,
Royal Canadian Yacht, and Toronto Golf. Mr. Wyld
passed away on August 26, 1912, after over four-score
years of life, through which there extended an influence
and example that was a potent force for righteous and
effective living, conspicuous for high-minded unselfish
citizenship.

WILLIAM DAVIES— A resident of Toronto for a
longer period than is granted many men for their entire
lives, William Davies here made a distinctive place
for himself in the community's business circles and in
educational, philanthropic and religious affairs. He was
a pioneer in the exporting of dressed hogs, building up a
great organization in this line. As fortune favored him,
he found opportunity for the sharing of his means with
his fellows in deeds of broad beneficence. Passing the
allotted three-score and ten years, he entered his eighties

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with scarcely any diminution of energy and with height-
ened interest and zeal in the promotion of good works,
and it was not until his ninetieth year that his strength
failed and his passing came, taking from Toronto a
venerable citizen, toward whom had lon^ been directed
the loving regard of the vast number of his admirers and
friends. The story of his life is a remarkable narrative in
the extent of his practical achievements, the true generos-
ity of his spirit as exempUfied in liberal gifts quietly and
unostentatiously bestowed, his courage and forbearance
under a serious physical handicap, and the length of years
over which he continued a leading figure in the affairs
of the City, Province and Dominion.

William Davies was bom at Wallingf ord, near Reading,
Berkshire, England, June 23, 1831, and was educated
in English private schools. He then served an appren-
ticeship in the grocery business at Henley-on-Thames,
and was employed as a grocery clerk at Abmgdon and in
the Isle of Wight, subsequently establishing in indepen-
dent business at Reading. In 1854 he came to Canada,
locating in Toronto, and opened a small provision
store at the corner of Queen and Victoria streets, later
entering the exporting business, and shipping dressed
hogs to England. As the raising of hogs developed into a
large Canadian industry, he branched into the export
of bacon, upon which the business of the William Davies
Company was founded. Mr. Davies was a man who in
all things reasoned to fundamentals, and it was this
mental habit that prompted him in his diligent activities
in promoting the high standard of hog breeding now
maintained in Canada. He was instrumental in introduc-
ing among domestic breeders the improved Yorkshire
hog, and the result of this far-sighted action was that
within a few years Canadian bacon on the English
market came into high repute. Mr. Davies associated
with him two of his sons, who bore a generous share of
the responsibiUty of his large interests, as he felt they
were able to assume it, and their deaths caused him to
admit Sir Joseph Flavelle, in 1891. From that time Mr.
Davies gradually withdrew from activity in the organi-
zation, turning over his executive authority to Sir
Joseph and later Mr. Davies' grandson, E. C. Fox.

Mr. Davies was prevented by deafness from many of
the associations and companionships most enjoyed by
men, and cut off to such an extent from intercourse with
his fellows, he became an omnivorous reader. A strong
character and a spirit capable of rising above adversity
kept his outlook upon life cheerful and tolerant despite
his infirmity, and he excelled in works of philanthropy
and beneficence that could only have been inspired in
sincere love for his fellows. He was a member of Imman-
uel Baptist Church for many years and interested in
denominational affairs, contributing to the Forward
Movement of the church in liberal manner. Over a long
period of years he purchased a number of building lots
which he donated as sites for new churches. He was a
donor of WaUingford Hall, on St. George street, as a
residence for women students at McMaster University,
and was one of the principal supporters of Brandon
Baptist College. He bore a generous share of the cost
of erecting the Queen Mary Hospital for Consumptive
Children, and the Davies Cottage for babies at this place,
and also donated a cottage at Gravenhurst, and the
Infirmary there in 1920, while his concern for the wel-
fare of the Women's Hospital on Rusholme road provided
that institution with X-ray equipment and an operating
table. Various bequests to the National Sanitarium
Association reached a large amount, although all of these
gifts, many of large proportions, were bestowed as
a part of the day's work and of his realized duty. He
made no virtue of his benefactions and, indeed, was
so constituted that their omission would have caused

him mental and spiritual suffering. Mr. Davies was
ardent proponent of the temperance cause and felt
a part of the religious creed to which he was so devout
faithful. He was exceedingly fond of horses, was an (
oellent judge of the best in horse flesh, and his stab!
were well known throughout the Dominion throui
several noted representatives.

WiUiam Davies married (first) Enuna Holtby,
Henley-on-Thames, England, who died in May, 19(
and they were the parents of twelve children, all of whc
are deceased with the exception of Mrs. E. C. Fox,
Toronto. He married (second) in 1907, Rosa Besi
Talbot, of Caversham, Reading, England.

Mr. Davies died in Toronto, March 21, 1921. T
following is a tribute from Sir Joseph Flavelle, for ma
years his associate in business affairs:

William Davies was a man of stem Integrity, indomitable i
and unflinching courage. He was tlie pioneer in Canada in cur
bacon for e-tport to Oreat Britain, and rendered signal service thi
years ago in importing and breeding the bacon type of hog, wh
has given distinctive cliaracter in England to Canadian Wilts!
sides. Ho lived to see the business which he foimded in a small v
sixty years ago develop into the most important bacon-curing est
lishment in Canada, imder the able management of his grands
E. C. Fox, He was of the rugged, individualistic type, and in bi
ness adhered to simple, truthful, direct methods, seeking for no
vantages other than those he commanded by an initmate knowle
and efficient administration of his business. Though long depri'
of hearing, with characteristic determination and virile courage
attended pubUc meetings and church services. No stranger wo
know that the austere man, with Keen eye and sympathetic inter
could hear no word of what wa.s said, or read or sung. He was
uncompromising opponent of what he thought was wrong, ani
generous supporter of causes in which he beUeved. He was a stro
able man. The world would be richer if more men were passes
of his moral earnestness and imbendlng firmness.

COLONEL GEORGE GALLIE NASMITH, CM.

— Colonel Nasmith's professional training and work
normal times constituted an experience that proved
great value in the Great World War, and a distinguish
military record was added to notable scientific achie'
ments. Colonel Nasmith is now a member of the ft
of Gore, Nasmith & Storrie, consulting engineers, act;
in broad scientific lines of work in the conservation
health and wealth. He is a member of an old Scot
family, youngest son of Mungo Nasmith, a Scotsnn
from Greenock. His grandfather, at one time an aid
man in Toronto, was 'commonly known as "Hon
John," and his great-grandfather was the city archit
of Glasgow, the designer of many fine buildings. Colo
Nasmith is a cousin of Captain Martin Erie Nasmi
V.C, commander of Submarine E-11, of Dardanel
fame.

Colonel Nasmith was born in Toronto, December I
1877, and was educated in the public schools of t
city and Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute. In 1900
was graduated from the University of Toronto, and t
years later completed post-graduate work in scien
receiving the degrees of Master of Arts and Doc
of Philosophy. From 1903 to 1910 he was chemist
the Provincial Board of Health, and during this peri
he conducted numerous researches, notably on '
poisonous effects of ordinary gas, the pUrity of foods a
the methods of purifying polluted drinking waters.
1910 he was asked to fill the new position of direc
of laboratories of the City Health Department, s
was chief assistant adviser to Dr. Hastings in
elaborate reorganization of that department, wh
now ranks among the most advanced and efficient
America. Dr. Nasmith was in charge of the purificat
of the Toronto water supply during the period when
death rate from typhoid fever was reduced from for
one to two per hundred of population. He was a
successful in bringing about a comprehensive sche
of milk control, as the result of which nearly $400,
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iter from the Toronto milk supply (sold at nine cents
luart), in the first year. A natural improvement
quality occurred and additional regulations for clean-
ess made its use absolutely safe. As a direct result,
ant mortality was largely reduced in the city, and in
probability much bovine tuberculosis among children
;8 prevented. Dr. Nasmith has also perfected and
tented improved methods in sewage disposal,
[n 1914 General Sir Samuel Hughes, Minister of
ilitia, assigned Colonel Nasmith to take charge of and
apt his method of chlorinating water to the water
pply at Valcartier Camp, where 30,000 troops were to
concentrated. The success of the methods put into
eration is attested by the fact that during the period
im August 11th to the end of September no cases of
Dhoid developed in the camp except in four men who
tie there with the disease. Colonel Nasmith was then
luested by the Premier and the Minister of Militia
go overseas with the first Canadian contingent in
irge of everything pertaining to the purity of the
nking water supply and as adviser in sanitation. On
lisbury Plain he was able to induce practically all of
! Canadian soldiers of the first Canadian contingent

0 had not been inoculated against typhoid fever to
jmit to the treatment, and more than 9,000 men
eived these preventive measures. He also had charge
the purification of the water supplies and the train-
; of the water details, started a laboratory to control
! epidemic of cerebro-spinal meningitis, and was
gely instrumental in having the men moved into
lets and huts from the terrible condition of Salisbury
lin. Colonel Nasmith also brought to the attention
the war office the advantage of building large motor
er trucks after plans drafted by him to purify water for
! use of soldiers in the field. This system was adopted
the British army, and by the end of 1915 filter barges

1 filter motor trucks were in use along the western
nt, while later on tlrey were used in the east. The
thod of chlorinating the water in carts used by the
itish army in the field was a less accurate modification
the field method devised some years before by Dr.
smith and published in the "British Army Medical
irnal."

^s there was no position equivalent to adviser on
litation for a division in the field. Colonel Nasmith
3 given command of the Canadian Mobile Laboratory,
1 was attached to the British army in the field. There
and his staff were engaged in efforts to combat disease
i maintain the efficiency of the front line troops by
irding their water and food supplies, by investigating
i controlling epidemics of disease such as typhoid,
sentery, spinal meningitis, and diphtheria, by inves-
iting and assisting in methods for the disposal of army
ste and refuse, and in numerous other ways.
3n the day when the Germans launched their first
1 attack. Colonel Nasmith with his assistant. Major
nkin, chanced to be visiting the saUent of Ypres,
)ut two miles from St. Julien. He saw the gas clouds
rt up from the German lines, watched the French
lonial troops broken and running from the effects
the gas, and Canadian troops going in to fill the gap
; in the front line, and left the scene to report to general
idquarters only when the enemy was within rifle shot,
made the first and only accurate report on the nature
the gas used in the attack, suggested the use of the
; mask, and subsequently did considerable work
the effects of the gas and the efficiency of gas masks,
hough Colonel Edward Frank Harrison is credited
h the invention of the bon respirator, to Colonel
smith belongs the credit for devising the first gas
sk, an achievement which served to dampen German
)es and which raised the spirits of the British forces

at a time when the new weapon had caused their morale
to sink low. His first mask consisted of a small production
for the mouth and nose, saturated with hypo-sulphite of
soda, and British women are said to have furnished a
milUon of these within ten days. For this and other work
in sanitation Colonel Nasmith was recommended for and
shortly afterward made a Companion of St. Michael and
St. George, and was mentioned in dispatches. Colonel
Nasmith returned to Canada at the end of 1915 on six
weeks' leave, and created a flurry in social circles in
Toronto by his marriage to Mrs. Scott Raff, principal
of the Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expres-
sion, an hour before he left again for France, thus
bringing to a happy conclusion a love affair of many
years' standing.

After returning to France, Colonel Nasmith was
chosen sole representative of Canada on the War Allies
Sanitary Commission, then meeting for the first time,
and was associated in Paris for a month with the greatest
medical and sanitary experts of all the warring countries.
At the completion of his mihtary service, the University
of Toronto, his alma mater, bestowed on him the
honorary degree of Doctor of Science, in recognition of
his work overseas, and in the following year, at the
same university, he received the diploma of public
health. He has also been a member of the Academy of
Medicine of Toronto since its inception, and in 1920 was,
with Colonel Amyot and Professor McLennan, made an
honorary fellow of the academy. He is also a member of
the American and Canadian Public Health associations,
the Arts and Letters Club, and the Engineers' Club of
Toronto. He is the author of "On the Fringe of the Great
Fight," published in 1918, and "Canada's Sons and
Great Britain in the World War," published in 1919.
The first book consisted of personal experiences, and
the second, a much larger work, with an introduction by
General Sir Arthur Currie, was an historical account
of the part Canada and Great Britain played in the
war. Upon leaving the city service in 1920, Colonel
Nasmith became a member of the firm of Gore, Nasmith
& Storrie, with headquarters at No. 625 Confederation
Life building, and devotes his time to the scientific
commissions undertaken by this firm.

Among the numerous general papers that Colonel
Nasmith has published on foods, milk, water purification,
sewage disposal, and kindred topics are: "The Haematol-
ogy of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning," "Changes In-
duced in the Blood of Guinea Pigs in an Atmosphere of
Coal Gas," "A Simple Method of Purifying Almost
any Water Supply," "A New Type of Trickling Filter,"
"A Mobile Filter of Large Capacity Suggested for Use
in the British Army," "The Chemistry of Wheat Gluten,"
and "Wind-Driven Currents in the Great Lakes."

Colonel Nasmith has found his chief recreation in
sailing and racing. For three years he held the champion-
ship of the Kawartha Lakes, and also coached the noted
Argonaut Rowing Club Eight. He is also deeply interest-
ed in gardening and horticulture, is a member of the
Toronto Horticultural Society, and has taken several
medals at the different flower shows. He is active in the
work of the Red Cross, is vice-president for the Province
of Ontario, member of the executive committee, assistant
to the chairman of the Dominion Red Cross Society,
and chairman of both the Jimior Dominion Red Cross
Society and the Junior Red Cross Society of the Province
of Ontario. Colonel Nasmith is a member of the Baptist
church, and in politics is a Conservative. Mrs. Nasmith
is a daughter of the late Rev. Scott, of Owen Sound,
Ontario.

HARRY RYRIE — The name of Ryrie has long been
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ness, and this was the principal activity in the world
of affairs of Harry Ryrie. In addition to a conspicuously
successful business career he was even more widely noted
as a man who gave himself without stint in the promotion
of good works. The word philanthropist did not describe
him, for that term can be earned by material gifts alone,
and along with his substance Harry Ryrie gave of his
thought, his innermost feelings, and his whole heart
was in every enterprise for the welfare of his fellows with
which he was identified. Toronto remembers him in
sincere gratitude for a life of wholesome worth, and his
place in her history is secure.

Harry Ryrie was a son of James and Margaret (Pig-
eott) Ryrie, and was born in Toronto, May 9, 1862.
His early education was obtained in the Park public
schools and the school that is now the Jarvis Collegiate
Institute. His active life began with a five years' appren-
ticeship to a watchmaker, and he then entered the retail
jewelry trade with his brother, James, under the firm
name, Ryrie, the Jeweler. Their first location was a small
shop opposite the present Ryrie store, and the generous
patronage that was here attracted caused incorporation
as Ryrie Brothers, Harry Ryrie becoming secretary
and treasurer. The business outgrew its first quarters
and a new place was occupied at the northwest corner
of Adelaide and Yonge streets, which satisfactorily met
the needs of the business for a time, until the present
store at Temperance and Yonge streets was made its
home. The reputation of Ryrie_ Brothers extends
throughout the Dominion, and those in the trade who are
in a position to speak authoritatively say that it is un-
surpassed on the Continent. Certain it is that through-
out a wide territory around Toronto the name of Ryrie
Brothers signifies the utmost in quality and reliability
in all jewelry.

There was no single interest outside of his business that
claimed Mr. Ryrie more completely than the Young
Men's Christian Association. For several years he was
president of the Toronto branch, and he directed the
campaign for one million dollars to be used in the
erection of modern Young Men's Christian Association
buildings in the city. He was a member of the Dominion
Board of the Young Men's Christian Association and of
the International Board. Mr. Ryrie was a trustee of the
East End Day Nursery, a member of the advisory
council of the Girls' Home, and was a leading member
of the Jarvis Street Baptist Church. He was a member
of the Foreign Missions Board of his church, and for
many years taught a class in the Sunday school. There
was no department of his religious or philanthropic work
from which he derived more sincere pleasure than that
which brought him into touch with children, for the
appeal that they made to him was equalled by the
attraction he possessed for them, and their friendship
was an immediate and instinctive gift to him. Mr.
Ryrie held the Knights Templar degree in the Masonic
order, and he was also a member of the Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, National Club, Lambton Golf Club, of
which he was president, the Rosedale Golf Club, and
the Mississauga Golf Club. In golf and farming he found
his most enjoyable out-door recreation, and his marigold
farm at Clarkson was one of his most treasured posses-
sions.

Mr. Ryrie married, at Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.,
Christine Whittet, daughter of Robert Whittet, de-
ceased. Robert Whittet came from Scotland to the
United States shortly after the Civil War, and was
senior member of the firm of Whittet & Shefferson, one
of the largest publishing firms in the South, the firm
still active in this line. Mr. and Mrs. Ryrie were the

Barents of: 1. Helen, married T. H. Garrett, of St.
louis, Missouri. 2. Evan, went overseas in May, 1915,

as a lieutenant in the Forty-eighth Highlanders, Fori
fifth Battalion, and was killed July 18, 1917, near Lei
3. Margaret. 4. Ross. 5. Jack. Harry Ryrie died in T(
onto, September 16, 1917. His life, usefully and u
selfishly lived, is at once an inspiration and a splenc
heritage to those who follow him.

ALEXANDER ARCHIBALD ALLAN— His conn*
tion with Toronto dating to the city of old, Alexand
Archibald Allan, head of A. A. Allan & Company, Lt
of Toronto and Winnipeg, is one of the foremost man
facturers and merchants of Toronto as well as one of t
oldest in point of active participation in business affa
of the city. He is a native of Ronaldshay, Orkn
Islands, Scotland, son of Alexander Kennedy Alls
his father for many years prominent in the shippi
industry.

Alexander Archibald Allan was born May 14, 1842, a
as a boy was brought to Canada by his parents, obtain!
his education in Cobourg private schools and a milita
school in Toronto, which was conducted by the offici
of the Thirtieth Regiment. In 1861 he entered the ei
ploy of William McMaster & Nephew, wholesale d
goods merchants, with whom he remained for sev
years before establishing independently as a manufi
turer's agent, representing British drygoods houses.
1877, when the affairs of Joseph Way & Company wt
in course of liquidation, Mr. Allan purchased t
business, and in 1877 organized the firm of A. A. All
& Company, withdrawing from his agency connectio
to give his entire time to this field of work. The eoi
pany are manufacturing furriers, also make caps, ai
are wholesale distributors of hats, caps, straws, glo\
and children's headwear. Upon the incorporation of t
company Mr. Allan became president, the firm's locati
for many years on Wellington street. West, later on B;
street, between Front and Wellington streets, its hoi
at the time of the destructive fire of 1904, when the bu
ness was burned out. A new building, larger and mo
modern than the old, comprising seven floors ai
basement, was erected, and here A. A. Allan & Compai
have continued their extensive transactions, it being i
advertising slogan of the firm, supported by press
facts, that "Quality plus Co-operation built the All
reputation."

Mr. Allan, who for many years has directed the poll
that has resulted in this substantial growth and progrei
is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Associatic
the Board of Trade, a life member of the Royal Canadi:
Yacht Club, with which he has aflSliated for forty yea;
has been a member of the National Club since 1874, ai
fraternizes with the Masonic order, a member of i
Andrew's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons for fift
four years (since 1868). He is also a member of t
Ontario Club, the Granite Club, and the Royal Canadi
Institute. In 1890-91 he was president of the Coram
cial Travelers' Association. Mr. Allan has long beer
member of St. James' Square Presbyterian Chur
having served upon the board of managers and as
chairman for several years. His record of participat: j
in business, civic, social and fraternal affairs is one
exceptional honor, extending as it does, over a per
of such unusual length, and his career during this ti
has been attended by the respect and esteem of
associates. Mr. Allan has been an enthusiastic devo
of yachting, and is also known as an appreciative c
noisseur of oil paintings and watercolor work and
owner of splendid specimens of both arts.

Mr. Allan married, in 1872, Elsie Milne Watt,
Brantford, who died in 1921. Their children are:
Ada. 2. Jessie Louise, deceased. 3. Arthur A., mans
and vice-president of A. A. Allan & Company, I

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4. Lillian F., married John Roy Williams, and resides
in Palo Alto, California. 5. Major Frank S., manager
of the fur department of A. A. Allan & Company, Ltd.,
who won his military rank in the 134th Canadian Battal-
ion. 6. Herbert William, also associated with the organi-
zation founded by his father.

} HON. JUDGE FREDERICK MONTYE MORSON

1 — When Judge Morson began legal study he put aside
his early desires to follow the sea for a career that led
him to the bar and finally to the ermine of judicial place.
The loss of the English merchant marine or the Imperial
navy was surely the gain of the Canadian bench, and his
legal and judicial career is one of distinction and honor.

Frederick M. Morson was born in Chambly, Province
of Quebec, October 22, 1851, son of Frederick Morson,
M.D., M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and Georgina M. (Kuper)
Morson. Dr. Morton was surgeon on the staff to the
King of Holland, and later an eminent practitioner in
Montreal, retiring to Niagara-on-the-Lake after many
years of successful practice. The son attended Niagara
Grammar School and obtained his collegiate training
at Trinity University of Toronto, whence he was gradua-
ted in 1873, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Legal
study with the firm of Blake, Kerr & Boyd followed, and
in 1877 he was called to the bar, beginning professional
practice in Hamilton in association with Edward Martin,
in the firm of Martin & Parks. Returning to Toronto,
he was connected in practice with N. Gordon Bigelow,
iK.C, under the title of Bigelow & Morson, later Bigelow,
Morson & Smythe. These firms were identified with
jmuch important litigation and their members held de-
Iservedly high rank at the bar.

j Mr. Morson served for two years as deputy judge,
iand on June 4, 1891, was appointed second junior judge
for the County of York, Ontario, by Sir John Mac-
Donald. As a jurist he has won and held for many years
the respect and confidence of his colleagues of the bench
and of the profession-at-large for even-handed justice,
^dispensed always in accordance with the merits ot the
icase and unfailingly free from personal bias or sentiment.
I In 1920 Judge Morson was appointed a member of
the Board ot Police Commissioners of the city of Toronto.
iHe is a member of the Upper Canada Law Society.
His fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order,
being past master of Ionic Lodge, Ancient Free
land Accepted Masons, and was grand registrar of
the Grand Lodge of Canada in 1890, and his club is
the Toronto. He is a communicant of the Church of
England. His record bears favorable comparison with
that of any jurist of the Province in point of volume of
work accomplished and the virtue of talents brought
to the determination of justice, and he has a large
personal following throughout the district. Judge
Morson is an ardent devotee of outdoor sports, being
particularly fond of hunting and fishing.

Judge Morson married Katherine Le Brunn,
eldest daughter of the late George H. Wyatt. They
have no children.

JOSEPH ANTHONY THOMPSON— For more than
two decades prominent in professional circles in Toronto,
Joseph Anthony Thompson is numbered among the
successful solicitors of Ontario, and is a member of the
widely known law firm of Aylesworth, Wright, Thompson
& Lawr, with offices in the Bank of Hamilton building,
in Toronto. Mr. Thompson comes of English stock, and
is a son of Sir John and Annie (Affleck) Thompson.

Joseph Anthony Thompson was born in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, August 6, 1874. Going to the Mother
Country for his course in arts and letters, Mr. Thompson
was graduated from Stonyhurst College, England, after

which he returned to Canada for his professional prepar-
ations. In 1894 he joined the law firm of Beatty & Black-
stock, of Toronto, as a student, and later finishing his
studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, he was called to the
bar in 1899. He immediately became a member of the
present firm, and has since handled a general practice
as solicitor. He has won a high position in the pro-
fession, and is considered one of the leading men in legal
circles in Ontario today. He is a member of the Canadian
Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, and the
York County Law Association. Politically, Mr. Thomp-
son is a supporter of Conservative principles and policies.
His social interests include membership in the Toronto
Club, the Toronto Golf Club, and the Phi Delta Phi
fraternity. He is a member of the Roman Catholic
church.

Mr. Thompson married, in Toronto, in 1903, Maude E.
Temple, of this city, and they have two children: John
S. D., and Eleanor Ann. The family home is at No. 10
Prince Arthur avenue, Toronto.

ROBERT CARSWELL— One of the veteran business
executives of Toronto is Robert Carswell, who developed
the important publishing and book selling interest of
which he is still the head, active and alert to all progress
at the age of eighty-four years.

Robert Carswell was born in Colborne, Ontario, July
19, 1838, and is a son of Hugh and Margaret Carswell,
of Glasgow, Scotland, who made Canada their home.
Receiving his early education in the Brighton Grammar
School, the young man took a preparatory course at
Belleville Seminary, then entered Wesleyan University,
at Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.A., in 1859, in the
class of '63. Meanwhile, from the age of eighteen years,
he taught school for several years, then, after leaving
the university, he again taught school for about one
year, at Colborne Harbor. Coming to Toronto in 1864,
Mr. Carswell acted as sales representative for the
"American Cyclopedia," and while thus engaged took
up the work which eventually became his life interest.
Having an opportunity to purchase a few second-hand
law books, he did so, and finding a ready sale for them,
continued buying and selling in this way. He soon
opened a small book-shop, over the old "Leader" office,
and this business, founded in 1866, has grown to its
present importance. With its early development, Mr.
Carswell found it necessary to remove to larger quarters,
on the corner of Adelaide and Victoria streets. Later
buying this property, he erected the Equity Chambers,
at Nos. 22-28 Adelaide street. East. In 1879 Mr. Carswell
formed a partnership with Charles FVankish, W. E.
Collins, and Arthur Poole, and under the name of Cars-
well & Company, they did a very considerable business
in law books, but later Mr. Carswell bought out
his partners. In September, 1891, he formed a joint
stock company, known as the Carswell Company, Ltd.,
Mr. Carswell being the president and general manager.
Entering the publishing field at about this time, Mr.
CarswelT's first work was "Clarke's Criminal Law."
In 1909, selling the Equity Chambers, the business was
removed to No. 19 Duncan street, and was continued
there until 1919, then the site was again changed to
Nos. 145-149 Adelaide street. West, its present location,
where the company had erected a fine modern five-story
reinforced concrete manufacturing plant, with its own
printing and book-binding shops, the entire equipment
being thoroughly up-to-date. The Carswell Company,
Ltd., deals in law books only, publishing, printing and
binding, importing, and selling new and second-hand
books. Mr. Carswell has gradually relinquished his
active management of the business, but retains the
presidency of the company. J. T. A. Smithson is now the

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general manager of the business, in whom Mr. Carswell
has entire confidence in his ability to continue the busi-
ness successfully. Charles R. Brown is the representative
of the company in the United States, where he sells
many thousand dollars worth of books, both British
and Canadian, and is very successful. In addition to the
above interest Mr. Carswell is vice-president of the
Cartwight Goldfields, Ltd., whose holdings are now being
entirely developed and it is a promisingly valuable pro-
perty.

Mr. Carswell was a member of the Toronto Board of
Trade. He is a member of the Church of the New
Jerusalem, (Swedenborgian), in which he is extremely
active, being the head layman of the church.

Mr. Carswell married (first) at Iroquois, Ontario,
Millicent Carman, daughter of Philip Carman, who
died in 1866. They were the parents of a daughter,
Emmeline, who married Prof. Alfred Acton, M.A. Mr.
Carswell married (second) Martha Swan, and they were
the parents of a daughter, Martha Roberta. He married
(third) in 1881, at Edinburgh, Scotland, Mary Sophia
Frankish, with whom he has had a very happy life
for forty-one years. One child was born of this
marriage. Flora Edina.

REV. DR. HENRY SCADDING, educator, divine,
author, and historian, was noted for his writings on
historical subjects, particularly through his "Toronto
of Old," before the present history had been planned
or even had birth as an idea. His long life of eighty-
eight years extended over the greater part of the nine-
teenth century, and he is known as one of the out-
standing scholars of his time, a devout and beloved
servant of the church.

Rev. Dr. Henry Scadding was born in Dunkeswell,
Devonshire, England, July 29, 1813, son of John Scad-
ding, who was for many years factor to Major-General
Simcoe upon his estates in that shire.

Henry Scadding came to Canada in 1821 and obtained
his early scholastic training in Upper Canada College,
where he was "head boy" of the institution in the first
year of its existence, 1830. In 1832 he was appointed
a King's scholar, which enabled him to pursue, without
tuition cost, a course at an English university. He en-
rolled in St. John's College at Cambridge University
and in 1837 was graduated with the degree of Bachelor
of Arts. Returning to Canada in 1838, he became
a member of the faculty of Upper Canada College, and
subsequently, after his ordination, was the organizer and
first rector of the first free church in Toronto, the
Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity. After many years
of labor in these two offices, failing health compelled him
to retire in 1862 from college work, although until 1875
he filled the pulpit of the Church of the Holy Trinity.
Even when he resigned from the pastorate he frequently
assisted in the services, and to the end of his life was a
regular worshipper in this church.

Dr. Scadding received several degrees, including that
of M.A. from Cambridge University in 1840, and D.D.
from the same university in 1852. Dr. Scadding was
chaplain to Bishop Strackan, and accompanied the
Bishop on tours oi visitation to all parts of Canada.
He was for several years editor of the "Journal of the
Canadian Institute" of Toronto, and while occupying
that position, and after resigning therefrom, con-
tributed many interesting and valuable papers on
philosophy, numismatics and Canadian and aboriginal
archaeology. He was author of many monographs and
volumes on historical, scholarly, and scientific subjects,
and in 1855 was awarded the Confederation Medal by
the governor-general in council. Dr. Scadding was
president of the Canadian Institute from 1870 to 1876,

and was the first president of the "York Pioneers."
Upon retiring from the faculty of Upper Canada College,
Dr. Scadding took up his abode in the quaint home he had
built at Trinity Square, and here he did much of his
writing, including his "Toronto of Old." In 1867 he was
made a canon of St. James' Cathedral.

Dr. Scadding married, August 14, 1841, Harriett
Eugenia Baldwin, and they were the parents of Henrietta
Mellicent, who married Robert Sullivan, a sketch of
whom follows. Rev. Dr. Henry Scadding died in Toronto,
May 6, 1902. His influence upon his generation is com-
parable only to the influence of the church of which he
was a part throughout the centers of its history. Stead-
fast and true in all things, standing always as an in-
spiration to a higher, richer, fuller life, and offering, in
example and precept, the path to this lofty aim, he lived
and died.

ROBERT SULLIVAN was born in Toronto in 1838,
and died there July 3, 1870. He was educated in Upper
Canada College and the University of Toronto, being
graduated, gold and silver medalist, with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts. He studied law, was called to the
bar, and became a member of the firm of Morphy,
Fenton, & Sullivan. He was co-author with his partner,
Mr. Fenton, of a text book on commercial law. He
found his chief recreation in yachting, and whenever
opportunity offered, loved to sail a craft.

Mr. Sullivan married Henrietta Mellicent Scadding
daughter of Rev. Dr. Henry and Harriett E. (Baldwin)
Scadding (see preceding sketch). Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan
were the parents of the following children: Adelaide,
Henry Scadding, and Mabel Annesley. Mr. Sullivan's
death occurred at the age of thirty-two years, bringing
to an untimely close a career in which worthy achieve-
ments opened in prospect.

WILLIAM THOMAS MERRY, a native of Toronto,
has been identified with the city throughout all of his
active life, and is now head of the business of Charles
Bush, Limited, manufacturers of printing and litho-
graphic inks. Associated with Mr. Merry is Wilfrid C.
Kettlewell, formerly manager of the Methodist Book and
Publishing Company. Mr. Merry is associated with
many circles of the city's life, social and civic, and is one
of Toronto's leading sportsmen, taking a leading part in
the promotion of local interest in horses and horseman-
ship. The connection of the Merry family with Toronto
dates to 1860, when Mr. Merry's father, Martin Merry,
born in Reddish, England, came to Toronto in the
interest of his own firm. While in Toronto Martin Merry
decided to make his home here, entered the city employ,
and for many years served in the city clerk's office. He
and his wife, Harriet (Reynolds) Merry, born in Hull,
England, are both deceased.

William Thomas Merry was born in Toronto, Canada,
October 23, 1868. As a boy he attended the public
schools, beginning active life at the age of thirteen
years, first as a clerk in the office of Stephen M. Jarvis,
a barrister of the city, with whom he remained for three
years. He next formed an association with the Methodist
Book and Publishing Concern, subsequently being
placed in charge of their publicity work, and continuing
in this connection until 1909. In this year Mr. Merry
became identified with Charles Bush, Limited, a com-
pany established in 1907 for the manufacture of printing
and lithographic inks. Mr. Merry purchased an interest
in this concern and was made its managing director,
in 1912 becoming president of the company. In addition
to ink making, the company manufactures printers'
rollers and padding gum, and are jobbers in dry colors
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bot's carbon blacks, in which they are doing an
ensive business with rubber and other concerns,
presentatives of the company cover the Canadian
ritory, offering a valuable service and co-operation to
: employing printers of the Dominion, and a large
lort business is also conducted. Mr. Merry is a
mber of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association,
1 a supporter of all concerted movements for the
)rovement of industrial and commercial conditions
Canada.

At. Merry is a member of the Lake Shore Country
lb and the Toronto Hunt Club. He is an ardent
seman, numerous trophies testifying to his skill
this branch of sport, and finds no greater pleasure
n the mounting of a well-bred, well-formed horse of
racter. This love of horses and aptitude in their
idling have descended to his children, who have won
ny honors at the Toronto show,
rlr. Merry married, at Boston, Massachusetts, in
)ruary, 1904, Grace Lillian Carter, of Boston. Mrs.
rry is well known in the musical circles of the city,
1 is one of Toronto's leading contraltos. She has been
)ist in the Metropolitan, Central Methodist, Timothy
:on Memorial, and other churches, and now sings
;he Methodist church at Oakville, Ontario, where the
lily resides. Mr. and Mrs. Merry are the parents of:
lliam Harland, Richard Cleaver, Herbert Carter, and
th Lillian.

RVING HEWARD CAMERON— Among the lead-
men of the medical profession in Toronto is Dr.
ing H. Cameron, who began practice in this city in
4, and has for nearly half a century been winning
lOurs as well as rendering valuable service in the
fession.

)r. Cameron is of Scotch extraction, his grandfather,
n McAlpin Cameron, having been born in Scotland,
;nce he emigrated to Canada with his family in 1819.
imong his children was Sir Matthew Crooks Cameron,
} was born at Bullock's Corners, Dundas, Ontario,
ober 2, 1822, and died at Toronto, Ontario, in 1887.
Matthew C. Cameron was a man of large ability,
1 one of the leading men of the legal profession in
■onto, widely known for his resourcefulness, his wide
I deep knowledge, and his equity in judgment. He
i appointed to the office of Chief Justice of the Court
Ilommon Pleas, and for many years exerted a strong
uence upon the legal and judicial practice of his day.
was knighted at the time he became a chief justice,
I as a public-spirited citizen and a man of the highest
;grity of character held a foremost place in the esteem
his professional associates as well as of his fellow-
zens in general. He married Charlotte Ross Wedd,
' among their children was Irving Heward.
rving Heward Cameron was born in Toronto, July
1855, and after completing his preparatory education
ered Upper Canada College. When his college course
! completed, he spent three years studying law in the
;es of his father's firm, Cameron, McMichael &
i;gerald, in accordance with his father's wish that his
Ication should be a broad and liberal one, and then
:in his medical studies in the University of Toronto,
;iuating in 1874 with the degree of Bachelor of
iiicine. After spending some time in postgraduate
ik, he went to New York City and to Philadelphia,
Ire he made a special study of surgery. In 1876 he
irned to Toronto and engaged in practice. He steadily
Jt up a large and important clientele, and was emin-
ly successful. He then studied in England, France and
euany. As time passed, the quality of his work placed
1 among the leaders of the medical profession, and as
fTgeon he rendered service of such high value that in

1900 he was awarded an honorary fellowship in the
Royal College of Surgeons, at London, and in 1905 was
made an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Sur-
geons, at Edinburgh. In that same year he was also
given the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the
University of Edinburgh, and was made a Fellow of the
Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Meantime, he
had been receiving other honors from his professional
associates. In 1898 he was elected president of the
Canadian Medical Association. He was also made a
councillor of the Toronto Academy of Medicine; a
member of the original staff of the Hospital for Sick
Children, and a member of the surgical staff of the
Toronto General Hospital. He was also a member of the
surgical staff of St. John's Hospital and of St. Michael's
Hospital, and was professor of surgery at the University
of Toronto. He has served as president of the "Toronto
University Alumni Association, and of the Toronto
branch of the British Medical Association. He is a
member of the Senate of the University of Toronto.
He was formerly a member of the American Academy
of Political and Social Science, and is now a member of
the Soci^t^ Internationale de Chirurgie and of the
British Association for the Advancement of Science. In
addition to the manifold duties and responsibilities of
his practice and of his many professional connections
and associations, Mr. Cameron has been busy with his
pen. He is one of the founders and was one of the
early editors of the "Canadian Journal of Medical
Science"; and is the author of some noted articles
contributed to Canadian and British medical journals
and American text books. He holds the degrees of M.B.,
F.R.C.S. of England and Ireland, LL.D., F.A.C.S.

Upon the outbreak of the World War, Dr. Cameron
enlisted, serving as a colonel in the medical corps. He
was in charge of the surgical department of the Canadian
Red Cross Hospital, at Taplow, England, and later was
at the Ontario Hospital, at Orpington, England. He also
served as president of the Board of Consultants, and was
inspector and consultant to the various military hos-
pitals throughout Canada. He was demobilized, March
1, 1920.

Politically, Dr. Cameron is a Conservative, and has
declined the honor of nomination to Parliament. Along
with all the eminently valuable professional service he
has rendered, he has found time for healthful recreation.
He is interested in all sports, and is affiliated with the
York Club, the Primrose Club, and the Royal Societies
Club of London. His religious affiliation is with St. James'
Cathedral, Anglican.

In 1876 Irving H. Cameron married (first) Elizabeth
Amelia Maria Wright, daughter of the late Dr. H. H.
Wright. She died in 1902, and Mr. Cameron married
(second) Jessie Elizabeth (Holland) Robertson, widow
of the late John Ross Robertson, owner of the "Tele-
gram" and editor of the famous John Ross Robertson
Historical Collections. The children of the first marriage
were: Matthew Crooks, who is a barrister; and Evelyn
Charlotte Ross, who married Stuart Temple Blackwood,
of Toronto.

SIMEON HEMAN JANES— In the years of the past,
when the present city of Toronto was a vision cherished
by only a few of the most far-seeing of her citizens,
Simeon Heman Janes laid the foundation of a work that
continued until his death, resulting in vast benefits,
the value of which will endure far into the future of his
city. Real estate was the field in which his genius lay,
and his operations were conducted upon a large scale and
in conformity to standards that insured the creation of
districts creditable and desirable. His faith in Toronto,
his confidence that a high degree of prosperity would

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come to.her. i-pir^ jj^" '?* "f^ c^'iTcS^^^^
and basic soundness of which '^^ ^^^ ^^j^

The results unfailmgly vindicated ms ^^^^^

the growth and developn^ent rf the com^ ^^^ ^^^

lines that he had foj:«^««" t^^^!,Cs side of his life, and in
ton. This was the busy, strenuous side o^ At all times,
e^rgy and initiative he was wnhoutequa^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^

however he ''a^. * /°^Y in art He was also always

TorTtX^rd'higf a!mt.ar|c.e who Unew him b.t
realize how fully he attained them ^ ^^^.^^ ^^

Simeon Heman Janes was a descenaa j^^gg^^.tjus.
Huguenot origin, first settled >" ^P^^^ig ^rents came
etts, and as United Empire Loyalists, msp ^^^

to Canada from New Hampshie sho^ J^^^ ^
Revolutionary War f ^ „^^ ""^f Heman Janes, and
Ontario, February 5, 1843, son oi victoria

was educated in Ingersoll grammar bc ^^^^ ^^^

University, at Cobourg. He "^as graau .^ ^^^^ ^
University with the deP/«°f^^ff872 received his Mas-
valedictorian "f ^^^ ,9j,^\'r^? ereity of St. Paul, Minne-
ter's degree. Ham^'f ,^nive^^^ degree of Doctor
sota, honored him by confemng me^ g^^

of Laws m 1896. , .*'''\,=!^'L8 -^ Toronto, when the

engaged i" ,"}e''^'?<^,^,%^™ftively small dimensions,
city had attamed ^ut comparatively ^^ ^^^^

Real estate, however, made the strong pp.^ energies,
and to this field of endeavor he devote a ^^.^^ ^^^

glimpsing the future K^f.^^Xe op Business had by
then, in 1885, J'^* H^^*?he financial crash of 1857.
that time recovered fF^fJ'^tas about one hundred
and the city's POP"!^*^"!^ C vea?s previous having
thousand, the mcrease in the ten years p ^^^

been only thirty-eight thousand, wW^^ thousand. The
lS?oSl'eUXorBir s?S west of Avenue road.
wS principally, farms, and va^tland^ ^^^_

Mr. Janes laid out in lots m°it^°y'gi;*or street, and
ford road to Avejiue road, north ot cio ^j^ij^ing

extending beyond Dupont street ano^ ^ ^^

restrictions he !if]f,f ^ ™P^^^^ Madison, Huron and St.
duce such beautiful avenu^ as iviauj» , operator

George. Mr Janes was the first^ real es^^^^.^^P^^ ^^
in Toronto to abolish f^es \n tne p i' ^^ggj^able, a
plans, deeming them "nsanitarv a ^^ed. One

decision the correctness of which time has provea^^ ^^^^

of his busings maxims was to , bu^ 'Jy^ j^^ ^^^

^C'^^ir-' He%Ti& percefv7d%hTadvanWs o^
?hf Tokens s^^Z f -Wabout^a re^dy^^^^^^^^^^
laid out more than twelve hundre^lo^^s maK J^^
lers of them under that system, ne ^^ ^1^53

business supremacy would come to l^° ^^ ^^^jiding
belief made hmone of the first t" ^^^^^.^^^ section.
of "skyscraper" structures in tneao intensive

Mr. Janes had a most remarkable cap^my ^^^^^_

work on his various enter^prses, and was a ^^ ^^^

plish large results through his untmnga^^^^^^^^^ operations
SUiS the^e^^liSi^nrfher business interes^

"m^. Janes had a fine aPP-^af " oUh«„S^^^^^^
cultural and a^thetic and was the louna ^^

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variou. trip. .b;»d l?™™" j'ir C.f te'bS
<*,■,» fart to adorn B™""™»' „ ,,,, ino.t sBtet

goddesses em.blematic of Paintmg.^b brought froi
and Mechanics. Tapestries wim, ^^^

Europe are now on exhibition m the noy^.^^^ ^^.^.

iM» FRFDERICK JOHN SMALE— To bring fr;
the'^d'^strn'^cfS^aSeandah^^^^^^^

l*!^'>rTohnVmal%o^t present vd^^^^^^^ as an
S"oart of T^onto's history, is a privilege jus

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S*fvVwS?n\\f Lief%-iod allowed for tl

l.rm ibor. hi. .on «" '"J"-,?.',,?™^"; ^„ n

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given for two f^^^^^^^j; '"^d it was for this reason
merit for a third year. <"•" , . , years. 1

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at once added to the stan m u ^^^

assistant general managership. . 1 hose qua"
ifi ^o,mH the way for pre-eminence in the sci

ot this institute IS quoted in^hef^llowing^P^^^
He was a director of the wuuam ^ j^^
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but he was especially fond of curhng.

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BIOGRAPHICAL

3r. Smale married Helen M. Fetch, daughter of
)fessor Fetch, of Victoria College. Their children are:
;derick Edmund, John Kenneth, Dorothy Mills,
ssel Blake.

W. S. Milner, writing in "The University Monthly,"
! official organ of the University of Toronto Alumni
sociation, used the following words:

'he loss of Dr. Smale Ls most deplorable. Many causes will have
} lament, but only thoy who knew him will n'alize what it means
Jniverslty interests. For he was marked out, if ever man was, for
(lie activity and service: and he was one of ourselves — a type
3anadiim University life in its highest estate.
I humble farmer's .son, educated at Lindsay, he came up m 1889,
1 the 1851 E.xhibitior fellowship in 1802, which is given forcapac-
in scientific research, and wont to Europe. None who heard it
I forget the simple beauty of a reference he nmde to his mother
m address he gave to his old school before leaving. The com-
isioners extended the feUow.shlp to him for a third year. Retum-
from I.«ipziK, he was at once added to the University staff in
emlstry . At the end of three yeare he resigned his position to enter
iiness life.

"his sudden cliange was due to no lack of devotion to science.
ras partly due to a belief that ultimately a wider sphere of activity
i opened to him, bitt more, probably, to one of those powerful
nan affinities wliich cannot be e.xplained. Two men of Kindred
Ke felt in some dim way that they had a common future.
ie carried the scientific spirit with him into business, and none
5w better than he that tliere is a seiLse in which high business
uires a scientific temiier, an accuracy and a persistence which are
■ often but an ideal, a laboratory.

n the troubled jxiriod from which the University has emerged, he
rclsed a force which even those with whom he worked hardly
lized at the time, controlling the impetus, smootWng asperities,
ir hoiieful. suggestive and creative. In becoming one of the
gents of Victoria College, he had reached a place in which he
uld liave been a power in the whole University. For he was
entially a man of no organization or church party. He started from
ere he was, farm, college, church or bvisiness, and worked wherever
could lend a hand. It was the American residents' church in
ipzin. a Bible class of medical students in our University, the
chnica! School in our city, the Simday-school in his church, and
ilver.sity interests at many points. He had no theories and few
spossessions. He was a Christian man of science. A man of this
30 is never looking for work to do; the most varied interests are
itmually calling him. But liis would have been a public career,
public spirit was gaining the predominance in hun. But at thirty-
, just as he felt that he was coming to Ills more settled activity,
1 eager buoyant spiiit went suddenly and wholly unexpectedly.
: left a young wife (the only daughter of the late Professor Fetch)
d four little children. Tragic — but not a tragedy. He passed on
> lamp and the oil of life. He truly Uves and strives on.
A buoyant grace and fine nobility of poise were his great ont-
rd ciiaracteristics. Beneath a certain gayety and exquisite
irm of maimer pulsed an eager, fervent spirit, full of loving
idness and helpfulness. 1 .shall not, I hope, be thought guilty
violating the sanctities of intimacy in illustrating for others what
inner of man he was. After a first .serious oi)eration he rallied
BBciently (for him) to go down to business now and then for a
If hours. No one would have suspected that for six weeks the
lole daily product of bile (twenty-fotir ounces) was discharging
>m a wound. He left for Rochester (Mitmesota) to undergo a
»nd operation, absolutely the same as 1 ever knew him. Told that
i choice was between an operation, wliich might be temporary,
d would at least leave iiim permanently incapacitated for the
linary' work of Ufe, and another which might disclose hopeless
aditions, but, on the other hand, might possibly set him speedily
liis feet, he at once elected the latter. Next day he laughed hlm-
f into weariness over Kipling's "Steam Tactics," listened tenderly
"They," pursued the New Year's bill of fare at dinner to a finish,
ri infected all with his own spirits. Next morning in the hospital,
>jch he had previously inspected tiu-oughout with a scientific
Brest, he went into Dr. William Mayos operating room "un-
pared" (as the hospital word is), bade a cheery good morning
aU present, and placed liimself on the table. The operation
dosed the most dread scourge of humanity. At nine in the
Ding he was seen to be sinking. But he remained fully conajious
the very end, which came some hours later, with absolutely no
nge in his life-long Ixsaring, in full command of voice and strong
land. It was no death of saint, stoic or enthusiast. There was
looking forward to the future or back to the irast. He simply
ked out of life as into another room. A breaK in the glory of uvii^
I lilgh service was something he had never contemplated. Life
■nal btirned so powerfully in him that perhajjs he could not
Ifais mind upon wliat yet he knew. So iiassed my pupil as a boy,
al my t>eit beloved friend.

'The Varsity," published by the University of Toron-
tiUnion, spoke editorially in part as follows:

"he University has stu-ely .suffered much in one academic year at
tl hand.s of death. But when Dr. F. J. Smale was suddenly taken
OBhe third day of the new year a pillar tell. Among University men
tqfeeliDg is everywhere the same — a sense of desperate loss.

He had played no small part in the general movement wliich has
transformed the University sittjatlon. With wonderful sanltr
and sweetness he combined a hidden pa-sslon for achievement sucn
as few can ever know. A creative, organizing man, he was yet woU
content to stand in the background. It was progress itself ho wanted,
whether achieved by kindred spirits, or by those with whom he could
have little in common. He saw the best in men, and it was always
the best he wanted to see . . . Instinct, but not biLsiness instinct,
took him from us. He was quickly advanced from purely scientific
work to a mariagerial position. Yet there wa.s ever present in hla
mind a vision of service to the University that he loved. This
connection was never really severed. He served many a University
cause, and many an obsctire student deplores the loss of an open-
iianded helper.

His mental gifts were great, but his personal endowments were
princely. No one ever better illiLstrated the truth tiiat nobility and
charm of presence are not the special prerogatives of a class. And
he was a good man.

Had ho simply continued a member of the "Victoria Board of
Regents he would Iiave rendered inestimable service to the whole
cause of liigher education, for a more catholic spirit we shall hardly
see again. But at thirty-six, in the eager prime of his manhood, with
power now in his grasp, he walked out of life, imstartlod, unruffled,
literally eis if he were gouig forth to business on a common day. It
was not resignation, nor philosophy, nor faith, in any common sense.
He knew a secret. Here and there life was to liim an unbroken
whole of joyful service, and he went out to other business of ills
Father.

His obituary record in "Acta Victoriana" was as
follows:

There were few men of the rising generation from whom the
covmtry, the bitsy life of commerce, the quieter life of thought
and science, and the higher life of coasecrated Christian worK hoped
for greater or richer things. He was, indeed, one prominent among
tens of thousands, combining the careful, painstaking, truth-
seeking observation and patient study of the man of science, with
the fine ta.ste and culture of the man of learning and literature;
the active energy, ambition and versatility of the man of business:
the conscientious fidelity, transparency and honor of the Cliristian
gentleman; the rare social gifts which make a man witLsome and
attractive, and give him leadership among his fellow-men — a leader-
ship of love and resi)ect rather than fear^and, last and greatest of
all, the himible, loving spirit whici, following in the footsteps of
Christ, consecrates all other gifts to the life of service.

CHARLES W. KERR— Professional activity and
public affairs of Ontario have known representatives of
two generations of this line of the family of Kerr — Senator
William Kerr, K.C., the father, and Charles W. Kerr,
William F. Kerr and Francis Dean Kerr, sons — their
combined service in these relations covering a period
of more than sixty years. Prominence won through
careers of sustained usefulness has been their portion,
and in the "History of Toronto," the record of Charles W.
Kerr, of this city and Cobourg, has deserved place.

Mr. Kerr's grandfather, Francis Kerr, was a teacher
in Enniskillen, Ireland, in 1823, when he decided to
widen his scope of work by coming to Canada. He
married Olive Shelby Wallbridge. Mr. Kerr's grand-
father, on his mother's side, came from England and
opened a general store in Cobourg in 1832, and this
business is still being carried on.

Senator William Kerr, K.C., father of Charles W.
Kerr, was born in Prince Edward county, Ontario,
February 27, 1829, and was prepared for matriculation
at the University by Dr. Ormiston, a Presbyterian min-
ister of Newcastle, Ontario. He then entered Victoria
University for his course in the arts and letters, being
graduated in the class of 1855, and becoming a student
in the law office of Smith & Armour, at Cobourg, Ontario,
the members of the firm being Hon. Sidney Smith, later
Postmaster General of Canada, and Mr. Armour, later
Chief Justice of the King's Bench Division. Under this
distinguished preceptorship Mr. Kerr prepared for his
career, and was called to the bar in the year 1858. From
that time until his death he had a prosperous general
legal practice in Cobourg, his brother, John W. Kerr,
K.C., being associated with him from 1863 to 1903.
William Kerr was created King's Counsel in 1876, and
gained wide distinction in political and educational
circles. He was dean of the faculty of law of Victoria

THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

University for a period of twenty-five years, and was
the first vice-chancellor of that institution from 1885
until 1906. He had the honor of laying the corner stone
of Faraday Hall, Victoria University, on May 31, 1876.
In the public life of Cobourg he was an outstanding
figure, serving as councillor for five years, and as mayor
of the city for six years. He also served on the Cobourg
Harbor Commission for a number of years. He first
was a candidate for Parliamentary honors in 1874, and
was elected to the Dominion Parliament, but the
election was voided on account of irregularities by
agents. He was again elected in 1875, defeating Hon.
Sidney Smith, ex-Postmaster General, but in 1878 the
National Policy wave defeated him. Again defeated
in 1882 by the very narrow margin of five, he protested
the election, and it was set aside for bribery. In 1885
he was defeated by a small majority, and in 1887, 1891,
and 1896 he was offered the nomination, in each case
unanimous, but declined to be a candidate. During all
these years he was one of the leading Liberals in his
section of the Province, and campaigned extensively
throughout the eastern counties. In 1899, upon the
appointment of Sir Oliver Mowat as lieutenant-governor,
Mr. Kerr was called by the government to the Canadian
Senate to occupy the seat vacated by Sir Oliver. He was
a Bencher of the Law Society at the time of his decease
in 1906. William Kerr married Myra J. Field, and three
of their sons followed the law. The eldest son, William
F. Kerr, K.C., has been Crown attorney for Northum-
berland and Durham since 1905, and was associated in
practice with his father at Cobourg under the firm name
of Kerr & Kerr, now carried on under the firm name of
Kerr& Coc hrane. He has already been elected a Bench-
er of the Law Society of Upper Canada on three
successive occasions.

Charles Wesley Kerr, second son of William and
Myra J. (Field) Kerr, was born in Cobourg, Ontario,
April 17, 1865, and received his early education in the
public schools and Collegiate Institute at Cobourg.
Entering Victoria College, he was graduated in 1887,
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, then took up the
study of the law with his father for one year, later with
the firm of Bain, Laidlaw & Co. He was called to the
bar with honors and as a medalist in 1890, and since that
time he has continuously and successfully practiced in
Toronto, for the first seven years with the firm of Laid-
law, Kappele & Co. for fifteen years as a member of the
firm of Ryckman, Kerr & Mclnnis, and from 1912 until
the present time (1922) as Charies W. Kerr & Co.,
handling a general practice, but giving special atten-
tion to corporation law and litigation. His offices are
in the Lumsden building, at No. 6 Adelaide street,
East, and a long experience has brought him high stand-
ing and reputation among his professional colleagues.
Mr. Kerr's name has been and is beinfe prominently
mentioned in connection with an appointment to the Su-
preme Court Bench of Ontario. He is noted for
courage, determination, resource and urbanity. He
was a member of the Young Men's Liberal Club in days
of Willison, Lyon Pedley and Robinette; also as member
for twenty-five years of Executive Committee of North
Toronto Liberal Association and of the Liberal Associa-
tion of Toronto. Mr. Kerr served for years as secret-
ary of the North Toronto Liberal Association, and as pres-
ident of this organization. He was also for years a vice-
president of the York and Toronto Liberal Association. He
was president of the Central Toronto Reform Associa-
tion in 1917, and has been broadly interested in all
civic advance as well as national progress, but consis-
tently declined to accept political honors, except on
several occasions, the first being in 1917, when he
appeared as a straight Liberal Laurier candidate for

West Toronto, the election being contested with
Horatio Hocken. He took a leading part in uphoh
the policy of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in that election, fear!
ly endorsing him in many speeches and in publis
articles. The second exception was in 1921, whei
contested Northumberland county, his home cou
with the endorsement of his leader, the Hon. i,
kenzie King, in a three-cornered fight, as the Li
al candidate.

Always deeply interested in the progress of educa
Mr. Kerr was for ten years a member of the Boari
Regents of Victoria University. He is widely kn
socially, and for several years was president of the N
awaska Club. He is also a member of the Ontario C
of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, of Canadian
Association, of Ontario Law Association, and York 1
Association.

Mr. Kerr as a young man was renowned in Cobc
for his proficiency in all sports, viz; baseball, eric
lacrosse, football, one hundred yard dash, and '.
distance running.

Mr. Kerr married, in Hamilton, Ontario, on J
28, 1893, Maude Stobbs, daughter of the late 1
Thomas Stobbs, of Hamilton, and they have two dai
ters: Grace B., at home; and Joyce A., B.A. (Honoi
Modern History), wife of Carlton H. Rankin, of Toro
The family residence, "lUahee," is in Cobourg, and 1
attend the Methodist Church of Canada.

John Morely Kerr, the third son of Senator Will
Kerr, K.C., followed mercantile pursuits and is the
member of the firm of A. R. Copping & Son, of Toro:

Francis Dean Kerr, K.C., the fourth son of Sen;
William Kerr, K.C., is a member of the firm of P:
Kerr & McElderry, of Peterboro, Ontario, and is pr
inent in that city as a counsel and also politically, hai
been given the candidacy of East Peterboro in 1!
which he contested in the interest of the Liberal pa

DAVID INGLIS GRANT, in legal circles in Onta
holds an assured position as a member of the firn
Johnston, Grant, Dods & Grant, with a suite of ofl
in the Bank of Hamilton building, in Toronto.

Mr. Grant comes of Scottish antecedents, the
family homestead being near Granttown, in the Scot
Highlands. Leaving there in 1832, Alexander Gri
Mr. Grant's grandfather, came to Canada, and loca
near Peterboro, Ontario, where he lived for a time, t
settled permanently at Queen's Bush, now knowi
Stratford, Ontario. There he was active for many y(
as farmer and miller, and was also broadly promir
in public affairs, serving as municipal officer in
County of Perth, and making of his home a headquar
for the early Scottish immigrants.

Rev. Robert Neil Grant, his son, and Mr. Gra
father, was born near Peterboro, Ontario, and as a yo
man entered the ministry of the Presbyterian chu;
An eloquent preacher, he labored among the churche
that section for a period of forty-four years. His writi
also evidenced his mental power and spiritual grace,
reaching a far wider audience, gave the pen name ur
which he wrote, "Knoxonian," extensive celebrity,
died February 16, 1909. He married Mary A. McMul
youngest sister of the Rev. W. T. McMullen, D.D.
Woodstock, Ontario.

David Inglis Grant, son of Rev. Robert Neil and W
A. (McMullen) Grant, was born in the town of Inger
County of Oxford, Ontario, August 22, 1872. Recei'
his early education in the public schools of his na
place, he attended high school at Orillia, Ontario,
subsequently attended law school, at Osgoode I
Toronto, where he fitted himself for the profession o!
law. Called to the bar in 1895, Mr. Grant practice<

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en years in Orillia, then in 1911 came to Toronto, to
>me a member of the present firm. In this connection
s identified with an extensive general practice, and
handles much work in the field of corporation and
dng law, the firm standing in the front rank in
ario, being solicitors for the Royal Bank of Canada,
other large financial and commercial corporations.
Grant was created a King's Council January 1, 1922.
member of the Canadian Bar Association, Mr. Grant
holds membership in the Ontario Bar Association
the York County Law Association. A lifelong Liberal
olitics, he was for fifteen years secretary of the East
coe Liberal Association, at Orillia, and still keeps
ose touch with the progress of the party. Fraternally,
olds membership in Orillia Lodge, Free and Accepted
ions, and his clubs are the Ontario and Empire, and
Summit Golf and Country Club. He is a member of
Deer Park Presbyterian Church of Toronto, and for
e years has served on its board of managers.
[r. Grant married, in Toronto, on December 15,
!, Mary Evelyn Dennis, formerly of Newmarket,
ario, and they have one son, Douglas Grant, student-
iw. The family residence is at No. 66 Woodlawn
me, West, Toronto.

/VMUEL HENDERSON— In addition to important
ness associations in Toronto, Mr. Henderson has
lerous connections with the interests whose concern
le maintenance of high civic and moral standards,
has been identified with valuable social service and
are work, and in the midst of busy affairs has found
! for rewarded effort for the common good. He is a
of Robert and Elsie (Christie) Henderson, both
lased, of Scotch descent, who came from Scotland
'ntario about 1845, settling at Norwich, where Robert
derson was a merchant.

imuel Henderson was born in Norwich, Ontario,
B 4, 1865. He there attended the public schools,
r entering the Toronto School of Pharmacy, whence
?as graduated in 1880. For fourteen years he engaged
;he drug business at Lakefield, Ontario, in 1890
idrawing from this line of endeavor and establishing
manufacturer of waterproof clothing and oiled goods
lolbome and Church streets, Toronto, under the title
rhe Canadian Oil Clothing Company. Operations
a continued under this style until 1891, when a
ger was made with the A. J. Tower Company, of
ton, Massachusetts. From 1891 to 1898 the head-
rters of the company were at Port Hope, Ontario,
in 1898 Tower Canadian, Ltd. occupied the present
, No. 1149 King street, West. Mr. Henderson is
etary, treasurer and general manager of the company,
eh has branches at Vancouver, Winnipeg and Hali-
and whose waterproofed garments have met with
sspread favor in the Canadian market. In addition
his important interest, Mr. Henderson is president
sterling. Action & Keys, Ltd, vice-president of the
ity Life Insurance Company, and a director of the
it Thome Land Company and the Stoney Lake
;ages Association. He is a member of the Canadian
lufacturers' Association and the Board of Trade,
piring the World War, Mr. Henderson retired from
tousiness interests to devote his entire time to the
K of the Young Men's Christian Association in
Jpnto. He was general manager of the local work
he organization, with headquarters at Exhibition
» p, and through his example and infiuence enrolled
ay able men in Young Men's Christian Association
):, and obtained the hearty support of a large number
"ironto's wealthy and influential citizens. He has been
edent of the Toronto Young Men's Christian Assoc-
nd is now chairman of the motion picture depart-

ment of the Social Service Council of Ontario and vice-
president of the Council. He is a member of the National
Club, the Mississauga Golf Club, Empire Club, Cana-
dian Club, and the Canadian Order of Foresters. He is
a Conservative in political belief, and a member of the
Parkdale Methodist Church.

Mr. Henderson married, at Lakefield, Ontario,
February 8, 1881, Emma E. Sherin, of Lakefield, Ontario,
and they are the parents of: Reginald, who died in
1918; Minnie Grace; John Harold. The family home is
at No. 183 Jameson avenue, and their summer residence
at Stoney Lake, Ontario.

GIDEON GRANT, K.C.— Prominent in legal circles
as the senior member of the firm of Johnston, Grant,
Dods & Grant, Mr. Grant is one of the successful men of
the day in Ontario.

Mr. Grant comes of a family long numbered among
the leading men of this Province, his great-grandfather,
Lewis Grant, having been a government surveyor under
Governor Simcoe in 1791. Lewis (2) Grant, his son and
Mr. Grant's grandfather, was born in Dundas county,
Ontario, and conducted considerable farming operations,
also being a miller. He is widely remembered as having
built one of the first mills east of Toronto. Allen Henry
Grant, the next in line, was born in Grenville county,
Ontario, and during his entire lifetime was engaged
as miller and farmer. He married Elizabeth Bernissa
Howey, daughter of Dr. William Howey, of Kempville,
and both are now deceased.

Gideon Grant was born in the town of Oxford Mills,
Grenville county, Ontario, August 18, 1868. Receiving
his early education in the public schools of his native
place, Mr. Grant also covered courses at the Kempville
Collegiate Institute and the Prescott Model School.
Then for about five years (1886-1891) he taught school,
after which he spent one year in a law office at King-
ston, Ontario. Coming to Toronto in 1892, he finished
his preparations for his career at Osgoode Hall Law
School, and was called to the bar in 1895. For many
years associated with the law firm now known as John-
ston, Grant, Dods & Grant, he is now at the head of the
firm, thereby holding a position among the foremost
men in the profession in Canada, and in 1921 he was
created King's Counsel.

A well known member of the County of York Law
Association, Mr. Grant also is a member of the Ontario
Bar Association and of the Canadian Bar Association.
Politically he endorses the Liberal party, and fraternally
he is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, while
his social connections include membership in the Ontario
Club. He is a member of the Jarvis Street Baptist
Church, and has long been active in the benevolent
organizations of the church.

Mr. Grant married Mary Beatrice Kayler, daughter of
Frederick Kayler, and they reside at No. 48 Nanton
avenue, Toronto.

GEORGE HENRY KILMER, K.C., a barrister of
Toronto, practices as senior member of the law firm of
Kilmer, Irving & Davis, with offices at No. 10 Adelaide
street. East. He is a son of Edward and Jane Rebecca
(Ford) Kilmer, born in Warkworth, Northumberland
county, Ontario, January 7, 1864. He was educated in the
public schools of Trenton and Walkerton, Ontario,
entered the University of Toronto in 1879, graduating
in 1883, then returned to Walkerton where he received
his legal training in the office of Shaw & Robertson.
He was called to the bar in 1886, and appointed King s
Counsel in 1908.

Mr. Kilmer is a member of the National, Granite,
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clubs. He is a communicant of St. Paul's Anglican
Church.

Mr. Kilmer married, in 1888, in Walkerton, Ontario,
Margaret Ann Crawford, and they have one son. Captain
Charles Edward Kilmer, D.S.O., and one daughter,
Margaret Helen.

WILFRED CROSSEN JAMES— In the name of
James there is here written the completed and distin-
guished record of a public official and litterateur of wide
reputation. Charles Canniff James, long identified with
the Ontario public service and widely known as a writer
and lecturer, was one of the best informed and most
brilliant men of his day. His son, Wilfred Crossen
James, was called to the bar in 1920 and has since devoted
himself entirely to his profession.

Charles Canniflf James was of Irish ancestry and
United Empire Loyalist descent, son of Charles and
Ellen (Cannifif) James, and was born in Napanee,
Ontario, June 14, 1863. He attended the Napanee
High School and Victoria University, of Toronto,
receiving the degree of B.A. and the gold medal in
natural science upon graduating in 1883, being awarded
his Master's degree in 1886. From 1883 to 1886 he was
assistant master in Cobourg Collegiate Institute, and
from the latter year until 1891 he was professor of
chemistry in the Ontario Agricultural College, at
Guelph. He became deputy minister of Agriculture and
secretary of the Bureau of Industries of Ontario in June,
1891, remaining in the public service throughout his
active life, being described by Sir G. W. Ross as "one
of the best men we have in the public service." He was
a delegate to the Deep Waterways Convention in 1894;
a director of the Canadian Seed Growers' Association;
a senator of Toronto University; a fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada; president of the Ontario Historical
Society; a commander of St. Michael and St. George
(coronation) from 1911; president of the Lambton
Golf and Country Club; vice-president of the Royal
Canadian Golf Association; and a member of the Cana-
dian Olympic Committee in 1908. He was in great
demand as a lecturer, among his best known addresses
being: "The Irish Palatines in Upper Canada," "The
Teaching of Agriculture in our Public Schools," and
"The Problem of the Indifferent Farmer." His pub-
lished writings include, in addition to frequent contri-
butions to magazines: "The Early History of the Town
of Amherstburg," "The Second Legislature of Upper
Canada," "A Tennyson Pilgrimage, and Tennyson, the
Imperialist," "The Downfall of the Huron Nation,"
"A Bibliography of Canadian Poetry," and "The
Romance of Ontario, or the Peopling of the Province."
A contemporary newspaper wrote of him as "a many-
sided and capable public official," while another mention-
ed him as one possessing "a thoroughly scientific know-
ledge of agriculture, combined with high talents of
initiation and administration." He married Frances
Lillian Crossen, in January, 1887, and from 1890 Toronto
was the family home. Mrs. James is a daughter of James
CroBsen, and resides at No. 144 St. George street, Toron-
to.

Wilfred Crossen James was born in Toronto, January
26, 1894, and after attending St. Andrew's College,
University Schools, and the University of Toronto,
received the degree of B.A. from the last-named insti-
tution in 1916. His legal education was obtained in
the Osgoode Hall Law School, whence he was graduated
in 1920, and in May of that year he was called to the
bar. His practice is as a member of the firm of Mc-
Andrew, James & Evans. Mr. James is a member of the
Ontario Bar Association, the University Club, the Lamb-

ton Golf and Country Club, and the Canadian Milil
Institute.

Mr. James left the university to enlist in the Canac
army, December 4, 1915, and served in Canada with
124th Battalion, with the rank of lieutenant, bi
transferred in 1918 to the First Tank Battalion,
served in England with this organization until
honorable discharge in January, 1919. Mr. Jame
a member of the Methodist church, unmarried,
makes his home with his mother.

WILLIAM P. GUNDY— A sketch of the life
work of William P. Gundy, rightfully placed in
history of his adopted city as one of her distinguis
sons, is not written as a memorial alone, but becaua
the inspiration and example to be derived therefi
There are few men who secure in middle life a posi
in the world of business which assures them a competi
sufficient to relieve from financial anxiety, who are wil
to devote a large part of their time in the improven
of the social and civic life of the community. 1
however, is the course William P. Gundy chose, and
decision gave to the Ontario world of affairs a forc(
capable leader, a man of high Ideals, and of energy
determination sufficient to realize noble aims.

William P. Gundy, was paternally of Irish, materr
of Canadian ancestry, and was born at St. Cathari
Ontario, November 7, 1858, son of Rev. Samuel B.
Susannah (Pearson) Gundy. His education was obta;
in the Toronto Model School, and upon the death ol
father in 1873, William P. Gundy, then fifteen yeai
age, entered the civil service in the Queen's Prim
Department of the Ontario Government, where
remained for several years. Here he won the atten
of W. J. Gage, head of the firm of W. J. Gage & C
pany, publishers and manufacturing stationers
Toronto, who enlisted him on the Gage force. He
risen through merit and ability to the position of as
ant Queen's printer, and had he wished, might have
mained in the public service for the remainder of
active years. In 1881 he began what he always consi
ed his real business career with the Gage interests,
one year later was placed in charge of the opening
branch of the house at Winnipeg, Manitoba. He rem
ed at the head of this branch for two years, when he
recalled in 1884 to Toronto, and in 1890 became m;
ger of the company. In 1893 he became general man
and treasurer, and on February 18, 1912, was ele
vice-president and general manager, subseque
succeeding to the presidency, the office he held at
time of his death. He was also vice-president
general manager of the Kinleith Paper Mills of
Catharines, and vice-president of the Educational I
Company, of Toronto. He served the Toronto B(
of Trade as vice-president, was a delegate to the <
gress of the Chambers of Commerce of the Empir
1903, and chairman of the delegation to the Cong
held in London, England, in June, 1912, at which i
he was presented to Their Majesties and further honi
by a private audience with His Majesty.

Mr. Gundy had many connections with the
interests of his city. He was a governor of the Tor
Conservatory of Music, a trustee of the Toronto B
Grounds, a trustee and member of the executive b
of the National Sanitarium Association, and a trt
of the Toronto Free Hospital for Consumptives,
clubs were: the National, of which he was presic
the York, the Lambton Golf and Country,
the Rosedale Golf. Fishing, hunting and golf wen
favorite recreations. In his youth he was a merah
the "Queen's Own Rifles." He was for several

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■e his death a member of the board of trustees of
Metropolitan Methodist Church.
r. Gundy's war record is one of devoted and patriotic
ort of all government and social service campaigns,
;hose who knew him bear witness that there was no
ite duty which took precedence over the needs of
ountry. In 1917 he was appointed a member of the
Purchasing Commission to fill the vacancy caused
le appointment of Sir Edward Kemp to the Over-
Ministry of Militia, and his choice for this place of
trust was universally approved. William Lewis
unds, writing of Mr. Gundy in a Toronto journal
le time of his appointment to the War Purchasing
mission, used in part the following words:
ile Mr. Gundy has never aspired to what is strictly speal<ing
: life, he has for many years taken a keen interest in public
1. While labeled as a Liberal in lus political afflliations, strictly
InK he is a Canada First man. As a matter of fact, he is t«mper-
Jly the type of man who cannot closely afflliato himself t/\ ith
pohtioal party, for when Issues are at stake he is guided in his
IS by what he deems it to t)e his duty, and not by what the
de of the leaders of either political party may be.
may he surmised, he is a man of strong feelings. Unlike most
imilarly constituted in tliis respect, he never flies off at a taji-
He always keeps his feet on the ground and his head on liis
lers. He is about as resolute as any man could be. And when
s his hand to the plow, there is no turning back. But he has
te patience as well as zeal . . .

lerally speaking, there are four things in which he takes a
nterest. The first is the general welfare of the Dominion. He
es in government by the people, for the people. And he has a
lease as to what the character of the government should be.
uld l)e moral as well a-s efficient, whether it be Federal, Provin-
r Mtmicipal, and Ms soul bums within him when it is deficient
ler of these respects, let alone in both. A second direction in
his interest outside his own business is manifest^ Ls in regard
commercial and industrial welfare of the city of Toronto and
' the m(xliiuns through which he has worKed in order to further
ijects in this respect is the Toronto Board of Trade. Of the
he has for many years been an active member, and three years
ccupie<l the presidential chair with much credit to himself
ith profit to the city as well as to the board itself,
social and philanthropic work his interest is as keen as it is
iiness and public affairs. The one is manifested in the interest
ho tjiKes in the fight against tuberculosis, he being a trustee
;h the National and Sanitarium A.ssociation and the Toronto
Hospital for Oonsiunptives, The other is manifestod in the
St wfiich he lias taKcn in movements having for their object the
Dn of labor problems, one of which was the Ontario Commission
^employment, of which he was a member.

•. Gundy married Mary R. Simpson, of Barrie,
rio, daughter of Henry Simpson. He died in
va. May 23, 1919. The story of his life is that of a
of splendid talents, which in their full development
richness returned rewards not solely of private
nee but in contributions to the advancement and
of his fellow-men.

>N. THOMAS CRAWFORD— The life of the

Thomas Crawford reaches back over a period of

1 progress and development in Toronto, and it has

ihis privilege for nearly half a century to share in

lamest endeavor in private and public interests

Ibas been productive of this advance. Successful

Isiness activity, he has likewise a long record of

i guished service in public life, and has given largely

h time and means to philanthropic and religious

i Increasing years have brought additional oppor-

Ses of effective contributions for the general good,

1 ew honors at the hands of his fellows.

P)mas Crawford is a son of James and Jane Morton

(nsley) Crawford, and was born in County Ferman-

l,reland, August 14, 1847. He was there educated,

Ip 1865 accompanied his parents to Canada, for

' years _ continuing in association with his father

[extensive cattle business. Upon the retirement of

her in 1869 he established a commission business,

led up to the formation with others of the cattle

ig business of T. Crawford & Company, and he

it in paths of prosperity and progress for a

number of years. He was a director of the Ontario
Live Stock Insurance Company for many years, and
in the course of a busy career has been able to accomplish
much in the improvement of conditions in cattle trade.
His position in the financial world was one of importance
as president of the former Central Life Insurance Com-
pany and as president of the former Equity Fire Insur-
ance Company, and he is widely known in underwriting
circles.

As a young man, Mr. Crawford became actively
interested in public affairs, and in 1892-94 filled a seat
in the Toronto City Council. His leading influence in
civic affairs brought his name forward several times
in connection with the mayoralty, and while he has
accepted numerous offices it has always been with a
view to the opportunities of real service that they
offered rather than through consideration of the honor
connected therewith. He has represented West Toronto
(Local) in the Conservative interest since June, 1894,
and upon the death of Mr. St. John was elected Speaker,
April 8, 1907, being re-elected in February, 1909. Mr.
Crawford was vice-chairman of the Toronto Citizens'
Association, formed in March, 1905, to resist invasion
of provincial rights and the endowment of a State
Church, and his energetic, fearless leadership in this
movement has been characteristic of his uncompromis-
ing stand upon other questions of equal or greater
moment.

Mr. Crawford has been chairman of the Board of
Governors of the Toronto Western Hospital since 1905,
vice-president of the Children's Aid Society, and has
been president of the Layman's Association of the Toron-
to Methodist Conference. His aid and co-operation have
been freely extended to movements of charitable nature,
and he has long been influential in denominational work.
He was formerly president of the Irish Protestant
Benevolent Society and of the Methodist Social Union
He fraternizes with the Masonic order and the Loyal
Orange Lodge. The Toronto "Mail and Empire" has
written of Mr. Crawford as "a man of shrewd level
headed common sense."

Mr. Crawford married, in October, 1878, Isabella
Fyfe, daughter of Hugh Fyfe, of Glasgow, Scotland, and
they became the parents of the following children:
1. Isabella, married Rev. Howard H. Eaton, pastor of
the Methodist church at Chatsworth. 2. James P.,
born in Toronto, was educated in the Harbord Collegiate
Institute, the University of Toronto and the Osgoode
Hall Law School. He was called to the bar and became
a member of the firm of Edgerton, Brown & Crawford,
and upon the outbreak of the Great World War entered
the Canadian army, becoming major and second in
command of the One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Battal-
ion. In 1916 with the battalion, he went overseas,
reverting to the rank of lieutenant in England in order
to go to the front in France, and in 1917 was wounded
by shrapnel. He spent six months in recuperation in
hospitals of England and Scotland, and when able to
leave the surgeon's care resumed the court-martial work
upon which he had been engaged in England before going
to France. In August, 1918, he returned to the front
with the Third Battalion of Canadian Expeditionary
Forces, and was promoted to captain's rank, September
27, 1918. He commanded his company in the Burlon
Wood drive and in this action was shot in the groin by a
sniper. He walked back to the line, a distance of one
hundred and fifty yards, for medical attention, while
his company continued their advance, and died shortly
afterward from the effects of this wound. He married
Laurie Bell, daughter of Dr. Bell, of Ottawa. 3. Olive
Jane, married John Cork, who is connected with the
Royal Bank. 4. Lillie. 5. Edna.

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ALFRED ERNEST MATHEWS^Of the second
generation of his family to engage in Great Lakes
shipping, Mr. Mathews has developed, by building and
purcnase, a fleet larger than any other under individual
ownership on fresh water. He came to this line of
endeavor after a long experience in grain brokerage in
Canada and in the States, has made Great Lakes trans-
portation his major interest, holding captain's papers in
his own name, and having intimate knowledge of ships
and shipping on these "inland seas."

His father, James Mathews, was born in Pickering,
Ontario, in 1836, and died in Toronto, in 1912. In the
early years of his career he was proprietor of the Robinson
House, a temperance hotel on Bay street, Toronto, the
present site of the National Club. In 1856 Mr. Mathews
founded the J. &. J. T. Mathews Steamship Company,
which concern carried on an extensive freighting business
on the Great Lakes. During his lifetime this company
operated thirty-six vessels and steam barges, the business
being discontinued upon his death. James Mathews
married Charlotte Thorold.

Alfred Ernest Mathews, son of James and Charlotte
(Thorold) Mathews, was born in Toronto, April 29,
1872, and received his early education in the Toronto
Model School, after which he attended Upper Canada
College. At the age of fifteen years he entered the office
of James Carruthers & Company, grain brokers, re-
maining for a period of ten years, buying and selling
grain. He then went to New York City, where he
entered the grain brokerage business independently
under the firm name of A. E. Mathews & Company,
representing several Western Canadian firms on the
New York Produce Exchange and following this line
of activity for five years. Meanwhile, his familiarity
with transportation conditions on the Great Lakes
induced him to dispose of his interests in New York
City and to enter that field of work.

Returning to Toronto, he entered into partnership
with his brother, J. T. Mathews, building, at New-
castle-on-the-Tyne, the freighter, "Edmondton," for
freighting on the Great Lakes, and under the name of
the Mathews Steamship Company, began the business
which has developed to such large proportions. This
was in 1902, and from that time until 1909 a new ship
was built each year in an English shipyard, all steel
vessels. On September 30, 1905, a limited company was
formed, the name becoming thereby the Mathews
Steamship Company, Ltd., Mr. Mathews continuing as
before, president and general manager. In 1914 he
bought the wreck, "L. C. Waldo," off Lorain, near
Cleveland, Ohio, for $10,000. Her condition was
understood to be very bad, bottom supposedly out,
and she was condemned by the ship owners and superin-
tendents of Cleveland as worthless. Mr. Mathews had
her towed off the rocks and floated, then put into dry
dock. Four months later she was again afloat, and is
today worth $800,000. Upon floating her, Mr. Mathews
secured a ten-year loan of $100,000, with the vessel
as security, then in two years repaid the entire loan
from the earnings of this one ship. This was considered
in shipping circles the best purchase ever consummated
on fresh water. Today, the fleet of the Mathew Steam-
ship Company, Ltd., consists of ninteeen vessels, six
having been purchased, in September, 1921, from the
French Government for the sum of $2,500,000, and
the concern is now capitalized at $2,000,000. They
carry grain and coal from the head of the Great Lakes
to the Gaspe Peninsula on the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
During the war their vessels carried 150,000,000 bushels
of wheat for the use of the troops, from the head of the
lakes to Montreal. They operate all three-thousand ton
ships, with the exception of four, which have a tonnage

of seven thousand five hundred, and they employ t
hundred and eighty people. The company has rece
(1922) laid the keel for one of the largest vessels on I
water, with a length of five hundred and fifty
beam of fifty-eight feet, and depth of thirty-one
with a capacity of more than 400,000 bushels.

In the Great World War Mr. Mathews offered
services and his vessels to the government for trans
work, but it was decided that his usefulness was gn
in carrying grain for the troops. He bore a part in al
various movements in support of the forces overseas
life member of the Red Cross, and a member of the es
tive committee of that organization.

Of Mr. Mathews' recreative interests the grei
is steam yachting. He is a member of the Royal C
dian Yacht Club, carries a captain's papers on I
water, and is master of his yacht. He is a member o:
Rotary Club, the Ontario Jockey Club, the Hunt C
the Lambton Golf Club, the Strollers' Club, the Tor
Board of Trade, and is a director of the Nassau-Bahs
Club, of Nassau, Bahama Islands.

Mr. Mathews married, in New York City, H
Eckert, daughter of W. H. Eckert, and niece of Gei
Eckert, Secretary of War of the United States, u
the administration of President Lincoln.

EDWARD R. DEWART— From the time of
entrance into the banking business as a junior clei
1888 until January, 1917, Mr. Dewart found his
of activity in that calling, in the latter year forminj
present association with the Toronto Power Comp
Financial responsibilities and operations develop a
of executive in whom prudence and initiative com
to make the capable man of affairs broad in knowl
and judgment, and this is the experience Mr. De
brought to his present important post. He is a memb
a family long seated in the Dominion, son of Rev.
Edward Hartley and Dorothy Matilda Dewart, his fa
deceased, his mother enjoying good health at the
vanced age of ninety-two years (1922). Dr. Ed\
Hartley Dewart was a clergyman of the Methc
church, for twenty-eight years editor of the "Chris
Guardian," and author of several volumes of p(
and essays, including "Songs of Life," and "Essayi
the Times."

Edward R. Dewart was born in IngersoU, Ont
June 17, 1869, and attended Toronto Model So
under the late William Scott and Dr. John L. Davi
later pursuing courses in Toronto Collegiate Instil
where he came under the instruction of the late i
McMurchy, General Sir Sam Hughes, Major '
Manly and others, until 1888. In July of this yea
entered the Canadian Bank of Commerce, as junior e
winning promotion through the various grade
appointment as manager of the Cayuga and Duni
branches. In April, 1905, he joined the Home Bai
manager of their Walkerville branch, and during
following years he was manager of various branch
Winnipeg, Windsor, Clinton, Guelph, and Nii
Falls, making a record of efficiency and reliabili
administration in these positions. When he wit!
from financial connections it was to form his pi
relation with the Toronto Power Company, Janu;
1917.

During December, 1917, and January, Februarj
March, 1918, Mr. Dewart was in London, Englar
government business, and during his stay in the e;
experienced eight air raids. Through the courti
the Minister of Militia, he was permitted to visit I >
the lines at the front, including the Vimy and >
sectors, and he was with the North Sea fleet in J i
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Mr. Dewart is a Liberal in politics and was offered
fhe local nomination for Niagara Falls, but resigned
pon moving to Toronto. He has been president of the
outh York Liberal Association and in 1919 was a dele-
ate to the Liberal Convention in Ottawa. He is a mem-
er of the Ontario Club, the Niagara Club, and in
eligious faith is a Methodist.

Mr. Dewart married, in Toronto, September 30, 1905,
ulia Ida Blackwell, daughter of George T. and Julia
ilackwell, of Dunnville. They are the parents of the
allowing children: Edward Hartley, Dudley Robinson,
nd George Blackwell, all attending university schools,
nd Julia Dorothy, Eric Albert, and Honor, students
1 the John Ross Robertson Public School.

HEDLEY SHAW— The work in the milling industry
hat made Hedley Shaw a Dominion figure he began as a
mall independent operator in Brantford. Successive
teps, each embracing enterprises of increased size and
nportance, brought him to the vice-presidency and dir-
cting managership of the Maple Leaf Milling Company,
nd throughout many years he was regarded as one of the
jremost authorities on mills and milling in the country,
lis place in Toronto was that of a successful man of
ffairs whose interests extended to many departments
f the city life, and he was valued as a man and a citizen
hroughout the active part of his fifty-five years.

Hedley Shaw was born in Glanford township, near
lamilton, Ontario, in 1866, and died in Toronto, Novem-
er 29, 1921, son of Thomas Shaw, a farmer of Glanford
ownship. He obtained his education in the pubUc schools
f lirant county, and as a youth of seventeen years
egan to learn the milling business at Brantford. When
is knowledge and experience made it possible for him
0 embark in an independent venture, he began business
nder his own name, and was active in Brantford until
I 893, when he purchased the mills at Oakville, known as
he Oakville Mills, from Isaac Warcup. At this time he
ormed a partnership with Thomas Foulds, under the
rm name of Foulds & Shaw, a relation that continued
ntil 1898, when Mr. Shaw purchased his partner's
iterest and formed the Hedley Shaw Milling Company,
if which he became president. Later he built the Hedley
haw Mills at St. Catharines, and in 1900 purchased
he Howland Mills at Thorold from Sir William P.
lowland. In 1907 Mr. Shaw acquired the site at Port
lolborne, upon which now stands the Port Colborne
lill of the Maple Leaf Milling Company, the largest
nd most complete mill under one roof in the British
Empire.

These various interests were merged with the Maple
.leaf Flour Mills Company, at Kenora, Ontario, in 1908,
nd Mr. Shaw acquired the elevators which were the
iroperty of that concern. In 1910 the Maple Leaf
dining Company, Ltd., was formed, owning and
perating fifty grain elevators in Western Canada and
iiarehouses throughout the Dominion. Mr. Shaw became
ice-president and managing director of this corporation,
nd was in active charge of its important affairs until his
eath. He was also president of the Hedley Shaw Milling
'ompany of Medicine Hat, Saskatchewan, which is an
mportant unit in the Maple Leaf Milling Company. An
^pert on grain and milling, his reputation was national
ti scope, and his advice in consultation was regarded as
; most dependable guide in matters relating to his
pecial field. His rise in this business was based upon his
ireless industry and ready grasp of features of primary
ecessity in any practical proposition, and his career
f constantly-constructive, straightforward effort won
he regard and respect of his associates. He was also
ice-president of the St. Mary's Cement Company, Ltd.,

and president of the Port Colborne & St. Lawrence
Navigation Company.

Mr. Shaw was a member of the board of governors of
the Hospital for Incurables at Dunn avenue, and gave
generously of his time and means to the furtherance of
its work. His church was the Central Methodist, and all
departments of its activity had his hearty support.
He was a member of the York Club, Lambton Golf Club,
Lake Shore Country Club, Royal Canadian Yacht Club,
the Caledon Trout Club, the Granite Club, and frater-
nized with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
In politics he was a Conservative. Mr. Shaw found
recreation in curling, golfing and fishing, but more than
any of these he enjoyed motoring.

Mr. Shaw married, in 1888, Annettie Mitchell, daught-
er of Robert Mitchell, of Brant county, Ontario, and
they were the parents of: W. Leroy, and Edna Doreen,
who married J. L. Henderson.

ERNEST EDWARD ARTHUR Du VERNET, K.C.

— Although ended when its lull powers might have
long endured, the life of Ernest Edward Arthur Du-
Vernet, was so active as to supply, in a survey of the
important legal work with which he was identified, a
list of the notable cases of the period. Besides legal
connections of conspicuous note he had association in
advisory and executive capacity with the city's financial
institutions and he was also well known socially. His
name stands high upon the list of Toronto's citizens
of all time.

Mr. DuVernet was born in Clarenceville, Province
of Quebec, May 27, 1866, and in Clarenceville and
Chambly schools prepared for Upper Canada College.
He discontinued his studies in the last-named institution
to enter a Montreal bank, and soon afterward, deciding
to take up the study of law, he returned to Toronto
and was articled to Jones Brothers & Mackenzie. In
1889 he was called to the bar, and a career of broad
activity brought him to a place among the leaders of the
legal profession in Canada. His first partnership was
in the firm of DuVernet & Jones, and at the time of his
death he was head of the firm of DuVernet, Raymond,
Ross & Ardagh. He appeared in notable civil and
criminal cases, attaining equal distinction in both branch-
es of his calling, and upon the death of B. B. Osier,
Mr. DuVernet succeeded to the office of Crown prosecu-
tor. The case that first brought him into prominence
was the celebrated Virgo trial, when he defended the
interests of a poor peddler. His adroit and forceful
handling of this case, the skill and learning that he
displayed in its direction, his resourcefulness even when
the tide of evidence and opinion seemed to be against
him, won national notice, and from that time his pro-
fessional success was assured. At the outbreak of the
World War Mr. DuVernet was in England conducting a
case before the Privy Council, and, returning home, he
was extremely active in the prosecution of traitors to
the national cause. When death called him from his
labors he was pressing the prosecution, in his Crown
capacity, of Emil Nerlich, charged with treason.

Mr. DuVernet was vice-president of the Union Trust
Company and a director of the Union Bank, and his
judgment in financial affairs was proved to be on a parity
with his professional ability. He was a member of the
Albany Club, York Club, Toronto Club, and Toronto
Golf Club, and found his chief recreations in golf and in
European travel, being familiar with all of the points
of historic, scenic and artistic interest on the Continent.

Mr. DuVernet married, August 10, 1892, Julia Sophia
Marling, daughter of Alexander Marling, LL.D., deputy
minister of education for Ontario, whose death occurred
in 1890. Ernest Edward Arthur DuVernet died in

THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

Toronto, May 31, 1916. There were given to him vast
and unusual powers, and he took a place in a profession
where he was privileged to use these powers to safeguard
the welfare of his fellows, to further the ends of justice,
and to prevent the accomplishment of wrong. He
exercised a wise and careful stewardship over these
gifts, and derived from them worthy rewards for others
and for himself.

ROBERT McKENZlE BERTRAM— For two de-
cades the name of Bertram was known throughout the
Dominion in connection with the manufacture of engines
and with shipbuilding, and it was in the Bertram Engine
and Shipbuilding Company that Robert McKenzie
Bertram's active career began. In the interval between
the death of his father, one of the original heads of
this enterprise under the family name, and the sale of
the business to other interests, Mr. Bertram guided
this vast organization as president, then entering the
field of brick manufacture, in which he continued, with
other important industrial holdings, until his death.
He was a man of strong business ability, interested in
all work for civic improvement, material and mora!,
socially popular, and gifted artistically, and his death
in 1916 removed from his community a man who had
proved his value in many relations to its life.

Robert McKenzie Bertram was a son of John and Hel-
en (Shields) Bertram, his father having died in Toronto,
in November, 1904. John Bertram was in earlier life
a resident of Peterboro, Ontario, a wholesale hardware
dealer, and from 1872 to 1878 sat for West Peterboro in
the House of Commons. In 1881 he came to Toronto,
and here became prominent industrially as president
of the Collins Inlet Lumber Company and as president
of the Bertram Engine and Shipbuilding Company.
The latter company was originally the Doty Engine
Company, which failed in 1892, owing a large amount to
John Bertram and George H. Bertram, his brother.
The brothers, endeavoring to make these debts good,
took over the engine works, determined upon their
rehabilitation, and this concern, under their own name,
they placed among the largest and most successful
industrial plants of the city. John Bertram was well
known in public life, was chairman of the Dominion
Commission on Transportation, and in 1897 was a mem-
ber of the Ontario Forestry Commission. He was a
Liberal in political faith, and a member of the Unitarian
church.

Robert McKenzie Bertram was born at Peterboro,
Ontario, April 4, 1873. After obtaining his education
in Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto
School of Science, Mr. Bertram entered his father's
business, the Bertram Engine and Shipbuilding Com-
pany, and at the end of his first year's work was sent to
Clyde Bank, Scotland, to study shipbuilding as there
practiced. Returning to Canada, he again took up work
m the Bertram plant, and upon the death of his father
in November, 1904, succeeded to the presidency. This
post he filled until the Bertram Engine and Shipbuilding
Company was sold to Frederick Nichols, Mr. Bertram
entering upon the manufacture of brick. He became
president of the Medina Shale Brick Company at Streets-
ville, Ontario, and when this company, several years
later, was merged with the Milton Brick Company, Mr.
Bertram became a director of the latter organization.
He was also vice-president of the Collins Inlet Lumber
Company, and for the last few years of his life devoted
the greater part of it to the Collins' interests. He was
a director of the Burlington Steel Company, of Hamilton,
and of the Lincoln Electric Company. Rotary Club
activities appealed strongly to him, and throughout
the period of the war he was a leader in all organized

effort in support of the troops in the field. He ga
sympathetic interest and generous support to wo
with boys, and felt that such endeavor helped to ma
firm the foundation of the Dominion's manhood in t
coming years.

Mr. Bertram was a member of the Canadian Man
facturers' Association, the National Club, and t
Lambton Golf Club. Golf was his favorite out-of-dc
recreation, and another manner in which he fou
relaxation from business was in sculpturing, his talei
in sculpture and modeling being far beyond the ordinal

Mr. Bertram married Louise H. Hodgens, daughter
Edward Hodgens, of London, Ontario, and they were t
parents of: Robert E., Frances Louise, and Willii
Edington. Mr. Bertram died July 17, 1916.

JOHN HENRY PATERSON— In the summa
of the life activity of John Henry Paterson stands su
stantial business success, religious service perform
in sincerity and devotion, philanthropic work of fi
reaching value, and association with his fellows
numerous fraternal and social organizations, to whi
he brought a genial friendliness and goodwill tt
endeared him to all. His career was productive of lar
contributions to the general good, and his passing
1921 brought universal regret in the wide circles in whi
he was known.

Mr. Paterson was a son of Peter Paterson, a nati
of Scotland, who came to Canada and located in "Tore
to. Peter Paterson was a prominent dry goods mercha
and was also well known in financial dealings, bei
president of the first Board of Underwriters and al
governor of the British-American Insurance Compar
He married Hannah Wilson.

John Henry Paterson was born in Toronto, April i
1853, and attended Trinity College School at Westt
going with the school to Port Hope. As a youth of si
teen years he entered the employ of John McNabb
Company, hardware merchants, and subsequent
traveled in the interest of the Ives Hardware Compar
of Montreal. In 1880 he formed a partnership with IW
Rabjohn, as Paterson & Rabjohn, for the manufactu
of hardware. Not long afterward Mr. Rabjohn dispos
of his interest, and George Gouinlock entered the fin
which then became the Toronto Hardware Manufacti
ing Company, at No. 1100 Queen street. West. T
nature of the company's product gradually change
and eventually the manufacture of open fireplaces, grat<
mantles, tiles, and similar commodities, became t
leading interest. Subsequently, the production of ca
iron soil pipe and fittings was taken up, and later the
was added a line of galvanized range boilers. "The o
quarters were outgrown in the steady expansion of tl
business, and in 1902 property was bought at Duffer
street, adjoining the Grand Trunk railway tracks, whe
the group of specially designed buildings was erecte
At this time the company's product was chiefly ca
iron soil pipe and fittings and range boilers. In 1914 M
Gouinlock's death occurred, and Mr. Paterson becar
sole proprietor. In 1918 a limited company was forme
with Mr. Paterson as president, an office that he capab
and efficiently filled until his death in 1921, when I
wife succeeded him in the presidency. The companj
buildings occupy a tract four hundred and eighty 1
one hundred and thirty feet, with yards on the Grai
Trunk railway, and one hundred and fifty people a
employed. During the World War the company, workt
in co-operation with the Munitions Board and designat
contractors, devoted its efforts toward supplying hosp
als, munitions factories and depots with its prodm
and in this service a high point of efficiency and sat
faction was reached.

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Notable among Mr. Paterson's interests was his mem-
bership in St. Thomas' Anglican Church, of which he
was a warden for several years, and a leader in all the
work of the church. He represented his congregation in
the Synod and was a member of the finance committee of
this body. For nearly thirty years Mr. Paterson was
treasurer of the House of Industry, and he was also a
member of the council of the Bishop Strachan School.
He was past master of Ionic Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, and throughout his lifetime gave a great deal of
time and thought to the work of the order. Mr. Paterson
was one of the reorganizers of the Grenadiers, and
retired from military life with the rank of captain. There
were many clubs and social organizations in which he
was a highly-regarded and influential member, including:
Royal Automobile Club, of London, England; Royal
Canadian Yacht Club, of Toronto; Ontario Motor
League; Canadian Club; Empire Club; Royal Canadian
Military Institute; Victoria Club; Ontario Jockey Club;
Toronto Club; Toronto Golf Club; Toronto Hunt
Club; Argonaut Rowing Club; York Club; and the
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He was fond of
;olf, and in this sport and in travelling found his principal
•ecreations from business cares. A memorial to his
■nemory is at the Hospital of Trinity College, at Port
iHope, consisting of one wing of two fully equipped wards.
! Mr. Paterson married Florrie Ince, daughter of
[William Ince, one of the most prominent business men
bf Toronto. Mr. Paterson died in Toronto, February 4,
1921. There is no chapter of his life story that is not
jvorthy of earnest perusal as the record of a Christian
jentleman of noble mind.

JOHN WATT— In the year 1898, John Watt came to
Kfest Toronto Junction from his Peel county farm, and
sstablished himself in a very small way, starting in a
imall store a wholesale hay, grain and feed business,
laving for a supply end a small hay and straw baling
)usiness and storehouses on the railway outside for
itoring same from the baling machine to supply the
)usiness with the commodities in which they were opera-
;ing. The enterprise he founded is now the Watt Milling
nd Feed Company, Limited, of which he is president
nd general manager, and whose operations include the
bove lines, timber limits, saw and shingle mills, operated
0 supply the retail lumber business. The company
lolds high rank in its line, and is at present transacting
n annual business of more than $750,000 turnover,
ndustry, determination and integrity, energetic appli-
ation to the upbuilding of the concern, and wise direction
in the part of John Watt and his associates under him
! lave placed the company in its present enviable position
, n Toronto's commercial world.

John Watt is a son of John Watt, Sr., who was born in
Scotland, in 1832, the youngest of a family of six chil-
Iren. John Watt, the father, came to Scarboro, Canada,
n 1855, and during his active career was engaged in
arming . His wife, Elizabeth (Garbutt) Watt, was born
n Summerville, Ontario, in 1835, of English parents,
rhey were married at Summerville, Ontario, in 1859.
At. and Mrs. John Watt have celebrated their diamond
nniversary, and both enjoy good health (1919).
John Watt was born in Carlton West, York county, On-
ario, September 24, 1866. He attended Davenport
ichool and later Weston High School, and from the time
is education was completed until the founding of his
■resent business he was his father's assistant on the
:ome farm. In 1896 he came to Toronto and became a
/holesale dealer in hay, grain and feed, in 1902 forming
partnership under the firm name of the Watt Milling
nd Feed Company, continuing in the same lines. On
anuary 26, 1907, the business was incorporated as a

limited company. Very shortly after incorporation the
firm went into the wooden skewer manufacture for the
British market, and the enterprise was so successful that
inside of two years from starting they were delivering
two carloads per month of product on the Quay, London,
Manchester, Liverpool, and had orders in their books
for two years ahead, and through their operations closed
up six American factories who in a very few months
after bought the firm's interest in the wooden skewer
business out at a handgome profit, and then they went
into another line of business to keep Canadian workers
busy. From this time retail lumber dealings were con-
ducted in addition to the operations in hay, grain and
feed. The large business carried on by the company
is mostly local in character, and the company has
elevator and storage capacity for five thousand tons of
grain. The lumber yard and storehouses accommodate
two million board feet of lumber, and a splendidly up-
to-date planing mill and cabinet shop, modernly and
completely equipped, having every labor saving device,
is a prosperous department of the business. From a
modest beginning the business of the firm has grown
to an annual volume of $800,000, this splendid record
the visible result of Mr. Watt's sterling business quali-
ties and unflagging energy. The new offices of the
company, built in 1920, are at No. 361 Royce avenue,
containing four private offices, general office, all finished
in different kinds of wood, and represent the finest and
most efficient arrangement in business homes. All of
the woodwork used therein was manufactured and
finished by the company in its plant, and no care or
expense has been spared in making the company offices
an attractive demonstration of the quality of its prod-
ucts. Mr. John Watt is a director in several large
corporations. He is a Liberal in political belief, and in
religion a Baptist.

Mr. Watt married, in Toronto, in 1891, Mary Rown-
tree, of Carleton West, and they are the parents of the
following children: 1. David, a minister, whose present
charge is the church at Stormville, New York State,
married Bertha Hofland, of York county. 2. Sadie
Adeline, who served overseas with St. John's Ambulance
Corps for two years; married, in England, an army
sergeant, John Douglas, their home is at No. Ill St.
Clements avenue. North Toronto. 3. John Lloyd,
enlisted in the Canadian army in 1917, served as in-
structor in artillery at local camps, and was honorably
discharged in the summer of 1918; is now employed with
his father in business, married Lilian Morris, of the City
of "Toronto.

ROBERT ALEXANDER SMITH— The business
career upon which Mr. Smith embarked as an auditor
in young manhood was at its outset no more promising
than that of many others, and there were no assurances
of the important and responsible place he was to reach
in the financial life of the Dominion. That place he
attained through a determination to achieve in an
industry that overlooked no honorable means to success,
and when accidental death in a motor accident befell
him he was numbered among Canada's most able men
of affairs. That he lived in a sphere far broader than
finance or industry is attested by the words of Sir Ed-
mund Osier, spoken when the tragic news of Mr. Smith's
death became known:

Ho was always con.siderat« and generoas. There wa-s not a day fa
which he did not think of otiiers, not a day that tlid not sec some land
and helpful ;u;t done by Imn. Large in stature, his impulses found
expression in an equally ample mould. In a business way he reflected,
of course, competency and rectitude to the utmost degree. But at
no time did fie seek honors beyond his own immediate sphere
of work.

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Robert Alexander Smith was born at Rayne, Scotland,
January 24, 1860, and was killed in an automobile
accident in Toronto, July 17, 1912. He attended public
schools in his native land, and upon the completion of
his studies was for six years employed by the North of
Scotland railway as auditor. At the end of this time, in
1882, he came to Canada, and his first business associa-
tion in his new home was as auditor with the old Northern
Railway Company. Subsequently, he was employed for
one year in the same capacity by William Scarth, of
the Canadian Northwest Company, in Toronto. In
1896 Mr. Smith entered the employ of Osier & Ham-
mond, stock brokers, as an auditor, and in this connection
his talents and industry won quick appreciation and
reward, resulting in his admission to the firm. In this
firm and in the financial life of the city of Toronto Mr.
Smith became a dominating factor, rendering service
of large value to his time, and directing his operations
upon a plane of unimpeachable integrity. From 1896
until his death he was a member of the Toronto Stock
Exchange, and in 1902-1903 served as president of that
body. With his firm interests went responsible official
position in nimierous industrial and business enterprises,
and he was secretary of the Qu'Appelle, Long Lake
& Saskatchewan Railroad and Steamship Company;
secietary and treasurer of the Toronto Ferry Company;
and a director of the Mackay-Bennett Cable Company,
the Consolidated Caribou Mining Company, Ontario
and Qu'Appelle Land Company, Victoiia Rolling Stock
Company of Ontario, Ltd., and the Royal Alexander
Theatre. Few men had his capacity for diligence and
sustained effort, and the amount of work that he accom-
plished was most remarkable. When he was employed
in subordinate position he gave himself wholeheartedly to
the interests of his firm, and when he had progressed
to an independent place in the business world, this sense
of responsibility he felt as keenly in regard to the welfare
and prosperity of his associates and the public. A lifetime
of uncompromising rectitude in business affairs as in
private life won him the respect and admiration of all
men.

Mr. Smith's social connections were many, and he
enjoyed to the full companionship with his fellows when
the cares of business had been laid aside. He was one of
the founders of the Toronto Hunt Club, and was also
a member of the Toronto Club, Toronto Golf Club,
Albany Club, York Club, National Club, Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, and the Toronto Rowing Club. In fraternal
affiliation he was a member of Ionic Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons, and his church was St. Andrew's
Presbyterian.

Robert Alexander Smith married, at Montreal, in
1886, Eliza Thomson, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and
their children are: 1. Captain Francis Jackson, a member
of the Forty-eighth Highlanders, who was for three years
held prisoner in Germany, now associated with the firm
of Osier & Hammond. 2. Ruth, who married Gerald
Greene, of Toronto.

ZEBULUN AITON LASH, K.C., LL.D.— In the

law and in finance it was given to Zebulun Alton Lash to
attain a position of such eminence that in both fields
of endeavor he was recognized as a leader whose influence
extended to the very heart of the Dominion's welfare.
To profound legal knowledge and masterly skill in the
presentation of legal fact and argument he added strong
executive abilities and financial acumen of first order,
and these talents were enlisted in works that brought
large measures of benefit to his fellows. His name is
written in honorable place in the history of his country.
Zebulun Aiton Lash was born in Newfoundland, in
September, 1846, son of William Lash, and was there

educated, pursuing legal studies and being called to the
bar in 1868. He made rapid advance in his profession,
and from 1872 to 1876 was deputy Minister of Justice of
Canada. Created a King's Counsel (M. of Lome) in
1879, he was elected a Bencher of the Law Society in
1898, re-elected in 1906. Upon the expiration of his term
as deputy Minister of Justice, he resumed practice at the
bar, entering into partnership with the Messrs. Blake, of
Toronto, and later becoming one of the senior members
of the firm of Blake, Lash, Anglin & Cassels. His re-
markable powers as a lawyer brought him a large and
distinguished clientele, and he was counsel for the
Dominion Government before the Privy Council (Eng-
land) in the Mercer Escheat in 1880, also appealing
there in other important cases. In his earlier years he
was lecturer and examiner in commercial and criminal
law to the Law Society of Upper Canada, and he was
later chief counsel to the Canadian Bankers' Association,
the Canadian Northern Railway, the Canadian Bank
of Commerce, and other leading factors in the business
and financial life of the Dominion. In his extensive
business connections were: Presidency of the Great
Northwestern Telegraph Company, the vice-presidency
of the Quebec & Lake St. John Railway, Canadian
Northern Railway, National Trust Company, Mexico
Tramways Company, the Canadian Bank of Commerce,
and he was also director of the British American Assur-
ance Company, the Western Assurance Company, the
Western Canada Flour Mills Company, the Bell Tele-
phone Company of Canada, and Mackenzie, Mann &
Company, Ltd., of which last he was a promoter. Mr.
Lash was described as "a lawyer of the foremost rank
and a man of sound judgment in business affairs, an
authority on banking," and as "one of the twenty-three
men who were at the basis of Canadian finance."

Mr. Lash was vice-chairman of the board of governors
of Toronto University, and this institution in 1909 con-
ferred upon him an honorary LL.D. His philanthropic
activities were numerous, their avenues wisely chosen,
and he was a particularly generous friend of the Toronto
General Hospital, of which he was a trustee, and the
Young Men's Christian Association. He was chairman
of the Canadian National League. He was the author of
numerous papeis on professional subjects and topics
of current interest, which were contributed to periodical
publications, and in 1879 he wrote "A Treatise on Vice-
Admiralty in Connection with the Jurisdiction of the
Maritime Court of Ontario." Mr. Lash was a director
of the York Club and of the Fish and Game Protective
Association, and he was a member of the York, Toronto,
Rideau (Ottawa) and Mount Royal (Montreal) clubs.
His church was the Presbyterian.

Mr. Lash entered most actively into public affairs
during the discussion of the Taft-Fielding Reciprocity
"Treaty in 1911, bitterly opposing its ratification and
contributing in no small degree to its defeat. The feeling
engendeied during this struggle resulted in his with-
drawal from the Liberal party.

Mr. Lash married the daughter of Judge Miller, of
Gait, Ontario, and they were the parents of Zebulun G.
Lash, a sketch of whom follows. In the death of Zebulun
A. Lash, which occurred January 24, 1920, the Dominion
lost a citizen who for many years had been an outstanding
figure in affairs intimately linked with the fortunes of all
its people, and Toronto one of its most distinguished
representatives.

ZEBULUN G. LASH— Since 1912 Mr. Lash has been
associated with the interest to which he gives a large
share of his time and attention, Cassidy's, Ltd., whole-
sale dealers in glass, china, and silverware, forming his
connection with this organization when its operations

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were conducted as Gowans, Kent & Company, Ltd.
Mr. Lash is a son of a man who ranked as the foremost
corporation lawyer of the Dominion and one of its
strongest financiers, Zebulun Aiton Lash (see preceding
sltetch).

Zebulun G. Lash was born in Ottawa, Canada, in
December, 1877, and in 1882 came with his parents to
Toronto. Here he attended private schools and Upper
Canada College, in 1896 entering business life in associa-
tion with the Gutta Percha Rubber Company and
filling various executive positions in that organization
until 1911. In 1912 he became identified with Gowans,
Kent & Company, Ltd., the firm in 1921 changing its
title to Cassidy's, Ltd. Its dealings are in glass, china
and silverware in the wholesale market, and Mr. Lash,
who is financially interested in the company, is active
in its operations in special capacity. He is a member of
the Toronto Club, Empire Club, National Club, Royal
Canadian Yacht Club, and Ontario Motor League, and
is a communicant of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Lash married, in Cayuga, Ontario, in 1908, Alice
Upper, daughter of Judge M. C. Upper, of Cayuga,
Ontario, and they are the parents of one son, Geoffrey.

GORDON BRUCE BALFOUR— With a record of
successful activity in the law, and of military service
that won him major's rank, Mr. Balfour continues
professional work as a member of the firm of Phelan
& Balfour. He is a native of Toronto, son of John Page
and Elizabeth B. (Mitchell) Balfour; his father, now
deceased, was born in Scotland, coming to Canada in
1850, was educated at the University of Toronto, and
settled in Toronto about 1880. Mrs. Elizabeth B.
Balfour survives to the present (1922).

Gordon Bruce Balfour was born December 25, 1882.
He obtained his early education in the Parkdale Model
School and Parkdale Collegiate Institute, then entered
Toronto University, whence he was graduated B.A. in
1906. His legal studies were pursued at the Osgoode Hall
Law School, where he finished in 1909, and his general
civil practice was begun in association with the firm of
Smith, Rae & Greer. Since being called to the bar, he
has practised continuously in Toronto, excepting while
; serving overseas in the late war.

At p'-esent he is a member of the firm of Phelan &
I Balfour, his partner being Thomas N. Phelan, K.C.
This firm has offices in the Royal Bank building and
carries on an extensive commercial and company practice
as well as considerable civil litigation.

In January, 1916, Mr. Balfour enlisted in the Canadian
Field .Artillery, was commissioned lieutenant, and in
April, 1916, recruited and organized the 70th Battery,
of which he was given command with the rank of captain.
'In Januaiy, 1917, he was promoted to major, and in
(July of that year went oveiseas, joining the Imperial
Army in the Royal Garrison Siege Artillery, retaining
his Canadian rank. Major Balfour commanded the 366th
Siege Battery in France, and remained with that organ-
ization until demobilization in February, 1919. He re-
turned to Canada in March, 1919. Mr. Balfour is a
member of the Delta Chi fraternity, St. Andrews and
Harcourt lodges of the Masonic order, and numerous
clubs, including the Ontario, Lambton Golf and Country,
Royal Canadian Yacht, and Toronto Hunt.

Mr. Balfour married, in Toronto, April 30, 1919,
Aileen Kemp, daughter of W. A. Kemp.

JOHN SHAW— During the four score years of his
'"6 there came to John Shaw opportunities for splendid
public service, and in the improvement of these oppor-
t.unities, in the performance of responsible duties of
unusual public moment, he won a measuie of regard

and esteem that constituted eloquent tribute to his
standing in the community. As attorney, mayoi, member
of Parliament, and as the representative of his fellows
in many varied capacities, he won their confidence and
appreciation, and his career was crowned with all that
is most worth while in life.

John Shaw was a son of George Shaw, a builder, of
Toronto, who mairied a Mfes Dempsey, member of a
prominent family of the city, and here spent his entire
life. John Shaw was born in Toronto in 1837, and after
attending the public schools, entered Upper Canada
College, finishing his education at Victoria College.
Reading law in the offices of Patterson & Harris, he be-
came a barrister in 1870, and after a period of successful
practice, made political aflfairs his profession. From 1884
to 1897 he was a member of the Board of Aldermen,
and while serving in this body was delegated in 1894 to
go to England to negotiate the sale of city bonds. In
1895 he became president of the City Council, and from
1897 to 1899 served Toronto with distinction as mayor.
Mr. Shaw was elected to Parliament for North Toronto
in 1908, but soon afterward resigned in favor of Mr.
Foy, and from that time until his death was connected
with the city administration. He was a man of strong
public spirit, tireless in his efforts for the public welfare,
and Toronto owes him a debt of large proportions for
valuable contributions to the general good. Poverty
and distress always evoked his active sympathy and his
aid in time of need is gratefully remembered bv the many
to whom he extended a helping hand. He was a member
of the Masonic order, and an Orangeman.

John Shaw married, in Buffalo, New York, Elizabeth
(Sleeth) McLellan, a widow, and daughter of David
Sleeth, a native of Canada, for many years foreman of
the printing department of the "Leader," and Jane
(Bucknell) Sleeth, his wife, born in England. . Mrs.
(Sleeth-McLellan) Shaw has a daughter by her first
marriage to James McLellan, Isabelle, who married
William Taylor, of Toronto, and has four children.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw adopted a daughter, Mabel Shaw,
who married Charles Crane. Mrs. Crane died Dec. 2,
1921, the mother of four children.

John Shaw died November 7, 1917. A lifetime in the
busy woild of public affairs had left him the friend of all
his fellows, a man of sufficient breadth of mind and
warmth of heart to rise above the differences of party
and faction and to see his associates at their true value.
He made a deep and lasting impression upon his time,
and the half decade that has passed since his calling
finds his memory green.

SIDNEY FINLAY MacKINNON— The career of
Mr. MacKinnon in the commercial and financial life
of the Dominion was one whose influence was wide-
spread and whose value was felt in many circles. This, in
some degree, is true of many men who achieve largely,
and those features of the life of Mr. MacKinnon which
remain undimnied in the memory of his associates are
not the magnitude of his operations, not the skillful and
forceful direction of the organizations foi which he was
responsible, but the spirit in which he met the reverses
as well as the successes of life, the courage and fairness
that characterized him in the worid of affairs, the gener-
osity and strict sense of honor that he bore in business
as in his private life. These were the qualities of his
character that endeared him to the great circle of his
business colleagues. The review of his life and work
shows his high place in Toronto, the city he made his
home and the center of many of his affairs.

Sidney Finlay MacKinnon was born in Esquesing
township, Halton county, Ontario, March 25, 1843,
son of William MacKinnon, a Presbyterian clergyman,

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who died when his son was a child. Sidney Finlay
MacKinnon was reared in the home of an uncle, obtaining
his education in the public schools of his native county
and securing his first employment in a general store at
Georgetown. Here he lemained for several years, then
serving as a clerk in a dry goods establishment at
Wingham, subsequently /eturning to Georgetown to
enter retail dealings in dry goods. His first establishment
was destroyed by fire, and after this misfortune he came
to Toronto, investing his savings in a partnership enter-
prise in the firm of Brayley, Ash, & MacKinnon. Their
field of operation was wholesale dry goods, and in the
course of their dealings they met with severe financial
reverses. In consequence of this, Mr. MacKinnon formed
a_ new firm, MacKinnon, Proctor & McCall, an associa-
tion that continued until the death of Mr. Proctor and
Mr. McCall's retirement, after which Mr. MacKinnon
conducted his business independently as S. F. Mac-
Kinnon & Company, Ltd., at No. 50 FYont street. The
wholesale trade in dry goods and millinery occupied
him for a time, and he afterward added the manufacture
of mantles, both departments of his business flourishing
in generous measure. Large warehouse space becoming
an imperative need, he erected the MacKinnon building,
at_ Jordan and Melinda streets, but, deciding to devote
this structure to office purposes, he secured the property
at York and Wellington streets for his business. A
large proportion of the goods that he handled was of
European manufacture, and prior to his retirement in
1902, Mr. MacKinnon journeyed across the Atlantic
one huP-dred and twenty-six times on business missions.
Even after laying aside the burdens of executive manage-
ment, he retained an interest in the house that he had
founded, spending much of his leisure in journeys to all
parts of the world.

_ Mr. MacKinnon's important business interests out-
Side of his special line of work included directorship of
the Ontario Beet Sugar Company, the Western Consoli-
dated Electric Company, the Northwest Land Company,
the Toronto Electric Light Company and the General
Accident Assurance Company. He was president of the
Dominion of Canada Guarantee and Accident Insurance
Company, president of the International Mercantile
Agency of Canada, president of the Anglo-American Fire
Insurance Company, and president of the Canada Paint
Company. He had extensive real estate interests in
Toronto and the West and as vice-president of the
Toronto Board of Trade, labored effectively to promote
the commercial and industrial interests of his city.

Mr. MacKinnon was a member of the syndicate that
owned the yacht "Canada," that successfully competed
for the challenge cup with the American yacht "Ven-
cedor" in 1906, winning in straight races at Toledo,
Ohio. Throughout a career that comprises service in
many responsible positions and in widely varied fields
of huinan activity, Mr. MacKinnon was noted for the
strict integrity and hi<^h motives that inspired him.
Illustrative of this is his action in connection with the
failure of Brayley, Ash & MacKinnon, when large
accounts were owed in England. Mr. MacKinnon
worked with untiring industry to discharge tiiese
obligations, and succeeding in his aim, went to England,
called all of the creditors together at a banquet, placing
beneath each plate a check for the full amount of his
former firm's indebtedness. This action established
credit which was never impaired, and in appreciation of
his upright course and rigid interpretation of the highest
rules of commercial ethics, the creditors presented Mrs.
MacKinnon with a silver service, which today is one
of the most valued possessions of his family. Mr.
MacKinnon was a member of the official board of the
St. James Square Presbyterian Church, and served as

a councillor of the Canadian branch of the British Rec
Cross Society. His social memberships were in the Roya!
Canadian Yacht Club, the National Club, and th<
Lambton Golf and Country Club. He was a Liberal ir
political convictions, and in 1901 was the unsuccessful
candidate for Parliament from Halton county.

Sidney F. MacKinnon married, in Georgetown
Isabella Mackay, daughter of Hugh Mackay, born a1
Nelson, May 10, 1847, died in Toronto, October 16
1913. Children: 1. Elizabeth Telfer, who marriec
Edward A. Miles, and their children are: Sidney Ed-
ward MacKinnon, a resident of New York City, whc
served in the Aviation Corps of the United States army ir
the World War with the rank of lieutenant, and marriec
Grace Holder, of Toledo, Ohio; and Lawford Arthur
a resident of San Francisco, California, who went over-
seas in the World War with the Canadian Mechanica:
Transport Service and won his commission on the field
he married Winona G. Howett, of San Francisco. 2,
John Alexander, who died in infancy. 3. Ethel, who alsc
died in infancy. Sidney Finlay MacKinnon died ir
London, England, August 4, 1911.

WILLIAM G. HARRIS, JR.— One of the most
important industrial enterprises in the city of Toronto
and the largest in its field in the Dominion of Canada
is the seven acre plant of the Canada Metal Company
Limited, of which William G. Harris, Sr., is the head,
and William G. Harris, Jr., is vice-president and one
of the active managers of the business. The Harris
family were among the early settlers of Toronto, and
Mr. Harris, Sr. is a son of W. G. and Mary Harris,
respected citizens of the Toronto of a day gone by.

William G. Harris, Sr., the founder and the president
of the Canada Metal Company, Limited, was borr
in Toronto, February 26, 1861, and received orily the
advantages of a public school education. His first
employment was in a printing office, at a small wage,
and from that time until he was twenty-five years of age
he followed such occupations as presented opportunities
of advancement. With varied experience, which gave him
ability to appraise and judge the possibilities of success
in the business world, he established, in 1886, the
business which has grown to the present extensive
proportions. Mr. Harris' first plant was on William
street, near Queen street, and at the start the entire
force of the executive, production and distribution
departments consisted of one person — himself. But his
equipment included not only his machinery and delivery
wagon, but mental powers possessing dynamic qualities,
and the physical endurance to back them up. The years
of struggle during the upward climb are now history, and
the achievement is embodied in the magnificent rnoderr
plant in Toronto, on Frazer avenue, near the Exhibitior
Grounds, and branch factories at Montreal, Winnipej
and Vancouver. Mr. Harris holds that his success wa:
built on quality of product, and this continues the rulini
policy of the organization. The product now includes ;
great variety of metals and metal goods, largely for th
plumbing trade, the principal product being lead pipe
of which this concern is the largest producer in th
Dominion. They also turn out Babbitt metals for a
grades of macliinery, spelter, solder, ingot metals, shee
lead, bronze castings, lead foils, plumbers' suppliei
including the Dominionwide "Aristocrat" laundry tu
and the "Pussyfoot" closet tank, brought to perfectio
by Mr. Harris and noted for its silence; closet tanks an
accessories of many kinds. The most highly skille
metallurgical chemists are in charge of the laborator;
In the production departments the most modern metl
ods prevail and the best equipment obtainable is see
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Babbitt metal, type and solder department have a capac-
ity of thirty-five tons each. This means that a car-lot
af metal is run through the melting process at one time.
The brass foundry is equipped with fifteen furnaces
using oil for fuel. The sheet lead department is a com-
parative innovation in Canada, all sheet lead formerly
laving been imported from England. Some of the
ither interesting departments include the manufacturing
)f their special brand of linotype metal, which is used
rery extensively in the newspaper offices throughout the
Dominion, and is superior for its unchanging physical
lualities. The Graham Nail Works, also owned by this
Mmpany and operated under their management,
produces nails of every size, and many other products
if steel and coppered wire, besides specialties of various
rinds. A tower one hundred and fifty feet high was
Built at a cost of about $20,000. for the manufacture
)f shot, and an elevator to the top of this tower makes it
)ne of the points of interest in the city as a place of
sbservation, the view reaching over some of the most
jeautiful country in the Province of Ontario. The
Foronto plant employs from four to six hundred people,
according to the times.

In the way of relaxation, Mr. Harris seldom turns
Tom his business interests, his chief pleasure being
work, and among all his employees his genial disposition
las won for him the name of "Smile." He is a member
)f the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and of the
roronto Board of Trade. Fraternally he holds member-
ihip in the Free and Accepted Masons, and the Canadian
Drder of Foresters, also in the Sons of England. He is
I member of the Methodist church.

In 1883 Mr. Harris married, in Toronto, Ada Florence
Proves, daughter of George and Martha Groves, and
:hey are the parents of two children: William G., of
urther mention, and Ada Florence, wife of George H.
\nderson, a resident of Toronto. Mr. Hairis resides on
Indian road.

William G. Harris, Jr., vice-president of the Canada
VIetal Company, Limited, was born in Toronto, March
!0, 1885, and received a practical education in the
lublic schools of his native city. At the age of sixteen
'ea.'3 he entered the plant of which he is now one of the
ictive managers. Beginning at the bottom, he mastered
he business in all its departments, by the method of
.ctual practice, then when thoroughly familiar with the
)roductioii end, was received into the active management
•t the business. At the incorporation of the firm, which
iccuired in the year 1906, he was elected vice-president,
nd still stands next to his father in the management of
he business.

Mr. Harris, Jr. takes little leisure from the exacting
.emands of his business, but his principal outside
nteiest is in the improvement of conditions in the rural
ehools of the Province, and to this constructive en-
eavor he devotes the greater part of his leisure time,
le is a membei of the Methodist church.

William G. Harris, Jr. married, in Toionto, Ap,il
0, 1907, Minnie Chamberlain, daughter of Albert
"hamberiain, and they have three children: William
-Ibert, Margaret Mary, and Dorothy May. The
imily residence is on Grenadier road, Toronto, and their
ummer cottage is on the Hamilton highway.

JOHN WANLESS— For many years at the head of
ne of the oldest business firms in Toronto, and broadly
iterested, in a constructive way, in the public progiess
f the city and Province, John Wanless is a piominent
gure in Toronto today. Coming of sturdy old Scottish
ncestry, his grandfather was a graduate of the Universi-
/ of Edinburgh and a noted educatoi of his day, teach-

ing in the schools of his native land for a pe*iod of forty
years.

John Wanless, father of John Wanless, of this review,
was born in Scotland, and coming to Toronto in his
youth became one of the leading men of this city. In
1861 he absorbed and reorganized the William Bell
inteiests, which comprised a jewelry busine.ss established
in Niagara in 1805 and removed to Toronto in 1840,
where it was continued by the founders until the transfer
above mentioned. From his first connection with the
business, Mr. Wanless conducted it under his own
name, and with the passing of the years he developed
a very extensive and prosperous interest, giving the busi-
ness his close personal attention. He was a man of
public spirit, and for many years served as justice of
the peace in Toronto. In the work of the Presbyterian
church, of which he was a member, he was broadly
active. He married Susan Kinsman, of Toronto, and
both are now deceased. She was a native of Cornwall,
England, whose ancestors were clergy of the Church
of England.

John Wanless, the present head of the business, was
born in Toronto, August 28, 1862, and was educated in
the Provincial Model School of Toronto, and by private
tutors, Dr. McPhedran and the late Dr. Scott being
among his teachers. He made special preparations for
his business career, studying banking and accountancy
in addition to the usual courses. Upon the completion
of his studies, Mr. Wanless became his father's partner
in the jewelry business, which he has since continued,
broadening the scope of its interests and activity until
now it is a large and thriving organization, known as
the John Wanless Company, and includes the whole-
saling, retailing and manufacturing of jewelry. This con-
cern is unquestionably a leader in this field in Canada.

In civic and welfare work Mr. Wanless has long been
active, and for years has taken a prominent part. A
member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association,
he is also a member of the Toronto Board of Trade. In
1903-04-05 he was a member of the Council of the
township of York, then later, in 1912-13-14, was an alder-
man of the city of Toronto. Meanwhile, for many years,
Mr. Wanless has been active in many branches of welfare
work, taking an especial interest in the responsibility
of the public to the children of the city and Province.
In 1921-22 he was elected a member of the Board of
Education, and through his influence various reforms
are being instituted which promise large betterment in
conditions. Among these may be mentioned the pay-
ment of adequate salaries to well qualified teachers.
Another equally vital, and perhaps even more wide-
reaching, is the education of the children, even in the city
schools, along agricultural and vocational lines. Mr.
Wanless has long advocated, both personally and through
the printed page, aggressive civic and provincial action
in the encouragement of intelligent and assiduous
progress in agriculture, and with his practical way of
attacking a problem is going down to fundamentals and
trying to implant in the minds of the children an ambi-
tion to engage in productive activities. In a communica-
tion to the Toronto "Star," Mr. Wanless outlined his
view of the situation in Ontario, and in the summing up
said:

The foundations of Canada's future material prosperity depend
largely upon the character and tlirift of her citizens and these can best
be conserved by havlnpc two-thirds of our people on the land. Par-
ents should send at least one tx)y to the farm.

Mr. Wanless has never sought public honors, but
has always held himself ready for public service, and
considers it one of the deplorable facts of the day that so
many capable, efficient citizens, with the advantages of
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these qualifications to the support of civic institutions
by declining the responsibilities of office. Socially and
fraternally, Mr. Wanless is widely connected. He is a
member of the Royal Canadian Institute, of the York
Pioneer Sons, of the Sons of Scotland, of the St. George
Society, the Caledonian Society and St. Andrews
Society, and of the Lansdowne Loyal Orange Lodge.
He is a member of the Jersey Cattle Club, and of the
Toronto Horticultural Society. He is still a student,
and one of his principal recreative interests is reading
along scientific and historical lines.

Mr. Wanless married (first), in 1891, Mary E. Gregg,
daughter of Rev. Prof. Gregg, long of Knox College, now
deceased. He married (second), in 1898, Robena Christie,
daughter of the late Dr. Robert Christie, of Paris,
Ontario, who was a brother of the Hon. David Chnstie.

EDWARD BENTLEY STOCKDALE— All of Mr.

Stockdale's Toronto business life has been spent in
association with the Trusts and Guarantee Company,
Ltd., of which he is general manager. He holds an
assured position in the financial circles of the city and is
numbered among the younger generations of Toronto's
men-of-affairs.

Edward B. Stockdale is a son of William Stockdale,
a farmer, who came to Canada trom England about
1860. He was born in Peterboro, Ontario, May 1, 1882,
and there attended public school. Upon the completion
of his early education he spent four years in the office
of Stratton & Hall, barristers of Peterboro, and in 1900
came to Toronto, entering the Trusts and Guarantee
Company, Ltd., as an accountant. Promoted through
various grades of service in the administration of com-
pany affairs, he was in 1913 appointed general manager,
his present office. Mr. Stockdale is a director of the
company, a director of the Wellington Fire Insurance
Company, Ltd., and is connected with other financial
and industrial organizations.

Mr. Stockdale is deeply interested in athletic sports
of all kinds, and is serving as president of the John Ross
Robertson School Athletic Association. He is a member
of the Ontario Club, the North Toronto Lawn Bowling
Club, Rosedale Golf Club, and the Granite Club, of
which he was for five yearspresident.

Mr. Stockdale married Ethel Thomas, and they are
the parents of: Doris, John Alexander, Elizabeth,
Margaret, and Douglas.

1913, and has appeared before the Privy Council m|
counsel for Ontario.

The military record of Colonel Maclnnes begins with
his service in the Royal Grenadiers, covering the period
from 1895 until 1901, during which, in 1900, he acted
as temporary A.D.C. to General Button, at the time of
the preparation of the Canadian contingent for the
South African War. On the outbreak of war in Europe,
he rejoined and volunteered for service, and in July,
1915, was appointed assistant adjutant general, and
stationed in Ottawa as a member of the Canadian Head-
quarters Staff. In 1916 he was promoted to brevet
lieutenant colonel, and at the beginning of 1917 was on
special duty in England and France. In March, 1917, he
was made deputy adjutant general for organization with
the rank of colonel in the Canadian Expeditionary
Forces, and filled that position for more than two years.
He was mentioned in the London "Gazette" for war
.■services, and in June, 1917, was created a companion
of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St.
George. In 1917-18 Colonel Maclnnes was frequently
on military duty at Washington, and took part in the
negotiations of the Military Service Convention between
Canada and the States, which was fruitful of mutual
advantage and the cementing of friendly relations be-
tween the two governments. He was demobilized m
April, 1919, and transferred to the reserve with the
rank of colonel. Since then he has resumed the practice
of law at Toronto, and has devoted himself largely
to electrical cases, acting as counsel for the Hydro
Electric Power Commission of Ontario. Politically he is
a Liberal-Conservative. He is a member of the Trinity
College Corporation, and a director of the Toronto
University Alumni Association. His clubs are the
Toronto, York, Toronto Golf and Toronto Hunt, and
the Rideau and Country clubs of Ottawa. He is affiliated
with the Anglican church. _

Colonel Maclnnes married, in Toronto, m June, 1902,
Rose Louise Patteson, daughter of the late T. C. Patte-
son, postmaster of Toronto. They reside at No. 1
Admiral road, Toronto.

CHARLES STEPHEN MacINNES, C.M.G., K.C.—

Mr. Maclnnes is a leading barrister of Ontario, and
internationally prominent in both legal and military
affairs. He is a son of the late Hon. Donald Maclnnes,
of Dundurn, Hamilton, his mother being a daughter of
the late Chief Justice Sir John Beverley Robinson, Bart.
Charles Stephen Maclnnes was born in Toronto,
May 5, 1872. After the usual preparatory studies, he
went to England to enter Marlborough College, from
which he returned to Toronto in 1889, being a leaf
exhibitioner. In 1892 he graduated from Trinity Univer-
sity with the highest honors in both classics and philos-
ophy, receiving his Bachelor's degree at that time and
his Master's degree from the same institution the follow-
ing year. In 1893-94 he was Fellow and lecturer in
classics at Trinity University. After reading law with
McCarthy, Osier, Hoskin & Creelman, and his uncle,
Christopher Robinson, K.C., he was called to the
Ontario bar, with honors and medal, in the year 1897.
From that time until the present (1922), Mr. Maclnnes
has practiced law in Toronto, was created King's
Counsel in 1908, has acted before the International Joint
Commission as counsel for Canada since its formation in

BENJAMIN BARTON CRONYN— Grandson of tht
first Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Hudson, Bishof
Benjamin Cronyn, Mr. Cronyn has an early and notabh
Canadian ancestry, and to the record of the family ha;
added honorable success in commercial and busines!
lines. Mr. Cronyn is also active in a leading degree ii
civic and philanthropic work, and is socially well known

Son of Verschoyle and Sophia (Blake) Cronyn
Benjamin Barton Cronyn was born in London, Ontarir
July 3, 1862, and obtained his scholastic training i
Upper Canada College and Toronto University. As
young man of nineteen years he became a junior clerk i
the establishment of Wyld, Brock & Darling, and upo
the dissolution of the partnership he was appointe
departmental manager with the W. R. Brock Company
Ltd. In 1894 he was admitted to partnership and mad
European buyer, and in 1904 he became vice-presider
of the W. R. Brock Company, Ltd. To his officii
responsibilities were added, in 1917, those of managir
director, the post that he has since efficiently ar
successfully filled. His mercantile experience has be«
broad and comprehensive and his life-work has been
valued share in the upbuilding of the great Bro<
enterprise. While this is his major interest, Mr. Cronj
has other business connections, and serves as direct
the Union Bank of Canada and the Confederation Li
Assurance Company, also being a member of the Toron
Advisory Board of the Huron & Lake Erie Mortga
Corporation and the Canada Trust Company.

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In young manhood Mr. Cronyn was a member of the
Queen's Own Rifles," but his part in the World War
'as in support of all the agencies of victory by committee
nd campaign work. He was also a director of the
'atriotic Fund. He is a member of the executive com-
littee of the International Grenfell Association, whose
phere of work is the financing and direction of Dr.
rrenfell's Labiador mission, which has performed
jch a remarkable service for the inhabitants of that
Dast. Mr. Cronyn finds his chief recreations in golf.
Vom his college years he has been a member of the
eta Phi fraternity, and he is also a member of the Toron-
} Club and the Toronto Golf Club. In his religious
uth, he is a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church.

JOHN JOSEPH SEITZ— In the upbuilding of a sales

pganization of national scope for the Underwood type-

riter, Mr. Seitz, who had for a number of years been

ssociated with the Great Northwestern Telegraph

lompany, laid the foundation for business activity

iat, supremely successful in one field, has extended

'ith beneficial result to many other branches of endeavor.

Ir. Seitz, a well known and highly respected resident

f Toronto, whose business and personal acquaintance

;aches throughout the Dominion, has long been active

1 religious and philanthropic work, and touches the

fe of the district at many points.

John Joseph Seitz is a son of Joseph and Mary Seitz,

f Bruce county, Ontario, \«tere he was born near

/^alkerton, February 2, 1862. He obtained a practical

lucation in the schools of his birthplace, and as a youth

f eighteen years formed an association ^with the Great

forthwestern Telegraph Company in* Toronto that

fidured until 1896. In this year, foreseeing the possibili-

es in typewriter distribution, he became a partner in

le firm of the Creelman Brothers Typewriter Company,

anadian representatives of the Underwood machine.

e was connected with the affairs of this company until

i)03, when he organized the United Typewriter Com-

my, Limited, of which he became president and general

anager, taking over the interests of the Creelman

-fothers Typewriter Company. As Canadian and

ewfoundland distributing agents of the Underwood

•pewriter, this company, under Mr. Seitz's direction,

,is experienced a remarkable growth, there being sixteen

lanches maintained in this territory and five hundred

(iployees in the service of the company. They have

Jiced more Underwood machines in Canada than all

Cher makes combined, and at the offices in Toronto,

were a large six-story office building accommodates the

anpany, a complete Underwood service is extended to

1 patrons — sales, service, repairing, employment bureau,

ip other departments. Mr. Seitz has contributed a

ist interesting chapter to the history of typewriter

itribution in Canada, and is recognized as the leader

(his field. He has acquired other business interests,

Hng organized and become president of A. D. Gorrie

[Company, Limited, the Newsome & Gilbert Co.,

fciited, the Peerless Carbon Ribbon Company, and

kers. The above corporations have their head offices

iToronto, and from this city as a center Mr. Seitz

acts their operations.

klr. Seitz is a member of the board of governors
St. Michael's Hospital and also of the board of
■ernors of Rosary Hall. He is a communicant of St.
ill's Roman Catholic Church, and from 1905 to
7 gave devoted service to the St. Vincent de Paul
iety of Ontario. He is a member of the Toronto
ird of Trade, the Ontario Club, the Lake View Golf
Country Club, and the Eastburne Golf Club, of
:e Simcoe.

Mr. Seitz married, in May, 1883, Nora Burke, of
Belleville, Ontario, and they are the parents of six
children: 1. Joseph, vice-president of the United Type-
writer Company, Limited. 2. Helen. 3. Ernest, studied
music abroad under the Russian teacher, Josef L'hevinne,
now a concert pianist and composer, and a member of
the faculty of the Toronto Conservatory of Music.
4. William, secretary and treasurer of the Peerless
Carbon Ribbon Company, and served as an officer in
the Forestry Battalion from London, Ontario, in the
World War. 5. Lillian. 6. Mildred.

DUNCAN PIKE — Business, fraternal, social, and
civic circles of Toronto have known Duncan Pike for
almost half a century, and, a pioneer in tent making
in this city, he is one of her veteran men of affairs. He
is a descendant of an old English family, son of Edward
and Elizabeth (Parsons) Pike, his father engaged in
fishing and farming at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland.

Duncan Pike was born in Harbor Grace, Newfound-
land, October 15, 1846, and there attended public
schools. After completing his general education he
studied navigation, and in 1870 was a member of a party
exploring Hudson's Bay. In 1872 he was engaged in
trade between Halifax and the West Indies, continuing
until 1876, in May of that year coming to Toronto and
being employed until 1880 as a tent and sail maker.
On November 1, 1880, Mr. Pike founded an independent
business at No. 25 Jarvis street, three years later moving
to the old St. Lawrence Market building. The business
is now conducted as the D. Pike Company, Ltd., at No.
123 King street, East, manufacturers of tents, awnings,
flags and sails, and wholesale and retail dealers in
these lines. The company also deals in sporting goods,
guns, ammunition and general camping outfits,^ and its
patronage comes from all parts of the Dominion. In
1883 Mr. Pike made his first exhibit at the Canadian
National Exhibition, at which chiefly hand work was
shown, and he was awarded the first prize. Since that
time Mr. Pike has shown his products at this exhibition
every year, and has given his personal attention to the
display. The company's store has become headquarters
for the sportsmen of the city, its business is the largest
in Toronto in its line, and the Pike trade mark upon
tents, sails, or sporting equipment of any kind is a
guarantee of quality and dependability. Mr. Pike gives
his personal attention to this important interest which
he has built up through unwearying industry and strict
adherence to the most honorable business code. Mr.
Pike is a member of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 1, of Orange-
men, St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 16, Free and Accepted
Masons, and Canada Lodge, No. 49, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Methodist
church, and holds an honored and respected position in
the community.

Mr. Pike married, in Toronto, in 1880, Ellen Sealey,
and they are the parents of William E., George P.,
Robert S., and May Gordon.

GEORGE ROSS HARGRAFT, who holds a prom-
inent position in insurance circles of Toronto, was born
in Cobourg, Ontario, February 2, 1856, and is the eldest
son of the late William H. Hargraft, a member of the
Provincial Parliament from Cobourg, and long a leading
citizen of that community.

As a boy Mr. Hargraft attended the schools of his
native place, and when his education was completed
came to Toronto and for several years was identified
with the Bank of Toronto. Thereafter he became
associated with the Commercial Union Assurance
Company, Limited, of London, England, and on Jan-
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pany for the Toronto district. Later broadening the
scope of his interests, Mr. Hargraft organized the firm
of George R. iHargraft & Company, of which he is senior
member, this concern being Provincial agents for the
California Insurance Company, of San Francisco. He
is widely known in the profession, is a member of the
Toronto Board of Fire Underwriters, and past president
of that body.

Mr. Hargraft's chief relaxation is in out-door sports.
He is a member and past president of the Ontario Curling
Association, and a member and past president of the
Granite Curling Club. He is a member of the Ontario
Lawn Bowling Association, and of the Granite Bowling
Club, and past president of both these organizations.
He is past president of the Rosedale Golf Club, and also
of the Cobourg and Northumberland Old Boys' Assoc-
ation. He is a member of the Granite Club, the National
Club, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and Rosedale
Golf Club. He is a member of St. Paul's Church (Angli-
can) and ex-warden of that church.

In September, 1881, Mr. Hargraft married Rachael
MacNachtan, only daughter of E. A. MacNachtan, of
Cobourg, and they are the parents of three sons and one
daughter: W. M., George N., L. G., all associated in the
business, and Ella (Hargraft) Mason, died in 1920. They
reside at No. 62 Glen Road, Rosedale, Toronto,

FRANK DENTON, K.C.— Through the activity and
service of Frank Denton, K.C., the name of Denton
was placed in high position in the legal profession in
Canada, and in this calling he is followed by three of his
five children. Since 1920 his place has been vacant,
but there remains strong the memory of an able lawyer
and a high-minded citizen, of whom it was written:

In the unexpected death of Prank Denton. K.C., the Bar of the
Province of Ontario lia.s lost not only a .strong legal advocate and a
coascientioas lawjer, but a man of high principle and character, who
had deservedly attained the high posit ion that he occupied in the con-
fidence of his clients, of the public and of the judieiarj-. He vras a
loyal friend and a fair antagonist both in law and in polities.

The family of Denton is of English origin, founded in
Canada in 1850. Frank Denton, K.C., was born in
Richmond Hill, Ontario, August 18, 1858, and was
educated in the Richmond Hill High School, CoUingwood
Collegiate Institute, Toronto Normal School, and
Trinity University, receiving the degrees of B.C.L.
in 1887 and D.C.L. in 1893. He was called to the bar
in 1886, and practiced his profession with eminent success
in Toronto, being at his death senior partner of the
firm of Denton, Macdonald & Field. In 1899 he was
created King's Counsel, and for some time he served
on the executive board of the Ontario Bar Association.
Mr. Denton accepted numerous public responsibilities
for which his professional talents specially qualified him,
and in 1890 he was one of a committee of three appointed
by the Toronto City Council to visit the leading Ameri-
can cities to study the street railway problem from a
municipal standpoint and to submit a report embodying
the information thus secured. He was an author of
various articles on legal topics in professional and general
magazines, and although he was frequently urged to
accept nomination for high provincial office steadfastly
held to his preferences for private life. Mr. Denton
was long interested in educational matters, having
taught as a young man in the Orangeville Model School
and as first English master in Cobourg Collegiate Insti-
tute, and was for several years chairman of the boards
of trustees of collegiate institutes of Toronto. He was
a Methodist in religious belief, an active member of the
Central Conference, while his fraternal afl[iIiations were
with the Masonic ordei . He was a staunch Liberal, and
at the time of his death was vice-president of the York

County Liberal Association. His club was the Rosedale
Golf. Mr. Denton was described by an associate as
"a man of integrity, geniality, and generosity," and
"apart from his virtue as a lawyer he was admirable as
the head of a large family, to whom he was devoted."
"He was held in high esteem by brother lawyers and
judges alike."

Mr. Denton married, in 1884, Elizabeth Clingan,
daughter of Fleming Clingan, J. P., of Orangeville,
Ontario. Their children are: 1. .loy, now Mrs. Gordon
H. Kennedy; she studied vocal art in Munich, Paris, and
New York, and for the past few years has been an
instructor in the Toronto Conservatory of Music, from
which she holds the degree of L.T.C.M.; she is a singer
of note, and has done considerable concert work in
addition to her teaching. 2. Lily, a graduate of Havergal
Ladies' College and Victoria College, receiving the degree
of A.B.; she accompanied her sister, Laura Denton,
to Europe, studying in Munich, Germany, and at the
Sorbonne, Paris; during the World War, she became
a military nurse and died in active service in 1918;
she was the wife of Norman A. Keyes, M.C., barrister.
ii. Laura, who was called to the bar in 1920, now engaged
in active practice in the firm of Denton, Macdonald &
Denton; she was the first president of the Women's
Bar Association of Ontario, and has been president of the
Victoria College Alumni. 4. Frank, born in Toronto,
September 24, 1896; after attending the Model School,
he studied in St. Andrew's College, completing his
education in the university schools and Osgood Hall
Law School; he was called to the bar in September, 1919,
and is a member of the law firm of Denton, Macdonald
& Denton. 5. George C, a graduate of Victoria College,
B.A., class of 1919; called to the bar in June, 1922.
6. Rosamond, a graduate of Havergal Ladies' College
and Victoria College, B.A.; she has also studied ir
Germany and France; she was married, in May, 1922,
to Claude A. McMurtry, of Toronto.

Frank Denton, K.C. died June 24, 1920. His deatl
was a distinct loss to the city of Toronto, the passing
of a lawyer who realized in his professional relations, a;
in every other sphere of life, the highest ideals.

FRANK FOSTER TELFER— For almost half i
century the name of Telfer has occupied noteworth;
place in the commercial life of the Dominion, and th<
passing of years has witnessed its rise to a position o
commanding importance in the field in which it has bee
best known, the baking of biscuits. The Telfer Biscui
Company, Ltd., of which Frank Foster Telfer is pres
dent, transacting a large domestic and export businesi
is a development of the small enterprise founded i
CoUingwood by his father. Hall Telfer. Frank I
Telfer was prominent in community life in Collingwoo
while that town was the center of his business interest
and in Toronto has continued in public-spirited tout j
with civic matters.

Hall Telfer was born in the Highlands of Scotlani
in Sutherlandshire, in 1822, and in young manhood can
to Canada, locating in Toronto and establishing
carriage-making business. Subsequently he moved '
CoUingwood, where he started a general baking and gr
eery business, which he operated successfully, associate
with his sons, F.F. and H.Y. Telfer. In 1876 he retin
from the active prosecution of business affairs, and w
succeeded by his sons, under the firm name of Tell
Brothers Company. He married Mary Foster Your
born in Yorkshire, England, in 1832. He died in 19(
predeceasing his wife by sixteen years.

Frank Foster Telfer was born in Summerville, W
Toronto, March 28, 1853. Hi.s public school educati
included a high school course, and at the completi

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lis studies he entered his father's business, growing
lanhood in intimate touch with all of its departments,
interests broadened and he was at one time president
rwo other Collingwood companies, also conducting
rge wholesale grocery enterprise and operating a flour
and general store at Clarksburg, Ontario, and a
len mill in the same place. He was directoi, secre-
' and treasurer of the Collingwood Packing Company
many years, and also had important steamship
rests. AH of these connections have been discontin-
and Mr. Telfer has devoted his time and efforts to
biscuit business conducted in the family name,
he biscuit manufacturing business of Telfer Brothers,
., developed to a place where a more central distribu-
point was essential, and in 1914 a new plant, known
the "Daylight Factory," was erected in Toronto,
his was installed the most modern machinery obtain-
! in England and America, and by progressive meth-
along the soundest lines of conservative commercial
lings a great business institution has been built
ranking with the best in its field on the American
tinent. The company has a branch warehouse in
city of Montreal, distributors in every important
;er in Canada, and a growing export trade of gratify-
dimensions.

he Telfer Biscuit Company, Ltd., was incorporated
er the Dominion charter dated January 26, 1920, with
lorized capital of $500,000 and for the first time its
k was placed upon the market, the company, up to
: time, having been a close corporation. Unprecedent-
^owth brought about development along this line
the reception tendered an offer of the company's
k by the investing public was at once a tribute to
management and to the reputation of the Telfer
lucts in the Dom.inion.

he company has created a number of distinctive
pties, the names of which have been copyrighted, and
[designs registered, and the demands for these lines
, in the past, exceeded the capacity of the plant.
' present factory has a floor space of seventy-two
iisand square feet, which has increased by half in the
ition now under construction. The company takes
I pride in the fact that it supplied the Royal train
(His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, during his
Jit visit to Canada, and afterwards was honored by
iving a Royal Warrant of appointment as biscuit
iufacturer to His Royal Highness. The organization
■e board of directors of the Telfer Biscuit Company,
», is as follows: F. F. Telfer, president, Toronto,
Wio; H. Y. Telfer, vice-president, Toronto, Ontario;
A. Telfer, managing director, Toronto, Ontario;
'). Telfer, pui chasing agent, Toronto, Ontario; and
.. Telfer, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

lank F. Telfer was a member of the Town Council,

chairman of its finance committee for several years,

mayor of Collingwood in 1891, 1892, and 1893, and

rwenty years was president of the Nortli Simcoe

)iervative Association, resigning at the last election.

i' a member of the Victoria Club of Toronto, and the

iriton Golf Club, and is a familiar figure on the links

te latter organization, where he enjoys his favorite

0. He fraternizes with lodge and chapter of the

Older, being a life member of the former, and is

aiiicant of the Methodist church.

i. Telfer married, at St. Catharines, Ontario,

;tber 4^ 1876, Mary May Baker, daughter of William

"? Eleanor Baker, her parents both natives of

Mr. and Mrs. Telfer are the parents of:

lurtley, born July 26, 1877, a resident of Winni-

' re he represents the Telfer interests; and a

r, Mrs. Mary Rosamond Wylie, widow of the late

arjan A. Wylie, who resides in Toronto.

ALBERT JAMES RALSTON— In the insurance
world of the Dominion of Canada the name of Albert
J. Ralston is widely known, both through his lifelong
association with this branch of economics, and through
his present position as president and managing director
of the National Life Assurance Company of Canada.
Mr. Ralston is a son of Robert and Sarah (Springer)
Ralston, of Hamilton, his father for many years a
prominent financial broker of that city.

Mr. Ralston was born in Hamilton, Ontario, October
12, 1864. He received his early education in the public
schools of his native city, completing his studies at
Rockwood Academy, at Guelph, Ontario. His early
career was spent with his brother, Joseph S. Ralston, in
the insurance business in Hamilton, then in 1903 he
came to Toronto to accept the office of manager of the
National Life Assurance Company of Canada. Shortly
afterward Mr. Ralston was made general manager of the
concern, then was elected a member of the board, be-
coming managing director. Seven years thereafter he
succeeded the late Hon. J. J. Foy as vice-president, then
in 1920, at the death of Elias Rogers, was elected presi-
dent of the concern. This company is one of the oldest
and most highly esteemed in the Dominion. In various
civic interests, Mr. Ralston keeps in touch with the prog-
ress of the day, but his time is largely absorbed by his
business responsibilities. He is a member of the National
Club, Albany Club, Toronto Hunt Club, Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, all of Toronto.

Mr. Ralston married Jessamine G. Allan, of Toronto,
daughter of the late P. C. Allan. They are the parents of
four children: Muriel Gordon, Douglas Allan, Lieuten-
ant Gordon Springer, and Lillias Jessamine.

Gordon Springer Ralston was a student at the Uni-
versity of Toronto when war was precipitated in Europe.
Enlisting at once in the Imperial Army of England, he
served for three years and a half, rising to the rank of
lieutenant. Twice wounded in France, he leentered the
service, after both convalescences, as soon as he was
fit, receiving his honorable discharge from the service
with the above rank.

EDMUND SCHEUER— A public-spirited citizen the
oldest established wholesale diamond importer in
Canada, Edmund Scheuer has been for thirty-six years
at the head of an important jewelry house of Canada.
He has for fifty years been broadly active in general
welfare work, and in the religious and educational
field among the Jewish people of Canada. Mr. Scheuer
is a son of Isaac and Johanna Scheuer, both now de-
ceased. The father spent the greater part of his active
lifetime in mercantile pursuits, and after his retirement
from business resided in Groningen, Holland, where he
died at the age of eighty.

Edmund Scheuer was born in Berncastel, on the
Moselle, October 30, 1847. He was educated in the
public and high schools of that community, and the
Ecole Superieure, in Metz, Lorraine. In 1865, when in
his eighteenth year. Mi. Scheuer went to Paiis, France,
to become connected with the commission house of
Bernard S. Merzbach, with whom he remained for four
years. At the end of that time he established a commis-
sion house under his own name, locating at No. 5 Rue
Oberkampf, Paris. He was working up a good connec-
tion in 1870 when the outbreak of the FVan co-Prussian
War stopped all export trade from Paris. Mr. Scheuer
closed his business in that city. At the request of Levy
Brothers, of Hamilton, Ontario, a then well known
wholesale jewelry firm whose purchasing agent he was
in Paris, and whose senior paitner was his brother-in-law,
he came to Hamilton in July, 1871, and entered into
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becoming Levy Brothers & Scheuer. This partnership
was dissolved in May, 1886, when Mr. Scheuer came to
Toronto and founded the present business. The Hamil-
ton business was continued by his former partners as
the Levy Brothers Company, Ltd , and is still in
existence under the management of his nephews, and is
one of the largest and most successful wholesale jewelry
concerns in the Dominion.

In Toronto, Mr. Scheuer established his business at
No. 11 Wellington street. West, under his own name,
handling an exclusively wholesale trade. Ten years
later he removed to handsome quarters at Nos. 88 and 90
Yonge street, at the same time adding to his interest a
very complete and comprehensive retail branch. The
business has been successful, and he is still active in its
management, although capable assistants relieve him of
much of the routine work. Mr. Scheuer has been a
member of the Toronto Board of Trade since 1886.

From the time of his coming to Canada Mr. Scheuer
has been widely alert to every advance in the progress
of the jewelry trade, and the progress of the country.
He has seen Toronto grow from 65,000 inhabitants
to its present population, and Canada from less than
three to nine millions. He organized the first Jewish
Sabbath school in Ontario in 1872, and has been closely
identified with this work until the present time, a period
of nearly half a century. He joined the Holy Blossom
Congregation, in 1886, and was instrumental in the
building of the Bond Street Synagogue. He is vice-
president of the congregation, which has now a member-
ship of three hundred.

In 1891 he founded the first Jewish Benevolent
Society in the city. He was for the first three years of its
existence president of the Federation of the Jewish
Philanthropies of Toronto, an organization which dis-
tributed last year $55,000. among the Jewish poor of
the city. He is still a member of its executive board, and
also a member of the Central Council of the Federation
for Community Service of Toronto. He is piesident of
the Toronto Branch of the Anglo-Jewish Association
of London, England, an organization that has branch
offices all over the British Empire. He is an esteemed
member of the Canadian Club.

Mr. Scheuer married, July 2, 1873, at Forbach,
Lorraine, Oda Strauss, who died November 16, 1913.

GEORGE BELL, K.C.— A member of the legal
fraternity of Toronto since 1881, practicing in firm
associations and independently. Mi. Bell has for many
years been numbered among the conspicuously successful
and able lawyers of the Province. His professional
record stands without a blemish, and by the bench, bar,
and public he is held in esteem for a career of valued
service.

George Bell, son of Rev. George Bell, LL.D., a minister
of the Presbyterian church, and Ellen (Chadwick)
Bell, was born in Niagaia Falls, Ontario, December
13, 1857. After preparatory study he entered Queen's
University at Kingston, and was graduated with the
degree of B.A. in 1878. He was called to the bar, with
honors, in 1881, and throughout his legal career has
successfully practiced in Toronto, from 1886 to 1903
as a member of the firm of Thomson, Henderson &
Bell. Since the latter date he has practiced independent-
ly, and in 1908 was created a King's Counsel. "Mr. Bell
holds high place in the legal profession, and has been
retained in much important litigation in the Dominion.
He is a Conservative in political faith, and is a member
of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, King street. His
clubs are the Albany, Royal Canadian Yacht, Toronto,
Toronto Golf and York, and in 1898 he was commodore
of the Muskoka Lakes Association.

Mr. Bell married, September 9, 1885, Marion E
Sproat, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexande
Sproat, a Conservative member of the first Dominioi
Parliament in 1867 for North Bruce. Mr. and Mrs. Bel
are the parents of three children: 1. Florence Eliz;
Helen, mairied Charles M. Clover, of Pentre Bychan Hall
near Wrexham, North Wales, and they are the parents o
four children. 2. Captain Whiteford George, went over
seas as assistant adjutant of the Ninety-second Highland
ers in 1916, transferred to the Royal Flying Corpt
and went to France in 1917; he married, whil
overseas, Helen Beck, daughter of the late D
G. S. Beck, of Port Arthur, who had served during tl
war as a V. A. D. Captain Bell is now president (
Armour, Bell, Boswell & Cronyn, Limited, insuranc
brokers. No. 27 Wellington street. East. 3. Amy M
unmarried, died December 23, 1921.

HENRY WILLIAM PETRIE— Of Scotch parental
and United States birth, Henry William Petrie came
Canada a child in arms, and has throughout his acti'
years been engaged in one line of business in Ontari
His operations under the title of H. W. Petrie, Ltd., ha
been as a broker and jobber in new and used machiner
and in this field, in which the reputation of the dealii
firm is such a determining factor, he has built up
business second to none in Canada.

Mr. Petrie is a son of Alexander and Ann (Lain
Petrie, who were married at Montrose, Scotlan
December 13, 1852. Alexander Petrie was a stare
maker at Montrose and brought his family to Boi
Head, Ontario, (now New Castle), where he continu
in the line he had followed in his native Scotlar
Both parents are deceased.

Henry William Petrie was born in Andover, Mass
chusetts, March 26, 1854, and when young was broug
by his parents to Brantford, Ontario, obtaining his ec
cation in the schools of Brantford and New Castle.
1871, a young man new in business, he founded t
enterprise of which he is now the head, operating
Brantford until 1890, when he came to Toronto,
the buying and selling of new and second-hand maoh
ery, Mr. Petrie has built up a large and lucrative busiii
which, from modest dimensions at its founding, I
grown to an enormous size. It was incorporated Octoi
25, 1907, as H. W. Petrie, Ltd., and its line inclu^
highgrade tools of all sizes, wood-working machine
engines, boilers, pumps, motors, air compressors, ;
miners' and contractors' machinery. The company
a large warehouse with .railroad switching facili'
at the foot of Bathurst street, and its operations exti
throughout the Dominion. Mr. Petrie has for thi
years been a member of the Board of Trade, and h
also a member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Asso
tion, and the Empire Club.

While his pressing affairs have occupied him larg
Mr. Petrie has had time and inclination for civic respo
bilities and for philanthropic work. He is an especi
devoted friend of public hospitals, a member of
board of trustees of the Toronto Children's Hospi
and has been most generous in his support of the Br: ■
ford General Hospital; is a trustee of the Hospital '
Sick Children of Toronto, and a member of the bo;r
executives of that institution. He has endowed a (
perpetuity in the hospital, also a cot in perpetuity in
Lakeside Home. He is Independent in poll 1
faith, member of the Presbyterian church, and a '■
member of the Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission.

Mr. Petrie manied, at Tilsonburg, Ontario, in I
Matilda McMaster, of that place, and they an
parents of seven daughters and one son, the h
Harry, secretary and treasurer of H. W. Petrie, Ltd.

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109

4DREW TRAVERS THOM— In one of the most
;ical industries of the day Mr. Thorn, of Toronto,
tive in his capacity of managing director of the
rio Wind Engine and Pump Company, Ltd.,
ifacturers of farm specialties and agricultural
sments. Mr. Thorn is a son of David and Ruth
ty) Thom, residents for many years of Watford,
rio, both now deceased. The elder Mr. Thom
! from Scotland in 1870, and located at Paris,
.rio, later removing to Watford, where he settled
lanently, and where he was engaged throughout his
e career in the manufacture of agricultural imple-
3. The mother was of Canadian birth,
idrew T. Thom was born in Watford, Ontario,
ary 7, 1883. His education included courses at the
ic and high schools of his native place. After
dieting his studies he became associated with his
!r in the implement plant, becoming familiar with
business and deeply interested in its possibilities,
inuing ft-ith his father until 1905, Mr. Thom then
> to Toronto, and became identified with the present
as junior clerk. Rising from this position to another
another, each of greater responsibility, Mr, Thom
appointed managing director of the concern in the

1915, and still holds that position,
r. Thom is a member of the Canadian Manufactur-
Association and of the Toronto Board of Trade,
politically is a Conservative. Fraternally, he holds
ibership in Parkdale Lodge, Ancient Free and Accep-
Masons, and all the Scottish Rite bodies, and he is
;mber of the Ontario Club and the Humber Valley
Club. He is a member of the Parkdale Presbyterian
rch.

October, 1907, in Watford, Ontario, Mr. Thom
ied Margaretta Micks, of Watford, and they reside
[o. 102 Tyndall avenue.

JHN T. HORNIBROOK— Fifty-four years in the
ce of a seventy-five year old Toronto institution,
Brown Brothers, Limited, is the remarkable business
rd of John T. Hornibrook, director and secretary-
surer of that corporation. Toronto has no business
tution which she can point to with greater pride than
iiis organization, and it is through the single-minded
Ition of its oflBcials and personnel that this old
iern has come to represent all that is best and
(t in the city's commercial life. In the rearing of a
nerous and substantial business structure, in the
lion of traditions which govern the policy of the
»any, Mr. Hornibrook has played a distinctive
r Fraternal, social and religious associations com-
:■ his identification with the city to which he came in
ihood.

)in T. Hornibrook was born in County Cork,
:;id, June 14, 1849, and when two years of age was
};ht to Toronto by his parents, here attending public
dmodel schools and the British-American Business
ilge. As a young man of eighteen years, on March
, 867, he entered the employ of the firm of Brown
tiers in the capacity of accountant. When the
It any was incorporated under its present title. The
On Brothers, Limited, Mr. Hornibrook became a
■ftor and secretary-treasurer of the corporation,
wying these offices to the present time. The lifetime

1^ spent in this association is a noteworthy record,
itlhe permanence and stability of this old Toronto
itution have their source in just such connections

Is.

N . Hornibrook is a member of the Board of Trade,
diis clubs are the Granite, in which he holds a life
sroership, and the Lake Shore Country. He is past
eslent of the Canadian Militia Veterans' Association,

past president of the Veterans of 1866 Association, and
is a Liberal in politics. He is one of the most prominent
Odd Fellows of the Dominion, and is president of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall Association,
Limited, of Toronto; president of the Ontario Odd
Fellows Home; past grand master of the Grand Lodge
of Ontario; past grand patriarch of the Grand Encamp-
ment of Ontario, and past grand representative to the
-Sovereign Grand Lodge. In religious faith he is a
Methodist.

Mr. Hornibrook married, February 16, 1870, at
Toronto, Lizzie Burns, sister of the late Rev. Alexander
Burns, D.D., LL.D., of this city. Mrs. Hornibrook
died December 21, 1905. They were the parents of eight
children: 1. Mabel Lida. 2. John Seymour, who is in
the government service, customs department, at Regina.
3. Thomas Alexander, engaged in the insurance and
real estate basiness at Calgary. 4. Ralph Burns, associa-
ted with the W. B. Hamilton Shoe Company. 5. Lizzie
Vera. 6. Richard Clarence, a member of the inspector's
department of the postal service at Toronto. 7. Charles
Edward, born April 25, 1888; was educated in the
Wellesley public schools and Harbord Collegiate Insti-
tute, and upon the completion of his education entered
the organization of Brown Brothers, Limited, as city
salesman; he enlisted in the Canadian Army in February,
1916, shortly afterward being assigned to the Twenty-
second Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, and being
ordered to France with his battery, which was attached
to the Sixth Brigade; he was killed in action near Amiens,
August 7, 1918, and is buried in the Adelaide British
Cemetery at Villiers, Brettoneaux, France. 8. Val, born
February 14, 1894; was educated in Wellesley public
schools, Harbord Collegiate Institute and University
Schools; in July, 1915, he went overseas, serving with the
Canadian Red Cross; he was injured at Folkestone,
England, and was invalided home in 1916; he died
April 14, 1919, from the result of an operation.

HENRY JAMES WRIGHT, K.C.— Distinguished
as a Canadian barrister, and long interested in a com-
prehensive way in all Canadian advance, Henry James
Wright, K.C., of Toronto, is a familiar figure in pro-
fessional circles in Ontario. Mr. Wright is of old English
descent, his grandfather having been one of the York
pioneers who settled beside the St. Lawrence river in
1830 or thereabouts, becoming identified with the
history of what is now the city of Toronto. George
Wright, the first of the family born in Canada, and Mr.
Wright's father, was for very many years a resident
of Toronto, and active as a building contractor. He died
in 1921, but the work of his hands is an enduiing part
of the "Queen City" of Ontario. He married Margaret
Shepherd.

Henry James Wright, son of George and Margaret
(Shepherd) Wright, was born in Toronto, February 17,
1863, and received his early education at the Jarvis
Street Collegiate Institute. Entering the University
of Toronto, he was graduated from that institution in
the class of 1882, taking the gold medal in modern
languages, and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Spending the next five years in legal study, Mr. Wright
was called to the bar in 1887, and immediately became
associated with the affiliated firms which for four years
previously had done business under the names of Moss,
Falconbridge & Barwick, and Moss, Hoyles & Ayles-
worth. With the re-organization of these professional
interests, the firm became Aylesworth, Wright, Moss &
"Thompson, continuing thus until February 10, 1920,
when the present firm was organized, under the name
of Aylesworth, Wright, Thompson & Lawr. They
are conducting an extensive general practice, handling

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also much work along the lines of corporation law, bank
and estate litigation, etc. As a member of this noted
firm through the various changes covering a period
of thirty-five years, Mr. Wright is one of the foremost
men of the legal profession in Toronto today. He was
created King's Counsel in 1921.

A prominent member of the York County Law Assoc-
iation, Mr. Wright is also a member of the Ontario and
Canadian Bar associations. In connection with his
professional activities, he is identified as a director with
several industrial concerns. His social connections
include membership in the Ontario, Toronto and York
clubs, the Toronto Hunt Club, and the Rosedale Golf
Club. Politically, he endorses the principles of the
Liberal party, and he is a member of St. Paul's Anglican
Church.

Mr. Wright married, in Toronto, in 1891, Annie
Dennis Johnson, daughter of the late Thomas B. John-
son, and they have one daughter, Dorothy, now the
wife of Wilfred Davies, of Toronto. "The Wright residence
is at No. 35 Chestnut Park.

PATRICK BURNS— In 1856, a Torontonian of two
years' residence, Patrick Burns entered the field of work
that occupied him for the remainder of his life and
founded the organization that still bears his name, P.
Burns & Company, Ltd., one of the leading fuel-distribu-
ting companies of the Province. Since 1915 he has been
absent from the places that knew him and the associa-
tions that he brightened with a courageous optimism
and whole-hearted geniality, but his work is continued
under the direction of his sons. Patrick Burns was an
indefatigable worker until his death, finding in his
business, his home, and his reading the major interests
of his life.

Mr. Burns was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland,
in 1837, and there attended school, coming to Toronto
in 1854 as a youth of seventeen years. Two years later
he entered coal and wood dealings, with a location at
Queen's Wharf, at the foot of Bathurst street, being a
pioneer fuel merchant of the city and at one time con-
ducting the largest wood business in Toronto. He
applied himself closely to the upbuilding of a prosperous
business, and in the early stages of his enterprise, as
indeed when success had come to him in generous
measure, he was unsparing in the demands upon his
physical endurance. With the growth of his fuel interests,
new yards were opened until five were operated, the first
at the above location, the second at the foot of Princess
street, the third at Logan avenue and the Grand Trunk
railway crossing, the fourth at Huron and Dupont streets,
and the fifth at Morrow avenue. Wholesale and retail
coal dealings became the line of activity followed, and
incorporation was made in 1912 as P. Burns & Company,
Ltd., of which Mr. Burns was the president at the time
of his death. Francis Patrick Burns, his son, is the
present chief executive of the company, which employs
on an average of one hundred and thirty persons, teams
and trucks handling the delivery business, all of the
equipment of the most modern type.

Mr. Burns was a Conservative in political belief and a
strong supporter of the party. His church was St.
Mary's Roman Catholic, to which he was a liberal
contributor, and he was a life member of the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club, the Albany Club, and the Toronto
Rowing Club. By his associates Mr. Burns is affection-
ately remembered for warm-hearted impulsiveness
and a kindly spirit which was his unfailing attitude
toward everyone. His smile was ready, his handclasp
hearty, and to meet him in the course of the day's work
was to receive an impression of wholesomeness and
sincerity that lingered long after the contact.

Mr. Burns married Jane Walsh, daughter of Patrii
Walsh, a carpenter and contractor, who came to Toron
from his Ireland home, later returning to Ireland, whe
he married, then coming again to Toronto, the birt
place of all of his children. Mr. and Mrs. Burns were tl
parents of the following children: 1. Sarah Mar
married Christian Kloepfer, deceased. 2. Anna Josep
ine, married R. A. Ryan, deceased. 3. Francis Patric
educated in Toronto Model School and Upper Cana(
College, always associated with his father in businet
He was vice-president of P. Burns & Company, Lt(
until the death of his father, and upon returning frc
military service, assumed the presidency. In 1916
enlisted in the 180th Battalion (Sportmen's Battalio'
served two years overseas and won captain's rai
4. John Joseph, vice-president of P. Burns & Compa)
Ltd. 5. Edward A., secretary and treasurer of P. Buj
& Company, Ltd. 6. Susan Joachim, now a sister
Loretto Convent. 7. Marie Louise Frances, also a sis
at Loretto Convent. 8. Louis Patrick, a contractor

HUGH ERASER MACKINTOSH was bom

Hamilton, May 11, 1862, the second son of Dat
and Elizabeth (Fraser-Barron) Mackintosh. Aftei
few years residence in Brantford, he removed with
parents to Guelph, where his youth was spent and wh
he received his education in the public and gramr
schools. In 1878 he came to Toronto where, with the exc
tion of two years spent in New York, he has ever si
resided. In 1890 he married (first) Maria Joseph
Hazelton, daughter of James Hazelton, a well-kno
Guelph merchant; she died in 1893. In 1898 he man
(second) Nelly Hairis, daughter of Benjamin Gri
Harris, president of the Mutual Life Insurance C(
pany, of Baltimore, Maryland; she died in 1916.
has one son, who served in the Canadian forces
France, and two daughters.

Although engaged in commercial pursuits.
Mackintosh has through life been devoted to literat
taking special interest in historical studies. Entei
the Catholic church in 1883, he became one of
founders and first editors of the "Catholic We(
Review," a contributor to the "Irish Canadian," anc
the past twelve years has been associate editoi
the "Catholic Record," of London. He has also
tributed to the "Century Magazine," "Walsh's M
zine," the "Records of the American-Catholic Histo:
Society," of Philadelphia, and other periodicals.
1888 he published a short story on the "Life of Fa
Louis de Lavagna," a Capuchin friar, who reside
Toronto, 1856-7. He is also the author of the chaj <
devoted to Bishops Macdonell and Power in the vol
published as a memorial of the Golden Jubilee o(
Diocese of Toronto, and of "The Catholic Truth So>
Its History and Objects" (1919), with which s
he has been actively connected since its fouti
in 1889. For two years he was a trustee of the T^
Separate Schools. He is a member of the York Pi
and Historical Society and of the Niagara Histt *
Society.

JOHN KAY MACDONALD— Upon a foundati <

expert insurance knowledge and administrative 1 1
John Kay Macdonald, president of the Confeder (
Life Association, has built a career in practical a i
whose value is far-reaching throughout the Domi <
Upon a foundation of sincere religious conviction: *
broad humanitaiian sympathies he has at the same •
reared a superstructure of service notable for the '
tion and constancy with which he has performe *
many arduous duties connected therewith. Thes "
the two phases of his life work by which his fellows *

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him best, as the successful man of affairs and as the
active churchman and philanthropist, and through these
mediums he has come into possession of universal reeard
and esteem. The history of Toronto has proud place
for his life record as written to his eiRhty-fifth year
I ^fn ^1^ Macdonald was born in Edingurgh S^t-
land October 12, 1837, youngest son of Donald M^c-
^m'*'^' ^"?i'^^.°f Caithness: Scotland, and Elizabeth
(MacKay) Macdonald, also from the North He was

r'^Llr" ?''"'»^1'." 1845, and spent his boyhood on
lis father s farm, being educated in the public school
iVeston High School, and Knox College, spending one
ession at the last-named and also taking courses in thi
Jmyersity of Toronto. He had intended to ente? the
christian ministry, but circumstances brought about
.is en ranee into business, and in 1863 he beclme ass"s-
^nrch faY^' V ^ ^^^ '^°""*^'^^ °f York and Peel, it
r.v^ }a\1-' -^ ^^,^ appointed treasurer, continuing
0 hold this position during the union of the counties and
ubsequently or York County being appointed just"ce
f the peace in 1867. Mr. Macdonald organizidthi
on ederation Life Association in 1871, and soon after-
ard a threatened breakdown caused him to resign
e actual management. In 1874, at the request of his
Uow-directors he resumed the management and
TOained in active charge of the increasingly expanding

riaZlf -h" '=°'"-P=^?y ""*" 1914, havilg been elect-

to the presidency in January, 1912. In the insurance

isiness he is an acknowledged leader, his half-century

c^H -!f participation in insurance dealings and his

^^IuA° 5°nti""oply successful administration un-

>ralled in this special field. He has been several tirnes

mored by election to the presidency of the Canadian

fe Insurance Officers' Association, and is a feUow o"

e (.anadian Insurance Institute. Sir Olivei Mowit

;scnbed Mr. Macdonald as "a man of exempla^ life

high trust and long experience and, at the same" time'

™f ked ability in his profession." TherT is no

tanch of the insurance business, from broadest principle

minutest detail with which he is not accurately

1 miliar, and this thorough grasp and knowledge have

translated into terms of prosperity to the stock-

> and cei tain protection to the policy-holders of

sociation.

Macdonald's connection with religious and social
" ^"""^ began in young manhood. His name stands
'■ of the founders of the Toronto Young Men's
v.i.uan Association, of which he was for several years
ve-president and an active worker. From 1866 to
vLr^^ f ^'^^^^°y ''"'* honorary secretary of the
bnfelE.toH''-^ Religious Book and Tract Sodety!
Dng elected in the latter year to the oresidencv /n
oice he still fills (1922). For thirty-flve'^yeare he was

d "c?o 'Ir'^ ^^^ ^PP?'' C^"^'^^ Bible l?cietyL
a.'ctor, treasurer, and vice-president. Since 1897 he

ron?o"wP''^f'^^"* ?^ ^^^ Children's Aid Society of
1 onto; was formeriy president of the Equal Rights

D^il^lZ' ^'""^ *^?/^.* PJ^^'^^'^* °f the Ontario Sd^
L)/ All ance; president of the Ontario Sunday School

hK^''*i°"; ^ *™^*«^ ^f Q"«en's University; chairman o
-bboard of governors of St. Andrew's College; a ™ber
r now chainnan of the board of Knox Col ege; Snce
dinistrIfro'r,"^«f 1*^"a'=T'"'"/« *^^sed with the
hdaUhJ^rj! ^^-^ Aged and Infirm Ministers'
Id of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Macdonald is ako

^'iCRToZlf ^'^ ^""I'^'fi^ church to trAllian"
vp^-^tl?^^'' churches holding to the Presbyterian
mZt o? fhl *"■ "^ ^}l^ Presbyterian church; was
ridint of th. T"'*!-^ °?. ^^'■'^h ""io"; a"d was
h sf TnHi, **^^.Gwalior Presbyterian Mission at

o.^tion with tv'' •*^''^" ^^^V^y *h^ church. His
oi.ection with this impressive list of religious, philan-

111

thropic, and educational institutions has not been
^f P^^^tTv,'"'''!,? honorary, for to each he h^ gi^n
ch,?rT u-''u"?*'*u^"'^ '^•"'^''"t '''b°'-- The cause of the
church, which in his youth he had hoped to make his
life work, has had in him a most loval and Hplnt.,^

Swor'thet';^^" 'T"^ ^-^P'^ andTbundant'orpor'

linked with thePhf-^"'* ^"""^^"^ t*''** '''■« «" inseparably
unKea with the Christian ministry. Mr Macdonald i«

a ZXtn 1I»^?,"*°'« ^«i"^« 'ife and n equa" de^^
Vh^^Zf *h^ Cross, for theie has been no time S
he has not been able to turn fiom the demands of busiml^
to insistent needs from a worthy cause bearing t^
stamp of Christian identification. In polftical fa"th he
IS a Conservative, his interest in public^rffars extending
o?lVrCmeTatd^ri!^^ ^'«--'^- '" ^•^et^porf
tnt^ p '4,'»«=^onaId married, in December, 1867 Char-

Charies"" sI^fJ'^P^T"^*'^*/!,"^^^^^ of the late Colone
mI„J strange Perley, of Bui ford, Ontario Mrs
Macdonald died in August, 1902. She was prSident of
w Young Women's Christian Association and liki

works Thp' '"*'''fJ"'^ '" "" S'^^t number of 'good
works They were the parents of three sons and one
daughter: John Periey, who died in 1887fDonald Bruce
Q<^ •• ^^'i '".^'^ter of St. Andrew's College- CwS
Strange M.A (University of Toronto) general'manaS
nVe'n^w^hrdtrfch'^tlt^r^^'-^ -^^ ChaSX

WALDON LAWR, who as the junior partner of thp
firm of Aylesworth, Wright, ThorJipson & S holds
a position of prominence in the legal prof^ion in
Ontario comes of a family long resident in fhTs PrZ"nce
«.hn„^/ '■'' *^''\"^ "P his professional studief "3*
school for several years. Mr. Lawr is a son of Oeor^t ».i
Margaret (Ross) Lawr. The elder Mr Lawr whlwa^
for many years active as a building contractor is ,I^w
fs deceS'*'''^ ^'■"'" "" ''"^^'"^^ '"' «««t^- The'motheT

ll^l'^RsrhV.r-'" ^^^^°^^;'Jl ^"2"«' Ontario, January
ill J 1 ' ^)i^ '" ^''''y childhood his family moved S
^f tT'^^'\,°"*l"°-, He received his early Education
alsointhk Prn'-""'' r'^ Collegiate Institute a?Barrie"
CoUe^P L '''"'^''- Later entering the Ontario Norma

1903 and thr%t^'''"*f"^*'f^ f"""™ that institutiorfn
lyud and thereafter, for six years, taught high school
at Newmarket, Ontario. Coming 'to Toronto in 1909
Ml Lawr became associated with the present firm ^
?f 'l^T'^^^t' then was called to the bar fr^m Osg?odl
Hall Law School in the year 1914. Mr. Lawr became a
member of the present firm upon the dea^lTof the^at^
s'etrtim^ber^^of th?^l°^ "^^^^ ™ -« --^ tt

the latter two years. He is a member of the York Stv
^oZictior'*""' ^"' ^" Independent InToS
Mr Lawr married, in Toronto, on August 2 IQifi
tT ^v^'^"*^' »f Newmarket, Ontario ffihey have
two children; Marion Isabel and Robert Waldon

Toronto "^ "'"" •' ^* ^°- ^^ 0'"'=h^^d View bolva^di

l^fr^'erd^wTTr^^^^^^^^^

J^^*"' A;r^°."JP^?y' i^td. Prominent in kduS
circles, Mr Meadows is as well known for his exteS
and valued religious service and for many y^^hl^

JJ2 THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

Ha wis educated in the public schools of Kingston and WILLIAM WILKINSON— Possessing a broa

^ ♦ f^ tv.p firm of H Meadows & Company, house •'""r*.„:„7hpbu8in«B^ world, and widely familii

furSers and'^contraciors, Ottawa, as an apprentice "P^'X^J^io^^^iStjohn William Wilkinson ,

In ?866 He worked as a journeyman with the firm of ^*°„„\";®["^ {""many years been an active force for tl

Whaler & B^in, of Toronto, and in 1872,. formed a Ifl^^^^'^ltT^^^ZLre. Mr. Wilkinson is a son ,

SSon with the firm of Chown & Cunmngham, of P^o^^^^J/fu^^beth (Hanipson) WUkinson both^

^rt7"s his long and useful connection with the Young En^Hf bi^h -^o X^VSor W 'Tt Wo^dh^:

MeS'fchrSn Association and his Pioneer service in |^"^d ^Vt^^? Valbo?ough Parish Derbyshire, Englan

ihlt organization began. In the course of that year, he ^^.ne c arii , birthplace, in 1822, of Geor

V^cme Sa^ of the Kingston branch of the A^ocia- !^ 1^7^ J^^^.'^^^Uinson's father, who was for mai

^onfnd under his leadership this branch expanded ^'f °"' ^' n the municipal offices at Liverpool, a,

and ' entered upon its long career of 'isefuness to the yf^j^^gXthe mother, of an old English family nam

,!i„fW the citv Mr. Meadows' name will always be died m loou, in ^ ^.^^ ^ generatioi

roda^d^^thlis record of achievenient^o';,^^^ H^Tn inSwfch, Cheshire, England, in 1822, a

^^^'^•I'a^drvStplydmoVateiS^^^^^^^ died in 1899 ^^ ,„^„ ,„ ^iverpo

ret& all of his interest in young people throughout "l^^^S ^^I'^^^le experience in the well-n.gh endl

S .nd cSl dealer.- .applle.. The ■jOW"!' »I«»S ^nd "«."*» »"■ ""'". "if ""TZT
M, Meadows was a founder and is a member of the « known ^,^y'' no^ owns and operates

fiSS ha gilt, ol .utattnce and .emce. fSllSS with tJanapottation condition, jene

M Meadl. mmled, at Kington Ontmo Ma^ .Tta'ffol .Ignificnra In th, p,ogi». ol he c."

^i.^.''^o''K^'rf£.irufZl paSKSeS-oSfSn'rEt?iaSS.Tfi

ofeoS;,?.UV.-;pSsSnet Si^SS l^eig <ri;iKX''dS1vf

?n 1911 aAd is now assistant manager of the George direction oi^^^ ^^^^^ battleship "Eagle,

|oSfud!Tr^ng^^^ce^\Tu^"tL";Tn Y^e S^p^irCther with sea experience on other ve

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118

[r. Wilkinson has always retained a keen interest in
ival matters, and few men are better posted in this
mnection. t>uring the Great World War he wrote

number of letters (1918) regarding Canada's naval
sfense, urging upon the government the importance
: putting forth greater effort, particularly in view of
le then German sea menace, in order to defend our
lores, and provide protection for our merchant ships,
nfortunately, when later the German submarines made
leir appearance in Canadian wateis they, in the course
'. numerous attacks, were successful in sinking our
shing fleet, together with other merchant ships, and
erp thus destroying at their own fiee will, in the
jsence of any effort on Canada's part to prevent it.
hese letters received wide publicatiou and comment in
le press, not only of the Dominion but of Great Britain
I well, and were later efficiently printed in pamphlet
rm and distributed among officials of the Government
id prominent men of Canada, also among the leading
gures in the British navy. The phamphlet received
ren wider notice than the earlier publication of the
tters, and was extensively quoted during naval
ibates in the House of Commons. Full records of
lis discussion appear in the official report of the House

Commons debates dated May 7 and 26, 1919, (Vol.
1, Nos. 49 and 62).

For many years Mr. Wilkinson has been a member of
e Toronto Board of Trade; he is also a member of the
.. George's Society, Citizen's Libeity League, Cana-
an Club, and the Transportation Club of Toronto,
is more personal interests declare his tastes, and
elude membership in the Albanj; Club, Victoria Club,
oyal Canadian Yacht Club, Mississauga Golf Club,
lid the Ontario Jockey Club. He has always kept in
luch with religious advance, and affiliates with the
(iglican church.

FRANK PULLEN— In the electrical business, which
i engaging the attention of so many progressive Cana-
un men, Frank Pullen, of Toronto, is well known as
tesident of the Swedish General Electric, Limited, Mr.
liUen comes of English ancestry, and is the first genera-
tn of the family bom on Canadian soil. He is a son
SHugh Francis and Ellen Heath (Skinley) Pullen. His
6her was born in Plymouth, England, and was pay-
fcster-in-chief in the Royal navy until his death in
1^3. The mother was born in Budleigh, Salterton,
Bgland, and is also now deceased.

Frank Pullen v/as born in Oakville, Ontario, July
i 1877. He received his education at Trinity College
Enool, Fort Hope, and since his first business experience
h? been engaged in electrical work. He was first em-
P'yed by the Canadian General Electric Company,
vere he remained for three years, then went to British
Clumbia, where he was engaged in the electrical business
ii.ependently, doing business under his own name. After
Bi en years' experience thus he returned to Ontario and
b;ame identified with the Dick, Kerr Company for
t) years. He then became associated with the present
o;anization, which was established in 1904 by Read &
B mer. This partnership existed for three years, when,
*:h Mr. PuUen's coming into the business, it was
ci.nged to Kilmer & Pullen. In 1910 the name became
Kmer, Pullen &Buinham, Limited, then, in 1913, the
fill change was made, the company still bearing the
nne then assumed, the Swedish General Electric,
LI. Mr. Pullen is president, and A. McDougal, treas-
u r. _ The company carries a general line of hydro-
el;tric equijiment, and ranks among the foremost
Ci.cems in this field in the Province of Ontario.

^T. Pullen is a member of the Military Institute, and
ding the Great World War served for three vears as

a member of the Canadian Infantry and Engineers
(1916-19) receiving his honorable discharge with the
rank of captain. He is a member of the Anglican church.
Mr. Pullen married, in 1905, Gladys Mary Cummins,
of Nelson, British Columbia, and their children are:
Hugh Francis, Gwynneth Mary, Ernest Gambier,
Nannette Mary, and Thomas Charles. The family
residence is at Oakville, Ontario.

CHARLES JOSEPH MUSSON— From the time
when a youth of twenty-two years, Mr. Musson estab-
lished in the book business in Toronto he has followed
this line of work, and as president of The Musson Book
Company, Ltd., he has wide reputation in this field of
endeavor. He is a son of Captain Thomas and Elizabeth
Musson, his father a general merchant and postmaster
of Islington, Ontario, holding the rank of captain in the
Tenth York Battalion.

Charles Joseph Musson was born in Islington, Ontario,
September 15, 1869, and was educated in the public
schools of his birthplace, Streetsville High School, and
Parkdale Collegiate Institute, being elected president
of his graduating class in the last-named institution.
In 1891 he entered the retail book business in the Yonge
Street Arcade in partnership with Fred W. Johnston,
of Islington, under the firm name of Johnston & Musson.
This relation was dissolved in the same year, and Mr.
Musson continued under his own name until 1896,
when he began operations in the wholesale field, under
the title, The Musson Book Company, which was
incorporated in 1901 as The Musson Book Company,
Ltd. In 1902 a branch of the company was founded in
London, England, and has since been a prosperous
department of the business. Hodder & Stoughton
Ltd., an allied concern, of Canada, of which Mr. Musson
is vice-president, is located with The Musson Book
Company, Ltd., at Nos. 263-26S-267 Adelaide street.
West.

Mr. Musson is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite
Mason, holding membership in Harmony Lodge, Free
and Accepted Masons. He is also a Workman, and a
past grand master of the Canadian Older of Odd Fellows.
He is a member of the Board of Trade, particularly
active in the publishers' section, and is a life member of
the Historic Landmarks' Association of Canada. His
club is the Empire, and he is a communicant of the
Anglican church.

Mr. Musson married, in Toronto, July 24, 1895,
Jennie Bird Williams, daughter of William and Jane
(Bird) Williams, her father a farmer of Bowmanville,
Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Musson are the parents of:
Ralph Thomas, born January 18, 1898, a lieutenant in
the Royal Garrison Artillery, served in France in the
late World War; and Glena Elizabeth, born July 22, 1899.

CLARK E. DISHER, — In the large field of
structural iron work in the city of Toronto, and indeed
throughout the Province of Ontario, the name of Hep-
burn & Disher, Limited, stands for progress in every
iDranch of this important activity. Clark E. Disher,
secretary of this concern, is also its manager, directing
its policies, and keeping the keen eye of the expert on its
production departments.

The family of Mr. Disher has been in Canada for
many years, his great-grandfather having been bom
near Queenstown, Ontario. John J. Disher, father of
Clark E. Disher, was born in Ridgeway, Ontario, in the
year 1856, and was for many years engaged in business
as a mechanical engineer, residing in Ridgeway, but is
now associated with the New York Central railroad. He
married Nancy Baxter, who died in 1901.

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Clark E. Disher was born in Ridgeway, Ontario,
March 21, 1883. He received his early education in the
public and high schools of his native place. Coming
to Toronto in 1900, he attended the Central Business
College, then from 1901 until 1913 he was engaged with
McGregor & Mclntyre, of Toronto, then one of the lead-
ing concerns in structural steel. Beginning as a junior
clerk, he rose in that period of twelve years to the office
of secretary of the concern. Meanwhifej he devoted his
spare time to private study in engineering, under com-
petent instructors, also during his association with that
concern having charge of their engineering department.
Upon the incorporation of Hepburn & Disher, Ltd,
in 1913, one year after the establishment of the concern,
Mr. Disher was elected secretary, and the management
of the business was placed in his hands. Under his
direction the concern has gone forward to marked
success, and now holds a leading position in their field.
They are fabricators and erectors of structuial steel,
and do cutting, punching and riveting in the preparation
of steel shapes for the erection of modem buildings,
bridges, etc. They also do miscellaneous iron woik pf
many kinds, making straps, hangers, rods, etc., used in
building constiuction. Their operations in the line of
erection reach into many parts of the Province of
Ontario, and have thus far included many important
and interesting contracts.

In connection with the above, Mr. Disher's principal
interest, he also owns and operates the Canadian Hard-
ware Exchange, wholesale dealers in hardware, and is a
director in the Canadian Combustion Company, and in
the Spiral Nail Company, of Canada. He is a member
of the Canadian Manufactmers' Association, and in
politics is an Independent. He is a member of St.
John's Lodge, No. 75, Ancient Fiee and Accepted
Masons, is a member of the Ontario and Canadian
clubsj and of the Toronto Canoe Club. He holds member-
ship in the Presbyterian church.

In June, 1913, Mr. Disher mairied, in Toronto, Vera
Hamilton, of this city, and they are the parents of two
children: William James and Doris Nancy. The family
residence is at No. 95 Pacific avenue, Toronto. Mr.
Disher has a farm of six acres near Errindale, where
he spends his spare time in developing his proper tv.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ROBERT FRANK
MASSIE. D.S.O. — Prominent in the insurance business
in Canada, and also a familiar figure in military circles,
Lieutenant-Colonel Massie is a representative man of
the day in Ontario. He is of Scotch antecedents, and is
a son of James Massie, born in Lumphanan, Aberdeen-
shire, Scotland, who came to Canada as a young man,
gaining considerable prominence in the wholesale
grocery business in Guelph, and serving for many years
in various public capacities, finally as registrar of York
county. He married Mary Armstrong, who was born
in Guelph, Ontario. He died May 1, 1904, and his
wife survived him for more than nine years, passing
away July 22, 1913.

Robert Frank Massie was born in Guelph, Ontario,
October 15, 1877, and the removal of the family to
Toronto when he was three years of age placed him in
the public schools of this city in his boyhood. He finished
with three years at the Parkdale Collegiate Institute, and
at the age of sixteen entered the business world. His
first position was with the Confederation Life Associa-
tion, and there he remained for a period of seven years.
He was next identified with the Canada Foundry
Company, with which concern he remained for six
years, during part of that time having charge of the
machinery purchasing department. In 1907 Lieutenant-
Colonel Massie participated in the organization of the

Dominion Fire Insurance Company, which in the decs
and a half of its existence has enjoyed a rapid growl
Beginning in a small way, this concern now has bran
offices in Montreal, Regina, and Vancouver, with t
head office in Toronto. In 1912 Lieutenant-Colo!
Massie and his partner, Mr. Renwick, took over 1
management of the Canadian business for the Nor
eastern National Insurance Company of Milwauk
and the National Ben Franklin Insurance Company
Pittsburgh, and under their direction the Canad'
interests of these companies have steadily developed

Enlisting in the Canadian Field Aitillery early in 19
with the rank of lieutenant, Lieutenant-Colonel Mat
took an active part in recruiting for the Royal Canad
Horse Artillery and the 34th Battery, being in comms
of the latter, raising altogether some sixteen hundi
men from the athletic and sporting clubs of Toron
He went overseas in January, 1916, as captain, in cha
of the 9th Ammunition Column, then to Fiance
major of the Thirty-third Battery, Canadian Fi
Artillery. Taking part in many important battles,
was severely wounded in the head at Passchendai
on November 11, 1917, and was sent to a hospital
France, later transferred to England, returning
Canada in January, 1918. For sei vices in the field he i
awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and t»
mentioned in dispatches. He is now in command of
3rd (Toronto) Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery.

Frateinally, Lieutenant-Colonel Massie is affilia
with the Free and Accepted Masons, and his clubs
the Toronto, Engineers, and National, of Toionto,
the last-named of which he is a director; the Cans
Club, of Montreal, the Lambton Golf, the Egling
Hunt, and the Assiniboia clubs of Regina. He fii
his chief recreation at his farm in Cobourg, wheie
spends much time, and where he breeds horses :
cattle. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Lieutenant-Colonel Massie married, in Toronto,
1902, Isabel Covert, of Port Hope, Ontario, daug^
of the late Henry Covert, for many years president of
Midland railway, and also a director of the Bank
Toronto. Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Massie h:
three sons: James Hamilton, born May 12, 19
Robert Lorimer, born September 7, 1907; and He
Douglas, born September 16, 1910.

HENRY GEORGE THORLEY— Througihout
long career identified with the leading steamship agen
of the day, Henry G. Thorley,'of Toronto, has for net
nineteen years been passenger manager for the Provi
of Ontario of the International Mercantile Mai
Company. Mr. Thorley is a son of Charles J. Thor!
who was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1823, and cs
to Toronto as a young man, here engaging in the drap
business. He married Jemima Warne, who was b
In Reading, England, came to Toronto with her fan
in 1855, and died in February, 1920.

Henry George Thorley was born in Toronto, Ji
26, 1864, and received a thoroughly piactical educat
in the public schools of this city. In 1881 he entered
business world in the employ of Gzowski & Buck
general agents for the Dominion Steamship Li
Serving in the capacity of clerk, he remained with (
concern for about twelve years. Mr. Thorley's nexts
was the formation of a partnership with the late C.
Pipon, whose death occuned in England, in 1906,
which time Mr. Thorley was appointed passen
manager of the International Mercantile Marine C(
pany for the Province of Ontario. With offices at I
41 King street, East, his present location, he has sii
capably handled the extensive inteiests of this conce

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thereby holding a prominent position in the business life
of the'city and Province.

This company controls the world's largest steamships,
and its history extends over more than half a century,
the fiftieth anniversary of its founding having been
celebrated in July, 1921. Beginning with five steamships
of old types, this company has kept always a little in
advance of the times, their equipment and service being
kept at the highest point of attainment. One after
another were added to their fleet, ships which have
made histoiy, not alone in tests of speed and endurance,
but in the bringing together of the nations in times of
stress, the famous "Teutonic," foi instance, boi e a signifi-
cant part in the Boer War, and in the recent World War
stniggle, cairied man^ Canadian regiments across. The
Shipping and Exporting Register of Canada, issue of
July 20, 1921, gave figures of more than passing interest
in connection with this jubilee celebration and the part
played by the many ships of the White Star Line, which
is one of the affiliated companies operating as the
International Mercantile Marine Company, as follows:

DurinK the war the Olympic steaine<I 184.000 miles and con-
sumed .S47,()00 tons- of coal, without the sliphtest accident or delay,
often carrying 0.000 troops i)e.sid(! her crew of 1 .000 men. the Olympic
alone transimrted lOO.OOO Canadian troops and over 4.5,000 United
.States troops during the war. She was .also prominent as a trooper
in the fialliivili campaign, carrying 2.5,000 to the front. The British
Government h.os also recognized in it.s war record that the Olympic
Skilfully manoeuvred, rammed and sank a German submarine, for
which the Oommander. Captain B. F. Hayes, and others aboard
have recoive<l ofRcia! citations.

It may he well to note hero that the WTiitc Star Line steamers
transported more than 548,000 troops during tlie war — a stupendous
achievement — and at the same time carried 4.250.000 tons of cargo.

The White Star fleet now numbers thirty vessels, with
a gross legister totalling over .375,000 tons, and with the
resumption of normal conditions in ocean travel, is
continuing former cruising trips in various directions.
They also have new ships in process of construction, for
both long established and projected lines.

Mr. Thorley, as head of the Ontario district in the
interests of this line, holds membership in the Toronto
Board of Trade, and keeps in touch with all business
progress. His social and recreative interests include
membership in the Sons of England, life membership
in Doric Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and mem-
bership in the Commonwealth, Albany, Canadian and
Empire clubs, and the Lake Shore Country Club.
Politically, he is a Conservative, and he is a member
of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Thorley married, in 1896, in Toronto, Annie E.
Wilson, of this city, and they have one daughter, Ethel
Arline. Mrs. Thorley and Miss Thorley have been very
active workers in the Red Cross and other welfare
activities. The family home is at No. 394 Palmerston
boulevard.

ANGUS A. CAMPBELL, M.D.— One of the best
knov.(n among the younger medical men of Canada, Dr.
Campbell was born at Shanty Bay, Simcoe county,
Ontario August 15, 1881. His parents, Archibald and
Elizabeth (Heard) Campbell, were among the early
Scotch settlers of Canada.

Dr. Campbell received his early education in the public
school at Shanty Bay, the Model School, and Collegiate
Institute at Barrie, Ontario, where he went for college
preparatory work. Having decided to study medicine
and surgery. Dr. Campbell entered the medical school
of the University of Toronto. He was graduated with
honors in 1906, and after spending three years in general
practise in Newfoundland he went abroad where he
spent another three years completing his medical
traiiring. At Edinburgh, Scotland, he became a licentiate
of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. In

1910 he was appointed house surgeon of Golden Square
Throat Hospital, London, England, and in 1911 he
served as house surgeon in Central London Ophthalmic
Hospital. Taking advantage of the opportunity thus
afforded for medical research work in a city where
clinical material abounds, Dr. Campbell continued his
studies, specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose,
and throat. As a surgeon he confines himself chiefly
to cases involving the minute and delicate operations
that come under the designation of head surgery.

Dr. Campbell enlisted for service in the World War
in July, 1915, and was discharged in February, 1919.
He served as major in the Canadian army, Medical
Corps. At the present time he is junior assistant surgeon
at the Toronto General Hospital, is on the medical faculty
of the University of Toronto, and is a member of the
Toronto Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Campbell is well known in Masonic circles, and is
a member of Wilson Lodge, No. 86, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons. He belongs to the Lake Shore Country
Club and to the Rusholme Bowling Club.

Dr. Campbell married, on October 19, 1911, Mabel
Hoyle, a daughter of the Hon. W. H. and Caroline
(Jewell) Hoyle. Dr. and Mrs. Campbell have two
children: Hoyle, who was born September 20, 1913; and
George, who was born in May, 1916. The family town
home is at No. 225 Rusholme road, and they have their
summer residence at Shanty Bay, Lake Simcoe.

ANDREW EDWARD REA— Long familiar in the
manufacturing world of Canada, the name of A. E. Rea
has been brought into marked prominence in recent
years and is identified with much of the constructive
activity which is carrying the city of Toronto forward
in the march of progress.

Mr. Rea was born in Willetsholme, Ontario, October
23, 1872, and after a business training in New York of
several years, came to Toronto in 1900 to engage in the
manufacture of textiles. His first independent business
venture was the production of women's wear, exclusively.
This business he built up from very modest beginning
until in 1904 it required a large, modern concrete and
brick plant at No. 93 Spadina avenue to house the
business. This plant contains five stories and basement,
amounting to 45,000 square feet of floor space, and is
known as the Rea building.

In 1907 Mr. Rea opened an exclusive retail store on
Yonge street, in part of the block now occupied by the
Robert Simpson Company, of Toronto; in 1908 he
acquired the T. Lindsey department store in Ottawa,
Ontario; in 1909 he bought the S. Carsley business in
Montreal and built the store now occupied by Goodwins,
Ltd. About 1914 he acquired the C. Ross Company of
Ottawa and sold the building and site to the Royal
Bank of Canada, which is now occupied by them. He
also acquired and sold to Holt, Renfrew & Company the
building now occupied by them in Montreal.

In 1916 Mr. Rea, owing to illness, disposed of his entire
holdings in his various enterprises and retired from
business. While convalescing, Mr. Rea was very promin-
ent in patriotic work. With his recovery, inaction
became tedious, and in 1918 he organized the Canadian
Woollens, Ltd., merging many small interests in various
parts of the Dominion. Their business is clearly indicated
by their name. Since that time, Mr. Rea, realizing the
necessity of encouraging basic industries in Canada, has
organized Dominion Development Corporation, Ltd.,
for the purpose of encouraging and financing these
industries. This is an organized body of the most enthusi-
astic men in the provinces, and the field it will reach
is as wide as the Dominion itself. The offices of this con-
cern are at present on the eighth floor of the Caiiadian

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Pacific railway building, Toronto, Ontario. Mr. Rea,
through this organization, has now organized the
Dominion Combing Mills, Ltd., a concern of great
importance for the combing of wool, which is the missing
link in the worsted end of the textile industry. At the
beginning of the year 1922 elaborate plans were in
operation for a one million dollar plant to be located
in Trenton, Ontario, to house this industry. Mr. Rea
is president of this concern.

Mr. Rea is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers'
Association; Boards of Trade of Montreal, Ottawa and
Toronto. In politics, he is a Conservative. He is a member
of the Montreal, Albany and Canadian clubs, of the
Scarborough Golf and Country Club, Toronto, and of
the Ottawa Hunt and Rivermeade clubs of Ottawa. He
is a member of the Anglican church.

Mr. Rea married, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in
1898, Alice T. Wood, and they have two children:
Andrew Edward, born October 24, 1904, now attending
the University of Toronto, preparing for the profession
of electrical engineer; and Adelle Carter, born August
1, 1907, now attending the Bishop Strachan private
school. The family reside at No. 1 Shorncliff avenue,
Toronto, Ontario.

WILLIAM GEORGE MILNE— Since 1908 an inde-
pendent manufacturer in the line of business which he
entered as a youth of sixteen years, Mr. Milne is widely
known in Canada as a maker of men's neckwear. He is
a son of John and Isabella (Thompson) Milne, his
parents, natives of Scotland, having come from Aberdeen
to Canada in 1873. John Milne was a building con-
tractor throughout his active years, conducting opera-
tions at St. Thomas, Toronto, Winnipeg, St. John's,
and in South Africa, and held notable position in his
calling.

William George Milne was born in St. Thomas, Onta-
rio, January 30, 1879. He was educated in the separate
schools, and later, at the age of sixteen, became a clerk
for E. & S. Currie, a firm at that time engaged exclusively
in the neckwear business in Toronto. When his connec-
tion with the Currie Company came to an end, he worked
for various neckwear manufacturing firms throughout
the Dominion and in the United States as a factory
representative. In 1908 he decided to enter business
independently and began to manufacture men's neck-
wear. He was handicapped by lack of capital at first,
but by industry and perseverance he has built up a
business the proceeds of which amount to over one-half
a million dollars yearly. His products are marketed
throughout Canada by his own representatives, be-
tween eighty and one hundred people comprising the
Milne organization. The office and factory are at No.
129 Spadina avenue. Mr. Milne is a member of the
Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and is rated as
one of the successful, substantial men in his field.

Mr. Milne is a member of the Catholic church and the
Knights of Columbus. In farming he finds his greatest
enjoyment.

Mr. Milne married, August 22, 1904, Phoebe Sloan,
a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Russel) Sloan, and
they are the parents of two children: Margaret, who
was born on November 2, 1905; and Phoebe, who was
born on October 5, 1907. The family residence is at
Langstaff, Ontario.

James Monypenny, son of William and Ma
(Flavelle) Monypenny, was born in the County
Armagh, Ireland, May 20, 1863. He received his edu(
tion in the public schools of his native land, and aft
. his graduation from high school, came to Lindsj
Ontario, in 1880, where he obtained employment as
clerk in a general store. Several years later, he cai
to Toronto and while filling several engagements as
clerk, acquired a knowledge of the city trade and marke
He left Toronto in order to become a traveler for Loi
dale, Reid & Company of Montreal, but the idea
returning to the city was always present in his mii
In 1896 the opportunity presented itself, and in partn
ship with Mr. Dignum, the present Toronto house
Monypenny Brothers, Ltd., was established. In IJ
the partnership of Dignum & Monypenny was dissolv
with Mr. Dignum retiring, and the business was ci
tinued under the style of Monypenny Brothers & Co
pany. In September, 1919, the business was incorporai
as Monypenny Brothers, Ltd. The business is confii
to men's woolens and men's furnishings. Their go(
are placed on the market by the firm's representati
and their territory is principally tho Province
Ontario, but their business extends to the lower Pre
inces and West to Alberta.

James Monypenny, the president, is a member of
Anglican church. He is a Mason, and is a life membei
Zetland Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He s
belongs to the National Club.

Mr. Monypenny, in 1892, married Christina Prest

JAMES MONYPENNY— The members of the firm
of Monypenny Brothers, Limited, of Toronto, James and
Louis F. Monypenny, are descendants of a Scottish
family long resident in Ireland, where both were born
and whence both came to Canadian business life, in
which they hold noteworthy place.

LOUIS F. MONYPENNY, son of William and Mi
(Flavelle) Monypenny, and brother of James Mo
penny (see preceding sketch), was born in the Cou;
of Tyrone, Ireland, September 8, 1877. He came
Toronto as a lad, and received his education in
public schools of the city. At the age of fourteen
decided to enter the field of business and obtainei
position in the warehouse of Gillespie, Ansley & Dix
wholesale manufacturers of hats and furs. He foi
this position agreeable and, availing himself of ev
opportunity that came in his way, he soon began
acquire a knowledge of business methods and merch
dising. He spent five years with the firm at Toro
and then became one of their selling representati
on the road. He traveled for the house for one year i
then resigned his position in order to become associa
with his brother, James Monypenny, of the firm
Dignum & Monypenny. This firm had been establis'
in 1896 and was thus in its infancy.

Louis F. Monypenny is a member of the Metho(
church. He is a Mason, and belongs to Zetland Loc
of which he is a life member. He is a lover of all outd
sports and games, and finds his chief recreation in g
He holds membership in the Royal Canadian Ya
Club, the Scarboro Golf Club, and the National CI
He is also an active member of the Board of Trad(
Toronto. He spends the summer months at his cous
home at Jackson's Point, Ontario.

Mr. Monypenny, in 1905, married Edith Digni
daughter of Edward J. and Clara (Boyd) Dignum, i
they are the parents of four children: Guy, born J
7, 1907; Wesley Boyd, born September 21, 1910, \
died in July, 1921; Clare, born May 9, 1912, who c
in February, 1916; and Eric, born June 7, 1918.

CHARLES W. STRATHY— Long identified with
Canada Permanent Mortgage Company, Mr. Strati
business career divides itself naturally into two peric
The first comprises the twenty-two years during wV
he was identified with the Canada Permanent Mortg
Company, and the second extends from 1906, when

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117

joined the North American Life Insurance Company,
to the present time. He was born at Toronto, December
13, 1865, son of George W. and Mary Cornwall (Wedd)
Strathy.

Mr. Strathy was educated at the Model School and the
Toronto Collegiate Institute, and entered the field of
business immediately after his graduation. The Canada
Permanent Mortgage Company, which was destined to
have the benefit of his services for twenty-two years,
employed him as a junior clerk at first, but during his
long connection with the company, he served it in various
capacities and was, at the time he left that institution,
manager for the Province of Alberta. In 1906 Mr.
Strathy accepted an offer from the North American
Life Assurance Company and proceeded to Winnipeg,
where he became manager of the mortgage department
for Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. In 1918 he
was appointed treasurer of the company and returned
to Toronto. This office he still holds, and by virtue of
his long experience and thorough knowledge of financial
affairs, Mr. Strathy may be regarded as an authority
on all matters pertaining to the investments of insur-
ance companies.

In religious faith, Mr. Strathy is a member of the
Anglican church. His principal recreations are golf and
music, and he holds membership in the Toronto Golf
Club; the Toronto Club; the Canadian Club; the Mani-
toba Club, of Winnipeg; the Assinbroia Club, of Regina;
and the Edmonton Club, of Edmonton.
i Mr. Stiathy married, on February 13, 1895, Helen
I Rickey, daughter of Captain Rickey, and they are the
parents of one daughter, Helen Amy, who was bom in
; March, 1896.

ERNEST M. PEDWELL— Coming to Toronto
! in 1913 with a special knowledge of the lumber business,
I Mr. Pedwell organized the Pedwell Hardwood Lumber
' Company, now so well known as one of the city firms.
I He was bom at Thornbury, in Gray county, Ontaiio,
'. July 16, 1883, son of Henry and Catherine (Mueller)
Pedwell, his father a mill owner and lumber dealer of
! Thornbury.

,i Mr. Pedwell received his education in the public
J schools of Thornbury. After his giaduation from high
school, he entered his father's mill and acquired a thor-
ough practical training in the lumber business. Although
still quite young when he came to Toronto, he was an
expert in his chosen field of business, and his continued
> I success is proof of his ability as a lumber man. The
iPedwell Hardwood Lumber Company, which has its
place of business at the foot of Spadina avenue, special-
izes in hardwood lumber, leaving the field of soft woods
to others.

Mr. Pedwell attends the Presbyterian church. Accus-
tomed as he has always been to a vigorous outdoor life,
,Mr. Pedwell finds his chief recreation in open-air sports,
,and_ among his favorites are curling, bowling, and
-(fishing. He is a Mason, and also belongs to the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows. He holds membership in the
,,. Oakwood Club and the Lions Club.
; Mr. Pedwell married, on August 27, 1907, Edith
;' poettiger, daughter of Fred and Lena Boettiger, and
^phey have one son, Arthur Milton Pedwell, who was bom
jilJanuary 15, 1915.

I JUDGE WILLIAM NASSAU FERGUSON— Among

,jthe representatives of the legal profession in Toronto
:..ls William Nassau Ferguson, Justice of Appeal in the
;,iBupreme Court of Ontario, who has been a member of the
-pai for nearly three decades, and during the entire period

if his legal career has been engaged in practice in this

ity.

Judge Ferguson was bom at Cookstown, Ontario,
December 31, 1869, son of Isaac Fergiison, late of
Cookstown, Ontario, and of Emily J. Gowan, daughter
of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Ogle R. Gowan, member
of Parliament for Leeds and Grenville. He received
his early education in the schools of his native district
and then entered Upper Canada College. After the
completion of his college course, he began the study
of law in Osgoode Hall, Law School, Toronto, and in
1894 was called to the bar. He at once began the prac-
tice of his profession at Toronto, and in 1908 was ap-
pointed King's Counsel. In 1915 he was elected a Bench-
er of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and on December
4, 1916, was appointed a Justice of Appeal of the Supreme
Court of Ontario.

Politically, Judge Ferguson is a Conservative. He is
a member of the trustees of the Sick Children's Hospital
and a member of the governing board of Wycliffe
College. He is a member of the Masonic Society, and is
well known in club circles, being affiliated with the
Albany, the Toronto, the National, Royal Canadian
Yacht, Toronto Hunt and the Ontario Jockey clubs.
His religious affiliation is with the ^glican church.
He is fond of golf, motoring, and fishin^r-aniiJias-^been
prominently identified with out-of-door sports. He
played lacrosse and Rugby football, and was captain
of Upper Canada College and Osgoode Hall football
teams. He was also president of the Ontario Rugby
Union.

As an able and conscientious justice, a loyal citizen,
and an all-round man of affairs, both socially and
professionally, Judge Ferguson is most highly-esteemed
among his professional associates and among his fellow-
citizens.

EDWIN SAMUEL MUNROE— In the wholesale
paper trade in Canada the name of Edwin S. Munroe
is widely known as the head of one of the most progres-
sive concerns in this field of mercantile endeavor. Mr.
Munroe comes of Scotch antecedents, early settlers
of Glengarry, Ontario, who later removed to Caledonia,
and is a son of William and Eliza Jane (Scott) Munroe,
both now deceased. William Munroe, during his life-
time, was well known in Caledonia and throughout
that section of the Province as a dealer in grain and
lumber.

Edwin Samuel Munroe was bora in Caledonia, On-
tario, in October, 1864, and his formal education was
limited to the public school course of that town. After
leaving school he became interested in the grain business,
and was engaged along that line until 1890, when he came
to Toronto and entered the employ of the James Murray
Printing Company, in the capacity of accountant.
Upon the liquidation of this firm six years later, Mr.
Munroe formed a partnership with Thomas G. Wilson
and William Cassidy, and under the firm name of Wilson,
Munroe & Cassidy, took over the book manufacturing
end of the above business. For eight years they carried
forward a thriving interest in book binding, then, in
1904, disposed of the bindery to Brown Brothers.
Various changes have taken place in the personnel of the
firm, but its activities have since been confined to the
realm of wholesale paper. The company entered this new
field at the time of Tot onto's historic fire, which wrought
havoc in the district occupied by the leading wholesale
paper houses of that day. Located then at No. 77 York
street, this concern was outside the fire area, hence able
to step into the gap. But the growth of the business
continued steadily with the readjustment of conditions
to normal. In 1906 the concern was incorporated.
Soon afterwaid they removed to more suitable quarters
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to 1916, Mr. Munroe acted as secretary-treasurer of the
company, the latter date seeing his election to the
presidency. With the passing of the years it became
clearly evident that the only way to meet the problem
of expansion was the course which they adopted. Secur-
ing the suitable and well located premises at Nos. 18-20
Duncan street, Toronto, in the heart of the district
occupied by the printing and allied trades, they moved
into this fine modern structure of three stories and
basement which was especially appropriate to meet such
requirements as theirs, having a floor space of 25,000
square feet. To this new building the business was
lemoved with the beginning of the yeai 1922, and with
increased facilities they aie handling larger stocks, adding
new lines, and holding in readiness for immediate delivery
complete stocks of printer s', bookbinders', and paper box-
makers' supplies of every kind. As always, the company
specializes in the highest grades of all stocks listed. They
have several special agencies placing their goods on the
market, covering the entire Dominion of Canada. The
officers of the concern are now as follows: E. S. Munroe,
president, E. M. Scarlett, vice-president, William Braby,
secretary, and E. B. Munroe, treasurer. Since the date
of incorporation the firm has been known as the Wilson-
Munroe Company, Ltd.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr.
Munroe is also a member of the Canadian Paper Trade
Association, of which he is at this time (1922) treasurer.
Fraternally, he holds membership in Mississauga Lodge,
No. 524, Free and Accepted Masons, and in the Cana-
dian Order of Foresters. Politically, he supports the
Conservative party, and he is affiliated with the Presby-
terian church.

Mr. Munroe is married, and his son, E. B. Munroe,
is treasurer of the company. The Munroe residence is
at Port Credit, Ontario.

J. EDGAR PARSONS — Associated for four years
with the business of the General Sessions Court of
Toronto, and in active law practice for fourteen years
(1922), Mr. J. Edgar Parsons is widely known as a
man of firm principles, fearless, yet conservative and
well poised.

J. Edgar Parsons was born in York towrrship, in the
Province of Ontario, April 27, 1877. He attended West
Toronto public and collegiate schools, and in 1899
started his professional life as a clerk of Sessions Court.
The work there proved to be of unusual interest to him
and he remained in the position until 1903, continuing
his studies, however, and in 1908 was graduated from
Osgoode Hall Law School. In the same year he was
called to the bar, taking up general civil practice. As
a member of both the York County and Ontario Bar
associations his time is devoted almost entirely to his
profession. However, he is a man of broad sympathies
and takes every opportunity to study economic and
social conditions. His activity in the cause of temper-
ance is the outcome of this interest. He is also affiliated
with the Yonge Street Methodist Church.

Mr. Parsons married, in Toronto, Edna T. Shunk,
daughter of Simon Shunk, of Vaughn township. They
have two sons: Everton B, and Harold E.;and one
daughter, Dorothy.

ALLEN HOLFORD WALKER, M.D.— In medical
and surgical circles of Ontario, Dr. Walker is known
as a specialist who has made valuable contributions
to that branch of healing science to which he has devoted
himself, as the founder of the pioneer private hospital
of Ontario, and as a practitioner whose skill and know-
ledge have won him the respectful esteem of his col-
leagues. Hale and hearty at an age when most men.

even if they possess good health, choose retirement
he continues his life-work with the enthrrsiasm of earliei
years, taking to the consultation and operating room th(
priceless experience and learning of a long and brrsj
career.

Dr. Walker is a member of the noted English familj
whose members have long been identified with iron ant
lead manufacture in England, his branch bearing armi
as follows:

Amu — Quarterly, of eleven, namely:

1st, Argent, on a chevron gules, between two an\-ils ii
chief and an anchor in base sable, a bee between tw(
crescents or.
2n(i, Argent, a greyhound statant sable, a canton of thi

second.
3rd, Azure, a chevron between three lozenges or.
4th, Argent, three bulls' heads cabossed sable.
5th, Argent, a chevron between three fleams sable.
6th, Gules, a chevron between three owls ai'gcnt.
7th, Argent, on a chevron sable three trefoils of the field
8th, Per bend sinister sable and or six hawks close, counter

changed.
9th, Argent, a brock sable,
roth, Ermine, three acorns sprigged and leaved proper, oi

a chief gules a lion statant guardant or.
1 Ith, Sable, a billet argent.
Crtd — On a mount, within a wreathed .serpent, a dove statant, al

proper.
Molb — Junell caUmuj (United we prevail).

Dr. Walker was born in Barrie, Ontario, in 1846, soi
of Edward Allen and Elizabeth (Baldwin) Walker
grandson of Edward J. Walker, who was a son of Jacol
Walker, son of Arthur Walker, son of Samuel Walker
the eminent iron master, who founded the great iroi
works at Hill Top, County York, and having raised i
great commercial fortune by industry and enterprise
died in 1782. Dr. Walker attended the Barrie Gramma
School, and subsequently was graduated from Queen'i
University, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, hi
professional practice beginning at Dundas, Ontario, ii
1867. Within a few years the demands upon his time anc
services had become so numerous and insistent that hi
was obliged to secure a partner to meet them and t(
allow him to devote a larger share of his time to th
department of his proiession in which he wished t(
specialize, diseases of the nervous system and abdomina
surgery. In the winter of 1887 he went to Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, to study under the late Dr. S. Wei
Mitchell that noted physician's system of treating ner
vous diseases, and in the following year he went t(
Birmingham, England, as assistant to the late Dr
Lawson Tait, the most celebrated abdominal surged
of the day.

Dr. Walker established the first private hospital o
Ontario in Hamilton in the spring of 1887 for his special
ized practice in the treatment of diseases of the nervoui
system and abdominal surgery. Finding that he wa:
unable to devote sufficient time to his general practie(
in Dundas, he decided to close the hospital and to founc
one in Toronto. It was at this time that he was associatec
with Dr. Lawson Tait in Birmingham, and while abroac
he visited Berlin, Germany, to observe the methods o:
work of the leading abdominal surgeons of the Germar
capital.

When Dr. Walker left Dundas, his friends of the citj
and surrounding country made him a handsome presen-
tation, while there were many individual expressions o!
friendship and esteem. The hospital that he establishec
in Toronto is now known as the Victoria Memorial
Hospital, one of the oldest in the city, and this institu-
tion he leased in July, 1909, although he is still it
owner. Practice as a specialist in gynaecology and ab-
dominal surgery has since occupied him, his careei
illustrating the fruits of constant application and loyaltj
to aims raised ever higher as attainment brought them
near.- Dr. Walker is a fellow of the Gyn»cological

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119

Society of Medicine, of London, and a fellow of the Royal
College of Surgeons, of Kingston. He is a member of the
Masonic order, and his clubs are the Lambton Golf,
Caledon Mountain Trout, and Tadenac Fishing and
Shooting. Hearty and vigorous, he is fond of all sports,
especially hunting and fishing, which he enjoys at his
summer home on Georgian Bay.

Dr. Walker married, in 1873, Annie Rolph, daughter
of George Rolph, of Dundas, and their two children,
Annie and Alice, died in infancy.

WILLIAM COOK— For many years Mr. Cook has
been a recognized leader in professional circles in Toron-
to, his practice having extended over the greater part of
four decades. Mr. Cook's parents came from England
about 1830, and William Cook, his father, acquired land
in the township of Vaughn, Ontario, where he was en-
gaged in farming throughout the remainder of his life.
He married Elizabeth Smith.

William Cook, son of the above, was born in the town-
ship of Vaughn, in April, 1852, and his early education
was gained in the public and high schools of Richmond
Hill, Ontario. He was graduated from the University of
Toronto in the class of 1880, with the degree of Bachelor
of Arts, and for four years thereafter studied at Osgoode
Hall Law School, being called to the bar in 1884. Enter-
ing at once upon the practice of his profession, Mr.
Cook has followed general lines of practice to a consider-
able degree, but has also specialized in estates and in
real property law, being now an authority therein.

A member of the York County Law Association, Mr.
Cook also holds membership in the Ontario and Domin-
ion Bar Associations. He is a director of the York
farmers' Colonization Company, and is deeply interested
n the development of the rural districts of this Prov-
nce. He has traveled much, and has visited England
many times, is a member of St. George's Society, and of
;he Weston Golf and Country Club. He is a member of
:he Anglican church.

Mr. Cook married, in Toronto, in 1884, Amy A. Mc-
Michael, daughter of Dr. Daniel McMichael, and they
lave six children: William A. McM., structural engineer
'or the Toronto School Board; Charles Langfield, who
s identified with the Standard Bank; Amy Elizabeth,
it home; Margaret Edith Agnes, at home; John Alan,
Ivith the National Trust Company; and Francis Gordon,
I student at Osgoode Hall. The family resides at No.
!7 High Park avenue.

REV. HERBERT SAMUEL MAGEE, B.A.— In the

eligious growth of a nation lies a significant measure of
ts strength, and the church has always been an active
actor in the progress of the Dominion. One of the names
veil known in recent times in the Methodist church
hroughout Ontario is that of Rev. Herbert S. Magee,
vhose untimely death, some years ago, removed a worker
if rare power from the ranks of this denomination. Mr.
ilagee was a son of John and Bella Magee, farming
leople, who were active in the work of the church,
ohn Magee died in 1917, and Mrs. Magee now lives in
i'oronto.
Herbert Samuel Magee was born February 6, 1867,
ear Alma, Ontario, and after completing the course of
he intermediate schools, assisted his father on the farm
ntil he reached young manhood. Choosing then the
rofession of dentist, he began his preparations for a
areer in that field of effort, meanwhile teaching school
0 partly finance his professional education. At the age
f twenty-three years, while thus engaged, he experienced
religious awakening which to him was a direct call to
life of Christian work in the ministry of his church,
.ccordingly he changed the course of his studies and

responded with zeal, accepting appointments during his
probation which called him first to Hensell, then to
Owen Sound, Georgetown and Manitowaning, on
Manitoulin Island. After his ordination he was appointed
to Queen East, in Toronto, also to Davenport, in this
city. Thereafter for two years Mr. Magee devoted his
time to evangelistic work, chiefly in new districts and
among the poor and needy. Then for one year he served
the church at Midland, Ontario, as pastor, also taking a
leading part in the local option campaign then in progress
there. Under the general charge of Rev. Dr. Chown, he
threw himself with characteristic enthusiasm into the
work of the Department of Temperance and Moral
Reform, of the Methodist church, and his unceasing
and arduous labors along these lines overtaxed his
strength, bringing about the nervous condition which was
the immediate cause of his death. He plunged with all
the force of an impetuous, highly-strung nature into the
righting of wrong and the establishing of the Kingdom
of God in new fields and among hitherto thoughtless
or careless circles. In an appreciation published in the
"Christian Guardian," from the pen of Rev. Dr. Chown,
the writer says of Mr. Magee:

Tho reputation with whicli ho entered upon tlio duties of Field
Secretary of tho Department of Citizenship in our Church he fully
sustained and increased while he was able to give the work his un-
divided attention. * * • * One was impressed with the fact that
every new vantage ground of knowledge gave him a vision of In-
creased helpfulness to sad and sufTering humanity.

The executive committee of the Department of
Temperance, Prohibition and Moral Reform, in a
special meeting for the purpose, on June 15, 1911, in-
corporated in lengthy resolutions the following:

For over four years Mr. Magoo has ren(tere<l most faithful and
eaScient service throughout the whole field of work of our Church.
A clear thinker, an able speaker, a deliglitful companion, an earnest
and sincere servant of ,Iesus Christ, ho was a brother greatly beloved
wherever he was known. Throughout hLs ministrj- of twenty years he
was always an evangelical preacher, and an ardent advocate of moral
and social reforms • * * a loader In his own community in every
campaign for better citizenship and national righteousness.

Mr. Magee's death occurred on Wednesday, June 7,
1911, at Elmira, New York, and the funeral services
were held in Oakville, Ontario, many ministers from his
own and other conferences being present and taking
part in the obsequies. The great affection which they
bore for him was clearly evident. He was a man of
rich endowment and high mental attainments, his
tastes including a wide lange of literature and good
music.

On October 11, 1899, Mr. Magee married Mary Helen
Anderson, daughter of C. W. and Margaret Anderson, of
Oakville, Ontario. Mr. Anderson, who died in 1919, was
a well known private banker of Oakville. Mrs. Magee
was broadly active in church work prior to her marriage,
especially in the work of the Epworth League, and was
deeply in sympathy with her husband's life work. She
survives him, and also their two sons, Clarence Hall,
now in the employ of the Dominion Bank, and Herbert
Dwight, at school.

ROBERT WHERRY— Entering the practice of law
at the early age of twenty-six, when the average youth
is just beginning to decide upon a career, Robert Wherry
now at the age of thirty-seven, with eleven full years
of practice back of him, takes his place as an influence
to be reckoned with in the public life of Toronto.

Robert Wherry was born at Hamilton, Ontario,
January 10, 1884, and is the son of William and Ellen
Wherry. William Wherry is of Irish ancestcy, and,
until he retired from active business, was engaged in
carriage building at Hamilton. Robert Wherry, as a
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showed a deep interest in professional life, and his father
decided to give him every opportunity to satisfy his
hunger for study. He graduated from University of
Toronto in Arts, 1906, with the degree of Bachelor of
Arts, and in the faculty of law in 1909, with the degree
of LL.B. The same year he graduated from the Osgoode
Hall Law School, enteiing general civil practice in 1910,
and becoming in 1920 the senior member of the firm
of Wherry, Zimmerman & Osborne.

Mr. Wheny is a loyal member of the Masonic order,
a member of both Univereity and Harcourt lodges. He
is also a Shriner, and while he devotes almost his entire
time to his profession, he manages to find time to take an
active part in the affairs of the order. He is a member of
the Scottish Rite bodies of Toronto and Hamilton, the
National Club, Summit Golf Club, Old Colony Club,
and the Mississauga Golf Club.

In 1913 Mr. Wherry married Margaret Eleanor
Coulter, of Bethany, Ontario. They have two sons:
Robert William and Pat.

SEEYMAN LAIRD ALEXANDER— Among the

successful physicians of Toronto is Seeyman Laird
Alexander, ear, nose, and throat specialist, who
received his medical degree from the University of
Toronto in 1913, and since that time has been steadily
engaged in practice.

Born in Cavalier, North Dakota, November 12, 1889,
son of John Henry and Margaret (Robb) Alexander, he
received his early education in the public schools of his
native town, and his high school education at North
Bay, Ontario. Upon the completion of his high school
course, he entered the University of Toronto, from which
he was graduated in 1913, with the degree of Bachelor of
Medicine. He then went to the Massachusetts Charitable
Eye and Ear Hospital, at Boston, whei* he remained for
twenty months engaged in special work in ear, nose, and
throat. Before that work was completed the World
Wat had begun, and Di. Alexander enlisted, being
attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was
a medical officer in the First Battalion, Scots Guards,
of the Guard's Division and also spent some time in
General Hospital No. 13, at Boulogne, France. Upon
his discharge from service in 1918, he returned to Boston
to complete his post-graduate work at the Massachusetts
Charitable Eye and Ear Hospital, and in 1919 began
practice in Toronto, as an ear, nose, and throat specialist.

Dr. Alexander is a member of the Toronto Academy
of Medicine, of the Ontario Medical Association, and of
the Dominion Medical Association. He is also a member
of the Scarboro Golf Club, and is an enthusiastic hunter
and fisherman.

Dr. Alexander married, on October 4, 1917, Betty
Case, daughter of Adam and Maiie Case, and they are
the parents of two children: Virginia Ann, and Thomas
Laird. The family reside at No. 3 Delavan avenue.

ADAM FRANCIS PENTON— In publishing circles
of Canada, the name of Adam Francis Penton is widely
known in connection with the large group of sporting
and trade periodicals of which he is the founder and
owner. Yet, Mr. Penton's prominence is by no means
limited to the publishing world. He comes of a celebrated
old English family, now for four generations in Canada,
Mr. Penton's son being the fourth.

Rev. Thomas Penton, Mr. Penton's gieat-great-
grandfather, was a leading dignitaiy of the Church of
England, and high in the social life of his day. He
married a Portuguese lady of royal birth, and both lie
buried beneath the chancel in Winchester Cathedral at
Winchester, England, their inscriptions clearly visible
still. Portraits of both, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, probably

the most valuable art treasures in Canada, are now
the possession of Mr. Penton, the subject of this revi(

John Augustus Penton, their grandson, and J
Penton's grandfather, was born in Winchester, Engla:
and was highly educated in his native country, com
to Canada while still a young man, and winning reno
at the bar. He practiced law in Paris, Ontario, for ma
years, and was an influential man of his day. He marri
m England, Maria Field, and they were the parents
five sons: Edward, Thomas, Henry, Charles, a
Frederick.

Charles Penton was bom in Paris, Ontario, in 18
and died in 1906. He became a figure of significance
the publishing world both here and in the United Stat
He was the founder of the Seaforth (Ontario) "Exp
itor," a sheet which cordially supported Conservat
principles in the Provinces, and which was eventus
sold to the late Premier Sir George Ross. For a ti
Charles Penton resided in Buffalo, New York, and dur
that period he founded Buffalo's first one-cent ds
newspaper, also being identified with other publicatio
He was a man of bioad ability, fearless in endorsing pi
lie righteousness through the medium of his editor
columns, caring nothing for public honors in the way
political preferment. He was a member of the AnglK
church. He married Mary Adelaide Thomson To\
ley, who was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1837, and s
survives him. Mrs. Penton also comes of one of Englan
foremost families, being a granddaughter of the R
James Townley, D.D., a great divine and author in
day. He left the Church of England to become
president of the first British Methodist Conference, 1
later returned to the English church in which he \
reared. A valuable oil portrait of Dr. Townley,
Jackson, is still in possession of the family. Mr. s
Mrs. Charles Penton were the parents of the follow
children: Margaret M., deceased; Reginald F., a law;
of Buffalo, New York; Carl Townley, electrical engin
of Detroit; Alfred, died in infancy; and Adam Fran
of whom further.

Adam Francis Penton was born in Buffalo, New Yo
November 15, 1879, and is a son of Charles and M;
Adelaide Thomson (Townley) Penton. Hewasgradua
from the East Aurora (New York) High School w
honors, in 1895, at the age of sixteen years, receiv
diplomas qualifying him for entrance to both law i
medical universities of the State at that age. He t(
a course at the Buffalo State Normal College, receiv
a first-class diploma as teacher, and was school prir
pal for a period of four years, after passing the St
examinations. He studied law for three years, then gi
up all professional plans to devote his life to newspa
work. His career in journalism has been marked by
breadth of interest and tireless energy which are char
teristic of the man. Writing first for the New York i
other American newspapers and magazines, he foUov
this line of activity for seven years, then after a per
of broken health, came to Toronto and here establisl
in 1910 a publishing business, of which he is the s
owner. This covers a wide scope, his publications be
the "Canadian Motor Boat," "Radio," the "Canad
Exporter," the "Canadian Ford Owner," the "Canad
Trade Register," and the "Canadian fixport Tri
Directory."

In every branch of organized endeavor Mr. Peni
is broadly interested, and politically is always an In
pendent. During the World War he spent much tir
without remuneration, as a member of a board of th
from Ontario, attached to the Royal Air Force, for i
purpose of hastening and increasing the results of recn
ing. The methods he introduced were remarkably effe
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Canada. Fraternally Mr. Penton is a member of the
; and Accepted Masons. In club circles he is widely
ninent, being the originator and now the vice-
lident of the Aero Club of Canada, an executive of
Toronto Motor Boat Club, a member of the Old
any Club of Toronto, also the organizer and secretary
;he Canadian Association of Boat Manufacturers,
lident of the Canadian Business Publishers' Associa-
, and a member of the Montreal Press Club. He is
lember of the Church of the Redeemer (Anglican)
["oronto.

[r. Penton married, in the Church of the Redeemer,
rune 2, 1915, Canon James performing the ceremony,
ry Ida McLean, who was born at St. Ellen's, Ontario,
is a daughter of Edward Smyth and Annie (Cotton)
Lean. Mr. McLean is broadly active in various tim-
and lumber enterprises in Ontario and Alberta. He is
ell known business man and financier of Huron
ity, Ontario, and is an authority on live stock of all
Is. Mr. and Mrs. Penton have one son, Townley
Liean, born December 31, 1917. The family reside
^o. 39 Foxbar road, Toronto.

EORGE FRANKLIN McFARLAND— As junior

nber of the firm of Kerr, Davidson, Paterson &

ii'arland, barristers, of Toronto, George Franklin

Garland is widely known in this city and Province,

his name is without doubt more extensively familiar

eutenant-colonel of the Canadian Military Reserves.

toel McFarland comes of Irish ancestry in direct

his mother being a native of Prince Edward county,

irio. He is a son of William J. and Mary A. (Lazier)

arland. William J. McFarland came to Canada

141, and settled in Markdale, Ontario, in 1859, where

'as engaged as a merchant throughout his lifetime,

where he died, at an advanced age, in the year 1916.

)lonel McFarland was born in Markdale, Ontario,

30, 1880, and received his early education in the

c schools of his native place. After a course at

Sound Collegiate Institute, and a further course

pper Canada College, he entered the University

jronto, from which he was graduated in the class

02, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, three years

receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the

institution, finishing his professional preparations

goode Hall Law School. Called to the bar in 1905,

lel McFarland became a member of the present

thin the year, and in this association has since

led the general practice of law.

military record of Colonel McFarland began in

*Jof 1915, when he was appointed musketry officer

itary District No. 2, with the rank of major. Not

ifterwards he organized the 147th Grey Battalion,

"ian Expeditionary Forces, of which he was placed

mand on December 1, 1915, as lieutenant-colonel.

|ok this battalion overseas in November of 1916,

"ore the close of that year it was merged into the

[anadian Reserve Battalion, still under his com-

In June of 1917, Colonel McFarland went to

and reverting to the rank of major, served as

in command of the 4th Canadian Mounted

with which he remained until August of 1918,

Ta he returned to England to take a staff course.

bhe armistice he was returned to Canada to the

Pei uarter's Staff at Ottawa, Ontario, as deputy-

ili idvocate general. In March of 1919 he again

liB lerank of lieutenant-colonel, and on July 1, 1919,

iu discharged from active service, and placed on the

fe e of Officers, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

?«^nel McFarland is a member of the Canadian Bar

'ition, the Ontario Bar Association and the York

Law Association. A Conservative in political

convictions, he has never sought public prominence.
He is a member of the Canadian Military Institute,
fraternally holds membership in Ionic Lodge, No. 25,
Free and Accepted Masons, and the Alpha Delta Phi
fraternity of the University of Toronto. He keeps in close
touch with the social life of the universities, is president
of the Toronto branch of the Upper Canada College Old
Boys' Association, assisted in organizing the University
Club, was its president during the first six years of its
existence, and is still one of its prominent members, and
he is treasurer of the Hart House Theatre. He is also
a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the
Players' Club, and the Toronto and Eastbourne Golf
clubs.

Colonel McFarland married, at Galveston, Texas,
on April 24, 1909, Pauline Adone, of that city, and they
have three children: John L., Frances A., and Catherine
L. The family resides at No. 235 Russell Hill road, and
they attend St. Paul's Anglican Church. At their
country place, "Windward" — Lake Simcoe, Colonel
McFarland finds a broad recreative interest in the
breeding of fine dogs. His bull terriers have won many
ribbons at bench shows in all parts of the Continent,
and he is esteemed as a judge of dogs, having repeatedly
served in that capacity.

CHARLES BLAKE JACKSON— Identified in a large
way with the construction world of Ontario, with
interests centering in Toronto, C. Blake Jackson is the
head of the Jackson-Lewis Company, contractors. Of
Scottish descent on his paternal side, the mother's
family being Scotch and English, Mr. Jackson is a son
of Robert and Maria (Fleck) Jackson. The father,
during his active career, was very prominent, being a
building contractor and retail dealer in builders' supplies,
also being a large operator in oil. He has spent the greater
part of his life in Petrolia, Ontario, where he now resides,
but is retired from all active business affairs.

Charles Blake Jackson was born in Petrolia, Ontario,
and received his early education in the public and high
schools of his native place. At an early age he became
interested in the construction activities in which his
father was engaged, and for a time worked with him
under the firm name of R. Jackson & Son. Then realizing
the breadth of opportunity in this general field of
endeavor, he entered the University of Toronto, Faculty
of Applied Science, and was graduated from that insti-
tution in 1907. He then spent one year with J. P. and
J.W. O'Connor, building contractors of Chicago, Illinois,
after which he was with the C. Everett Clark Company
of Chicago, for five years, eventually returning to
Toronto in 1913, when he established the present
business. The present office of the company is in the
Ryrie building. The concern has developed very exten-
sively, doing a large amount of important construction
work, the list of their achievements constituting a
remarkable record for the comparatively short time which
has elapsed since their organization. 'They specialize in
industrial plants, office buildings, theatres and hospitals,
in Toronto and throughout Ontario. Among the import-
ant contracts they have executed are the Pantages
Theatre, the Regent Theatre, the Canadian Aeroplanes
plant, the Military Orthopaedic Hospital, the Farmers'
Dairy buildings, the Huron and Erie building, and the
Evening Telegram building, all in Toronto, as well as
many other business, industrial and institutional struc-
tures throughout the Province, including the new
Muskoka Hospital at Giavenhurst.

As president of this concern Mr. Jackson holds mem-
bership in the Toronto Builders' Exchange and Con-
struction Industries, and during 1920 served as president
of this organization. Politically he is a Conservative, and

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FtheVBern^ of^enve^ Colorado, and they have two
S)^ Robert; and Philip. The family home is at No.
66 Highlands avenue. Toronto.

•rcNNPTH FERNS MACKENZIE— Prominent in
.>,^WaM7a"rn^ty of T^onto, Kenneth F.. Mackenzie
i« «t the head of the law firm of Mackenzie, Roebuck
% ^Underson He is of Scottish ancestry descended
from pbneer Btock, long widely known in the Province

°SS, Mackenzie. Mr. Mackenzie's grandfather, was
K„^t Strath Ha ladale, Sutherlandshire. Scotland in
t8M and dted in Nova Scotia in 1849. He emigrated
1S04, ana aieu u landine at Pictou, Nova Scotia,

setthng at »'f"'^°^- ^ , ^^ religious faith, and took
occupaUon, was aman of deep reigi ^^^^.^^

KshTemoS in Gaehc^o"^^ groups, of settte^

W and «^re While he was still in the prime of life,
!^^[L ?«, in a heavy winter storm to lead a service that
g^ fflt must be held he contracted pneumonia, from

**TTnlh Mackenzie, son of Joseph and Margaret (Bruce)

^nfal'e^ntwtent and seh^ar^^^^^^^^^^
Selor o nTom"miho?lXversity, at faUfax.
K'scol'^i^ ^e^^ar 1872, -f -^^ f-f^fs-^ ^l
Mnster's deCTee from the same institution in 187&.. tie

sSaT Bible Hill, Truro, on lands still occupied by

'\Inne"h F. Mackenzie, son of Hugh and Jean Walker
(BSard) Mackenzie, was born in Truro, Nova Scotia
Octobei 7 1882, and received his early education m the
pubUc schcils and Colchester Academy, m his native
Un. Entering D^lhousie University, at Halifax. 1^^
graduated from that institution in 1902, ^itb the degree
of Bachelor of Arts, and received the same degree from
Harvard University the following year. Upon his gi adua-
tioTfrom Osgoode Ilall Law School, in Toronto m 1907^
he wi callelto the bar, and began practice ^th Jarn^
Baird, K.C., Crown attorney, ^^h whom he was id^^^^
fied until the death of Mr Baird V^ ^^V " ^!if Rvckman
Mackenzie was a member of the firm of Ryckman,
mIcK & Mackenzie, which latei became Ryckman
A Mackenzie until the year 1917, when he became the
he^ of tSr^n of Mackenzie & Gordon. The admittance

of a third partner in 1920 gave this firm the name

Mackenzie. Roebuck & Gordon. Mr Gordon severed 1

^nnSn; with the firm and Mr. Saunderson lat

affiliated himself with Mr. Mackenzie and Mr Roebu

forming the firm name of Mackenzie Roebuck & Sau

d™ and as the head of. this firm Mr. Mackenzie m

holds a leading position in the profession. In pub

a£ Mr Ma'ck^eazie takes only ^e citizen sintere

onil fratprnallv he is a member of the Delta oni

SoodeS He is a member of the University Ch

the Rosedale Golf Club, the Toronto Winter Club, a

of the Roval Canadian Yacht Club. . <.„»

Mr Mackenzie married, at the Rosedale Presbyter

Church June 23. 1910, Aileen Sinclair, born in Toror

daughter of Angus SiAclair. Mr. Sinclair w^ a no

Sy contractor, who built the HaUfax ftSout^^^^^^^

raiwav and many miles of the Canadian North.

includh;g?he Stretch between Toronto and Sudb,

and from Sudbury to Ottawa, besides many roads

li importance!^ He ^f,f?fe a member o^

Canadian Engineers' .Institute in 1921 Mr h^n

died in 1921. He married Amie Roe. daughter of Will

Ardagh Roe, of St. Thomas, who died in 191b Mr

Mrs. Mackenzie have two soi«: Hugh Sinclair I

August 2, 1911, now at UPP^^„Canf a College^^a^^^^

Angus Blanchard, born July 23, 1917 1 he lamiiy re

at No. 48 Castle Frank road, Toronto.

ROLPH REESOR CORSON-For a numbe-
veare active in the banking business, Mr. Corson
becSne identified with the Sovereign Perfumes, 1
and hL now for thirteen years .served this concer
pr^id^t. The Corson family IS among the olde
United Empire Loyalists in Canada. Ihe pat.
granlfathS^'^of Mr. Wn. Henry Ryan Corson
one of the founders of the National Club, of lor
a prominent journalist and respected citizen. His fa
Rev Robert Corson, of Toronto, was one of the
Methodist ministers in Ontario, and was very
taowXrou^ghout the Province He w^aciront

Mr. Corson's parents were both bom in MarK
Ontario He is a son of Robert John and Catl
(MuTeT Corson, his father a well \nown journal
RolDhReesor Corson was born in Markham. On
JanuS 31 1881 Receiving a broadly p.ractical e
tionKe public schools and collegiate institute
naSvT Dlace Mr. Corson's first business positio:
^th the Standard Bank, of Stouffville as a junior
He followed the banking business Jor twelve
a,frin^ the ereater part of the time acting, as ma
InWlO he became identified with the National L
Company! of Toronto, with which concern he ren
fo? a yeaV and a half, resigning to form the f
^ociation with the S.overeign Periumes Ltd
cOTicern was organized in April of 1906. the offlt
?hat time beingls follows: Thomas Kennedy prd
Alexander Nelson, vice-president, and v^.V. <■
secretary and treasurer. The plant was then 1
at the corner of Queen street and Dunn avenue,
general line of perfumery was manufactured Mr.
became president of the company with his first f
tfon as a member, and has been actively connect,
ils mlnag^m^nt since. In 1912 a .new modem
wL built at No. 146 Brock avenue, in which the t
fe now located In 1918 William F. Corson wa
^ce-priident. The concern now manufact
Tddition to perfumes a very complete line o
reauisites It is the largest concern m its field in
wholly owned by Canadian investors.. and is the
manufaZrer. it is understood, of toilet creaw,
nominion In addition to the above, Mr Cor
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nd a director of the Boiler Inspection and Insurance
Company, Ltd. He is also president of Ptint-Craft, Ltd.
n his official capacity, Mr. Corson is a member of the
anadian Manufacturers' Association, and of the
'oronto Boaid of Trade. Fraternally, he holds member-
lip in the Free atid Accepted Masons and the Royal
rch Masons, and his social connections include mem-
ership in the Rotary, Old Colony and Empire clubs,
hd the Mississauga Golf and Country Club. He is a
lember of the Anglican church.

' Mr. Corson married, in 1912, Augusta Caut, who was
)rn in Toronto, January 24, 1894, and they are the
vrents of four children: Rolph Rymer, Virginia Augusta,
orothy Jane, and Catherine Martha.

WILLIAM H. WALTON-BALL, D.D.S.— A descen-
mt of the Ball family that came to Canada in the
rly days. Dr. William H. Walton-Ball traces his
icestry to remote times in England. His Canadian
icestors were among the first settlers at Port Hope,
'itario, the early records showing them as land owners
that place in June, 1793. He was born in the family
■me, Revelstoke Manor, at Port Hope, October 25,
79, son of Albert and Anna (Harris) Walton-Ball.
Dr. Walton-Ball received his education in the public
Sriools, and after his graduation from high school,
iitriculated at the Royal Dental College of Toronto.
h completed a full term of study at this school and then
loceeded to the Chicago Dental College, from which
1 was graduated in 1902, with the degree of Doctor of
Imtal Surgery. He returned to Canada and resumed
h studies at the Royal Dental College, of Toronto.
1; was graduated from this institution in 1903 and
sirtly afterwards established himself as a general
petitioner in Toronto, with an office at No. 22 College
seet, his present address.

Dr. Walton-Ball is a member of the Church of St.
hry Magdalene. He is very much interested in genealo-
gal and historical matters, and has a taste for antiques.
I has one of the largest collections of rare early Victor-
ia engravings in the city. He finds recreation in outdoor
S)rts, and is an active member of the Lake Shore
Cuntry Club. He also belongs to the Ontario Club,
ai is a member of the United Empire Loyalist Associa-
t:a of Canada. He is a Mason, and belongs to Wilson
Lige, No. 86, P. and A. M.

>. Walton-Ball married, in June, 1906, Edna Conant,
dighter of Thomas and Margaret (Gifford) Conant,
oOshawa, Ontario. Dr. and Mrs. Walton-Ball have
tlee children: Horace, who was born in 1907; Eric, who
Wi bom in 1909; and Eleanor, who was born in 1914.
Ta Walton-Ball town residence is at No. 344 Palmerston
bilevard, and they also have a country home, "Harris
Lige", at Newcastle.

field, and has been responsible for development along
strongly constructive lines.

Mr. Thomson married, in September, 1906, Helen
Stratford, of Brantford, Ontario, daughter of Joseph
Stratford, her father a prominent manufacturer. Mr.
and Mrs. Thomson have two children: Woodburn, and
Garth.

lOBERT GEORGE OSBORNE THOMSON—

A a boy of fourteen years Mr. Thomson entered the
S€nce of a private banking house, and since that time
alof his business career has been in connection with
ftmcial and investment lines, his present office being
tit of president of the Canadian Land and Investment
C npany.

le is a son of George and Jessie Thomson, residents

oflamilton, Ontario, and was born in Gait, November

'SHI. His education was obtained in the schools of

ngton, Ontario, and as a youth he entered the

y of Counsell, Glassco & Company, later forming

^sociation with the Hamilton Provident Loan

•y. Subsequently, he was connected with the

■■ial Bank of Canada, in Toronto, and later formed

inadian Land and Investment Company, of which

uis president. This company is highly rated in its

SAMUEL ROGERS, a native of Toronto, and since
1914 a member of the legal fraternity of the city, is a
member of a family dating to 1800 in Ontario, where
his English ancestors settled. He is a son of Joseph
P. and Jessie (Carlyle) Rogers, his father born in North
York, Ontario, in 1856. Joseph P. Rogers came to
Toronto in 1876, engaged in the oil business under the
firm name of Samuel Rogers & Company, a concern
which was later merged with the Queen City Oil Com-
pany, and now lives retired.

Samuel Rogers was born in Toronto, in October, 1889,
and obtained his preparatory education in the Toronto
Model School, then received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts from the University of Toronto in 1911. In 1914
he was graduated LL.B. from the Osgoode Hall Law
School, and, called to the bar in that year, has since
been successfully engaged in general practice. Mr.
Rogers is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, has
built up a substantial practice, and has represented his
clientele in considerable important litigation. He is a
member of the Ontario Club. In religious belief, he is
a member of the Society of Friends.

Mr. Rogers married, in Toronto, in 1918, Gertrude
Wright, daughter of Thomas Wright, of Toronto, and
they are the parents of two children: Joseph Ross, and
Allan David. The family home is at No. 21 Humewood
Drive, and their summer residence at Point Au Baril,
Ontario.

WALTER EDWIN LEAR— As a writer on legal
subjects and author of standard law books of value,
and as a barrister in active practice, Walter Edwin Lear
is, to quote a contemporary: "Doing a great work for the
profession." He descends from one of the oldest existing
French Canadian families, dating back to the middle of
the seventeenth century. His great-grandfather, Francis
L'6veill6, fought with the Canadian regiment of Fen-
cibles during the War of 1812, while his grandfather,
Joseph Lear, and his great-uncle, John Lear, served on
the Loyalist side during the rebellion in Upper Canada,
1837-38. On the maternal side his ancestry dates in
America to 1665, when Colonel Henry Darnall and his
brother John, sons of Sir Philip Darnall, London,
England, landed in Maryland as officials of that colony
under Lord Baltimore.

Walter Edwin Lear, third son of James and Mary
Susan (Darnall) Lear, was born in Piano, Illinois, Octo-
ber 23, 1879, and there the first ten years of his life were
passed. In 1889 he came to Canada, and until 1908,
Brighton, Ontario, was his home. After completing
public school study in Brighton High School, he com-
pleted classical courses at Trinity University, Toronto,
and law courses at Ontario Law School. He began the
practice of law in Brighton in 1907 as a barrister, and
there continued until 1908, when he removed to Toronto,
which city has since been his home, the seat of his law
practice, and the scene of his literary and editorial
labors.

In addition to the exactions of a private law practice,
Mr. Lear was the editor of "The Ontario Weekly Re-
porter," a popular series of law reports. Vols. 14-27
(1909-1917), and the author and publisher of several
valuable law books which have become standard works
of authority. Among these works are: "A Digest of

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Canadian Case Law," 1900-1916, 6 vols.; "Privy Council
Appeal Cases," 1807-1913, 24 vols.; "Banks and Banking
in Canada;" "Practical Guide to Canadian Company
Laws;" "Annotated edition of Canadian Criminal
Code;""Ontario Land Laws;" and works on the law of
Oaths and Bills of Exchange. He is president of the
Prudential Financiers Limited (1921), and president of
Law Books Company, Limited, both Toronto corpora-
tions. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of
the Anglican church, and a Liberal in politics, although
in 1911 he voted with the Conservatives on the Reciproc-
ity issue.

Mr. Lear married, in September, 1906, Ethel Kathleen
Appleton, daughter of H. P. Appleton, of Unionville,
Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Lear are the parents of Walter
Byron; Edwin Oscar; Mary Ethel Kathleen; and Harvey
James Lear.

JOSEPH E. THOMPSON— A member of the Ontario
Legislature, a veteran of the World War, and a former
official of the city of Toronto, Mr. Thompson was born
at Toronto, July 19, 1867, son of Joseph and Isabella
(Fleming) Thompson. He was educated in the public
schools of Toronto and at Jarvis Collegiate Institute.
He entered the field of business at the early age of seven-
teen as a junior clerk in the haberdashery department
of A. R. McMaster & Brothers, wholesale dealers in
dry goods. Although he was not destined to become a
dry goods merchant, Mr. Thompson laid the foundation
of a successful career in his first position by acquiring a
knowledge of business methods. He spent four years with
the McMasters, but finally left the firm in order to
accept a position as clerk in the office of the city treasurer.
He spent nearly twenty years in the treasury depart-
ment of the city government and was then, in 1907,
appointed commissioner of industry and publicity,
serving Toronto in this capacity until 1910. During the
long period of his service to the city Mr. Thompson
witnessed many changes and improvements in the life
around him. He was brought into close contact not only
with the affairs of Toronto but, in a wider sense, with
those of all Canada. He saw the large increase in business
and the growing importance of Canada as a nation that
occurred in the period immediately preceding the World
War and he witnessed the stirring of the national spirit
that flowered so triumphantly at the call to arms.

Although he had established himself in business as
an insurance broker upon his resignation from the city
service in 1910, Mr. Thompson was recalled to office as
city controller in the second year of the war, and added
another twelve months to his record. Early in 1916_he
carried out his determination to enlist in the Canadian
army, so joined the colors. He received a captain's
commission in the Canadian Infantry and was sent over-
seas on active service. He served continuously there-
after until the end of the war and was then sent into
Germany as a member of the Canadian Army of Occu-
pation. He received his discharge from the service in
May, 1919. In October of the same year he was elected
to the Legislature as representative for Northeast
Toronto, an office he continues to hold. Mr. Thompson
also resumed his insurance business upon his return
to Toronto. In religious faith, he is a Methodist. He
holds membership in the Albany Club, also the Granite
Club.

Mr. Thompson married (first) October 25, 1898, Ida
M. Wilkinson, daughter of W. C. Wilkinson. On October
18, 1921, he married (second) Ellen Margaret Mahr,
of Amprior, Ontario. The family residence is at No.
395 Carlton street.

ELMORE HARRIS SENIOR— Called to thi

in 1913, Mr. Senior has, since 1915, been engap
independent legal practice along general lines in 1
to, and has honorable standing in his profession
is also widely known through his activity in
championship competition, and has a wide cir
friends in the Toronto district.

Mr. Senior is a descendant of an English f
settled in Exeter, Ontario, in 1835, by his ^andpa
and son of Joseph and Almena (Wood) Senior, his :
corporation treasurer and clerk of Exeter.

Elmore Harris Senior was born in Exeter, Mari
1889, and there attended grammar and high sc
then proceeded to the University College of the
versity of Toronto, where he was graduated Bach*
Arts in 1910. He completed his course in the Os
Hall Law School in 1913, and until 1915 was asso
with the firm of Wherry & Macbeth, in the lattei
establishing alone. He has served as counsel in all
of civil cases and has made an excellent record. ¥.
member of the Ontario Bar Association, the Dor
Bar Association, and the Commercial Law Leap
America, also, from his college years, being a mem
the University of Toronto chapter of the Psi Del
fraternity. Mr. Senior has long been a tennis de
and in addition to enjoying high rating in the lists
Dominion is active in tennis organization as seci
of the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association and as di
of the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club. He is a member
Ontario Jockey Club and the Thornhill Golf and Co
Club.

Mr. Senior married, in Toronto, June 23,
Cecil Mary McLaughlin, and they are the parei
two children: Thomas Harris and Harriett Ji

DR. WILLIAM ERNEST DEAN— Engaged i
practice of medicine for upwards of a quarter of a cei
Dr. Dean has won a prominent position throug
pursuit of special lines of medical science. He is a
Armstrong and Ella (Crawder) Dean, early res
of Morpeth, Kent county, Ontario, later of To
the father having been active in the insurance bu
in this city for a period of thirty-five years.

Dr. Dean was born in Morpeth, February 21,
and his education included courses at the Ridg
Collegiate Institute, at the Jarvis street and Jai
avenue collegiate institutes of Toronto, at N
University, of Montreal, and at Trinity Univ(
of Toronto. He was graduated from Trinity in the
of 1898, and soon after began the jjractice of me
in Tillsonburg, Ontario, remaining in that locatii
about seven years. Returning to Toronto in 190!
Dean established his office here, and has since speci
in genito-urinary, skin and rectal troubles, and is mi
with marked success. Enlisting for service in the '
War, Dr. Dean served overseas in the Royal
Medical Corps, and was also in the merchant s
on transport duty. By way of relaxation Dr.
has long been interested in cricket, and has become
in this game, representing Canada in International |
with the United States. He is past president <
Canadian Cricket Association, past president o
Ontario Cricket Association, and has long been a mi
of the Toronto Cricket Club. He is a member (
Granite Club, of the Mississauga Golf Club, and i
Thornhill Golf Club.

Dr. Dean married, on April 29, 1903, Ida M. 1
imer, of Woodstock, Ontario, daughter of George ]
imer, of that city.

HERBERT JOHN SHORTLY DENNISON-

of the leading solicitors in the patent field is Mr. I

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1, whose experience has placed him in an advantageous
^ition for this particular branch of legal work,
loseph Hartley Dennison, Mr. Dennison's father,
s born in Leeds, England, and came to Canada as a
ang man about 1860. He was a talented solo tenor,
li throughout his lifetime was engaged in operatic
(1 concert singing. He was widely known in musical
;,:les, sang in the original Laurier Quartet, and was
"y highly esteemed; he died in 1900. He married
iinie Coulter, who was born in Canada and still
vives him, residing in Toronto.

lerbert J. S. Dennison was born in Toronto, Novem-
> 28, 1879, and received his early education in the
))lic schools of his native city. From boyhood he was
1 ply interested in mechanics and early determined
,( dentify himself with this field of endeavor, from the
I le of the patent solicitor. For the purpose of more
1 roughly fitting himself for the intelligent handling of
rsntions, he secured practical mechanical experience
!(ering several years of activity in the industries,
liig engineering lines. He was a member of the exper-
rntal staff of the Canada Cycle & Motor Company
ci considerable period, and served as assistant mechan-
c engineer with the Canada Foundry Company.
i" thermore, Mr. Dennison spent five years in a patent
it.rney's office. By private study, largely pursued
h ng his connection with the world of practical mechan-
C! he prepared for his professional activities as patent
itrney, and began practice in 1904. He has developed
I 'ry extensive business throughout Canada and also
n le United States, his clientele including many of the
H't prominent manufacturers in both countries, and he
la associate connections with the principal countries
)f le world on the other continents.

1 connection with his work in this field Mr. Denni-

io:is a member of the American Patent Law Associa-

ic and is registered in the United States patent

>ff|;. Fraternally he is a member of Zetland Lodge,

■•T('"29, Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Dennison is

her of the Engineers' Club, is a charter member

Rotary Club, is a life member of the Parkdale

a > Club, and is a member of the Lake Shore Country

!i . Widely interested in the public advance in every

of citizenship, he is a member of the Social Service

i ssion, and also of the Toronto Boy Life Council.

member of the Presbyterian church.

Dennison married, in Toronto, on October 25,

i.iUian, daughter of Willoughby Power, of this

id they are the parents of four children: Hartley

John Carter; Helen Lillian; and Gordon Wil-

: . They reside at No. 135 Springhurst avenue.

^ (lARLES ADAMS— Founded in 1850, the Adams

'r( iprs Harness Manufacturing Company, Ltd., has

the contributing factors to its prosperity and

the efforts of three generations of the Adams

the founder, Henry J. Adams, his son, Charles

now president, and the sons of Charles Adams,

• active in the work of the company. Charles

has spent his mature years in this organization,

in years as head of the branch in Brandon, Mani-

id since 1896 as executive head of the company.

'owing outline of his busy life touches upon his

tial business achievements and his participation

ic affairs.

y John Adams, his father, was born in I'oole,

hire, England, and in 1846 settled in Norwich,

His death occurred in Toronto, in March, 1907,

ifetime spent in the business whose story follows.

,— .i Adams was born in Norwich, Ontario, February

'. ^57, son of Henry John and Jane (Brown) Adams.

After attending public schools he became a student in
Dundas Methodist College, and in 1875 made his start
in the harness manufacturing line under his father's
instruction. The elder Adams had founded this business
in Norwich, and in 1885 came to Toronto, his first
location on York street, between King and Adelaide
streets. In 1887 the business was moved to King street,
East; in 1900 the block on the corner of King and Freder-
ick streets was built; and in 1917 the modern factory
at 791-797 King street, West was occupied. This is a six
story building with one hundred and ten thousand square
feet of floor space, used for manufacturing departments
and as a warehouse. The company was incorporated in
1904, and its present line is harness, saddles, blankets,
collars, and a wide variety of leather goods. Branches are
maintained at Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and
Calgary.

In 1881 Charles Adams went to Brandon City,
Manitoba, to establish a branch of the house, and re-
mained there in successful charge of this branch until
1896. During his residence in Brandon City he partici-
pated actively in public affairs, filling a place on the
Board of Alderman, and serving as mayor of the city.
In 1885 he was elected to the Provincial Parliament as
representative of the city of Brandon, and until 1896
was a member of this body, ably and faithfully represent-
ing his constituency at the seat of government at Winni-
peg. In 1896 Mr. Adams returned to Toronto and
assumed the central management of the company's
business. From that date he has directed its extensive
affairs, and through untiring effort and wise direction
has brought to it the proud position as one of the largest
organizations of its kind in Canada. Throughout the
three-quarters of a century of the company's history,
its products have been recognized as the most depend-
able manufactured, and an organization worthy of the
excellent line produced, has grown up under Mr. Adams'
presidency. The history of the organization is unique in
that labor troubles have never jeopardized its prosperity,
and in the nearly three-quarters of a century of its
existence, a strike has never interrupted good feeling
or operation. Absolute harmony prevails in every rela-
tion between officials and employers, a bonus system for
service is in effect, and in 1921 the employees decided
upon and voluntarily put into effect a wage cut. He
is a rnember of the Board of Trade and the Ontario Club,
and is allied with progressive forces in the city. Mr.
Adams physical vigor is remarkable and in all of his
sixty-five years he has never been under a doctor's
care even for brief treatment. He does not use glasses,
and attributes his fitness to youthful athletic activity
and to correct habits of life in mature years. This bodily
alertness, with equal mental strength, has enabled him
to accomplish vast amounts of work without ill effect.
Mr. Adams is held in high regard in his community
as a citizen and man of affairs. His political features
are Liberal, and he is a communicant of the Methodist
church.

He married, in Stratford, Ontario, in 1881, Clara
Filey, of that place, and they are the parents of: Clara
liouise, who married Victor M. Shaver, a barrister of
Hamilton, Ontario; Lome Henry; Stanley Victor; and
Russell Albert, all of the sons directors of the company
and members of its administrative personnel.

GEORGE THEOPHILUS WALSH— For the past
nine years the name of George T. Walsh has gained
increasing significance in legal circles in Toronto and
vicinity, and as a member of the law firm of Gilchrist
& Walsh, he now holds a noteworthy position in the
profession. Mr. Walsh comes of Irish descent on his
father's side, his maternal ancestry being English, and

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he is a son of James Wesley and Charlotte Maria (Payne)
Walsh, his father, who is deceased, having been for many
years a merchant of Millbrook, Ontario, and thus
engaged until his death.

George Theophilus Walsh was born in Millbrook,
Ontario, October 30, 1890, and received his early edu-
cation in the public and high schools of that community.
Preparing for his chosen profession at Osgoode Hall Law
School, he was called to the Ontario bar in May of 1913,
and became a member of the firm of Singer, Walsh &
Ford. Later his career was interrupted, as has been the
case with so many young men of the present day, by
the Great World War, and his enlistment in the Canadian
army in 1916. Holding the rank of lieutenant, he served
until 1919, when he received his honorable discharge
from the service and returned to his practice. His
professional activity has been thus far along general
lines of litigation, and he has won an assured place in the
profession in Ontario. Mr. Walsh is a member of the
Ontario Bar Association and of the York County Law
Association. Politically, he supports the Conservative
party, and he is a member of the Methodist church.

Mr. Walsh married, in Toronto, in September, 1921,
Anna Todd, and they reside at No. 14 Oriole Gardens.

LUKIN HOMFRAY IRVING— Prominent among
the citizens of Toronto is Lukin Homfray Irving, second
son of Sir Aemilius Irving, who has devoted most of his
life to public service, giving freely of his ability, time and
energy to the furtherance of various projects for the
advancement of the public welfare.

Sir Aemilius Irving, father of Mr. Irving, was a son of
the late Hon. Jacob Aemilius, L.M.L.C., Canada, who
served in the 13th Light Dragoons, and was present at
the battle of Waterloo, witnessing the defeat of Napoleon
in 1815. He came to Canada in 1834, bringing with
him his wife, Catherine Diana Irving, daughter of Sir
Jere Homfray, Llandaff House, Glamorganshire. Sir
Aemilius Irving was born in Leamington, England, in
1823, and received his education at the Upper Canada
Colltge, and his professional education in Toronto Uni-
versity, from which he received the degree of Doctor
of Laws in 1905. He began piactice as a banister in
1849, and was made a King's Counsel in 1863. In 1874
he became a Bencher of the Law Society, of which latter
organization he was made treasuier in 1893. He was
known as the "Nestor" of the bar of Ontario, and was
successfully engaged in practice for many years in
Hamilton. He was on many occasions Crown prosecutor;
served on various loyal commissions; was counsel for
Ontario in arbitration for settlement of disputed accounts
between the Dominion and the governments of Ontario
and Quebec; appeared for Ontario before the judicial
committee of the Privy Council in the fisheries case;
represented the Ontario bar at the American Law Assoc-
iation meeting in 1899; and was knighted in 1906. He
also held various positions and responsibilities of impor-
tance. He was a member of the board of directors of the
Toronto General Trusts Corporation; president cf the
York Old Boys' Association; and of the Veteran Free
Masons' Association, by which he was presented with
testimonials from the brethren in 1907. Politically, he
gave his support to the Liberal party. He married at
Montreal, in June, 1851, Augusta Louisa Gugy, who
died in 1892, daughter of the late Colonel Gugy, member
of Parliament for the Province of Canada, and among
their children was Lukin Homfray, of whom further.

Lukin Homfray Irving, second son of Sir Aemilius
and Augusta Louisa (Gugy) Irving, was born at Gait,
Ontario, October 19, 1855. He received his early education
at the Gait Grammar School, and then went to Switzer-
land, where he enteied the Kidgen Polytecknicum, at

Zurich. Upon the completion of his work in that ii
tion, he entered the Royal Military College at Kir
wheie he was awarded the sword of honor for co
drills, and discipline. He entered the Ontaric
seivice in 1880 as clerk in the provincial agen
Liverpool, England, where he remained for a
of two years. At the end of that time he retun
Ontario, and enteied the Ontario government ;
as secretary, in which office he remained for many
In 1903 he was appointed assistant provincial c
registiar. During this time he was also active in m
circles; in 1884 he was commissioned a lieutenant
Canadian Artillery, which rank he held until
when he resigned. He was instrumental in the org
tion of the Ontario Artillery Association in 18
which he has since been secretary; and in associatio
General Otter, C.B. (Companion of the Bath)
lished the Canadian Military Institute, of which 1
honorary secretary-treasurer in 1898, and later sec
and librarian. He was also active in the organ!
of the Royal Military College Club, in 1885, of wh
was president foi several years. He is an honora
member of the Anglo-American Boating Clu
Switzerland; and a councillor of the executive com
of the Dominion Artilleiy Association. With all
numerous and varied activities and responsibilitie
Irving has been a frequent contributor to the press
the pen name "Linchpin," and published in 1
work entitled "Officers of the British Forces in C
During the War, 1812-1815." In 1920 he was app
a member of the Ontario public service supeiann'
board, lepiesenting the Liberal party.

Mr. Irving is an authority on Canadian m
histoiy and records, and his contributions to the
and to the magazines include many articles on the
wais. As an efficient and faithful public official
man of integrity of character and strength of pu
and as a worthy friend and associate, Mr. Irving i;
highly esteemed in the Province of Ontario. He i
greatly loved and admired by a large group of pe
friends who know him best in private life and hone
for those qualities which are the bulwark of the n

On February 7, 1882, Lukin H. Irving married I
Stockwell, daughter of F. W. and Ellen (Tatum) i
well. Mrs. Irving's father was the owner of the Fror
Smelting Works. Mr. and Mrs. Irving are the p:
of three children: Helen Louisa Homfray, deci
Maigaret Diana Homfray, married Lieutenant-C
E. W. Clifford, of Ancaster, Ontario; and Jacob Ae
Homfray, who married Margery Lambe; he is ass
manager of the Dominion Bank, at Vancouver, B
Columbia, and served in the Canadian Army durii
World War, and was the payma.ster of the 201st
ment.

HARRY A. COLSON— A banker by professior
Colson has a special knowledge of public financ
agencv work. He was born at Guelph, Ontario, 1
20, 1875, son of Henry and Margaret (Hall) C
He received his education in public and private »
and enteied his chosen field of business at the
age of seventeen. His purpose being to acquire a
knowledge of financial methods, he progressed fro
department of the work to another and finally d
to specialize in bonds, debentures, and the _bi
of a general financial agency. He established him
an independent broker and has been very sue
in the conduct of this exacting business. Mr.
finds relief from business cares in outdoor sports,
an active member of the Rosedale Golf Club, the T
Hunt Club, and the Toronto Skating Club. B
member of the Church of England.

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127

Mr. Colson mairied, in 1906, Dorothy Delano-
iborne, daughter of James and Julia Alice (Bell)
elano-Osborne. Mr. and Mis. Colson have four
ildren: Margaret Alice, Harry Osborne, and James
id Joan, twins.

CHARLES N. HALDENBY— Born in the Dominion,
old English stock, and having spent his best years in
jronto, which has always been the one city in the world
r him, Mr. Haldenby, the president of the Sanderson
;arcy Company, may be regarded as a typical Canadian
isiness man. He was born at Whitby, Ontario, in the
ar 1862, son of William and Sarah (Wilson) Haldenby.
His father had him privately prepared for college and
tered him as a student at Whitby Collegiate Institute
an unusually early age. A keen-minded and energetic
: ident, he made the most of the educational advantages
lit were offered to him at this fine school, and was
jiduated at the youthful age of seventeen. Immediately
ler this event Mr. Haldenby came to Toronto to seek
nusiness career. He was fortunate in having an oppor-
tiity to enter the office of Sanderson Pearcy & Com-
iny, a firm which had been organized by his brother-
ilaw, Mr. Pearcy, to carry on the business of manu-
f turing paints and oils. Mr. Haldenby found his posi-
tn with this firm agreeable and applied himself with
ciracteristic energy and resourcefulness to every
piblem that came his way. He studied the manufactur-
ii processes employed by the firm, and as time went
0 built up an expert and authoritative knowledge of this
u)ortant branch of manufacturing. He rose rapidly,
p sing from one position of trust to another, shouldering
n vy responsibilities at an age when most men are still
a^'oUege, or undecided in their choice of a career. In
17, when Mr. Pearcy died, after fifty years of devotion
t( he business he had founded, Mr. Haldenby was able
tttake his place. As president of the coinpany, Mr.
Hdenby carries on the business according to the
triition established during the years of its growth
frn a small beginning to its present sound and sub-
stitial position in the manufacturing world. As befits
a an of his temperament and experience, he has unlim-
"aith in the future of Canada and foresees an era of
: prosperity for Toronto, when the dislocation of
oiness caused by the World War has been remedied,
at the ordinary processes of trade are restored.

;lr. Haldenby is a member of the Central Methodist

Orch. He is a Mason, and belongs to Ashlar Lodge.

T ^ also a member of the National Club, and finds his

recreation in motoring and boating. His city home

..■> . No 92 Bloor street. West.

!e married Grace Eva Trotter, daughter of the late

^* -or Trotter, of Toronto. Mrs. Haldenby's mother

Kate (Ellis) Trotter. Mr. and Mrs. Haldenby have

children; Eric Wilson, Robert Ellis, Charles Nor-

. Jr., Doris, Kate, who was named for her maternal

imother, Grace, and Ruth. Mr. Haldenby's three

vere engaged in active service in France during the

(1 War, and served with great distinction.

ic Wilson Haldenby, who was born June 5, 1893,

waan undergraduate with the class of 1917 at the Uni-

' "' ty of Toronto, faculty of applied science, during the

part of the war. He received his first military

ing with the Canadian Officers' Training Corps of

University. He was commissioned lieutenant

rossed to England with the Ninety-second Highland

ilion. On July 12, 1916, he was transferred to the

I nth Battalion (Forty-eighth Highlanders) and sent

ance. On October 10, 1916, he was reported wound-

•^ome time later, he was appointed adjutant of the

enth Battalion, and promoted to the rank of captain.

He was awarded the Military Cross, in recognition of
his courage on the field.

Robert Ellis Haldenby, who was born June 27, 1894,
was commissioned lieutenant in the Forty-eighth
Highlanders in January, 1916. He served for two years
in Canada, and in March, 1918, went overseas as lieuten-
ant with a draft from the First Depot Battalion, First
Central Ontario Regiment. Later, he was sent to the
Fifteenth Battalion, (Forty-eighth Highlanders), in
France. Like his brother, Eric Wilson Haldenby, he was
awarded the Military Cross.

Charles Norman Haldenby, Jr., who was born October
4, 1897, enlisted with the Sixty-seventh University Bat-
tery in July, 1916. In October of the same year, he went
overseas with a draft from the Battery, and served for
nineteen months in the Artillery in France. In August,
1918, he was wounded by gun shot, and finally invalided
home, where he entirely recovered his health.

ARTHUR RUSSELL NESBITT— With compre-
hensive preparation for his chosen profession, Mr.
Nesbitt is achieving success as the head oi the well
known law firm of Nesbitt, Markham & Sheard. Mr.
Nesbitt comes of a family long resident in Canada, and
is a son of George McQuade and Letitia Jane Nesbitt.
His father was for years active as a civil servant.

Arthur Russell Nesbitt was born in the township of
Cartwright, in the county of Durham, Ontario, Feb-
ruary 1, 1884. First attending the public school in his
native place, he thereafter attended the Victoria and
Wellesley public schools of Toronto, then after a prepara-
tory course at the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute of
this city, he took a course at Trinity University, and
completed his preparations at Osgoode Hall Law
School. Meanwhile Mr. Nesbitt was with Louis F.
Hayd, K.C., as law student, then was with McLaughlin.
Johnson, Moorehead & Company for three years.
Called to the bar in 1910, he has since carried forward a
general practice, and for some years has been at the
head of the present firm.

In civic affairs Mr. Nesbitt has been brought forward
into prominence. A well known Conservative, he is
president of the Fourth Ward Liberal-Conservative
Association, is vice-president of the Centre and South
Conservative Club, and is an officer in the Central
Liberal-Conservative Association. He has served as
alderman for five years, and was elected to the Board
of Control on January 1, 1921. Fraternally Mr. Nesbitt
is past master of McKinley Lodge, No. 275, Loyal Orange
Lodge, of Cornatti Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
of Brunswick Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of the Canadian Order of Foresters, and of Court McCall,
Independent Order of Foresters, exalted ruler of the Do-
minion order of Elks, and president of the Hanlans
Point Association. He is a member of the Church of
England.

Mr. Nesbitt married, in Toronto, July 16, 1914,
Sadie Harrison Brown, daughter of William John and
Sarah Brown.

PERCY GORDON BROWN, B.A., M.B.— Dr.

Brown is a son of William and Mary Norah (Logan)
Brown, long residents of Grey county, Ontario, the
father having been for years a m.agistrate and Division
Couvt clerk at Markdale.

Dr. Brown was born in Markdale, December 17,
1884, and until ten years of age attended the public
schools of his native town. For three years thereafter
he attended the Bathurst Street School of Toronto, then
entered the Harbord Collegiate Institute, from which he
was graduated in 1902. Entering the University of
Toronto, he received his arts degree in 1906, and his

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medical degiee in 1908, both from that institution.
Serving as interne at the Butterworth Hospital, at
Grand Rapids, Michigan, during 1908-09, Dr. Brown
then returned to Ontario, and locating at Coe Hill
in Hastings county, practiced for about two years. He
then took up post-graduate work in New York City at
the Lying-in Hospital, also spending some months in
study at the Post-Graduate Hospital in New York.
Returning to Toronto, he established his office in the
East End in 1913, but was one of the first of the Canadian
physicians to enlist for service overseas the following
year.

Assigned to No. 2 Canadian Field Ambulance with
the rank of captain. Dr. Brown served in that connection
until September 15, 1916, when he was detailed for special
medical work at No. 86, The Strand, London, England,
from that date, and remained there until March, 1917.
For seven months thereafter he was in command of the
I.O.D.E. Hospital, in London, then from November,
1917, was lieutenant-colonel in command of No. 2
Casualty Clearing Station until demobilization, from
June, 1919, being in command of the Base Hospital at
Toronto. In Impeiial recognition of his services to the
Empire, the military decoration of the Order of the Brit-
ish Empire was conferred upon Dr. Brown, and he also
received the French Croix de Guerre. Since 1920 Dr.
Brown has been division surgeon of the Grand Trunk
railway. Fraternally Dr. Brown holds membership in
the Free and Accepted Masons, is a member of the Cana-
dian Club, the University Club, and the Weston Golf
and Country Club. His church affiliation is with the
Bloor Street Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Brown married, in St. Pancras Church, London,
England, on June 2, 1916, Margaret Dandridge Williams,
daughter of Alfred B. Williams, of Richmond, Virginia,
and they have one son, John Herbert Brown. The
family reside at No. 654 Huron street.

REV. EDWARD WALSH, pastor of St. Patricks'
Church, was born at Montreal, March 29, 1880, son of
Richard and Mary (Morrow) Walsh. His father was bom
at St. Columba, Quebec, and his mother was born at
South Mountain, Ontario.

Father Walsh received his preliminary education in
the Christian Brothers' Schools at Montreal, and then
became a student at the Jesuit College in his native city.
He had by this time decided to enter the priesthood, and
in 1895, his father, who was resolved to help him in every
possible way, sent him to Belgium for study at the St.
Trond Redemptorist College. He spent five years at the
college and then proceeded to the seminary at Beaupla-
tea_u,_in the Province of Luxemburg. He completed his
training and was ordained as a priest at Beauplateau in
1905.

After his ordination. Father Walsh was sent to St.
Ann-de-Beaupre, Quebec, where he was stationed for
the next three years. In 1909 he returned to Montreal
as assistant at the Church of St. Ann, and three years
later he went to Annapolis, Maryland, for special study,
spending six months at the Annapolis Church of St.
Mary. When his six months at Annapolis came to an
end. Father Walsh came to Toronto and engaged in
mission work at St. Patrick's Church for half a yeai . He
left Toronto at the end of that period and went to St.
John, New Brunswick, where for two years he engaged
in mission and parochial work at St. Peter's Church. In
1915 he became pastor of St. Augustine's Church at
Brandon, Manitoba. During the five years and a half of
his pastorate at Brandon, Father Walsh extended the
work of the church and built up the membership so that
the parish contained three hundred families when he left
it. In January, 1921, Father Walsh returned to Toronto

as pastor of St. Patrick's Church. This church, whi(
on McCaul street, was built about twelve years
There is a large mission house attached to the chi
and the parish contains about two hundred and
families. Father Walsh was not a stranger to this ch
when he became its pastor, having been engage
mission work at Toronto in 1913, and to the many fri
he made at that time he is constantly adding new (
His broad experience and vigorous character 1
contributed greatly to his success in the past and
be no less appreciated in Toronto than elsewhere.

R. HAROLD WATSON— A well known brok«
Toronto, Mr. Watson has had a more varied and inte
ing career than most men of his age. He has a piac
knowledge of various lines of industry, and is a drauj
man of ability. Although the greater part of hia
has been spent in Canada, he lived in Detroit for n(
a year, receiving there a great deal of practical er
eeiing experience as followed by the great Amei
firms whose factories and plants are located in
industrial region of the United States.

Mr. Watson was born at Brockville, Ontario, ,
25, 1892, son of Robert E. and Margaret (De'
Watson. He received his early education in the pi
schools of Montreal and proceeded in due course to
of the leading business colleges of Ottawa for trai
in business methods. Upon leaving college, he acce
a position in the Watson Carriage Company, a i
operated by his father, R. E. Watson, of Ottawa, t
gaining practical office experience. A keen studer
production methods, and being especially intereste
the manufacture of automobiles and motor trucks
then proceeded to Detroit, Michigan, and enterec
automobile engine factory. He worked his way thn
the various departments of this plant in the coun
a year, then returned to Canada, well-groundei
American manufacturing methods. Upon his ar
at Ottawa, Mr. Watson accepted a temporary posi
in the office of a life insurance company and at
began to utilize his spare time and evenings in the s
of mechanical engineering. He availed himself of
course in engineering offered by the International
respondence School, at Scranton, Pennsylvania,
after completing his studies, obtained a positioi
draughtsman in the City Hall at Ottawa.

By this time, Mi . Watson's experience began to
fruit, making him a good judge of business condil
and opportunities. He saw the future of scier
salesmanship; he saw the advantages to be det
by a manufacturers' agency, so opened one in Mont
and he had a firm belief in the coming greatnes
Canada. His next step on the ladder of success wi
become associated with the Ontario Motor League ir
organization of branch clubs throughout Ontario,
gave him an opportunity to try his hand at busi
organization. While he was thus engaged, the Vi
War began. Mr. Watson had had some military trail
having previously been a member of the Princess U
Dragoon Guards, a military organization. Confic
therefore, of success, he hastened to volunteer for se'
with the Canadian army. He was rejected on acr
of the condition of his eyes, and, upon being thus
nounced physically unfit for active military ser
returned to the organization work he had been can
on throughout the Province. He was actively engag'
the work of the Libertjr Loan Campaign of 1917.
1919 Mr. Watson, having been successful in al
enterprises, turned his attention to the brokerage bus
and acquired large interests in mining and rubber st
the management of which now occupies the greater
of his time.

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Mr. Watson is a member of the Presbyterian church,
le is a member of High Park Lodge, No. 531, Free and
iccepted Masons, Cyrene Preceptory, Knighti Templar,
nd a noble of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Lake
bore Country Club.

Mr. Watson married Stella Rose Loughlin, of Toronto,
n August 6, 1921. Their residence is at No. 274 Ronces-
alles avenue.

WILLIAM ROY WILLARD— There is no question
ut that the widest possible knowledge of economic
nd business affairs, technical or mechanical, cannot fail
) be of inestimable value to the professional man, and
•rtunate is that man whose early training gave him an
sight into the workings of other interests than that
hich he eventually chose as his life work. William
oy Willard, barrister, of No. 155 Roncesvalles avenue,
rved fifteen months with the Economical Gas Appar-
us Construction Company, drafting and designing, and
ter spent some time with the Toronto Electric Light
)mpany before he entered the profession of law, thereby
oviding himself with considerable information he
vuld not otherwise be able to obtain without much
.fReulty and enabling him to get the viewpoint of his
.ents in a manner that must be decidedly gratifying
1 all concerned.

William R. Willard was born near Sheffield, Went-
'irth county, August 23, 1888, son of Smith and Susan
I Humphrey) Willard. Smith Willard was for years
(gaged in the wholesale provision business as the
Eiior member of the firm of Willard & Company, of
'fonto. He is of old English ancestry, his grandfather
Iving come from England about the year 1830, and
5 tiedin Wentworth county. William R. Willard attended
t! public schools of his town and later entered the
Ironto Technical School, graduating in 1907 at the
8> of nineteen years with the degree of Electrical
tgineer. It was then he entered the employ of the
Eonomical Gas Apparatus Construction Company,
tl later taking a position with the Toronto Electric
Iht Company as head meter tester.

n 1910 he entered Osgoode Hall Law School, was
{duated in 1915, and was immediately called to the
) . He has a large general practice with offices at No.

I Roncesvalles avenue in the building which he
>'is. Politically Mr. Willard is a Liberal-Conservative

II he is actively interested in civic affairs. He is a
nnber of Sunnyside Lodge, Associated Free and
lepted Masons, the Canadian Order of Chosen
''jnds, and is also an Orangeman. He is a communi-
Jt of the Anglican church, and is a member of the
• ario and the Dominion Bar associations, secretary
f;he Roncesvalles Business Men's Association, and
'' chairman of the Federation of Business Men's
iciations of Toronto during their organization period,
iir being elected general secretary.

) 1917 he married Maud E. Gillman, of Toronto,
I is well known as a dramatic reader and entertainer.

OY BERESFORD BUCHANAN, of Buchanan,
J;rairi & Company, engaged in handling stocks and
)ls, is one of the younger of Toronto's successful
iness men.

pm in Toronto, September 30, 1884, son of James
ter Buchanan, a banker and broker, who was born
'iagara Palls, Province of Ontario, Canada, and of
lene (Morrison) Buchanan, a native of "roronto,
is still living. Mr. Buchanan received his pre-
■ wry education in private schools of his native city,
^ entered Upper Canada College, from which he
i?raduated with the class of 1900. After completing
iollege course, he began his business career in the

employ of the Dominion Bank, where he remained for
six years, beginning as a junior and making his way up
to the position of accountant. At the end of that time
he severed his connection with the Dominion Bank,
and associated himself with his father, J. O. Buchanan,
and Norman Seagram, as partners in the brokerage
business, under the firm name of Buchanan, Seagram &
Company. This concern had its beginning back in 1904,
when James O. Buchanan formed a partnership with
Norman Seagram and engaged in the business of hand-
ling a general line of stocks and bonds. Mr. Buchanan,
Sr., had for a number of years been connected with the
old firm of Buchanan & Jones, and was former presi-
dent of the Toronto Stock Exchange, and under the
new firm name continued to build up an important and
prosperous business. The son, like the father, has
been notably successful in this line of work, and is
continuing not only the firm name, but the growth and
prosperity of the business founded by his father.

Mr. Buchanan is well known in business and social
circles in Toronto. He is a member of the Toronto
Golf Glub, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Racquet
Club, the Ontario Jockey Club, and the 'Toronto Bad-
minton Club. His religious affiliation is with the An-
glican church of Toronto.

Roy B. Buchanan married on October 24th, 1912,
S. Doris Suckling, of Toronto, daughter of the late
William J. and Wilhelmina (TurnbuU) Suckling, and
they are the parents of one child, William 0. Buchanan.

J. FRANKLIN McDONAGH— One of the younger
bankers of the Dominion, head of the firm of McDonagh,
Somers & Company, and widely known as a dealer in
investment bonds and securities, Mr. McDonagh was
born July 9, 1889, in the town of Carlow, Huron county,
Ontario, son of Frank W. and Evelyn (Martin) Mc-
Donagh. He was educated at Goderich Collegiate
Institute, and at Upper Canada College. He was gradu-
ated from the second institution of learning in 1907.

A talent for financial affairs had early manifested
itself in Mr. McDonagh, and acting under the advice
of his father, he decided to enter the field of business
by becoming a clerk in the Bank of Toronto. He spent
four years in his first position, devoting himself assidu-
ously to a study of banking methods and financial
affairs in general. In 1911 he resigned from the service
of the bank in order to enter the stock brokerage firm
of Brouse, Mitchell & Company. He remained with
this well known house for seven years and then decided
to establish himself as the head of an independent firm.
He formed a partnership with Mr. Harry L. Somers,
and under the firm name of McDonagh, Somers &
Company, carries on a large business in government and
municipal bonds and securities. Since its formation in
1918, the firm has come to the front very rapidly and
has already acquired an enviable reputation for sound
and conservative methods. Mr. McDonagh is a member
of St. Paul's Church. He is an enthusiastic follower of
out-door sports and belongs to the Rosedale Golf Club;
the Toronto Skating Club; and the Ontario Motor
League. He is also a member of the Ontario Club.

On June 20, 1915, he married Marjorie J. Brouse,
daughter of W. H. and Florence J. (Gooderham) Brouse.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonagh have one son, George Raymond
McDonagh, who was born September 4, 1917.

WILLIAM ASSHETON SMITH— Specializing in the
field of patents, and with many years of successful ex-
perience behind him, Mr. Smith stands in the front
rank in the legal fraternity in Ontario. He comes of
a very old English family, originally Assheton by name,
but through the centuries the name was contracted and

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changed, becoming eventually Smith. His father,
James Edward Smith, was long prominent in political
and civic affairs in Toronto, and was one of the early
mayors of this city (1867-8). He married Josephine
Pfaff, and both are now deceased.

William Assheton Smith was born at No. 46 Wellesley
street, Toronto, April 7, 1870. His first school attend-
ance was at the Moxans Private School, of which Rev.
Mr. Moxans, rector of St. Philip's Church, was the
master. Entering the University of Toronto, he was
graduated from that institution in the class of 1888, with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, receiving the degree of
Bachelor of Laws from the same University in 1891.
Beginning practice in the same year as a member of
the firm of Bayly, Hughes & Smith, he entered upon a
general practice. Gradually, however, his clientele
became more and more widely related to the field of
patent rights, and in 1900 the present firm was es-
tablished, under the name of Smith & Cameron, as
barristers, solicitors and patent attorneys. Mr. Smith's
position at the courts is also one of prominence, as in
1910 he was appointed commissioner of the Court of
Revision, in which office he still serves. He is a member
of the Ontario Bar Association. Mr. Smith served with
"K" Company, "Queen's Own Rifles," 1885, and in
1900 with the 36th Regiment, being captain of No. 1
Company.

By political affiliation, Mr. Smith is a Conservative.
He is a member of Ionic Lodge, No. 25, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, and of the Loyal Orange Lodge. He is
a member of the University Society, of the Toronto
Club, the Muskoka Country Club, the Toronto Golf
Club, also the York Pioneers. He was formerly widely
noted as an athlete, playing hockey and football, also
hunting and fishing. His chief Recreations are now golf
and gardening.

Mr. Smith married, in June of 1910, Aileen Gooderham,
of a prominent Toronto family, and they have two
children: James Edward Assheton, and Elizabeth
Assheton.

GEORGE ANDREW MORROW, O. B. E.— As ex-
ecutive official of three prominent Toronto financial in-
stitutions, and serving numerous others in advisory
capacity, Mr. Morrow holds influential place in the
business fraternity of the district, while his interests
also extend to the industrial field in which his active
career began. He found opportunity for service of
broad proportions during the Great World War, which
has been followed, as it was preceded, by public-spirited
participation in movements for civic and moral ad-
vancement.

Mr. Morrow is a son of J. M. and Mary (Laidley)
Morrow, and was born in Millbrook, Ontario, October
28, 1877. His education was obtained in the public
schools of Millbrook and collegiate institutes of Toronto
and Peterboro, Ontario, and the first three years of his
business career were spent in manufacturing lines. Since
that time he has been prominently identified with num-
erous large financial corporations, his connections having
been in part as director of the Imperial Life Assurance
Company from 1907 to 1911, vice-president in 1912-13,
and president since 1914; vice-president of the Dominion
Securities Corporation; vice-president and managing
director of the Central Canada Loan Company; director
of the Imperial Guarantee and Accident Company;
director of the Western Assurance Company; and
director of the British-American Assurance Company,
all of which offices he fills at the present time. Mr. Mor-
row is also a director of the Toronto Electric Light
Company, and vice-president of the Burlington Steel
Company, of Hamilton, Ontario, holding membership

in the group of Ontario men-of-affairs whose actii
vitally affect the prosperity and stability of the bus
fabric of the Province.

In 1917-18 Mr. Morrow served as director of Avia
Imperial Munition Board, and in this office handle
of the business relating to the Royal Air Force in
ada, which included the building of camps and
purchase of supplies. This office received attentioi
surpassed in diligence and devotion in the adn
tration of any government post during this cr
period. Mr. Morrow is a member of the York, Tori
National, Ontario, Lambton Golf and Country, Cj
City Curling, Mississauga Golf (Port Credit) and ]
dale Golf clubs. He is a communicant of the '.
byterian church, and a Liberal in political faith.

Mr. Morrow married, May 21, 1903, Phoeb
Graham, daughter of J. C. Graham, and they an
parents of one son, G. Graham Morrow.

COLONEL Le GRAND REED— A member o
firm of Reed, Shaw & McNaught, one of the fore
insurance concerns of the Dominion, Colonel Ree
Toronto, is a prominent figure in the Canadian i
ance field, and as one of the officers of the Cana
Expeditionary Forces, he is highly esteemed ir
native city and Province. Colonel Reed's fami
of long residence in Canada; he is a son of Joseph B
Sarah (Cummer) Reed. His father, who was bo
Woodstook, Ontario, was engaged in the insui
business during the greater part of his active career
was the founder of one of the two early insurance age
whose merger formed the present organization,
died in 1905, but the mother, who was born in W
down, Ontario, is still living.

Colonel Reed was born in Toronto, October 8, :
Receiving his early education in the Moael Scho
this city, he later entered Cornell University, at Itl
New York, where he was a member of the class of '.
His first business experience was in line with his
sequent activities, as his father's assistant in his
enterprise. It was in the year 1872 that the late Jc
B. Reed began his independent operations in insuri
securing at that time the exclusive Toronto agenc;
the Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Com]
of England. At about the same time Sam Shaw, !■<
of George B. Shaw, established his insurance office,
a third enterprise was founded along the same lii
advance by C. B. McNaught, about 1896, in associi
with E. P. Pearson. Eventually the present Mr. S
succeeding his father, joined the third enterj
which was carried forward for a considerable pi
under the name of Shaw-McNaught, Toronto aj
of the Mercantile Fire Insurance Company, the <
necticut Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, i
necticut, and the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insur
Company, of Waterloo, Ontario. Upon the deat
Joseph B. Reed, his son, now Colonel Reed, anc
brother, J. Carl Reed, succeeded to the business,
almost immediately took the step which created
of the strongest concerns in this field in all the Domii
merging their interests with those of Messrs. Sha
McNaught. On May 1, 1906, they formed a regist
partnership, which has since been carried forward u
the firm name of Reed, Shaw & McNaught. At
time they represented five companies, but they
extended their operations widely in the years w
have since intervened, and are now in the front
in this field in Canada. The firm is now compos<
Colonel Le Grand Reed, George B. Shaw, Charl-
McNaught, and T. L. Armstrong, the latter joinin;,
firm in 1911. On January 1, 1920, the firm fu
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associates four men, each experienced in a special
16, who had been on their executive force for a number

years prior to that date. These are: 1. W. J. Chap-
an, manufacturing and mercantile insurance. 2.
. J. Mylrea, sprinklered risks. 3. H. M. de Vries,
mds and burglary. 4. O. T. Lyon, whose specialty

casualty and liability insurance. The firm, at the
esent time (1922), are chief representatives for Canada

the Marine Insurance Company, Ltd., of England;
e Federal Insurance Company, Ltd., of England; the
ational Surety Company, of New York, and the
oyd Plate Glass Insurance Company, of New York,
ley are general agents for the Province of Ontario

the Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company, of Van-
uver, British Columbia; the Century Insurance
)nipany, Ltd., of Scotland; the Insurance Company
I the State of Pennsylvania, of Philadelphia; the
hlaware Underwriters' Department of the West-
;3ster Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia; the
litional Benefits Assurance Company, Ltd., of London,
[gland; the Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance
impany, of Japan; and the Fidelity and Casualty
lurance Company, of New York. They are general
amts for the Toronto district of the Liverpool, London
S31obe Insurance Company, of England; the Mercan-
t: Fire Insurance Company, of Toronto; the Connecti-
c Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford; the Northern
A urance Company, Ltd., of England; the Globe
L lerwriters' Agency of the Globe and Rutgers Fire

Iu;r

nice Company, of New York; and the Queensland
Insurance Company, of Sydney, New South Wales,
-alia.

h the declaration of war in 1914, Colonel Reed

iteered for service the following day, the fifth of

it, and joined the Ninth Mississauga Horse, being

issioned lieutenant, for which office he qualified

lediately. On August 1, 1915, he was placed in

ind of the Toronto Mobilization Centre, with

temporary rank of major, and on December 23,

1, was gazetted to lieutenant-colonel in command of

170th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary

1, which he quickly mobilized and trained. Sailing

this command in October, 1916, he served overseas

January, 1917, when he was returned to Canada,

ically disqualified for further service. In August of

he was transferred to the Officers' Reserve Corps,

.dian Expeditionary Forces, with the rank of

t-colonel. Soon after his return to Toronto,

lel Reed took up his interrupted business interests

' le pursuits of civilian life. He is a member of the

1 Club, Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto

Club, and the Rosedale Golf Club.

•lonel Reed married, in 1909, loleen Mann, of

and they have three children: Donald, King-

and' Elizabeth.

iOMAS COWPER ROBINETTE, K. C— There

element in the relation of Thomas Cowper

lette to his time that defied inclusion within his

lional eminence, that is lacking in many whose

nd social service endeavors equalled or exceeded

at is not essential in the social popularity he

i. This was his rare capacity for sympathy,

lontaneous feelings and actions of brotherhood

hose of his fellows less fortunate than he. This

1 review of his life in the history of the city in

the great part of it was spent is to pay due tribute

itizen of remarkable talents, talents which were

•Hed into splendid service for the general good.

as Cowper Robinette is a descendant of United

Loyalist ancestry, his family having come from

Ivania to Peel county, Ontario, in 1781. He

was a son of Josiah and Esther J. (Goodison) Robinette,
his father a native of Dixie, Ontario. Here Thomas
Cowper Robinette was born in 1861, and after attend-
ing the public schools, Strathroy High School and
Toronto University, he was graduated in arts in 1884,
and in law in 1887. At the completion of his legal

studies he was awarded the governor-general's gold
medal, and he was also silver medallist in modem
languages and English prizeman, as well as holding a
scholarship in general proficiency. Entering active
professional practice, he specialized in the criminal
department, and gained most notable reputation in this
branch of his calling. At the time of his death he was
head of the firm of Robinette, Godfrey, Phelan &
Lawson, J. S. FuUerton, K. C, former corporation
counsel of Toronto, being an associate counsel of the
firm. Cases in which Mr. Robinette appeared as counsel
which attracted unusually wide attention were the
Macwherrel and Caledon wreck cases at Brampton,
Healey and Blythe at Toronto, Mrs. Kyle at Wood-
stock, and Dr. Robinson at Napanee. The Toronto
"News" wrote of Mr. Robinette in the following words:
"As a pleader, energetic, clear and painstaking"; and
the Toronto "Globe," prior to his death, said that he
"has a trained mind, is accessible to new ideas, and has
unusual gifts for the exposition and enforcement of his
opinions." jji^

Mr. Robinette was a scholarly man of the law, and
there was mingled wdth his erudition an element of
shrewdness and innate keenness that enabled him to
instantly seize upon a favorable turn of events in the
conduct of a case. He was a consummate actor, and
there has been no other advocate of recent years who
was so frankly dramatic in his conduct of a case, or
who could influence the emotions of his auditors with
such ease and compelling eloquence. His intimate
touch with much that was low and sordid in life had not
blunted his sensibilities nor dulled his response to the
sentiments, and he lived in unusual degree in his work of
defending erring humanity. Legal circles of Toronto
cite many instances of his devoted efforts in behalf of
his clients and of the lengths to which he would go to
serve a person to whom he had become attached.

In 1902 he was created a King's Counsel, and in 1911
and 1916 he was a bencher of the Law Society. He
was a member of the Royal Colonial Institute of London,
England, in 1913, and he was a director of the Moral
and Social Reform League of Toronto in 1913, and presi-
dent of the Methodist Young Men's Association in
1906. His work along this line began as early as 1885,
when he was chairman of the Young Liberal Convention
of Toronto, and in 1886 he was joint secretary of the
Dominion Young Men's Association formed at Montreal.
He was president of the University Literary and Scien-
tific Society in 1907. He served the "Queen's Own
Rifles" and the Thirty-fourth Regiment as an officer.
He was vice-president of the Warren Bituminous and
Paving Company, Ltd., this one of his few business
interests unconnected with his profession. He was a
member of Trinity Methodist Church. He was the
author of a lecture which he delivered widely, entitled:
"The Boy, the National Asset of Canada." Mr. Rob-
inette fraternized with the Masonic order, the Order
of United Workmen, the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and the Independent Order of Foresters.

Mr. Robinette was the father of the following children:
, Thomas Lindsay, John J., Minnie, George, and Allan.
Thomas Cowper Robinette died March 14, 1920.

FREDERICK A. CLELAND, B.A., M.B., F.A.C.S.

— Holding a leading position in his chosen profession in
Toronto, Dr. Cleland is bearing a significant part in the

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advance of medicine and surgery, in institutional and
educational work as well as in his private practice. Dr.
Cleland comes of Scottish ancestry, and is a son of
James and Sarah (Butchart) Cleland. His father, who
was born in Glasgow, Scotland, June 10, 1839, came to
Canada as a young man and settled in Ontario. He was
for many years a resident of Meaford, and for eight
years (1890-98) was a member of the Legislative
Assembly of Ontario. The mother was born in Dundee,
Scotland, September 13, 1839.

Frederick Adam Cleland was born in Meaford,
Ontario, and received his early education in the public
and high schools of that community, then later was
graduated in the arts and medicine from the University
of Toronto. The first seven years of his career Dr.
Cleland spent in New York City, in the practice of his
profession, meanwhile taking post-graduate work.
During this period he was attached to the New York
Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital, and St. Eliza-
beth's Hospital. With this breadth of experience be-
hind him. Dr. Cleland returned to Toronto in 1909, and
took up the practice of surgery here. He has continued
until the present time, and has achieved large success.
With the outbreak of war in Europe he offered his
services to the government, and was appointed senior
surgeon to No. 11 Stationary Hospital, with the rank of
major, going with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces
to Siberia in 1918. Dr. Cleland is now assistant surgeon
at the Toronto General Hospital, surgeon and gynae-
cologist at Grace Hospital, and demonstrator in clinical
surgery at the University of Toronto.

In the profession Dr. Cleland stands high, being a
Fellow of the American Collegie of Surgeons, and a mem-
ber of the Academy of Medicine of Toronto, and of the
Aesculapian Society. Socially he holds membership
in the York Club, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club,
the Toronto Hunt Club, and York Downs Golf and
Country Club. He is a member of the Presbyterian
church.

Dr. Cleland married, at Ayr, Ontario, October 31,
1907, Anna Goldie, who was born in that town, and is a
daughter of David and Isabella (Easton) Goldie. Mr.
Goldie was for many years engaged in business in Ayr
as a miller. Dr. and Mrs. Cleland are the parents of
four children, as follows: Isabel Easton, James Goldie,
Esther Crosby, and Christine Bell.

HILTON RUSSELL TUDHOPE— A member of the
firm of A. E. Ames & Company, Mr. Tudhope is one of
the leading investment brokers of the city. He was
bom at Orillia, Ontario, August 3, 1878, son of W. R.
and Bertha J. (Clarke) Tudhope.

His parents having moved to Gravenhurst, Ontario,
about the time he came of school age, Mr. Tudhope was
entered as a pupil of the Gravenhurst public schools
and continued therein until his education was completed.
After his graduation from high school in 1895, he came
to Toronto and entered the field of business by be-
coming a clerk in the office of the Ontario Accident &
Insurance Company, and spent a year and a half in
this position. He left the Ontario Accident & Insurance
Company in order to accept a position with A. E. Ames
& Company, dealers in bonds and securities. His
progress with this firm was rapid, and in 1901 he was
admitted to partnership. A. E. Ames & Company have
offices at New York and Chicago, as well as in Montreal
and Victoria.

Mr. Tudhope is an expert horseman and an ardent
and enthusiastic lover of golf. He finds his chief re-
creation in out-door games and sports, and is active in
his support of all the Canadian sporting events. Among
his clubs are: the Lambton Golf Club, the National

Club, the York Club, the Toronto Skating Club,
Ontario Jockey Club, and the Hunt Club. He
regular attendant of the Presbyterian church,
home is at 51 Spadina road.

On October 14, 1903, he married Edna P. L.
Naught, daughter of W. K. and Carrie (Lugs(
McNaught. Mr. and Mrs. Tudhope have three cl

FRED HOLMES BARLOW— Of American b
but reared in Ontario and trained in the educati
institutions of this Province, Mr. Barlow is now ta
a position of prominence in legal circles in Toronto,
son of William J. and Laura (Holmes) Barlow,
family came to Canada from the States in 1891, setl
in Lyn, Ontario. The father, who died in 1916,
engaged in farming in Lyn during his lifetime, and
mother, who survives him, still resides there.

Fred Holmes Barlow was born in Alexandria, '.
York, and was an infant when the family cam
Canada. Attending the public schools of Lyn, he
pared for college at the Brockville Collegiate Instii
then entered the University of Toronto, from whic
was graduated in the class of 1908, with the degr(
Bachelor of Arts, receiving his Master's degree front
same university two years later. Thereafter, for
years, Mr. Barlow taught English and the classic
the Athens (Ontario) High School, then pursuing
professional studies at Osgoode Hall Law School
was called to the bar in 1915, and within the yeai
came a member of the firm of Jones & Barlow,
offices at No. 36 Toronto street. He has won ai
sured position in the profession in Toronto, and is
joying gratifying success in general practice, ako r
corporation work.

A member of the York County Law Associa
Mr. Barlow also holds membership in the Ontario
Canadian Bar associations. He is a member of
Toronto Board of Trade, and in politics is Inde
dent. He is a member of the Canadian Club, ar
the Graduates' Club, at Hart Hoiise (Universit
Toronto), and attends the Methodist church.

Mr. Barlow married, in Toronto, in Septen
1921, Marjorie Forsyth, daughter of W. O. Forsyt
Toronto, and they reside at No. 432 Markham strei

THOMAS O. AKED— As head of the corpora
Aked & Company, Ltd., Mr. Aked holds impoi
place in an industry with which the family name
been identified for more than a century, and di
the operations of a concern of leading prominenc
its field. Mr. Aked fills a dual position in relatic
the textile industry, that of inventor and manufact
He possesses mechanical talents that have been
means of a long advance in worsted spinning,
executive and business qualities that have enabled
to realize materially upon his technical knowledge
skill, a combination that the history of industrial
scientific progress shows as being only too rare.

Mr. Aked is a son of Thomas and Martha Aked
father having died in 1901, the mother living in Ene
aged eighty-six (1921). His father and grandii
spent their lives in the woolen spinning industry,
his present close affiliation with this calling is ii
nature of a birthright. Thomas and Martha Aked
the parents of another son, Ernest, manager o!
Bradford District Bank, of Bradford, England, s
daughter, Edith.

Thomas O. Aked was born in Cross Hills, York
England, December 23, 1876. He was educat
English schools and was graduated from the Bra
Technical College in 1892. Reared in his fa

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isiness, his first employment was secured about 1895,
id he obtained a thorough knowledge of all depart-
ents of textile manufacturing and marketing that has
«n the basis of his subsequent success. In 1909 he
me to Canada as salesman for an English firm man-
acturing yarns and woolens, and in the following
lar formed an association with the Monarch Knit-
ig Company of St. Thomas, Ontario. His duties with
is concern were managerial in character. He was in
large of the construction of their St. Thomas factory
id the installation of machinery at that plant. Mr.
Iced remained with the Monarch Knitting Company
itil April, 1918, when he resigned and incorporated
ked & Company, Ltd., of which he is president,
building was erected in Toronto, and the manufacture
fancy hand knitting yarns was begun. The product

the company has been marketed throughout the
ominion by direct sales, a method of merchandising
at has been most successful. The volume of business
IS increased to an extent that has required the con-
ruction of a new plant which has more than doubled
e company's output. Mr. Aked is credited with hav-
g wound the first ball of knitting wool made in Canada,
d he is known in the textile world as the inventor of
ispinning machine, known as the Aked Prince Smith
yer Doffer, which has revolutionized the spinning
llustry, and which is in general use wherever worsteds
i; manufactured. This machine, a labor saver, pro-
1 cing goods of uniformly higher grade than were
t merly manufactured, has practically eliminated
[ild labor in English worsted mills, and it has thus
ived as a contributing factor in social as well as in
Bmomic advance. This machine, patented in 1911,
i(of course, a conspicuous feature of the equipment of
ti' mills of Aked & Company, Ltd., in which have been
iitalled the most modern mechanical improvements,
a well as the best features of industrial construction,
le large number of employees work under conditions
t'.t approximate the ideal, and careful consideration
isjiven to their welfare. Mr. Aked is a member of
tl Canadian Woolen Manufacturers' Association and
tl Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and in his
psent-day activity in textile manufacturing carries
tl record of his family well into its second century.
H is a member of the Masonic order, fraternizing with
S Thomas Lodge, No. 44. He is a communicant of the
C irch of England, and in politics is a Conservative.

Ir. Aked married, in England, in 1904, Margaret
Pjcles, of Colne, Lancashire, England. They are the
pjjnts of one daughter, Elizabeth Aleen.

OHN WILLIAM GARVIN, B. A.— Although in

eay manhood Mr. Garvin withdrew from work in

ed:ational fields to form an association in financial

afiirs, his interest and activity in scholarly affairs

dinot lessen, and he is known widely both as vice-

prident and managing director of the Federal Finance

CtDoration, Ltd., and as author and editor.

^ r. Garvin is a son of David and Melissa (Lemon)

'^iivin, and was born in Lynden, Wentworth county,

io, March 19, 1859. His father was a native of

^h county, Ireland, and his mother was a native

lian, of English descent. Midhurst, Vespra

iiip, North Simcoe, became the family home in

xth year, and his education was obtained in the

irst public school, Barrie Collegiate Institute,

roy "Training Institute for high school teachers,

niversity College, Toronto. He is an honor gradu-

the last-named institution in mental and moral

' , logic, political economy and allied courses, and

ccialist in English of the Education Department,

0. Mr. Garvin was principal of the model and

public schools of Welland, Ontario, in 1887-88, prin-
cipal of the model and public schools of Woodstock,
Ontario, in 1889-92, and inspector of public schools
of Peterboro, Ontario, in 1893-95.

In 1895 he entered the financial field as manager of
Central Ontario for the North American Life Assurance
Company, continuing in this capacity until 1903. Later
he became chief inspector of agencies of the Manufac-
turers' Life Insurance Company, and subsequently, in
1910, manager of the agency department of the Ex-
celsior Life Insurance Company. He originated the
Sterling Life Assurance Company and later amalgamated
this company with the Security Life Insurance Com-
pany, and served as the first managing director of the
amalgamated company. In 1918 Mr. Garvin entered
the bond and stock field, and in July, 1919, became vice-
president and managing director of the Federal Finance
Corporation, Ltd., and has since devoted himself to its
interests. This company's operations are in bond and
stock brokerage, and government, municipal and cor-
poration bonds and debentures and dividend paying
stocks are handled. Mr. Garvin brought to his official
post a broad experience and proved ability in financial
affairs, and his administration has been productive of
broad growth and development, the institution holding
high rank in its field.

In the spring of 1897, two years after he had aban-
doned professional work along educational lines, Mr.
Garvin originated a new educational policy for the
Liberal-Conservative party of Ontario, involving a
minimum of model schools and additional normal
schools, an advisory council elected by ballot by the
several branches of the profession, cheaper text-books
and other important items. He contested West Peter-
boro in the ensuing general election but was defeated
by the late Hon. J. R. Stratton.

Mr. Garvin is the editor-author of "Canadian Poets,"
editor of "Canadian Poems of the Great War," editor
of "The Collected Poems of Isabella Valancy Crawford,"
and has made numerous other contributions to the
literature of his time. His scholarship has followed
philosophical and scientific lines, and he originated
shortly after the discovery of radium a religio-psycho-
logical philosophy of the universe, a synopsis of which
was subsequently published. He has many points of
contact with the life of his community, is a member of
the Mississauga Golf and Country Club, the Empire
Club, and the Board of Trade. For seven years he
served in the Canadian Militia as honorary captain and
quartermaster with the Third Prince of Wales, Can-
adian Dragoons.

Mr. Garvin married, November 9, 1912, Amelia
Beers Warnock, daughter of James and Katherine
Hale (Byard) Warnock, her father a native of Kil-
marnock, Scotland, her mother born in Mobile, Ala-
bama. Mrs. Garvin, who was born in Gait, Ontario, is
a maternal great-granddaughter of Major J. B. Hogan,
aide-de-camp to Lafayette in the State of Alabama
during Marquis de Lafayette's tour of the United
States in 1824-25.

Mrs. Garvin was educated in Gait and in Miss Veal's
School in Toronto, and later studied in New York and
Europe. She studied music with youthful ambition
for the operatic stage, and although literary work has
claimed her almost entirely, it was her graphic articles
on Wagnerian opera, sent to the "Mail and Empire"
from New York, that led to her appointment as editor
of the department, "Contemporary Literature." She
is best known through her critical literary work with this
journal, although she has appeared widely on the re-
cital and lecture platform, and her name has carried
farthest through her poetry. Her writing has been

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done under the name "Katherine Hale," and her pub-
ished works are "Grey Knitting and Other Poems,"
"The White Comrade and Other Poems," "The New
Joan and Other Poems," and many essays and short
stories. Several of her poems have been set to music
notably "In the Trenches," by the well known com-
poser, Gena Branscombe, under the title "Dear Lad
O'Mine." Mrs. Garvin is a member of the Heliconian
Club, the Toronto Women's Press Club, the Women's
Canadian Club of Toronto, and other literary and
civic organizations. In 1919 she was president of the
Women's Canadian Club, and this year is a member of
the Dominion Council of the Canadian Authors' As-
sociation.

ALBERT OGDEN— Those pages of Toronto's per-
sonal history upon which are set forth the outline of
Albert Ogden's career name him as a successful and
prominent lawyer, a man diligent in Christian works,
and a humanitarian whose love for his fellows found
expression in countless services for the promotion of
their welfare. His was a sympathy all-embracing, a
brotherliness and kindliness that knew only the limits
of his strength and acquaintance, and he was loved by
old and young alike, finding, indeed, his greatest pleasure
in the company of his many friends among young
people.

Mr. Ogden was a son of William J. and Rebecca (Ward)
Ogden, United Empire Loyalists, early settlers of
Peel county, and was born in Toronto township, Peel
county, Ontario, September 29, 1847, the direct an-
cestry of his line tracing to the reign of Charles II. His
father was a farmer on the Lake Shore road, and Albert
Ogden was reared on the home farm, helping in its
cultivation and attending the public school. Studies
in commercial college and Toronto Collegiate Institute
followed, and upon the completion of his legal training
he was called to the bar in 1876. His preparation for his
profession had been obtained in the law office of Cameron,
McMichael & Hoskin, and upon the elevation of Mr.
Cameron to the bench the firm became McMichael,
Hoskin & Ogden. In 1889 the title became Hoskin &
Ogden, as it remained until Mr. Hoskin's death, after
which Mr. Ogden practiced alone for several years.
Mr. Bowlby subsequently became his partner, under the
title of Ogden & Bowlby, at No. 23 Toronto street,
this association enduring until Mr. Ogden's death,
September 16, 1921. For more than forty years Ue
followed his calling in Toronto, gaining honored reputa-
tion at the bar and equally high standing in the com-
munity-at-large. He was a Liberal in politics, strongly
in favor of prohibition, and although professional affairs
occupied him to the exclasion of office holding, he served
as commissioner for Newfoundland.

Mr. Ogden was solicitor for the Salvation Army from
the time this organization entered Toronto, and sub-
sequently was appointed counsel for the Salvation
Army throughout Canada. To the work of the army
he brought not only splendid legal abilities but staunch
belief in its methods of work, and this double identifica-
tion with its affairs made him an especially valuable
servant in its cause.

For thirty-five years Mr. Ogden was recording stew-
ard of the Queen Street Methodist Church, and for
twenty-five years of that period had charge of its Sunday
school work as superintendent. Later he became a mem-
ber of the Eaton Memorial Church, also of the Method-
ist faith, and a member of its quarterly board. He was
treasurer of the Methodist Social Union, and in these
relations, brought about through his keen religious
sense and practical Christianity, he found greatest
satisfaction. When means were lacking for the fur-

therance of some good work, none was more ger
or ready in his response than he, and many Chr
causes carried his name as a dependable, liberal
tributor. He rejoiced to see young people devel
in manly and womanly character and in high ide;
and his influence was felt among a large acquair
of the younger generation. Mr. Ogden was a mt
of several fraternal organizations, including th
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and the Sons of
land.

Mr. Ogden's first wife, Mary (Leadley) Ogden
in 1895, the mother of the following children: ]
William E., of Toronto. 2. Mary Alberta, m;
Franklin Brown. 3. Annie, married Morris Per
Buffalo, New York. 4. Uziel, a resident of Bi
New York. 5. Leadley, a contractor of Jacksoi
Florida. 6. C. Erskine, a medical student at th«
break of the World War, went overseas with th(
contingent as a private in the "Queen's Own R
He later was transferred to the Royal Air Force, g
lieutenant's rank, and while performing a missioi
forced to land inside the German lines. He was
prisoner and held for one year in Germany. H
awarded the military cross. Mr. Ogden married (se
December 10, 1896, Esther Elizabeth Herdman, d
ter of Joseph Herdman, of Toronto, and they bi
the parents of two sons: Frederick Herdman,
Alfred Winslow.

WILLIAM LEWIS EDMONDS— Among the

known men who have exerted a wide influence in 1
to is William Lewis Edmonds, who began his assoc
with newspaper work nearly fifty years ago, and
during most of the years which have passed sinc<
time, has been engaged in newspaper and journ
work in this city.

Mr. Edmonds was born in Northumberland, Enj
January 15, 1859, son of W. G. and Elizabeth Edn
He received his education in Bideford, North E
England, and in 1873 came to Canada with his pa
he then being a lad of fourteen years. Two years
in 1875, he began his career as a newspaper mai
tering a publishing office, where he first became fa;
with the mechanical work of printing a news sheet
serving as reporter, and finally becoming a meml
the editorial staff. For more than two years he pub
the Ontario "Gleaner" (Cannington), and then bi
reporter for the Toronto "News"; commercial
city editor of the Toronto "World"; managing i
of the McLean trade papers; and later vice-pre;
and general manager of the McLean Publishing
pany. This connection was maintained until Jar
1911, when in partnership with D. O. McKinm
organized the Commercial Press, Ltd., Since 19
has been engaged in free lance journalism, contril
to Canadian, British and American newspapers
magazines. With all his business responsibilitii
has been active in public service, contributing fre
his time for the furtherance of projects which seen
him wisely planned for the advancement of the |
welfare. He has served as justice of the peac(

1910 he wrote "The Can Manufacturer's Vulni
Spot," and recently "Atlantic to the Pacific" — i
cription of Canada and its resources, and "Jasper
Its History and Physical Characteristics." I;
provincial general election of 1905, he unsuoce?
contested East Toronto in the Liberal interest, but

1911 has been independent in politics. In 1905 h
elected president of the First Ward Young Lil
Club. He favors a moderate protective tarif
municipal and government ownership of public
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eligious affiliation is with the Kew Beach Presbyterian
;hurch, of which since 1911 he has been an elder. He
as always been fond of out-of-door sports, was an
nthusiastic lawn bowler, and the first president of the
Lew Beach Bowling Club. He is also a member of the
lational Club.
Mr. Edmonds married, in June, 1885, Ida Galley,
aughter of E. Galley, of Toronto, and they are the
arents of five children, one of whom is deceased:
Jlanche, wife of Leslie Price, of Toronto; George E.
arrister, of Toronto; Dr. Lewis C, physician, also of
'oronto; Ona Florence, at home; and Beatrice Evelyn,
eceased.

ALFRED EDWARD CLARK— One of the foremost
ames in the lumber business in Canada is that of Clark,
nd Alfred E. Clark, of Toronto, is not only at the head
f the Clark interests, but is active in the organized
iterests of the lumber producers and dealers of the
)ominion.

Mr. Clark is a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Shepherd)
lark. The elder Mr. Clark, who founded the present
usiness, wag born in Holwell, England, and has followed
lie lumber business throughout his entire career. He
I still at the head of the firm of Edward Clark & Sons,
ltd., although he has largely turned over to his son the
Isponsibilities of the business. The mother, who was
)rn in Middlesex county, Ontario, died in 1912.

Alfred E. Clark was born in Bridgen, Lambton
I'unty, Ontario, March 19, 1880. Receiving his early
ilucation in the public schools of his native place, he
Impleted his studies in the Strathroy Collegiate In-
iitute, then, for one year, taught school at Kerwood.
I 1899 Mr. Clark became associated with his father
i the lumber business, which was at that time located
i Hamilton, Ontario. He has continued with the firm
^ice, after the first few years, during which he studied
jnditions, in an executive capacity. In 1907 the
jsiness was removed to Toronto, and since that time
ip head offices have been located in the Bank of Hamil-

11 building, under the name of Edward Clark & Sons,
d. Alfred E. Clark has now for years been general
Ijinager of the firm, and under his capable hand its
wgress has been steady and permanent. Long a mem-
g- of the various lumber associations of Canada,
ifl'. Clark has been brought forward in their work
lian official capacity. He is a past director of the
litional Hardwood Lumber Association, of Chicago,
I,nois, is past president of the Wholesale Lumber
lalers' Association, of Toronto, is a director of the
>tional Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, of
York, was for one year vice-president of the
lian Lumbermen's Association, and at the con-
n of 1921 was elected president of this great
ization. He is a member and director of the
to Board of Trade. His more personal interests
le membership in St. John's Lodge, Free and
■ted Masons, of Hamilton, in the Rotary Club, of
io, the Granite Club, of Toronto, the Scarboro
Club, the Deer Park Golf and Country Club,
Downs Golf and Country Club, and the Thorn-
n>lf and Country Club. He is a member of the
yterian church of Toronto.

. Clark married, in 1904, Minnie Hill, of Strathroy,

Aas born April 14, 1880, and they are the parents

son and one daughter, as follows: Alfred Mortimer,

January 22, 1906; and Dorothy E., born Decem-

1911.

ENNETH GEORGE ROBERTSON— Trained in

ii leading educational institutions of Canada for his
irpssional career, and with wide experience in various

parts of Ontario, Mr. Robertson has for the past eight
years been one of the successful legal practitioners
of Toronto.

Coming of a prominent family of the Province of
Quebec, Mr. Robertson is a son of the Hon. James
Gibb Robertson, who was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec,
January 1, 1843, and was for nineteen years treasurer
of the Province of Quebec. He was a Conservative
in political affairs, and at the time of his death, in 1906,
was postmaster of the city of Sherbrooke. He married
Mary Jane Woodward, who was born in Sherbrooke,
February 13, 1848, and still survives him. They were
the parents of four children: James J., who died at
Sherbrooke, in 1916; William Gordon Murray; Kenneth
G., of whom further; and Kathleen, with whom the
mother now resides, she being the wife of James B.
Noble, formerly of Petrolia, now a prominent barrister
of the firm of Noble & St. John, of Vancouver, British
Columbia. Both sons are practicing law, Mr. Robert-
son's brother, William Gordon Murray Robertson,
being a successful barrister of Neepawa, Manitoba.

Kenneth George Robertson was born in Sherbrooke,
Quebec, May 17, 1879, and received his early education
in the public and high schools of his native place. There-
after entering Bishop's College, he was graduated in
the class of 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
then entering McGill University of Montreal for his
legal training, he was graduated from that institution
in the class of 1904, with the degree of Bachelor of
Laws. Immediately following his graduation, Mr.
Robertson began practice as a member of the firm
of Smith, Markey & Montgomery, of Montreal, and
this association continued for one year. He then re-
moved to Haileybury, Ontario, where he was associated
with A. G. Slaght in the practice of law fpr four years,
subsequently practicing there for a similar period
alone. In 1914 Mr. Robertson came to Toronto and
engaged in private practice, opening his offices at his
present location. No. 12 King street. East. He has
since handled a large general practice, but much cor-
poration work is placed in his hands. His experience
in the North has especially qualified him for the handling
of mining interests, and he is esteemed as an authority
in this field.

A Conservative by political convictions, Mr. Robert-
son takes no leading part in public affairs, but cordially
endorses every forward movement in all branches of
public endeavor. He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi
fraternity, and holds membership in St. Barnabas'
Anglican Church.

Mr. Robertson married, in Toronto, on October 8,
1918, Claudia Blanche Wilson, daughter of W. W.
and Alice Wilson, prosperous farming people of Delta,
Ontario, and they have one child, Margaret Kathleen,
born March 15, 1921.

NORMAN SEAGRAM— All of Mr. Seagram's
business life has been spent in connection with financial
work, beginning as a junior clerk in a bank. As a
member of the firm of Buchanan, Seagram & Company,
he is well known and highly regarded in Toronto, and
in brokerage operations has acquired reputation for
business talent and dependability. Mr. Seagram is a
son of the late Joseph E. Seagram, born in Gait, Ontar-
io, who was engaged in distilling operations until 1919.
Joseph E. Seagram married Stephanie Erbs, born in
Alsace-Lorraine, died in 1919.

Norman Seagram was born in Waterloo, Ontario,
July 19, 1879, and was educated in the Trinity College
School at Port Hope and a Montreal high school.
Upon the completion of his scholastic training he ob-
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and for six years remained with this institution. Upon
leaving its employ he entered independent brokerage
dealings and became a member of the firm of Buchanan,
Seagram & Company, an organization that has become
prominent in Toronto in the handling of high grade
securities.

Mr. Seagram is a member of the York Club, Toronto
Club, Albany and Toronto Hunt Club, Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, Toronto Golf Club, Caledon Mountain
Trout Club, Toronto Cricket Club, the Toronto Gar-
rison Badminton Club. He is a communicant of the
Anglican church.

Mr. Seagram married, in 1904, Gladys Buchanan,
and they are the parents of: Persls Stephanie, Joseph
William, Norman Oliver, and Robert David.

WILLIAM HENRY EAKINS— Toronto has known
two generations of the family of Eakins in the activi-
ties of William Henry Eakins, subject of this sketch,
and William George Eakins (see sketch following), father
and son, and from both received full measure of the ser-
vice of good citizenship. Public duties and the affairs
of the church were given their attention, and worthy
works resulted from their interest and labor in these
fields. It is not always the fact that the high standards
of one generation are those of the next, but in the
lives of these men there was no shadow of variation
or turning from the same lofty aims.

William Henry Eakins spent the earlier years of
his life in Vienna and IngereoU, and later removed to
Woodstock, where he prospered in business, making
wise investments whose values increased with the passing
of the years. His interest in church affairs was proverb-
ial, and for twenty-eight years he was a delegate to
the synod. When he made Toronto his home he became
identified with numerous community interests, con-
tinuing in the church work which had always claimed
his devoted attention. He had been a delegate to the
Anglican synod from Ingersoll, and in Toronto joined the
congregation of the Church of the Redeemer, later
transferring his membership to St. Paul's Anglican
Cathedral. Mr. Eakins was a lover of flowers and loved
to work among them, his gardens being the source of
his greatest pleasure and pride. Reading the best in
literature was his real hobby, and he was noted as
one of the best read men in Ontario.

Mr. Eakins married (first) Agnes Lowe; (second)
Clara A. Youell. His death occurred in Toronto,
October 9, 1906. He had met all the requirements of
good citizenship, and his life, devoted to worthy aims,
had been of value in circles far beyond those of his
immediate contact.

of St. Paul's Anglican Church, filled several offices
the denomination, and was held in universally hi
regard in his community.

William George Eakins married, in 1907, Mrs. Edi
Zimmerman.

WILLIAM GEORGE EAKINS, son of William
Henry and Agnes (Lowe) Eakins (see preceding sketch),
was born in Vienna, Ontario, November 16, 1854,
and died in Toronto, December 21, 1913. He was edu-
cated in the grammar schools of Ingersoll and Gait,
and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts
from the University of Toronto, receiving the silver
medal in modern languages in 1876. In 1877 he re-
ceived his Master's degree in arts, and in 1880, upon
the completion of professional studies, he was called to
the bar, practicing in Woodstock for four years. At the
end of that time he became an editorial writer upon the
staff of the "Toronto Mail" and for seven years con-
tinued in this capacity. In December, 1891, Mr.
Eakins was appointed librarian of the Law Society
and filled this position throughout the remainder of
his active career. He was the author of various articles
on legal subjects, and in 1906 superintended the con-
solidation of the statutes. Mr. Eakins was a member

CAMERON HUSBAND— A representative of
English family long resident in the Dominion, \
Husband was born in Halton county, Ontario, Septe
ber 15, 1861, son of Henry and Mary (Alderson) Hi
band. His father, who also was born in Halton count
was widely known in educational circles and was 1
twenty-eight years head master of the Oakville Pub
School. He died in Toronto in 1920, after a long a
active life devoted to the public good. Mr. Husband h
the misfortune to lose his mother when he was oi
four years old. She was a Virginian by birth, a la
with a most dignified and beautiful character, and 1
death constituted an irreparable loss to her family.

Educated under his father's supervision in the pub
schools, Mr. Husband, as a boy, threw himself into 1
studies with all the ardor and enthusiasm of whi
he was capable. He seemed destined to follow in ]
father's footsteps and to become a member of the ec
cational profession, but a special aptitude for co
mercial affairs revealed itself in him, and, after '.
graduation from high school, he decided to enter t
field of business.

Coming to Toronto in 1882, he became associat
with the house of Gowans, Kent & Company, remaini
for two years with this firm and applying hima
vigorously to the study of business methods and pr
ciples. These years intensified his conviction that i
energies would find their proper outlet in the condi
of business enterprises, and, in 1884, he took a forwE
step in his career by entering the service of Rice
Davis, the well known Toronto wholesale fruit m
chants. He spent ten years with this firm, acquiri
a thorough knowledge of the wholesale fruit busine
and then resigned his position in order to establ
himself independently. With his brother George foi
partner, he founded the firm of Husband Brothers
Company, wholesale dealers in fruit. This venti
succeeded, and the partnership continued until t
death of George Husband in 1905. Mr. Husba
continued to conduct the business for a year after '.
brother's death and then disposed of it and turned ]
attention to the field of brokerage in fruit. For the pi
fifteen years he has devoted his attention to this bran
of brokerage, and since 1918 his son, George Camer
Husband has been associated with him. During t
long period of his connection with the business life
Toronto, Mr. Husband has witnessed the growth
the city in power and influence and has taken an acti
part in all movements tending towards civic improi
ment and social welfare. He belongs to the Toror
Board of Trade and is considered an authority on
matters connected with brokerage in his branch
business.

In 1885 Mr. Husband enlisted in the York and Simc
Regiment, Canadian Infantry, and served as a privi
during the Rebellion. Mr. Husband attends the Mel
odist church of Toronto. He is a Mason, and belongs
the Ancient Order of Foresters; the Canadian Order
Foresters; and the Commercial Travellers' Associati
of Canada. He holds membership in the Lakesi
Country Club, the Oakville Golf Club, the Que
City Club, and the Oakville Lawn Bowling Club.

Mr. Husband married, in 1888, Elizabeth Sims,
Shelbrine, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Husband have c
son, George Cameron Husband, who was born May
1896. When the World War began, George Camei

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'usband was among the first of the Canadians to join
le colors. He enlisted in the Toronto Flying Corps
id was sent to England for training. In 1916 he re-
iived a commission as lieutenant in the Royal Flying
orps and continued in active service until 1918, when
i received his discharge. Upon his return to Toronto,
5 joined his father in business, and is associated with
:m in the conduct of the fruit brokerage house of which
[r. Husband is the head.

ALLAN MacNAB DENOVAN— In legal circles in
oronto the name of Allan MacNab Denovan has long
sen familiar, his professional activity having now
)vered a period of more than thirty-five years.
Mr. Denovan comes of an old Scottish family, and
s father. Rev. Joshua Denovan, was born in Glasgow,
!otland, December 27, 1829. Rev. Mr. Denovan came

Canada in the year 1866, bringing his family with him,
id settled in the Eastern townships, south of Montreal,
uebec, was active there, also in Stratford, Montreal,
id Toronto, for many years, as a minister of the
iptist church. He gained wide prominence through
s labors in Toronto, as he built the Emanuel Church

the corner of Jarvis and Wellesley streets, then one
' the most aristocratic sections of this city. A man of
rceful personality and a persuasive and convincing
ieaker, he wielded a powerful influence for good
lerever his voice was heard in sacred discourse.
AS death occurred on January 2, 1901. He married
. ne MacNab, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland,
.)ril 23, 1832, and who survived him only a few
veks, passing away in February of 1901.
Allan MacNab Denovan was born in Glasgow,
iotland, August 2, 1861, and was five years of age
lien he came with his parents to Canada. Receiving
li early education in Stratford, he also attended
siool in Montreal, Quebec, during the family's resi-
(nce there, then came to Toronto at the age of sixteen
jars. The year following, in. 1878, Mr. Denovan
etered the University of Toronto, from which he
jiduated with the class of 1883, with the degree of
I chelor of Arts. In 1886 he entered upon the practice
c law in the city of Toronto, where he has since con-
tued, his offices now being at No. 18 Toronto street.
1: has carried on a general practice without inter-
Dtion until the present time, always independently,
h success being definite and permanent, and he is now
Oi of the foremost men in the profession in Toronto.

VIr. Denovan married, in Toronto, on September 13,
H8, Elizabeth Parker, who was born in Toronto,
a J is a daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Poole)
Irker, her father a noted contractor of his day and
0! time alderman of the city of Toronto. Mr and
^s. Denovan are the parents of four children: Ruth,
nv the wife of V. Evan Gray, superintendent of in-
stance for Ontario, at the Parliament buildings at
T-onto; Grace, now the wife of J. A. E. Braden, of
tl firm of Gibbons, Harper & Braden, of London,
Ctario; Allan MacNab, Jr., of further mention; and
S nuel Parker, now studying for the profession of
b rister.

illan MacNab Denovan, Jr., was born in Toronto,
Jiuary 8, 1895. His early education was received
ii;he public schools of Toronto, the Model School, and
tl University School, and he had just completed his
cirse at Upper Canada College when war conditions
we precipitated. Immediately upon the breaking out
olthe World War, he attempted to enlist, but was
ft'cted on physical grounds. Determined to serve
hj country at any cost, he went to work on a farm,
wtinuing for one year to attain physical fitness.
'hn returning to the city he underwent an operation

and again made application for enlistment, this time
being accepted. He entered an officer's training camp
and was commissioned lieutenant of Grenadiers. Al-
though he had never seen an aeroplane, he had a strong
desire to join the aero squad and, no immediate op-
portunity of going overseas offering, he made appli-
cation for transfer to the Royal Flying Corps. This was
accomplished and he sailed for England from St. John
in December of 1916. He began his air training in
England at once, and being apt in learning, was com-
missioned a pilot and given a plane in April of 1917.
Going to France, he was wounded on June 15, losing
the little finger of his right hand, after which he was
in England for a time. At the end of January, 1918,
Lieutenant Denovan returned to France as pilot of
a "single seater," carrying three machine-guns. On
March 26, 1918, he was reported missing, and has
never been heard from since. A young man of rare
promise and brilliant mental endowment, his loss was
a sad blow to his family, and among the wide circle
of friends who knew and loved him, he is deeply mourned.
His father recently erected a beautiful tablet to his
memory in St. Paul's Anglican Church in this city.

HENRY THOMAS SMITH— Grand scribe E. of
the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Canada,
Mr. Smith is so widely known that he does not require
an introduction. He was born at London, England,
July 11, 1859, and came to Canada with his parents
when he was a child.

Mr. Smith was educated in the public schools of
London, Ontario, and acquired his technical training
in the commercial schools of that city. A high degree
of literary ability, united with an uncommon skill
in transcription by shorthand or otherwise, had a de-
termining influence upon Mr. Smith's career, and after
teaching shorthand privately and in colleges, and ac-
quiring a knowledge of men and affairs as a newspaper
reporter, he became a chartered stenographic reporter
in the courts of the Province of Ontario. While prac-
ticing as a court stenographer, Mr. Smith reported
many famous Canadian trials, and speeches and lectures
by some of the world's most distinguished men. He
subsequently became private secretary for several
prominent men as well as secretary in the assessment
department of the city of Toronto. For many years
he has been editor of the "Masonic Sun," and at the
present time he is grand scribe E. (grand secretary)
of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Canada.

Mr. Smith is an ardent believer in the power for
good wielded throughout the world by the Masonic
fraternity. He is an active member of that order,
stands high in its councils, and has held many offices.
His degrees, offices, and orders are as follows: Re-
ceived Entered Apprentice, March 10, 1891; Fellowcraft,
April 14, 1891; Master Mason, May 18, 1891, in St.
Andrew's Lodge No. 16, Toronto. In this lodge, Mr.
Smith has held the office of junior steward, senior
steward, junior deacon, senior deacon, secretary, junior
warden, senior warden, and, in 1899, master. In the
Grand Lodge, Mr. Smith held the office of grand junior
deacon in 1905, and that of grand registrar in 1910.
He is also an honorary member of a number of lodges
in Toronto.

In Royal Arch Masonry, Mr. Smith was made mark
master. May 18, 1894; past master, at Buffalo, New
York (degree not conferred in Canada but received it
honorary); most excellent master, June, 1894; Royal
Arch, September 28, 1894; in the Royal Arch Chapter
of St. Andrew and St. John, No. 4, Grand Royal Chap-
ter, at Toronto. In this Chapter, Mr. Smith has held
the office of junior sojourner, senior sojourner, scribe E.,

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third and second principals, and, in 1901, first principal.
In the Grand Chapter of Canada, Mr. Smith was
elected grand senior sojourner in 1903; grand super-
intendent of the Toronto District in 1904; and was
elected grand scribe E. in 1916. He is also an honorary
member of twenty or more constituent chapters in
Toronto.

In the Order of the Eastern Star, Mr. Smith re-
ceived degrees in Fidelity Chapter, U. D., at Toronto,
and subsequently became worthy patron. Previous
to this accession, Mr. Smith had received the degrees
honorary in the State of New York.

In the order of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite,
Mr. Smith is a member of the Toronto Lodge of Per-
fection, Toronto Sovereign Chapter of Rose Croix,
and Moore's Consistory, having the thirty-second
degree.

Mr. Smith is an honorary member of two Opera-
tive Lodges in England. He is also an honorary mem-
ber of the Masonic Veterans' Association of Illinois.
For several years he was local secretary, in the Province
of Ontario, of Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076, London,
England. He was likewise secretary for many years,
as well as an honorary past president of the Past Mas-
ters' Association of Toronto district; an honorary presi-
dent of the Principals' Association of Toronto; and
grand representative of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky,
near the Grand Chapter of Canada. He is also a member
of Rameses Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine, Toronto.

Mr. Smith has compiled the history of several Masonic
bodies; has lectured and written on general Masonic
subjects, and has also written and lectured on the
Orange Institution and Black Knights of Ireland.
He is an honorary member of the New York State
Stenographers' Association. He belongs to the Black
Knights of Ireland, is an honorary member of the
Order of the Woodmen of the World, and has held
high rank in the Knights of Pythias, Orange, and other
bodies. He has received diplomas from certain literary
societies in Europe, and is a member of the Canadian
and Empire clubs, and likewise belongs to the Navy
League, of Toronto.

Mr. Smith married, on November 29, 1880, Harriet
Stone, at London, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have
had three daughters, two of whom are living.

WILLIAM CLAUDE FOX is a native Torontonian,
and one of the pioneers of the Toronto Mining Ex-
change, which later absorbed and assumed the name
of the present Standard Mining Exchange. He was
its president in 1908 and 1909, and widely known as
the principal of the old firm of Fox & Ross, stock and
mining brokers.

As a lad, Mr. Fox was a pupil of the old Louisa Street
School, and later, the old John Street School, under
the late Samuel McAllister, which he quit after being
the head boy of the school, and was very proud of the
title of "Mac's Head Boy." His first job was as a
messenger boy with the old legal firm of Harrison,
Osier & Moss, when they had their ofl!ices at No. 36
King street, East, during the summer holidays. His
next job was again as a messenger boy for R. J. Hunter
& Company, tailors and gent's furnishings, which
was then situated on the southeast corner of King and
Church streets. There were no Saturday afternoons
off with him then; it was 7 a.m. to 6. p.m. every day,
and Saturday until midnight or later. Between thirteen
and fourteen years of age he commenced his appren-
ticeship as a watch-maker with the original firm of
Kent Brothers, at No. 168 Yonge street, being about the
middle of the present Robert Simpson Store, Toronto.

He finished the art of watch-making with their ex
craftsman, Thomas Blundell, and subsequently ent
the employ of W. C. Morrison, at No. 9 King sti
West — the old firm representing the English Ru;
Watch — remaining there for a short time. He 1
took a position with W. J. Ward, jeweler, of Qi
street. West, opposite the present City Hall, w
business he ultimately acquired and carried on f(
few years in partnership with M. H. Saunders,
of Winnipeg, with varying success.

Mr. Fox had considerable experience in the hand
of bankrupt stocks, but became interested in Ton
Real Estate as a young man, and his belief and
fidence grew in the great future in store for Toro
commercially, financially and educationally, and
that he is one of the largest holders in successful 1:
ness property, he feels his confidence had been ri
than justified and that the future possibilities
probabilities are greater than ever for his native i
His special, chief hobby and joy has been moderni
antiquated central properties. Mr. Fox's princ
has been to buy a property, repair and hold for
vestment, but many of the properties which he boi
were so sought after by others that he could not
fuse tempting offers. With one or two exception
has never had to offer any of these properties for i
Some of the properties which he owned and whicl
has sold are: The former Standard Stock Excha
building, corner Scott and Colborne streets; the Doi
ion building, Victoria street; the Canadian builc
Victoria street; northeast corner of Richmond
Victoria streets, opposite Shea's Theatre; blocl<
warehouses on Colborne street, and many otl
The most recent property which he has disposed of
the old Board of Trade building, situated at the nc
east corner of Yonge and Front streets, which, w
the Board of Trade lost it under the mortgage to
New York Life Insurance Company, he purchi
from that company, about 1906, and which he dispi
of in June, 1921, to the Toronto Transportation C
mission.

In the early days of mining, when British Colur
had the floor, the firm of Fox & Ross carried on or
the most extensive businesses in mines and mi
stocks from coast to coast. He has also taken ar
still interested in Cobalt and Porcupine camps of
tario. During his tenure of office the entire Exchs
was re-organized and a new charter was obtaii
the affairs of the organization were put on a busi
basis, and a clearing house was established. Bu
was careful to say that although he did his share in
work the greater part of it devolved upon the splei
directorate, which he fortunately had that year, amo
whom were J. M. Wallace, J. L. Mitchell, E. Stracl
Cox, D. G. Lorsch, and others, and they were ii
fatigable in their efforts for the advancement of
interests of the Exchange and the general mining 1
iness.

An energetic worker, Mr. Fox is a lover of all
door sports and games, his principal recreations b
rowing, running and swimming. He is a membe
the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Lake Shore Cou
Club, Humber Valley Golf Club, Empire Club, Comr
wealth Club, Royal Canadian Institute, and h
one of the early members of the Bureau of Mu
pal Research. He is a Royal Arch and Chapter M
(St. Alban's and Antiquity). In religion he is an A
can.

THOMAS RICHARD HANLEY, M. B.— Bor

Orillia, Ontario, September 11, 1884, son of Job
contractor of Midland, Ontario, and of Mary (Simp

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139

[anley, Dr. Thomas R. Hanley is numbered among

le successful members of the medical profession in

'oronto.

Dr. Hanley received his preparatory education in

le public schools of his native city and of Midland,

nd then entered the University of Toronto, from

'hich he was graduated in 1909, with the degree of

lachelor of Arts. Two years later he received the

egree of Bachelor of Medicine from the same in-

;itution. He then went to New York City, where

)r more than a year he was engaged in post-graduate

ork in obstetrics, medicine, and anasthesia, in the

few York Hospital and in the Manhattan Maternity

[ospital in New York City. Late in 1913 he returned

) Toronto, and began his professional career as a gen-

•al practitioner. During the decade which has elapsed

nee that time he has been steadily building up a

rge and important clientele and has made for him-

•If a name and a place among the eminently able

I presentatives of his profession in Toronto. In addi-

ion to the responsibilities of his large and growing

j-actice, he has rendered valuable service in numerous

her professional connections. He is a member of

le staff of the Toronto General Hospital, and as as-

stant professor of anasthesia in the University of

|Dronto, is helping to prepare the next generation

physicians for more efficient service in the profession.

5 a faithful and skilled practitioner, thoroughly

luipped and progressive professional man, and an

lie instructor. Dr. Hanley is highly esteemed in the

ty of Toronto, not only by his professional associates

It by his fellow-citizens in general, and especially

■ thousands of his patients who owe to him the benefits

medical service of a high order. He is affiliated with

rious medical associations, including the Toronto

■ademy of Medicine, the Dominion Medical Asso-

Ltion, the Inter-State Medical Association, the Can-

iuii Society of Anasthetists, the American Society

Xnasthetists, and the National American Research

. ii ty of Anasthesia. He is generally recognized as

authority on the subject of anasthesia, and as a

' cialist in that field, is called upon by many menbers

• ' profession to render expert service in that line.
•h all his many and varied responsibilities, Dr.

• y wisely makes time for some forms of healthful
tion. He is a member of the Albany Club, of the
1 Canadian Yacht Club, of the Scarboro Golf
, and of the Kiwanis Club.

August 29, 1914, Dr. Hanley married Mrs. Nellie
'itine) McCarter, daughter of Samuel and Hazel
line, deceased, and has one son, Robert.

DAVID ELLIS HUGHES— In an unusual line of
iftion Mr. Hughes is achieving success in a large
and is holding a foremost position among the
ifacturers of Canada as a producer of advertising
ties, calendars, and allied lines. Mr. Hughes is a
>t John and Elizabeth (Ellis) Hughes, both now
sed, his father having been active in farming
iiining in Wales.

vid Ellis Hughes was born in Montgomeryshire,
<, July 25, 1864, and was educated in the parochial
'!s of his native land. Leaving school at an early
he assisted his father in gardening and farming
lie reached his majority. In 1885 he sailed for
la, purposing to join the Canadian Militia in
ie; down the Riel Rebellion, but, owing to the cap-
if Riel, the uprising was quelled before he could
active service. Mr. Hughes located in Kingston,
rio, and there spent a period of eight years, first
i.ifming, and later in hospital work, as supervisor

of a ward in the Hospital for the Insane, for the Pro-
vincial Government. During this time he took private
study in special lines of commercial courses, and when
he left the hospital, continued along the same line of
study at the Kingston Commercial College for one year.
Coming to Toronto in 1893, he began work as a book-
keeper, and was thus engaged for nearly three years.
In 1895 Mr. Hughes became associated with J. L.
Nichols & Company, a branch of an American concern,
in the capacity of Canadian manager, and continued
with them in this position until 1901. In that year he
purchased the business, which he has since carried
forward under the same name. Its field was originally
that of subscription book publishing, but in 1900 the
concern branched out into the manufacture of adver-
tising calendars, which has since become the leading
enterprise of the business. They also manufacture a
large variety of fancy leather goods for advertising
purposes, making and distributing probably the largest
assortment of advertising novelties in the Dominion,
and their business reaches throughout all the Provinces.
Mr. Hughes is also interested in many other commercial
enterprises, among others the Hertel Harshman Com-
pany, of which he is vice-president. This concern
manufactures holiday greeting cards, and are jobbers
of school supplies, and publishers of subscription books.

Through these various interests Mr. Hughes holds
membership in the Canadian Manufacturers' Associa-
tion and the Toronto Board of Trade. Since 1887 he
has been a member of the Independent Order of For-
esters. He is a member of the Port Credit Bowling
Club and of the Ontario Motor League. For many
years Mr. Hughes has been broadly active in benevolent
and church interests. He is a member of the board of
managers of the Children's Aid Society, and since
1906 has been a member of the board of directors of
the West End Young Men's Christian Association.
Affiliated with the Presbyterian church, he is a member
of the General Assembly's Committee which deals
with the care of aged and infirm ministers. For the
past term, Mr. Hughes has been chairman of the board
of trustees for local school sections in Peel county.
He is a member of the board of management of Knox
College, and for many years has been a member of
the Toronto Presbytery. Politically he is an Indepen-
dent. During the World War, Mr. Hughes served
on the executive committee of the different Victory
Loan campaigns in the Peel county division.

Mr. Hughes married, in 1895, in East Williams,
Middlesex county, Ontario, Helen Ross, oldest daughter
of Andrew Ross, brother of Sir George Ross. Mr. and
Mrs. Hughes are the parents of seven children: Captain
John Allan, of whom further; Dorothy, who died in
infancy; Vida, who died in infancy; Bessy Bain, now a
student at Havergal College; Marjorie M., also a student
at the same institution; Andrew R., a student at St.
Andrew's College; and David D., a student in the Port
Credit Public School. The family home is at Port
Credit, Ontario.

Captain John Allan Hughes, M. C, who is now a
member of the firm as departmental salesmanager,
enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1915, immediately
after his graduation from the University Schools, and
went overseas with the 126th Battalion, being trans-
ferred in France to the 116th Battalion, with which
organization he served for nearly two years. In 1917
he was wounded near Lens, France, and in September,
1918, received the Military Cross for service at Bourey.
He returned from overseas in March, 1919, and is now
on the active militia list, holding the rank of captain,
in command of the Port Credit Company of the Peel
County Regiment.

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JOHN ANDREW PATERSON, K. C— After nearly
fifty years' activity in the profession of the law, and
long connection with various phases of advance in
commercial, scientific, and religious circles, John Andrew
Paterson, K. C, of Toronto, is still alert to the general
progress.

Mr. Paterson was born in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis,
June 22, 1846. Gaining his elementary education
through private tuition, he later came to Toronto,
where he became a student at Upper Canada College,
and in 1861 reached the coveted distinction of "Head
Boy." He entered the University of Toronto in 1862,
from which he graduated in the class of 1866, with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, and a medal for proficiency
in mathematics, receiving his master's degree from the
same institution the following year. In 1866 Mr.
Paterson accepted the chair of mathematics at Upper
Canada College, and very acceptably filled this re-
sponsible position on the faculty of that institution
for three years. Then taking up his legal studies, he was
called to the bar of Ontario in the year 1873. Con-
ducting a general practice from that time until the
present, Mr. Paterson has won his way to eminence in
his chosen profession. He was retained to represent
the Ontario Government in an appeal to the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council, which established the
constitutionality of the present Dominion Lord's Day
Act. He has for many years been a member of the firm
of Kerr, Davidson, Paterson & McFarland, with
offices in the Excelsior Life building, of Toronto. He
has also long been identified with the North American
Life Assurance Company, as a director, but he has
allowed few other business interests to distract his
attention from his profession. A profound student of
conditions and affairs, Mr. Paterson has long been a
recognized authority on many lines of legal procedure,
and was created King's Counsel in 1902.

The realm of astronomy is Mr. Paterson's chief
recreative interest, and he is a frequent contributor
to various technical and popular journals on astronom-
ical subjects. He has for many years been a member
ofthe Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, andis ex-
president of that organization. Politically Mr. Paterson
is a Liberal and a prohibitionist, and he is a very active
mjember of the Presbyterian church. He was chair-
man of the Layman's Missionary Canadian Council,
and wa^ also chairman of the finance board of the
Presbyterian church, and is now vice-chairman of
the general board of the church, and solicitor of the
church and manse board, and Knox College. He is
a former president of the Ontario Sunday School Asso-
ciation, and is now a senator of Knox College. He
has had four children, one of them, Ernest R. Pater-
son, having been the first Rhodes scholar of the Uni-
versity of Toronto, and a champion tennis player.

EDWARD BLAKE THOMPSON, senior member of
the firm of Campbell, Thompson & Company, invest-
ment bankers, of Toronto, was born at Medford, On-
tario, July 31, 1881, son of Alexander and Isabella
(Milne) Thompson.

Mr. Thompson was educated in the public schools
of Medford, and after graduating from high school at
the age of seventeen years, he entered the banking
world as a junior clerk in Molson's Bank at Medford.
His natural aptitude for the business of banking soon
disclosed itself and he remained at Molson's for twelve
years, filling various positions in the Medford bank,
and being stationed at different periods of time at
St. Thomas, Kingswell, Woodstock, and Trenton,
Ontario.

In August, 1910, Mr. Thompson came to Toron
and established the firm of Campbell, Thompson
Company. This house has been extremely successf
and having an established reputation for safe and ec
servative methods, is regarded with favor by leadi
bankers throughout Eastern Canada.

Mr. Thompson is a member of the Deerpark Pr
byterian Church. He is an ardent devotee of golf a
belongs to the Rosedale Golf Club. He also ho
membership in the Ontario Club, the Granite CI]
Canadian Club, the Empire Club, and theCanadi
Club of New York. Mr. Thompson's home is
No. 34 Parkwood avenue.

Mr. Thompson married, on November 2, 1905, M
garet Campbell, daughter of the late John and Mi
(Smith) Campbell, of St. Thomas, Ontario. Mr. 2
Mrs. Thompson have four children: Alexander
who is a student at Upper Canada College; Isal
Edward; and Phyllis.

RALPH C. MURTON— In entering the finani
field in young manhood, Mr. Murton followed the
ample of his honored father, John Walter Murton, 1
of the earliest private bankers in the Province. Ji
Walter Murton established his private banking ho
at Hamilton, eariy in the latter half of the mnetee
century, later changing his operations to coal deali
in which he continued on a large scale for mi
years. About 1894 he entered the public service
sheriff of Wentworth county, holding that oflSce u
his death in 1898. He was prominent in the Masc
order, filled all the chairs of the Scottish Rite bod
i-eceived the coveted thirty-third degree, and
honored, by his name being given to Murton Lodg(
Perfection, of Hamilton, some time prior to his de;
He married (first) Sophia Clark, of Hamilton, who c
in 1884, and married (second) Chariotte Emily Ro
of Hamilton, who now resides in that place. J
Walter Murton was an uncle of Sir Edmund Walke

Ralph C. Murton, youngest son of John Walter
Sophia (Clark) Murton, was born in Hamilton,
tario, in 1884, there attending the public schc
Upon the completion of his education he entered
1904, the Traders' Bank of Canada, later becon
employed by the Sovereign Bank of Canada at
Catharines. In 1909 he organized the firm of Ralpl
Murton & Company, accountants, auditors, and
tematizers, the present location at No. 36 Ton
street. The commissions of the firm have been ir
fields of industry and business, and a large clientele
resulted from the efficient and satisfactory ser
they have rendered at all times. Mr. Murton has
sociated with him assistants of expert knowledge
broad experience and the outstanding success that
attended the firm's activities in its field has been
in principal measure to his wise and energetic direc
of its affairs. He is a member and one of the incorp
tors of the Associated Public Accountants, Ltd.
Canada. He is a communicant of Christ s Chi
Anglican, at Deer Park. .

Mr. Murton married, in Toronto, in 1907, Kath
Hamilton, great-granddaughter of the Hon. Ro
Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ontario. They are the pai
of three children: Aline Hamilton, Kathleen Lies
and Ruth Eloise. The family home is at Rose 1
drive, Moore Park, Toronto.

HUGH JOHN MACDONALD— Formeriy profi
of English and Economies at the University of Ott
Mr. Macdonald gave up his Chair to enter upon
practice of law as a barrister. A native of Prince Ed'
Island, he was born on his father's farm in that Prov

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jy 6, 1881, son of Ronald Andrew and Mary (Mac-
lac) Macdonald. His father, a teacher by profession,
s born on Prince Edward Island in 1849, and died
jre in 1902, at the age of fifty-three years. Mr.
acdonald's mother was born in Newfoundland, and
id in the year 1887, at the early age of twenty-four.
Mr. Macdonald received his preliminary education
the public schools of Prince Edward Island. After
i graduation, he proceeded to St. Dunstan's Uni-
rsity at Charlottetown, where he spent a year in
idy. He obtained a first-class teacher's license at
ince of Wales College and began teaching the following
ar. He met with great success as a teacher, and after

0 years became vice-principal of the Georgetown
•ammar School, a position he held for one year. Mr.
acdonald then decided to resume his studies and,
cordingly, became a student at the University of
tawa. He completed the course in arts, and was
iduated in 1903, with the degree of Bachelor of Phil-
jphy, and a year later, received the degree of Bachelor
Arts. During the following year he remained at the
liversity of Ottawa as professor of English and Econ-
lics. Deciding to enter the legal profession, however,
r. Macdonald came to Toronto in 1905 and became
aw student at Osgoode Hall. He was graduated from

lis institution in 1908 and shortly afterwards took up
li practice of law, establishing his office in the Crown
:ice building. With the exception of one year, during
mich he was associated with the late James S. Fullerton,
tng's Counsel, Mr. Macdonald has always practiced
ilependently. He maintained his office in the Crown
cice building until 1921, when he moved to the Hob-
Irlin building, his present address. His practice is
fieral, but he undertakes special corporation work.

1 polities, Mr. Macdonald is a Conservative. His
(lege fraternity is the Delta Chi, Osgoode Hall.

Mr. Macdonald married, in 1909, in Ottawa, Florence
lirriet Chubbuck, who was born in Ottawa, daughter
cC. E. D. and Harriet (Burrows) Chubbuck. Her fath-
ewas for many years connected with the Department
t Railways and Canals. Her parents are now resi-
cits of England. Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald have two
sis: Hugh, Jr., who was born May 28, 1916; and Neil
I;lis, who was born March 31, 1921. In 1921 Mrs.
hcdonald was president of the Earlscourt Branch of
t! Great War Veterans' Association, and she has al-
vys taken a very active part in matters affecting the
werans.

lESSE O. McCarthy— President and general
r.nager of a Toronto institution whose activities are
pductive of benefit to the community and district,
ti Security Life Insurance Company of Canada,
^•. McCarthy has to his credit valuable civic service
i pired by a broad public spirit and furthered by his
fjancial experience and business knowledge. Mr.
>;Carthy is a native of Walpole township, Haldimand
cmty, Ontario, born November 10, 1867, son of
Carles Callahan and Margaret Frances (Williams)
^:Carthy.

fesse O. McCarthy attended public schools in his
.yjth, and in young manhood was a school teacher,
iil892 becoming a life insurance agent. From 1893 to
1>5 he was inspector and superintendent of agencies
fi the Temperance and General Life Assurance Com-
ply of Toronto, and from 1906 to 1909 provincial
nnager for the Great West Life Assurance Company
0 Toronto, resigning to accept the managership at
Ironto of the Aetna Life Assurance Company which
hheld from 1910 to 1912. In the latter year he was
eited to the presidency of the Sterling Life Assurance
Cmpany, serving in this capacity in 1912, 1913 and

1914, the company then being merged with the Security
Life Insurance Company of Canada under the latter
name. Mr. McCarthy is now president and general
manager of this company. He is also president of the
Greater Canada Security Corporation, president of
the Investors' Service Corporatiort, director of the
La Paz Oil Corporation, president of the Quebec and
Ontario Mortgage Bond Corporation, Ltd.

In 1910 and 1911 Mr. McCarthy served as a member of
the Board of Aldermen of Toronto, and in 1912-13-14
he was controller of the city, an office for which his
official abilities amply qualified him. Mr. McCarthy
holds advanced views of municipal responsibilities
towards its citizenship, and to him belongs the credit
for the establishment in Toronto of a juvenile court,
the first in Canada. While a member of the City Coun-
cil he gave real service in connection with the re-organ
ization of the Health Department, Isolation Hospitr'l,
General Hospital, water supply, food inspection, and all
matters tending to better living conditions in Toronto
He was a constant and strong supporter of technical
schools in the days when support was needed.

Mr. McCarthy has had an active part in every
activity for social welfare in Toronto and in Ontario for
the last tweny-five years. In those instances where
beneficial results are obtainable through the civil
authorities, he has bent his energies toward placing these
in motion, but he has been equally active in private
organizations. He was president of the Canadian Con-
ference of Charities and Correction, president of the
Ontario Association for the Care of the Feeble-minded,
and is a member of the Canadian Public Health As-
sociation and of the Association for the Prevention
of Tuberculosis. He is a member of the Parkdale
Canoe Club, Parkdale Lawn Bowling Club, and affiliates
with the Sons of Temperance, the Loyal Orange Order,
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Can-
adian Order of Foresters. His religious convictions
are Methodist. His chief recreations are in lawn bowling
and motoring.

Mr. McCarthy married, August 10, 1892, Mary
Davis, daughter of James Grant Davis, and they are
the parents of three children: Lilian Pearl, Vourneen,
and Davis.

ROBERT THOMAS NOBLE, M. B.— The presi-
dency of the Toronto Academy of Medicine, one of
the profession's high honors, came to Dr. Noble in
1921, after a quarter of a century of useful practice re-
warded with notable standing among his medical
colleagues. For more than twenty years of this time
he has been a resident and practitioner of Toronto, a
leader of his calling in the city.

Robert Thomas Noble, son of Robert and Marion
(Laing) Noble, the father a grain dealer and miller of
Norval, Ontario, was born at that place July 3, 1871.
After attending public schools in his birthplace he
prepared for college at St. Catharines, subsequently
entering the University of Toronto, whence he was
graduated in 1895, with the degree of Bachelor of Med-
icine. The year following graduation was spent as
interne in the Hamilton City Hospital, after which he
went to New York City, where he passed several months
in the Post-Graduate Hospital. His general practice
began at Brampton, Ontario, in 1896, and continued
with excellent success until 1902, when he came to
Toronto and first occupied an office at No. 74 Gerrard
street, then at No. 322 Bloor street. West, and finally, at
No. 216 St. Clair avenue. West, his present location.
His practice in this city has assumed large proportions,
and the faithful devotion of strong abilities to the de-
mands and problems of his calling has placed him high

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in medical circles. In connection with his general
practice, which has extended into all fields, he served
for many years as a member of the staff of Grace Hos-
pital, of which he is now consulting physician. As-
sociation with his fellow-practitioners in the work of
the Toronto Academy of Medicine has long been one
of his chief interests, for he regards such contact and
communion as one of the most potent agencies for the
advancement of professional aims and the dissemination
of medical knowledge. In 1921 his professional coil-
leagues honored him with election to the presidency of
the Toronto Academy of Medicine and as executive
officer of the academy his deep concern for its influence
as an instrument of good to the cause of medicine and
to the community has inspired him in diligent and
effective administration. Dr. Noble is also a member
of the Ontario Medical Association and the Canadian
Medical Association. His fraternal affiliations are with
Ionic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is a
member of the Rotary Club. He is a communicant of
St. James' Square Presbyterian Church and for a num-
ber of years has been a member of its session as elder.

Dr. Noble married Susannah Harriett Hodgetts, of
St Catharines, and they are the parents of three child-
ren: 1. Warwick Hodgetts, born in Brampton, June
11, 1900, a graduate of the University of Toronto, B.A.,
in 1921, now studying law at Osgoode Hall Law School.
He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces
during the Great World War and won sergeant's rank.
2. Edward Clark, born in Brampton, December 29,
1901, a graduate of the University of Toronto, M.A., in
1921, now a student of medicine. 3. Robert Laing,
born in Toronto, February 3, 1910, a pupil at the
University Schools.

FRANK LAW — Broadly significant to the economic
security of the city and Province are industrial or-
ganizations such as those of which FVank Law, of Toronto,
is the head. His principal interest, the Oak Tire &
Rubber Company, Ltd., is strikingly representative
of the wonderful advance in manufacturing conditions
in Canada during recent years.

Mr. Law was born at Burton-on-Trent, England,
on September 24, 1872, and is a son of Charles and Mary
Jane (Dyche) Law, both now deceased. Mr. Law was
educated in the public schools of his native land, and
came to Canada in 1894, locating first in Montreal,
where he remained for about twelve years. In 1906
he became a resident of Toronto, and up to 1912 he
was active in the insurance and brokerage business.
Thereafter, entering the rubber business, the out-
come of his experience was the organization in 1916,
of the Oak Tire & Rubber Company, Ltd., which has
made a most remarkable growth. Scarcely more than
five years have passed since the organization of the con-
cern, but it now has a capital of three millions of dol-
lars, and is one of the foremost manufacturing es-
tablishments of its class in the Dominion. Founded
upon the universally recognized principles of business
success — quality of product and that economy in pro-
duction which is based upon efficient, rather than cheap
labor. Regardless of the widespread business depression
which in the past few years has been fatal to many older
concerns, the Oak Tire & Rubber Company, Ltd., has
made rapid progress and, through the year 1921, the
demand for their product has necessitated the operation
of the plant at Oakville, twenty-three hours of every
day excepting holidays and Sundays. The plant is
equipped with the most modern machinery, their
calender machines being of the largest type in operation
in any tire plant in the Dominion. Since the inception
of the business, improvement has constantly gone

forward side by side with production, a modern lab
tory, pronounced by experts from the United St
to be one of the finest on the Continent, pointing
way. Here tests of every imaginable kind are mad
bring the product to the standard of the house — wl
is perfection. Plans are now in preparation which
treble the floor space of the plant, and with the ad
space and the installation of the new equipment,
concern will produce not only an increased quantit;
both fabric and cord tires, and inner tubes (now
exclusive product), but will embark upon the mi
facture of mechanical and other rubber goods. T
building operations will also include twenty dwell
for employees and a spacious boarding house, all
signed to meet the standard of comfort, which is
ceptable to the high class workman of today, no o'
group of workmen finding a place in the economy of
plant.

In connection with the above, his leading intei
Mr. Law is president of the Plummer Machine Comp:
Ltd., of Canada, being more or less active in the aff
of this concern, and holding the same high standi
which obtain in the first mentioned business. At
time plans are going forward for the acquisition c
rubber plant in the United States. He is also ex-v
president of the Ontario Equitable Life Insure
Company. He is a member of the Canadian W
ufacturers' Association, and of the Toronto Boarc
Trade. His social connections include members
in the Old Colony Club, the Lake Shore Country C
and the Oakville Golf Club. He is a member of
Anglican church.

Mr. Law married, in Montreal, in September, li
Florence Ellen Lawes, of Wiltshire, England, and t
have three children: Leonard Warren, Isabel Florei
and Dorothy Evelyn. The family home is "Woodleij
Oakville, Ontario.

LIEUTENANT-COLONELRICHARDHALLIBI
TON GREER, K. C. — As a member of the wic
known law firm of Smith, Rae & Greer, Lieut.-(
Richard Halliburton Greer, K. C, holds a position
prominence in his profession. He is descended fi
North of Ireland ancestry, his grandfather ha'v
come to Canada previous to 1845, settling in Toroi
James Greer, Lieutenant-Colonel Greer's father, ■
born in Toronto, is still living and a resident
this city, and for the past thirty-five years he has b
engaged in government work, in the customs dep.
ment. His mother, Margaret. (Halliburton), Gn
died in January, 1916, and was also a native of Toro!

Lieutenant-Colonel Greer was born in Toror
October 19, 1878, and his early education was acqui
in the public schools of the city. Later attending
Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, he eventually ente
Toronto University, from which he was gradua
in the class of 1898, with the degree of Bachelor
Arts. His choice of a profession early determined,
pursued his legal studies in the Law School at Osgoi
Hall, and was called to the bar in 1901. Becomin
member of the present firm at that time, he has c
tinuously practiced law in Toronto since, handlini
general practice, having been appointed crown attori
for the county of York on October 17, 1911. Serving
that capacity until September 1, 1920, he was crea
King's Counsel on July 28, 1921. He organized s
commanded the 180th Sportsman Battalion, which w
overseas for service in the World War, and which '
broken up in England on January 6, 1917, to becom
part of the Imperial British army. He was dischar
in May, 1917, but in September of the same year
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litary service in Military Division, No. 2, from Oc-
ber of that year until the close of the war. He is
w a member of the Officers' Reserve, holding the rank
lieutenant-colonel. Fraternally he holds membership
Connaught Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of
imico, Ontario, and he is a member of the Albany
ub of Toronto, and of the Scarboro Golf Club. He
a member of the Anglican church.
Lieutenant-Colonel Greer married, in Chicago, Illi-
is, in 1904, Annie M. Walsh, of Indian River, On-
rio.

HENRY LLOYD MATTHEWS— At the head of one
the long-established and prosperous manufacturing
terprises of Toronto, Mr. Matthews holds a position
prominence in this city. He is a son of William
ader and Mary Ann (Lloyd) Matthews, his father,
,10 died in 1900, having been the founder of the present
isiness.

Henry Lloyd Matthews was born in Aurora, Ontario,
!irch 28, 1868, and received a practical education in
.; public schools of Toronto. At an early age Mr.
[itthews entered the employ of The Copp, Clark
Impany, Ltd., wholseale stationers, in the capacity
: clerk, later becoming a travelling salesman with the
ijne concern, and eventually being in their employ
i a period of nine years. He then became associated
fjh his father, William L. Matthews, in the firm of
htthews Brothers & Company. This long prominent
ncern was founded in 1861, as a partnership, by H. J.
ii W. L. Matthews, under the firm name of H. J.
htthews & Brother, located at No. 93 Yonge street,
si comprised a retail picture framing business. In
1)5 William L. Matthews sold out his interest, with-
diwing from partnership, and Henry L. Matthews
eitinued with his father, entering with him upon the
cv enterprise which has become so successful. To-
Jher they began the manufacture of picture frame
nuldings, Charles Frederick Matthews, another son
othe founder, whose life is reviewed in the following
s-tch, soon becoming identified with the business.
leir first location was at Nos. 48-52 Temperance
B jet, where, under the name of Matthews Brothers &
Cmpany, they occupied a four-story building, later
aiing another floor. Upon the death of William L.
Aitthews, in 1900, his sons continued the business
whout interruption, and its history has been one of
C'.stant expansion and growth. In the first plant
tly employed about seventy-five people, most of the
wk being done by hand. Later on, the wood-working
diartment was removed to No. 1906 Dundas street,
Vst, and in 1904 a large three-story building was
e.cted on that site, to which the entire business was
rtioved. In 1912 additions were made to this structure,
ai now their plant covers an acre and a quarter of
g:und, and they occupy in their building fully 30,000
8(are feet of floor space, employing one hundred
p pie. The plant is fully equipped with the most
irJern machinery and labor-saving devices, increasing
tl output enormously over the early methods. In
11(0 the company began the manufacture of mirrors,
wch they are still carrying forward, and their product
all includes room mouldings, picture mouldings and
P' ure frames. They are among the largest concerns
■ ; field, and sell throughout Canada and the British
-1 . They have done business under the name of
> uhews Brothers, Ltd., since their incorporation in
liO, and the officers are now as follows: Mrs. M. A.
VttViews, widow of William L. Matthews, president;
L. Matthews, vice-president and managing
iir, and Charles F. Matthews, secretary and treas-

urer. During the Great World War fourteen members
of the Matthews force were in the service.

As the head of this business, Henry L. Matthews holds
membership in the Toronto Board of Trade, and in
the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. He finds
little leisure for outside activities, his time being largely
absorbed by the business. He is a member of the
Methodist church.

Mr. Matthews married Edith Howard Coles, daughter
of William Coles, of Toronto, an early confectioner
and baker of this city, later in the flour and feed business
here. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews have five children:
Edna Howard, wife of Dr. George E. Darby; Constance
McLeod; Wilson Lloyd, who served as lieutenant of
artillery during the World War, and was three years in
the service, part of the time overseas; Alan Stuart;
and Mary Elizabeth.

CHARLES FREDERICK MATTHEWS— Of Tor-
onto birth and training, and now a member of one of
the prominent limited companies of Toronto, Charles
Frederick Matthews is a representative business ex-
ecutive of this city and is well known in manufacturing
circles today. He is a son of William Loader and Mary
Ann (Lloyd) Matthews (see preceding sketch), long
residents of Toronto.

Charles Frederick Matthews was born in Toronto,
August 3, 1877, and received his early education in
the public schools of the city, completing his studies
at Harbord Collegiate Institute. Directly from school,
Mr. Matthews became associated with his father,
and with his brother, Henry L. Matthews, in the busi-
ness of which he has ever since been an active factor,
and for the greater part of the time an executive. 'The
history of this concern is reviewed in the preceding
sketch of his brother, Henry L.

As a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr.
Matthews is broadly interested in all civic advance.
His recreative interests center in his summer home
on Georgian Bay, and his favorite relaxation is boating.
He is a member of the Toronto Canoe Club and the
Lake Shore Country Club, and he attends the Methodist
church.

Mr. Matthews married Margaret Jessie Rose, daugh-
ter of J. L. Rose, and they have two children: Ronald
Frederick, and Catherine Grace. Their Toronto resi-
dence is at No. 19 High Park avenue.

GEORGE WHITAKER MORLEY— Firmly be-
lieving in the principle that good foundations, well laid,
make for the perfect building, George Whitaker Morley
worked from the time he was old enough to think for
himself, determined to find his right place in life and
to accept no half-way measure of success.

He was born in Orangeville, Ontario, in November,
1882, son of the Rev. Canon and Annie E. (Jackson)
Morley. His mother is now deceased. When he was
eleven years of age he entered Trinity College School
at Port Hope, graduating in 1900. Very soon after
his graduation he accepted a position with the St.
Catharines' branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce
as junior clerk, and four years later, although only
twenty-one years of age, he was promoted to the
responsible position of teller in the same institution.

Always working toward the goal of his ambition,
that of an independent worker, he filled successively
and ably the position of teller and accountant at Elk-
horn, Manitoba; teller and secretary to the manager
at Regina, for one year; receiving teller at Winnipeg;
accountant at Belleville, Ontario; and assistant ac-
countant at Hamilton, Ontario. In December, 1906,
he decided to give up banking, temporarily resigned

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his position at Hamilton and entered Toronto Univer-
sity, sf)ecializing in political economy, graduating in
1910. He again joined the staff of the Canadian Bank
of Commerce, remaining four months, as discount
clerk. In January, 1911, he was appointed accountant
at Moose Jaw, and the following month took on the added
responsibility of first manager of the Clearing House
at the same place, holding both positions until Sep-
tember, 1911, when he resigned to take up the study
of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. During his three
years there as student, Mr. Morley was associated with
Bieknell, Bain & Strathy, gaining valuable experience
in winding up the affairs of the Farmers Bank of Can-
ada, and also the Ontario Bank. In 1914 he was called
to the bar and became solicitor with Bieknell, Bain &
Strathy. At the annual meeting of the Canadian
Bankers' Association held November 12, 1914, Mr.
Morley was appointed secretary-treasurer. Upon the
death of the president, Colonel D. R. Wilkie, and the
election of Mr. George Burn as president, the office
moved to Ottawa, in 1915.

Mr. Morley's executive ability and initiative have
always been very quickly recognized. This was evident
even during his college career when his fondness for
outdoor sports made him a leader among his fellows,
and he was made secretary of the Athletic Association,
business manager of the "Toronto University Review,"
and captain of the College Cricket Team.

In January, 1917, he severed his connections with the
Canadian Bankers' Association and joined the colors.
While undergoing training at Kingston, he met with a
serious accident which made it necessary for him to
sever all connections with military life. For a short
time after he left the army he was connected with the
legal firm of Osier, Hoskins & Harcourt, but in July,
1918, he formed the legal firm of G. W. Morley & Com-
pany, Toronto, with J. A. McAndrew (formerly official
referee for Ontario Bank, and the Farmers' Bank of
Canada), as counsel. His injury did not entirely pre-
vent his active participation in the service of his coun-
try, and to him must be given much of the credit for
the adoption by the War Committee of the Cabinet
and National War Savings Committee of several sug-
gestions respecting the carrying on of the thrift cam-
paign.

Mr. Morley is the organizer and president of the
Kemp Metal Auto Wheel Company, Ltd., of Toronto,
a new auto wheel manufacturing corporation of great
possibilities.

Mr. Morley's time is much taken up by his profession,
but he realizes the need of occasional playing, and
when opportunity offers he engages in a game of cricket,
tennis, or some other out-door sport. He is an active
member of the Masonic order, Ionic Lodge, Board of
Trade, and a member of the Rideau Club of Ottawa.
In politics he is a Conservative. In religion he is an
Anglican, is affiliated with Grace Church on the Hill,
and is a member of the boards of Trinity College and
Bishop Strachan School.

On June 24, 1915, he married M. Olive Boyd. They
have three children: Mary Gertrude, George Thornton,
and Lawrence Whitaker.

RICHARD GEORGE McCLELLAND— A native of
Ontario, and trained for his chosen profession in the
educational institutions of Toronto, Richard George
McClelland has practiced law in Toronto for the past
five years, and is winning his way to success. Mr.
McClelland is a son of John and Helen (Spark) Mc-
Clelland, of the township of Garafraxa, in the county
of Wellington, Ontario.

Richard George McClelland was born in the '
of Arthur, Wellington county, Ontario, May 22,
and received his early education in the publi
high schools of that community. Making his
of a career at an early age, Mr. McClelland e:
the University of Toronto for his classical coursi
was graduated from that institution in the cl
1914, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
suing his legal studies at Osgoode Hall Law Schc
was called to the bar on May 25, 1917, and s
thereafter entered upon the practice of law in To
With offices in the Imperial Bank building on
street, he is holding a position of prominence in th
fession, and his friends are confident that the
holds for him large success.

Mr. McClelland is a member of the Ontario
Association and the York County Law Associ
and is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade
Conservative in political faith, he has never th
sought public honors. Fraternally he holds memb
in Prince Arthur Lodge, No. 334, Free and Ac(
Masons, and in the Robert Burns Camp of the
of Scotland, and is also a charter member of the T(
Lodge, No. 16, the Canadian Order of Elks,
prominently identified with the Young Men's Chi
Association, is single, and is a member of the
dale Presbyterian Church.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL THE HON. ROl
ALLAN PYNE, M. B., M. D., M. C. P. & S.

Pyne, in professional and public service, has a i
of long and distinguished activity in the city and
ince, while much of his work has been performe
yond these confines. He is a licensed practi
of several States of the United States, supervise
erection of the famous military hospital at Orpii
England, by request of the Ontario Governmen
has long been prominent in educational affairs,
following paragraphs, outlining these and oth(
tivities in more detail, are the review of a val
useful career.

Dr. Robert Allan Pyne is a son of Thomas
M. D., a native of Waterford, Ireland, and 1
Jane (Roberts) Pyne, his mother a cousin of
Marshal Earl Roberts. Dr. Thomas Pyne, upon c
to Canada, settled first at Newmarket, later n
Toronto his home.

Robert Allan Pyne was born in Newmarket, Or
October 29, 1853, and after attending grammar sc
also studying under private instruction in his
place, he entered Toronto University, whence h
graduated M. B. in the class of 1878, and in
awarded the degree of M. D. from that instit
In this year he was licensed to practice by the C
of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and
professional work in Toronto, becoming assista
the asylum under Dr. Daniel Clarke, and afte
assistant surgeon to Dr. C. O'Reilly, superinte
of the Toronto General Hospital. Toronto has a
been the scene of his medical work, and in addit
attending to a practice that reached large propo
he formed several military associations in profes
connections. He became assistant surgeon in the
Royal Regiment in 1880, also serving in the 1
seventh Haldimand Rifles, and was assistant si|
of the Royal Grenadiers of Toronto.

Dr. Pyne was a member of the first Board of '.
of the city of Toronto. He holds numerous licei
practice in the United States, gaining this pi|
in New York in 1891, in Michigan in 1900, frc
State Medical Board in California in 1902, and
braska in 1903. From 1880 to 1907 he was rei

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the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario,
ding a position of wide influence in his calling.
Dr. Pyne early became interested in educational
itters and as the incumbent of official position and
a private citizen has worked tirelessly to advance
ool welfare in his city. He was for a time a member
the High School Board, for eight years was a member
the Toronto School Board and its chairman for a
•t of that time, and for five years he was a member
1 for one year chairman of the Toronto Free Library
ard. In 1906 he represented the Province of Ontario
the Imperial Educational Conference at London,
gland. He also served the Canadian Correspondence
lool as director. A Conservative in politics. Dr.
ne sat for East Toronto in the Provincial Legis-
ure from 1898 to 1918. From February 8, 1905,
1914, he was Minister of Education in the Whitney
binet, and upon the succession of the Hearst ad-
iiistration was re-appointed to this same responsible
ce, serving until his resignation in 1818 to accept

■ clerkship of York county courts. During his term
office the educational system was greatly developed,

legislative grants to schools largely increased, the
icy of cheap text-books inaugurated, and a complete
anization for technical training and agricultural
ohing in elementary and secondary schools effected,
I) for the physical and mental condition of children.
> successful expansion of the Provincial Schools for
iif Children at Belleville and for blind children at
li.ntford is due in great measure to his encouragement
i his knowledge as a physician.
n 1915 he was requested by the Ontario Government
:visit England as representative of the Province in
Election with the gift to England of the military hospit-
br wounded soldiers. He was gazetted a lieutenant-
onel in the Canadian army and in this capacity
icted the construction of the hospital at Orpington,
Git, England, which has been pronounced the best
Clipped and most efficiently organized institution of
s.ind growing out of the World War. Dr. Pyne fratern-
« with the Masonic order, the Sons of England, and
h Loyal Orange Lodge. He is a member of the An-
liin Church of the Epiphany. His clubs are the
t(al Canadian Yacht, Toronto and Lake Shore
Gentry, and he is a member of the Canadian Military
nitute. All of his life he has been fond of out-of-door
pis as a contestant and as a spectator, and as a
oiger man was noted as a cricketer, being a member
f le Beaver Cricket Club, also the Lacrosse Club.

r. Pyne married Mary Isabel, daughter of His
Icor, Judge MacQueen, County of Oxford, Ontario,
n they have the following children: 1. Mona Aileen,

■ h married A. H. Davies, of Toronto. 2. Frederick
Rierts. 3. Frank Herbert, served overseas with
hjVrmy Service Corps for three and one-half years.

uMES HOUSTON SPENCE, K. C— For more
as a quarter of a century prominent in legal circles
1 ntario, James Houston Spence, K. C, is one of the
«ing professional men of the day in Toronto. Mr.
Wee comes of Scottish ancestry, and is a son of
^^m and Mary (Wishart) Spence, both natives of
«Sand. His parents came to Canada in the year
86 and settled in Bruce county, Ontario. His father,
i^g the greater part of his lifetime, was engaged as
Utjier, being a captain on the Great Lakes, but spent
Beclining years on his farm. He died in 1899, his

"•surviving him about nineteen years.
""=; Houston Spence was born in the township of
■k, Bruce county, Ontario, in 1867, and after
■-ling his elementary studies in the public schools

iahis home, attended the London (Ontario) Collegi-

ate Institute, and later the Walkerton Collegiate In-
stitute. He prepared for his profession at the Law
School of Ontario, also reading law with the Hon.
Mr. Justice Teetzel. Having been called to the bar in
1896, Mr. Spence entered the firm of Watson, Smoke &
Masten, as junior partner. In 1900 the firm of Masten,
Starr & Spence was formed, and continued until the
elevation of Mr. Justice Masten to the bench of the
Supreme Court of Ontario, which event took place in
19i5. The firm then assumed its present form of Starr,
Spence & Eraser. Mr. Spence has always been an active
member of the firm, and has specialized in corporation
commercial, and municipal law. He is general solicitor
and counsel for the Bank of Nova Scotia for Ontario,
and is also solicitor for the township of York. In Jan-
uary, 1917, he was elected a Bencher of the law Society
of Upper Canada, and in January, 1922, he was created
King's Counsel.

Mr. Spence has always been interested in public
affairs, and has been an active worker in the ranks of
the Liberal party. At the last Dominion election he
was chairman of the election committee of Central
Ontario. As a young man he served with the 13th
Hamilton Regiment, Company D., of which he was a
member from 1890 until 1893. Fraternally, Mr. Spence
is identified with the Masonic order, and is past master
of the Ionic Lodge. He has long held membership in
the leading Toronto clubs, and is now president of the
Ontario Club. He is a member of the Granite Club,
the Caledonian Club, the Rosedale Golf, and Queen
City Curling clubs, and St. Andrew's Society. His
religious affiliation is with the Presbyterian church,
in which he takes a deep interest, giving freely of his
time, his ability, and his means for the furtherance of
its activities.

Mr. Spence married, on September 20, 1902, Mar-
guerite Hackland, daughter of the late James Hackland,
of Paris, Ontario, and they are the parents of three
sons and one daughter: Wishart F., James M., George
H., and Helen M. The delightful family home is located
at No. 32 Hawthorne avenue, Toronto, and Mr. Spence
has retained the family home in Southampton as a
summer residence.

ROBERT B. McGIFFIN, member of the firm of
McGiffin & Smith, architects, is known in his profession
and to the general public as the designer of several of
Toronto's fine buildings, including Knox College, and
within the profession as an official of several of the leading
technical organizations.

Mr. McGiffin is a son of Captain John S. McGifl[in,
deceased, for many years commodoie of the fleet of the
Niagara Navigation Company, and Anna B. McGifliin,
who survives her husband. Robert B. McGiffin, was
born in Oakville, Ontario, in 1874, and was educated in
the public schools and Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute,
then pursuing the architectuial course in the School
of Science. A three years' apprentice."ihip in architecture
followed in Toronto, and the fi.st fifteen years of his
active career were divided in professional activity
between New York and San Francisco, thirteen years in
the former city and two in the latter. This experience,
with which was combined a large amount of study and
observation of the best professional woik in his line
in the States, prefaced his entry into practice in Toronto,
where he is now a member of the firm of McGiffin &
Smith. His work has followed general lines, although
he may be said to have specialized to some extent in
commeicial and public structures, and among the
buildings of his design are numerous schools throughout
the Province: Knox College, Dovercourt Public Library,
on Bloor street. West, and the R. S. Williams building.

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Mr. McGiffin is chairman of the Toronto Chapter of
the Ontario Association of Architects, and is a member
of the council of the Ontario Association of Architects,
giving liberally of his time and eflort to the work of these
organizations, and supporting their programs for the
advancement of professional inteiests in the district.
He is a member of the Masonic order, fraternizing with
Zetland Lodge, and the Scottish Rite bodies, and his
club is the Ontario.

GEORGE W. COLE — Among the business men of
Toronto who have finished their work and left behind
them an enduring monument in the form of a prosperous
business founded by them is the late George W. Cole,
founder of George W. Cole, Ltd., a concern engaging
in the manufacture of steam specialties, invented and
patented by Mr. Cole, who was up to the time of his
death, president and general manager of the business.

Geoige W. Cole was born in Norwich, Ontario, in
1860, and died in Toronto, March 26, 1919. His boyhood
days were passed in and near Norwich, in the public
schools of which district he received his education.
When he was seventeen years of age he entered the
employ of the Waterous Engine Works Company, at
Brantford, and became a first-class machinist. The
first six years following his marriage, which occurred
in 1881, were spent in Norwich. Two winters were
spent in the South, one in Alabama and one in Florida,
at which last-named place he was engaged in mill-
wrighting. He then went to Detroit, Mich., and thence
to Buffalo, New York, where for a period of twenty-five
years he was engaged in mechanical work. He invented
many appliances and devices which are now in use
throughout the entire world, and became a celebrity
in the mechanical field. In 1913 he came to Toronto,
from Woodstock, Ontario, and locating at 1069 Dundas
street, West, established the business known as the
George W. Cole, Ltd. In 1914 the business was moved to
Nos. 2002-04 Dundas street, West, where it is still
located. The concern is engaged in the manufacture
of steam specialties, invented by Mr. Cole, for the
purpose of secuiing "more heat" from "less coal," and
the list of specialties includes the Cole direct return trap
and boiler feeder; the Cole condenser trap; the Cole
non-return or tank trap; the Cole vacuum trap; the Cole
lifting trap; and the Cole three valve trap, combining
the lifting, non-return, and vacuum trap. Fuel economy,
secured through the use of apparatus which gathers
the products of condensation and returns them to the
boiler at the temperature of the steam which is being
condensed, is the achievement of the Cole system. The
Cole direct return trap when used to feed boilers be-
comes the lowest point of pressure in the steam system.
It is set at a higher level than the watei line in the
boilers, all condensation being carried into it by the
energy of the steam and deposited in the tank chamber
at the temperature of the steam which is being con-
densed. (This may be as high as 340 degrees Fahren-
heit, in ordinary practice). When the tank chamber is
full, it tilts over. This movement opens an automatic
valve which equalizes the pressure in the tank and
steam boiler, and the water then flows into the boiler
by gravity. So simple is this device and so positive in
its operation that it has saved millions of dollars in fuel
for those who aie taking advantage of its possibilities.
It will handle the largest slugs of water or the smallest
quantity of condensation which will take place under
any condition of steam heating or in process work at the
highest pressures. It operates positively because it
follows natural laws and because it is indestructible,
having no weaiing parts, its action being always visible,
and its construction a study in simplicity. It saves fuel.

water, oil, and worry, and has earned an eminent
among the conservation devices of the mech
world. The Cole high pressure return trap is de;
especially to comply with the requirements and r
tions of the Ontaiio legislation in respect to th(
struction and inspection of steam boileis and all ap
ces used in connection with steam power plants,
tilting drums are made strictly in accord with thi
steam boiler practice, and are themselves steam V
in miniature. They are made entirely in the Cole i
from high grade boiler plate, double riveted, ch
and caulked, and tested hydraulically under two hu
pounds pressure, having a safety factor of seven. All
ing parts are of heavy metal throughout. Among the
plants which are finding this device a valuable con
ton are: the B. Greening Wire Company, Lt
Hamilton, Ontario; the Gutta Percha and R
Company, Ltd, Toronto, Canada; the Americar
and Textile Company, Ltd, Chatham, Ontaiic
Wagstaffe, Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario, manufactur
jam; Maxwell's Ltd., St. Mary's, Ontario; the Can
Woolen Company, Ltd., Almonte, Ontaiio; an
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, where the
boiler feeders return condensation into boilers froi
pounds pressure heating system, and high pr
from laundry and sterilizing rooms. Besides the
specialties already mentioned, the George W.
Ltd., manufactures other inventions of the foi
including the Cole union swing check valve an
Cole union radiator valve, both of which, by com
valve and union, secure simplicity, durability
increased efficiency. An important feature of th(
concern is its engineering service, which takes c
all installations for a period of one year, replacin
defect at the expense of the company. The Geor
Cole, Ltd., is the largest concern of its kind in d
and has representatives all over Canada, throu
England, and in Japan and South Africa. They has
established a branch at Niagara, New York, when
manufacture for the United States.

George W. Cole, the founder of this large and i
tant concern, was a hard worker, and kept clos
touch with labor conditions, taking a deep inter
all his employees and in their welfare. One of h;
acts was the placing of his employees on a profit-sl
basis, so planned that every individual employee
have a share in the profits of the business.

In 1881 George W. Cole married Anna E. S
daughter of Elias and Abigail Sussex, who then n
in Windham township. Mr. and Mrs. Cole wei
parents of six children, three of whom are living:
L., of whom further; Grant E., of whom furthei
Margaret M.

Brock Lome Cole, eldest son of George W. and
E. (Sussex) Cole, was born in Norwich, Ontario, Oj
7, 1881. He received his education in the public s
of Detroit, Michigan, including the high school, g
ting from same. He then entered the Detroit Bi
College, where he completed a commercial cours
preparation for his business career. His businesa
was begun in the employ of the F. W. Woo
Company, in whose stores, scattered througho
States, he gained a wide experience, serving as
manager from 1897 to 1918. In the latter y
returned to Canada, where he became identifie '
George W. Cole, Ltd., in the capacity of secret? '
treasurer, which office he efficiently fills at the
time (1922). Mr. Cole is well known in business:
fraternal circles, and is numbered among the enr
successful and highly-esteemed citizens of 1
Fraternally, he is affiliated with Niagara 1
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lependent Order of Odd Fellows; and with the Knights
Pythias; and his religious affiliation is with the
'thodist church.

3n August 29, 1899, Mr. Cole married Julia Kennedy,
jghter of William and Anna Kennedy, and they are
! parents of two children: Margaret, and Lome.
3rant E. Cole, son of George W. and Anna E. (Sussex)
le, was born in Detroit, Michigan, June 22, 1897. He
feived his education in the Buffalo public schools,
i at the Woodstock Baptist College, at Woodstock,
tario. In 191.3 he left college to enter the firm of
orge W. Cole, Ltd., and in 1917, when a limited
npany was formed, he was made secretary of the
;anization. Upon the death of his father, two years
er, he was elected to fill the responsible office of
e-president and general manager, and under his
cient management the business has continued to
iw and prosper. Mr. Cole is a member of the Canadian
mufacturers' Association, and is among the eminently
e younger men of Toronto's business world. He
jresident of the Exhibitors' Association of Canadian
itionary Engineers. During the World War he served
he Royal Flying Corps, 1918, returning to his business
Iponsibilities after the signing of the armistice. Mr.
le is enthusiastically interested in sports, and is also
j;rested in stamp collecting.

'•ERCY EDWIN FREDERICK SMILY is a member
Ithe law firm of Johnston, Grant, Dods & Grant,
pse offices are located in the Bank of Hamilton
■ding. Mr. Smily is a son of Percy Thomas and Agnes
l)ds) Smily, now residing in Windsor, Ontario. Pre-
ling for his profession at Osgoode Hall Law School,
i Smily was called to the bar in 1915, and has since
*n associated with the firm named above. Mr. Smily

idles a general practice, largely litigation and court
'tice. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Associa-
i|, of the Ontario Bar Association, and of the York
Hnty Law Association, and is a member of the Baptist
Ijrch.
. itr. Smily married, in Toronto, on August 21, 1918,

EBn Frances Playter, of Toronto, and they reside at
11 Oriole Gardens.

RTHUR WENTWORTH ROEBUCK— Holding

isition of prominence at the Ontario bar, Arthur W.
buck is commanding a wide practice which includes
inunent work of large import, as well as the usual
ities incident to the general practice of law. Mr.
lUck comes of English ancestry, being a grand-
lew of the late Rt. Hon. John Arthur Roebuck, the
al representative of Sheffield, and a son of Henry
m Roebuck, who for many years was secretary to
jovernment in British Columbia during the building
le Canadian Pacific railway. He was by occupation
ccountant. He married Lydia A. Macklen, of
ancestry, daughter of James Macklen, of Chippewa,
^rio, and both are now deceased,
rthur Wentworth Roebuck was born in Hamilton,
ririo, February 28, 1878. He received his early
'' non in the pubhc and high schools. For a time
!er (1900-05) he was on the staff of the "Toronto
; hen became editor of the "Temiskaming Herald,"
Liskeard, Ontario, and was later editor of the
n," at Cobalt, Ontario, following newspaper work
the period of his preparation for his profession.
'■ and again in 1914 he contested the Provincial
js for Temiskaming in the Liberal interests, then
he contested the Dominion Riding of Temiskam-
linst the late Hon. Frank Cochrane as a Labor-
As counsel, Mr. Roebuck is prominent through
■nting the World War Veterans' Association in

the riots of 1918. He served as counsel for the Ontario
Government in the investigations before the Board of
Commerce, into an alleged combine formed by whole-
sale grocers and other interested parties of Ontario.
He is now counsel in the Supreme Court for the Govern-
ment in the matter of this combine, the purpose of the
action being to secure a ruling which shall be an authori-
tative definition and exposition of the Ontario trade
law. Mr. Roebuck is a member of the Canadian Bar
Association, of the Ontario Bar .Association, and of the
York County Law Association.

In the interests of the Progressive movement, Mr.
Roebuck has engaged in the past campaign, lending his
best energies to the cause. A Progressive-Liberal in all
political affairs, he is widely known and popular as a
political speaker. An avowed disciple of free trade, he
is chairman of the Tax Reform Association, and a fearless
advocate of the principles for which that organization
stands. He is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade,
and is affiliated with the Anglican church.

Mr. Roebuck married, in 'Toronto, on December 21,
1918, Inez Perry, daughter of the late Fred Perry of this
city, and they reside at No. 35 Englewood drive.

JAMES ALGIE, M.D. — Combining active profession-
al work in medicine with the authorship of several
novels, Dr. James Algie is widely known in both medical
and literary circles. In his writing he has had a large
following, and "Wallace Lloyd," his nom de plume,
is accorded the high standing among the novelists of
the day that Dr. Algie has in the realm of his profession.
Dr. Algie is a descendant of an old covenanter family,
son of Matthew Algie, born in Scotland, and Janet
(Wallace) Algie, his father having come to Canada in
young manhood.

James Algie was born in Ayr, Ontario, in 1858, and
attended elementary and high schools at St. Catharines
and Dundas, subsequently pursuing medical studies at
the University of Toronto, whence he graduated in
1878, graduating from Trinity University the same year.
He was licensed to practice medicine at the remarkably
early age of twenty years, and first engaged in profession-
al work in Peel county, Ontario, later becoming associa-
ted with the late Dr. Robinson, of Claude, Ontario.
For twenty-nine years thereafter he was a resident and
practitioner of Alton, Ontario, and in 1908 came to
Toronto. Here he followed general lines of practice,
being appointed, soon after his arrival, physician to the
old prison, in which institution he was associated with
Dr. Gilmour. Dr. Algie continued a membei of the
staP of the prison until it was moved to Guelph, Ontario,
then wa.i appointed assistant physician to the county
hospital for the insane, an office he now fills. In addition
to this Di . Algie is physician to the Mercei Reformatory.
He is frequently called into consultation by his pro-
fessional colleagues, and is regarded as an able authority
on the medical aspects of penology.

Dr. Algie is the author of the novels, "Houses of
Glass," "Bergen Worth," and "The Sword of Glenvohi ,"
all of which have had a gratifying leception by the
reading public. A critical leview of his work in the
Toionto "Globe" contained the following, in part:
"His productions are bright, piquant, and interesting."
Dr. .\lgie'a literary accomplishments aie the more
noteworthy when it is consideied that, representing in
themselves an achievement with which many writers
are content, they have been realised in conjunction with
labors in a profession whose demands are many and
exacting. Dr. Algie is a Conservative in political action,
and a member of the Universalist church.

Dr. Algie married, in 1880, Rachel Jago, who died
December 13, 1917. Their son, Wallace Lloyd Algie,

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

who was educated in Toronto, was manager of the Elm
street branch of the Bank of Toronto when the World
Wa. broke out. He enlisted in the Canadian army,
tiained at Kingston, was commissioned, and served m
France with the Twentieth Machine Gun Battalion.
He was killed in action at Cambrai, France, one month
before the signing of the armistice. The Victoria Cross
that he was awarded speaks eloquently of his gallantry
and bravery in defense of the great cause foi which he
fought. Dr and Mrs. Algie also were the parents of three
daughters, as follows: AAa, now Mis. J. S. Skeaff,
of Toronto; Ethel, now Mrs. Vernon Ide, of Islington,
Ontario; and Bessie, a graduate nurse at the Toronto
General Hospital.

STANLEY ROSS SNOOK— Widely known in the
business world of Toronto, and long prominent in finance,
Mr. Snook has for some years been acitive in mining
investments, in partnership with James H. Dixon, with
offices in the Kent building. Mr. Snook is a son of .John
A. Snook, who was born in Wilton, Ontario, in 1843, und
spent his lifetime in agricultural pui suits, retiring in
1908 and :emoving to Toionto, where he spent his
remaining years quietly, and died January 2, 1916, at
the age of seventy-three years. He married Calista A.
Babcock, who was also born in Wilton and still survives
him.

Stanley Ross Snook was born in Wilton, Ontario,
June 23, 1871, and received his early education in the
public schools near his home, following which he took a
commercial course in Kingston, Ontario. He then went
to Rochester, New York, where he became identified
with the Eo.uitable Life Insurance Company, remaining
with that concern for eight years. He then established
an office and was active in financial brokerage for many
years. In 1918 Mr. Snook came to Toronto to become
associated with James H. Dixon, a review of whose life
appeals elsewherein this work. Mr. Dixon is a practical
mining engineer of exhaustive technical training and
broad experience, and together they are handling gold
mining properties located in vaiious sections of Ontaiio.

In fiaternal and recreative interests, Mr. Snook is also
prominent, being a thirty-second degiee Mason, holding
a life membership in same. He is also a membei of the
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; a
member of the Lake Shoie Country Club, the Ontario
Motor League, and is affiliated with the Methodist
church.

Mr. Snook married, in Toronto, November 15, 1899,
Minnie L. Milliken, of Bloomfield, Ohio, who was born
Septembe; 10, 1869, and died August 14, 1920. Mrs.
Snook was a daughter of George Milliken, a large land-
owner and farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Snook were the parents
of one daughter, Gertiude L. Snook, born in Rochester,
New York, March 1, 1901.

FRANCIS HARVEY SNYDER— With offices at
No. 23 Toronto street, in Toronto, M.. Snyder is taking
a position in the front ranks of the legal profession, as a
member of the fiim of Thurston & Company, his senioi
partner being Mr. W. G. Thurston, K.C. Mr. Snyder
comes from an old Pennsylvania family, long prominent
in the history of the United Evangelical Lutheran church
in that section. He is a son of Daniel Francis and Abigail
(Cunnington) Snyder, and the father, who was a farmer
in Peel county, Ontario, during his active lifetime, died
June 10, 1910. He was for years prominent in political
affairs in Peel county.

Francis Harvey Snyder was born in Peel county. May
19, 1888, and his early education was acquired in the
township schools of that .section, continuing with a
preparatory course at the Brampton Collegiate Institute.

Spending two years at the University of Toront(
prepared for his professional career at Osgoode
Law School, from which he was graduated in ;
He has since conducted a general practice as a mei
of the firm above mentioned, and is counted amoni
promising young barristers of the day. Mi. Snyd
a member of the York County Law Association,
politically endorses the Conservative party. FVater
he holds membership in Ionic Lodge, No. 229, Frei
Accepted Masons, and he attends the Anglican chur
Mr. Snyder married, in Toronto, Mary An
Watson, daughter of A. E. and Emma Ws
the ceremony taking place on December 21, 1916.
reside at No. 303 Beresford avenue, Toronto.

PETER MACDONALD— The wealth of years
was granted to Peter Macdonald, for seventy ye
resident of Toronto, was in direct proportion t
wealth of love and esteem that his fellows offeree
throughout his intercourse with them in many sphe
community affaiis. Substantially successful in bu;
connections, he chose his other relations to his tim<
the careful sense of values that was a dlstingui
characteristic, and the expenditure of his time, sti«
and means yielded good fruits in which the commi
at-large shared. The respect that was unive
accorded him was that given only to a citizen of rigVi
life and worthy service.

Peter Macdonald was a son of Archibald Maod(
of Campbelltown, Argyleshire, Scotland, and Eliz
(Howie) Macdonald, of Ayr, and was l)orn in the f
place August 29, 1830. He was educated in the s(
of his birthplace and later at Glasgow, and in 18
came to Toronto, this city then the residence of an
sister, Mrs. George Gooderham, of Meadowvale.
afterward he went to Polo, Illinois, residing thei
a short time with an uncle, Samuel Howie, then rett
to Toronto. His business life was begun as an im]
of teas and liquors, and later he confined his acti
to the grocery jobbing business, his business (
extending from 1855 to his retirement in 1905,
half century. From 1905 to the year of his dem
1920 he lived in his home in Rosedale, years blessec
good health, there experiencing the quiet enjoj
of home life with his devoted family.

Although engaged in the grocery business, h(
greatly interested in the real estate developme
Toronto, having invested in valuable propeities thi
out the city, his particular interests being centered
Bioadview-Danforth district, where he owned s(
large tracts of land which he subsequently ci
into subdivisions, and on one of which in the early d
his married life, he built an attractive country 1
where the members of his family were born and i
the house being surrounded with all the alluring fe;
of suburban life, with hundreds of well-cared-for
and shade trees, also flowers, which were of much in
to students of horticulture.

Mr. Macdonald was always keenly interested ir
affairs, serving for fifteen years on the Public and
School boards, and for five years as a member of th
Council. During these years he unsparingly ga
time and influence for the betterment of the
schools, which are the pride of Toronto.^ One
large schools in the eastern part of the city woi
day have borne his name had his modesty permitt
wish of his fellow-trustees. Keenly interested
development of the eastern part of Toronto.^
instrumental in securing the constiuction, by Sir
Smith, former owner of Toronto's street railway i
and life-long friend of Mr. Macdonald, of the Brq
street car service, which was the first impetus in 0

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I the future of the Broadview-Danforth district, and
lich he predicted he would live to see an impoitant
siness aiea. The development of the Broadview
■tion of the Riveidale Paik was ever an object of
ee attention from Mr. Macdonald, and the first steps
create the beautiful stretch of sloping lawns and
iletic fields of the park were due in a great measure
his constant advocacy as a member of the Parks and
irdens Committee of the City Council. As a member
this committee he also displayed an equally keen
erest in the development and enlargement of High
rk. During his term of service such impoitant works
the straightening of the Don and filling-in of the low-
ds to provide manufacturing sites showed the far-
hted policy of Mr. Macdonald's efforts, and which
! now culminated in the development of Ashbridges
\i for industrial purposes.

At. Macdonald's religious faith was that of a Presbyter-
and he was a member of the old Knox Church (since
|nolished) near the cornel of Queen and Yonge streets,
er on he became interested in church work of the
irn section of the city, and finally in the organization
;he Rosedale Presbyterian Church. His support was
inded to all branches of denominational work, but the
day school department made the strongest appeal,
lor twelve years he was superintendent of the Queen
■et Presbyterian Church Sunday School, his love
hildren prompting his choice of this field of endeavor,
ays expressing the view that the close association of
child to Sunday school and church, of no matter
it religious faith, creates good citizens of the State,
was a life member of the Masonic order and devoted
ts principles and work. In politics, he was a staunch
eral, and in his younger days experienced the stren-
s times of political animosity which the then method
ipen voting created.

arly in his life Mr. Macdonald was created a justice

he peace, which meant much in those pioneer days

he sparsely populated suburban areas of Toronto;

where such authority was held in high esteem. He

to frequently adjudicate the many differences of

I residents, and in every "iise he gave them kindly

firm advice, such authority f^A advice having a

ifidal influence over the whole community.

r. Macdonald was for many years a member of the

c Pioneers, and at his death there were few people

who had witnessed the growth of Toronto from a

1 lake-port to a city of commanding industry and

perity. It was his lot to see many of his associates

11' colleagues pass from the scenes in which he had

"^n them, but he was also fortunate, through the

ility upon whose pleasing and admirable qualities

left invisible effect, in binding to him new friends,

affection was as great as the regard of those of

years.

Vlacdonald married Sarah Blong, daughter of
Blong, a well known and prominent merchant

Eirlier days of Toronto. They are survived by the
g children: 1. Howie Elizabeth, married Dr.
I Robinson, who resides in Cleveland, Ohio.
. 'eorgina, married Patterson Farmer, of Detroit.
Idred. 4. Henry B. Peter Macdonald died in
'o, June 15, 1920. His death marked the passing
Drontonian whose work formed a part of the
! ion of the present city, and it is pleasant to recall
lis closing years he knew his service was apprecia-
-,..d esteemed.

VLLIAM GILBERT ROBERTSON— As an exec-

' the Ontario Motor league. Inc., and also as

..iig editor of the Canadian "Motorist," William

Ulrt Robertson stands among the leading men of

Toronto today. He is a son of the late Dr. Huigh Robert-
son, professor of Anatomy at Trinity Medical School,
Toronto.

William Gilbert Robertson was born in Toronto,
March 10, 1887, and received his early education in the
public schools of the city. Preparing for college at the
Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, he enteied the Univer-
sity of Toronto, electing the Political Science course, in
the class of 1909. From boyhood interested in journal-
ism, and editor of "Varsity" while at the university, Mr.
Robertson's first position was on the editorial staff
of the Edmonton "Bulletin," at Edmonton, Alberta,
where he continued for two years. Returning to Toronto,
he spent one year on the staff of the Toronto "Daily
Star." Widely acquainted with the motoring public,
Mr. Robertson in 1912 was made secretary and treasurer
of the Ontario Motor League, Inc. This organization
was formed in 1907, upon absorbing the Toronto Auto-
mobile Club, which was organized four years prior to
that date. From two hundred and sixty four members
at the time of organization in 1907, the membership
of the Ontario Motor League, Inc., has grown steadily
year by year to a total of 30,000 today, of whom about
12,000 are residents of the city of Toronto.

The success of the League in winning the support of
so many thousands of motorists has been due to the
general character of its objects, the worth of its achieve-
ments, and the value of its service to individual members.
The objects of the League, as concisely stated in the
Constitution, are:

To maintain tlie rights and privileKos of tliose who use motor ve-
hicles; to promote rational leRLslation governing the use of such
vehicles: to assist in and encourage construction and maintenance of
good roads : to advocate a reasonable regard on tlie part of Motorists
for the rights of others using the Highway, and to do all things in-
cidental to or conducive to the attainment of the above objects.

Even an outline of the achievements of the League
would occupy a great deal of space, but a few of the most
outstanding may be cited. Automobile license exchange
between Ontario and most of the states in the American
Union, which went into effect recently, was the direct
result of a persistent campaign carried on for years by
the Ontario Motor League, Inc. The thirty day touring
permit, now given by the United States customs is also
due to the efforts of the League. Through representa-
tions to the Dominion Government, the League was
instrumental in obtaining the provision of severe penal-
ties in cases of automobile stealing. As a result, the
number of automobile thefts has greatly declihed. One
of the most recent successes of the League was the
passing of the by-law in Toronto requiring all vehicles
to carry lights at night. The passing of this by-law
brought to a successful concliision a local campaign
cairied on over a period of years.

In season and out of season the League has conducted
an extensive educational campaign for the improvement
of the highways of the Province. In this direction, in
serving the interests of its members, the League has also
performed a valuable public service. It was the League's
educational work which some years ago led up to the
appointment by the government of a Highways Commis-
sion, and the subsequent adoption of a definite plan of
highway improvement, under the direction of a minister
of highways, with government grants for road mainten-
ance as well as construction. The League, in co-operation
with the Canadian Automobile Association, assisted in
securing the passage at Ottawa of the bill to piovide
aid to the Provinces in road-building to the extent of
$20,000,000.

The efforts of the League are now being directed
toward securing the actual construction of the Provincial
highways, where they will serve the greatest need and

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

the greatest number with a maximum of despatch.
Upwards of 50,000 road signs have been erected through-
out the Province by the League, which is the only
oiganization engaged in work of this kind. Throughout
the year the League's road sign cars traverse the main
traveled highways of the Province, erecting new signs
and replacing others as required.

While motorists in general reap the benefits of the
League's woik in respect to good roads, legislation and
road signs, the League affords to members personal
services of a valuable character. Membership in the
League is recognized by automobile clubs throughout
the world. A member of the League may tour anywhere
and enjoy the privileges of club membership on presen-
tation of his Ontario Motor League card. Members of
the League avail themselves freely of the services of the
Ontario Motor League, Inc., touring bureau, which is able
to give invaluable assistance in planning tours. Free
legal advice is one of the special inducements to member-
ship which the League offers. A chauffeurs' employ-
ment department is maintained to provide members with
capable and reliable drive, s. A motor truck section
has been established to fostei the development of road
transport and protect the interests of owners and users
of commercial vehicles. Complaints of reckless driving
are investigated and letters written to the owners of the
cars concerned. Assistance is given members in recover-
ing stolen cars.

The League publishes a magazine known as the
Canadian "Motorist," which has a circulation of about
35,000 copies monthly, and of which Mr. Robertson is
the managing editor. In 1913 the organization removed
its headquarteis to the Lumsden building, in Toronto,
where they are still located. With the development of
the organization and the improvement of motoring
conditions throughout the Province, new avenues of
usefulness are being opened up to the League, which
continues to avail itself of every opportunity to serve
the interests of its members and to command, in even
greater measure the support which it has received from
the motorists of Ontario.

Mr. Robertson, who is still serving as secretary and
treasurer of the Leagiiie, is a member of the Toronto
Board of Trade; is secretary and treasurer of the Canad-
ian Automobile Association; and his clubs are the Rotary,
the Canadian and the Empire. He is married, and
resides in Toronto.

ROBERT FENNELL— Of the younger members of
the Ontario bar, Mr. Fennell is a prominent figure.
He comes of Irish descent, the pioneers of the family
having come to Canada in 1840, and is a son of Joshua
and Louise (Argue) Fennell. His parents were both born
in Ontario, and they are now residents of Englehart,
where the elder Mr. Fennell is engaged as a general
merchant.

Robert Fennell was bom in Ottawa, Ontario, March
12, 1891, and attended the public schools and collegiate
institute in that city. He then entered the University
of Toronto, but after three years' study in arts became
a law student with the firm of Fasken, Robertson,
Chadwick, Sedgewick & Aitchison. Later, for a time,
Mr. Fennell was associated with the firm of Graham,
Kearney & Wright, of Haileyburg, Ontario, in the
mining district of the Province. Finishing his legal
preparations at Osgoode Hall Law School, Mr. Fennell
enlisted in the Canadian army. This was in 1917, and
he served with the 4th Siege Battery, later being trans-
ferred to the 235th Imperial Siege Battery as a gunner.
Going overseas in April of the same year, he received
a lieutenant's commission on the field in the fall of 1917,
and although escaping wounds, was gassed at Passchen-

daele. He was discharged from the service on Nov
15, 1918, and returned to his home in Toronto. (
to the bar before the close of the year, Mr. Fenne
associated with the firm of Fasken, Robertson, '
wick, Sedgewick & Aitchison, as solicitor, until Ni
ber of 1919, when he formed his present associati
a partner in the firm of Nasmith & Fennell, whicl
carries on an extensive general practice, specializ
corporation law. He is a member of the Ontari
Association, the York County Law Associatioi
Toronto Board of Trade, Phi Delta Phi fraternit
the Summit Golf and Country Club. He is a mem
the Methodist church.

Mr. Fennell married, in Toronto, Dorothy Scott
on April 30, 1919, and they have one daughter, Ros(
Elizabeth. They reside at No. 63 Heath street
Toronto.

FREDERICK WILLIAM TANNER— Real
and finance have been the fields of effort in whic
Tanner's activities have been centered, his oper
in both extending beyond Toronto, the city i
residence since 1899. To Toronto he has perf
exceptional service in the development of resid
districts desirable and beautiful, and is numbered i
the small group of realtors of the city whose wo:
been conducted with constant observance of thi
welfare of the municipality from an artistic as we
practical viewpoint. The urge to prosperity pre
many men capable of working out the success
industrial enterprise, but to vision a city's expa
to convert unimproved woods and fields into attr
home districts, and to place these among the
sought-for localities of the region, these things r
foresight and ability of order. 'These have bee
accomplishments of Mr. Tanner, repeated in wi(
circles of influence and usefulness.

Mr. Tanner is a son of George Burton Tanner, wl
born in England, and came to Canada as a young
becoming a maker of fine furniture. He was a re;
of Peterboro, Ontario, for many years, and died ii
city. The mother, Agnes Mclnnes (Stewart) Tanne
a native of Scotland, and is also deceased.

Frederick William Tanner was born in Pete
Ontario, September 28, 1872, and received his edu
in the public and high schools of his native city. C
to Toronto in 1899, he became a special writer fi
Toronto "Globe," and was thus engaged for a ]
of six years, thereafter entering the real estate bui
He was first located at No. 48 Adelaide street,
then removed to No. 48 Victoria street. Attair
marked degree of success in this line of endeavo
Tanner's business increased until he needed an ass
to handle it to advantage, and he admitted to an
partnership Frederick W. Gates, a lifelong resid
Toronto. This was in 1907, and the partnership i
a means of wider opportunity. Their work ad^
residential Toronto several districts that came int ■
favor and popularity and that are noted as beautjl
in the city. Among the more important of thu
St. Andrew's Gardens, Forest Hills Heights, Ml
Park, Danforth Woodbine Sub-division, and 9
Heights. Most of these are now entirely built vj
whole accomplished within the comparatively!
period of a few years. Factories have been bui'
industries have been brought to Toronto, com: i
enterprises have flourished, and the provision of o
for a growing population would have been made i i<
manner. Fortunate it has been for the city that 1 1
done in large degree by such men as Mr. Tannc '
recognized even in their private business a civic iCO
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ment of new residential territory along lines of beauty
'and art.

In 1912 they organized the Monarch Realty and Secur-
ity Corporation to purchase the old Saturday Night
building, located at No. 26 Adelaide street, West. Re-
modeling this structure as an office building, they held
lit until 1914, during which time it was known as Tanner-
iGates building, which they sold in order to give more
time to their growing business. In 1916 they lemoved
CO the Dominion Bank building, where they are now
ocated.

In 1921 Tanner-Gates & Company, Ltd., reached
)ut into a new field, taking up dealings in stocks and
londs and forming the Ontario Bond and Discount
"Company, Ltd., with a substantial selling organization,
rhey now have offices in Montreal; Detroit, Michigan;
md New York City, and deal in government bonds, first
nortgages, and high-class bonds and securities of many
tinds. With head offices in Toronto the concern is
ransacting an extensive and constantly increasing
)usiness, and occupies a leading position in this line,
n addition to the firm operations Mr. Tanner has
lumerous official connections, and is president of the
Monarch Realty Company of Detroit, Michigan;
)resident of the Woodward Boulevard Land Company;
)resident of the Childs-Woodward Boulevard Corpora-
ion; president of Tanner & Gates, Inc., all of Detroit,
Michigan; president of the Baldwin Gold Mining Com-
pany, Ltd., of Kenogami Lake, Northern Ontario; and
iresident of the Ogistoh Mining Syndicate, Ltd., of
iouth Lorraine.

■ A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr.
fanner keeps in touch with the general progress, and
politically holds independent convictions. Fraternally,
ke is a Mason, and is a charter member of Integrity
;i0dge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows; his attitude
©wards all organized benevolence is one of hearty
ndorsement. During the great World War he served
's captain of vaiious drives, including those of the Red
TOSS, and assisted in all work in support of the forces
verseas. His social connections include membership
!i the Ontario Club, the Lambton Golf Club, where he is
ften seen on the links enjoying his favorite sport, the
aikdale Canoe Club, and the Toronto Victoria Curling
'lub. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
' Mr. Tanner married, December 15, 1897, in Toronto,
sobel Wilson, who was born in this city, a daughter of
ames and Christina (Leitch) Wilson, both natives of
cotland, the father for many years the proprietor of
le Wilson Baking Company, of Toronto. Mr. and
Irs. Tanner have three daughters: Ruth Fredwin,
orn September 26, 1916; Isobel McLeod, born January
j4, 1918; and Doris Wilson, born July 17, 1920.

' H. H. HALLORAN, D.D.S., whose office suite is at
lO. 22 College street, Toronto, is one of the rising young
len of the day in the dental profession. He is a son of
dward Joseph and Mary (Hanlon) Halloran. Mr.
■alloran was born in Hamilton, Ontario, then, as a
oung man, resided in Guelph, later removing to Toron-
), where he entered the employ of the Kloepher Com-
any, now one of the largest hardware concerns in the
'ominion, and rose to the office of general manager,
hich he now holds. The mother was born in Guelph
id is also still living. They are the parents of five
ms and two daughters.

Dr. Halloran, fourth child of this family, was born in
uelph, December 12, 1894, and received his early
iucation in the public schools of Toronto, being gradu-
;ed from the Toronto High School in the class of 1914.
hereafter entering the University of Toronto, he was
•aduated from that institution in the class of 1917, with

the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Establishing his
own oflice immediately. Dr. Halloran entered upon the
practice of his profession, and has since won a position
of prominence in the few years which have intervened.
During this time he served two years in the city
health department, and during the college term he
served as a part time demonstrator of dental practice
at the University of Toronto for four years. The doctor's
office is well appointed and modern in every respect,
and his patronage is among the first families of the city.
Fraternally, Dr. Halloran is a member of Xi Psi
Phi, and the Knights of Columbus. His favorite relaxa-
tion is in water sports, and he is a member of the Park-
dale Canoe Club. He is a member of St. Peter's Roman
Catholic Church, is single, and resides with his parents
at No. 403 Palmerston boulevard.

HENRY JOHN WICKHAM— Few men, perhaps,
have been more closely identified with the formative
period of the Canada of today than Henry John Wick-
ham, founder of the Toronto Branch of the Imperial
Navy League, and for more than sixteen years a vice-
president of that League, an honour conferred upon him
for his long and active service to the cause of British
sea-power in the Dominion of Canada.

Mr. Wickham is the eldest son of Henry Thomas and
Augusta Agnes (Dunsford) Wickham, and his forbears,
in a direct line, have resided in the county of Somerset,
England, since the fourteenth century. He was born at
Batcombe, Somerset, on June 5, 1848. Receiving his
early education at Ilminster Grammar School, Somerset,
and Eastman's Naval Academy, Southsea, Hants, he
entered the Royal Navy as a naval cadet in 1862, and
later served in the Navy as midshipman and sub-lieuten-
ant until 1870. He was first appointed in 1863 to a sea-
going ship, (H.M.S. "Gibraltar"), one of the last of
the wooden two-deckers of the old Navy. Mr. Wickham
is one of the few now living who joined the "Silent
Service" in the days of wooden sailing ships, and his
memory takes him back to the transition period between
wooden and steel vessels, and to the earliest days of the
employment, in the Royal Navy, of steam as auxiliary
to sail-power. His training was under officers of the old
regime, some of the most noteworthy men of that day.
Retiring from the Navy in 1870, Mr. Wickham came to
Canada the same year, going out to the great North-
west by way of the "Dawson route" in 1871. Between
that year and 1874 he was employed by the Dominion
Government to command two of the first steamers which
plied on Rainy Lake. During the winter of 1871-72, under
the Department of Railways, he was in charge of the
Commissariat for Division "L," Exploratory Survey,
Canadian Pacific Railway, to the north of White Fish
Bay, Lake of the Woods.

After leaving the service of the Canadian Government
in 1874, Mr. Wickham took up land on the Rainy River
and was among the first of those who located in that
district. In 1876 Mr. Wickham visited England,
returning to Canada in 1877 and settling in Toronto.
Here he studied law with the firm of Bethume, Osier &
Moss, being articled to the late Sir Charles Moss, C.J.O.
In 1885 Mr. Wickham was called to the bar, becoming
a partner of the firm of Kingsford & Wickham. Later,
1886-93, he became associated with John A. Macdonell,
K.C., in the agency of the Minister of Justice for the
Toronto District, during which period his services were
retained in several important cases, notably the Attor-
ney-General of Ontario v Francis, which case was won
by the Dominion Government largely by reason of the
knowledge of the Indian language and customs which
Mr. Wickham had acquired during his pioneer days in
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was associated with the late C. H. Ritchie, K.C., in
representing the Canadian Cayuga Nation of Indians
before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs of the
State of New Yorlt, pressing the claim of the Indians
against the State for arrears of treaty money owing as
part of the consideration in respect of the sale of lands
about Cayuga Lake, New York, in 1795. This claim
still forms the subject of arbitration between the United
States of America and Canada. From 1890 to 1900 Mr.
Wickham was head of the firm of Wickham & Thompson,
barristers, and held the appointment of special examiner
of the Supreme Court of Ontario. From 1899 to 1904, he
was chiefly instrumental in the promotion of the Lindsay,
Bobcaygeon & Pontypoo! railway, his services in this
connection being suitably recognized by the citizens of
Bobcaygeon and North Victoria upon the arrival of the
first passenger train at Bobcaygeon on July 28, 1904,
since which time the railway has been operated and is
now a part of the C.P.R. system.

One of the most far-reaching of the public acts of
Mr. Wickham was his organization, in 1895, of the
Toronto branch of the Navy League, the first branch
outside of the British Isles to receive a warrant of
incorporation. This organization was formed to educate
the public in regard to the vital importance to the
British Empire of the question of sea power. Trained
in the Navy, and deeply imbued with the spirit of that
great arm of England's might, Mr. Wickham was mani-
festly fitted for leadership in this movement; for fourteen
years he was the honorary secretary of the Toronto
branch, and through his influence many other branches
were established in other parts of Canada. It was the
Toronto branch which advocated an auxiliary navy for
the Empire to be composed of vessels plying on inter-
British trade routes of approved patterns, and to be
manned by a naval reserve of seamen to include those
of the Dominions overseas. It was demonstrated that
such a force might, by prearrangement, be organized on
lines which would not interfere with the local autonomy
of the different parts of the Empire. The original
organization, which was known as the Toronto Branch
of the Navy League, was, on the formation of the Navy
League of Canada in 1917, along with the other Cana-
dian branches, merged in that body. The official organ
of the League is a magazine published under the title
of "The Sailor." In 1909 Mr. Wickham resigned his
secretaryship of the old Toronto branch on account
of ill health, and went to the old country for a period
of rest and recuperation. During his stay in England
he was by express invitation received by His Excellency
Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada, at the time on
a visit to England, who personally thanked him for the
work he had done as secretary of the Toronto branch.
This Earl Grey did in the following words: "I have been
making enquiry in Canada and I find that for many years,
you have been pegging away there, practically alone.
I desired to meet and shake hands with you, and thank
you personally on behalf of the Empire for the work you
have done." One of the foremost Imperialists of his
time. Earl Grey, was a statesman in all that the term
implies, and his appraisal of the work of any man carries
the broadest significance. His seeking Mr. Wickham out
to thank him personally for his services to the Empire
gives the commendation added meaning.

In 1905, as above stated, Mr. Wickham was elected
a vice-president of the Imperial Navy League, this
office carrying with it membership in the Grand Council
of the League in England. Fraternally, he is a member
of the Sons of England, of the Ancient and Ilhistiious
Order of Cemented Bricks, and of Ionic Lodge, Associa-
ted Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the
Toronto Cricket Club, for many years a member of the

Royal Canadian Yacht Club, and is one of the oldi
members of the Albany Club. He has written extensiv<
on many topics, including a history of the "Na
League Movement in Canada" and "Reminiscences
the Dawson Route." He is at present engaged,
collaboration with Commander Lord Teignmouth, R.l
in writing his reminiscences of a midshipman's life
the gun-room of an old wooden battleship up the Me
terianean "in the sixties." His natuially systema
and ordeily mentality gives him a comprehensi
grasp of any subject which intei-este him.

In December, 1876, Mr. Wickham married Isabe
Florence M. Pilsworth, daughter of the late Capt;
Robert Burrowes Pilsworth, of the Cheshire Lij
Infantry.

JOHN PURVIS LAWRASON— For many years (
name of John P. Lawrason has been identified in Onta
with those branches of business endeavor which conci
the economic security of the people and the developmi
of the community, and now, as a biokei' in real estate a
kindred inteiests, he is handling a large and constan
increasing business. Mr. Lawrason comes of Sco'
antecedents, but the family has been in Canada for vi
many years, and Mr. Lawrason's father, Purvis Doug
Lawrason, was born in Brant county, Ontario. He \
for the greater part of his lifetime engaged in farm!
but for five years he was a member of the firm of I
& Lawrason, at St. George, Ontario, owning a foun(
business and manufacturing agricultural implemer
He was a man of public spirit, and highly esteen
throughout the country-side, and was made a membei
the County Council. He died in 1880. He marr
Charlotte Shook, who was born in Norfolk county, (
tario, and died in the year 1883.

John Purvis Lawrason was born in the town of
George, Brant county, Ontario, October 20, 1853. '.
early education was received in the public schools of t
community, and he later attended Cobourg Universi
His career was begun in New York City, where he beca
engaged in the drug business. Returning to Canada,
followed the same line of activity until the year 18
when he established a private bank at St. George, Or
rio, and was engaged in the banking business there
a period of twenty-four yeais. In 1904 Mr. Lawra
came to Toronto and entered the real estate busin
also acting as broker in the buying and selling of busir
interests. With offices in the National Life building,
has gone forward along this line from that time until
present, and has been instrumental in advancing
general progress. He now stands among the succes!
men of the day in Ontario.

Fraternally, Mr. Lawrason holds membership in
Masonic order, and has always taken an active intei
in its work. He is also a member of the Ancient Oi de
United Workmen, the Canadian Order of Foresters, i
the Loyal Orange Lodge. He is identified with
Methodist church.

Mr. Lawrason married, in 1891, Nicie Freem
daughter of James Freeman, of Hamilton, Ontario, v
is also now living. They were the parents of one s
Douglas Mortimer, who is deceased.

WILSON SAUNDERS MORDEN, B.A., LL.
K.C. — Long prominent in the legal profession, :
identified with vaiious business enterprises, Mr. Mor
is widely and favorably known. He is of United Em-
Loyalist descent, a son of Jonathan D. and Cathe'
Howell (Saunders) Morden.

Mr. Movden was born at Hillier, Prince Edw
county, Ontario, May 24, 1864. After studying
Picton High School, M.\ Morden entered Que

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iversity for his course in arts, and was graduated with
degree of Bachelor of Arts, later receiving the degree
Bachelor of Laws from the same institution. Reading
r with R. C. Clute, (the late Mr. Justice Clute), Mr.
irden was called to the Ontario bar in 1892, and for
hteen yeais practiced his profession as a member of
I firm of Clute & Morden, at Belleville, Ontario.
1910 Mr. Morden was created a King's Counsel,
1 came to Toronto in the same year to engage in trust
npany work. He was appointed general manager
Guardian Trust Company, Ltd., in 1911, and foUow-
: an amalgamation which took place in 1919; Mr.
)rden was made vice-president of Chartered Trust
Executor Company. He is also connected with several
lustiial concerns. For ten yeais he was president of
iminion Match Company, Ltd., with head offices
Toionto, and factory in Deseronto. This company
i a most successful growth, and Mr. Morden disposed
his inteiest in the enterprise in 1920. He is still
'sident of the Harvest Company, Ltd., of Hamilton,
tario, manufactuiers of jams and canned fruits, and
sident of the Whole Grain Wheat Company, Ltd.,
Canada, president of Ontario Timber and Ranching
mpany, Ltd., and a director of Marsh Engineering
)rks, Ltd., Belleville, Ontario.
Vir. Morden is a Conservative in politics and was
(sident of the West Hastings Conservative Association
fthe year 1910. He has never sought political honors,
t', has served as a member of the Belleville Board of
Jucation for a number of years, and was chairman
the board for two years (1909-10). He served as an
"cer of the 15th Regiment, Argyll Light Infantry, of
l|leville, from 1894 until 1911, when he was placed
I'lhe Corps Resei ve with the rank of major. In Masonic
iles Mr. Morden is a past master of Moira Lodge,
Jleville, Ontario, past grand steward of the Grand
i^lge, and past grand superintendent of Prince Edward
l^rict. Royal Arch Masons, and a present member of
!l Paul's Chapter. He is well known in club circles,
iiig a member of the Albany Club, the York Club and
t Rosedale Golf Club. He takes a deep interest in
liorical studies and for some years has been president
if he United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada.
J Is also a member of the council of Queen's University.
Vl Morden attends Rosedale Presbyterian Church.

Ir. Moiden mariied, on September 12, 1905, Caroline
Jie Gibson, daughter of the late Samuel Gibson, of
inilton, Ontario, and they have three children:
C' neth Gibson, Catherine Beatrice, and Wilson
D'land Samuel. The family residence is at No. 172
i< borough street, East, 'Toronto.

R. W. EASSON BROWN— In the younger group

f 'hysicians in Toronto, Dr. Brown is taking a promin-

nblace. He is a son of Dr. James E. Brown, who came

o'oronto in Januaiy, 1904, and practiced here until

uleath, which occurred in October, 1918. He married

i garet Easson, who was born in Stratford, Ontario.

r. W. Easson Brown was born in Arkona, Ontario,

li; 7, 1891, and came to Toronto at the age of thirteen

" • for his high school course. He was graduated from

irbord High School in the class of 1908. After the

preparatory course, he entered the University of

I !ito, in the medical department, and was graduated

If class of 1916, with the degree of Bacheloi of

ine. Almost immediately Dr. Brown enlisted for

in the Great World War, and served overseas for

months. In the spring of 1918 he was gassed, and

iisequence was invalided home. His recovery, how-

iias since become an accomplished fact, and Dr.

" n is now serving on the anaesthetic staff of the

" nto General Hospital. He also has a well established

private practice, his office being located at No. 10
Carlton street, in this city.

A member of the Toronto Academy of Medicine, Dr.
Brown is considered one of the promising young men in
the profession. While at the university he was a leader
in athletics, was on the track team for four years, and
established a record which still stands. He is now pres-
ident of the Intercollegiate Track Union. He is also
honorary president of the Boxing, Wrestling and Fencing
Club, and is a member of the Graduate Athletic Ad-
visory Board of the University of Toronto.

Dr. Brown manied, in Kent, England, on February
11, 1918, Madeleine Elliott, a graduate nurse of the
Toronto General Hospital, daughter of W. H. and Jessie
(Lloyd) Elliott, of this city, all natives of Toronto. Dr.
and Mrs. Brown have two sons: James Easson, born
January 29, 1919, and William Elliott, bom September
21, 1921.

HENRY LESLIE MOORE WELLER is a descendant
of an old English family that came to Canada from the
United States, his grandfather, William Weller being
a native of Vermont. William Weller came to Prescott,
Ontaiio, in 1815, when about twenty years of age,
but remained there for only a short time before moving
to Cobourg, where he settled permanently. He was the
founder of the first Stage coach line from Cobourg, in
1825, and was sole owner for many years of the stage
coach line between Montreal and Toronto, with head
offices in the Coffin block, Toronto, at the corner of
Wellington and Front streets. He continued as owner
and manager of this line until the Grand Trunk railroad
was put through in 1855. During this period William
Weller rendered a service to Lord Sydenham, taking
him from Toronto to Montreal by stage, and himself
driving the entire distance without relief. Lord Syden-
ham's mission was one of gieat importance, and he
expressed his appreciation of Mr. Weller's aid by pre-
senting him with a very fine gold watch, suitably en-
graved. William Weller also built and owned one of the
earliest telegraph lines in the Dominion, which was first
known as the International Telegraph Company, and
which operated from Toronto east, this line being
eventually absorbed by the Montreal Telegraph Com-
pany. Four sons of William Weller, the pioneer, attained
high positions in the professions: Thomas Moore
Taylor, of whom further; Judge Charles A., of Peterboro,
who died in 1909, an honored^ member of the Ontario
bar for many years, and distinguished on the bench;
William Henry, also deceased, who was local Master in
Chancery of Cobourg, Ontario; and John L. Weller,
C. E., long prominent in engineering circles, and now
consulting engineer of the Welland Canal.

Thomas Moore Taylor Weller, son of William Weller,
was born in Cobourg, Ontario, and was educated in
Upper Canada College. He became a prominent barrister
of his day, and followed the profession of the law until
his death in 1874. He married Elizabeth Scott Edgar,
who was born in Barrie, Ontaiio, and who survived
him for twenty-thiee years, her death occurring in 1897.

Henry Leslie Moore Weller, son of Thomas Moore
Taylor and Elizabeth Scott (Edgar) Weller, was born
at Cobourg, Ontario, October 29, 1871, and was educated
in the public schools and collegiate institute of his
native place. Coming to Toronto at the age of sixteen
years, he became identified with the Victoria Harbor
Lumber Company. Two years later he entered the office
force of the Ontario Lumber Company, where he was
engaged for ten years as a secretary and treasurer.
In 1899 Mr. Weller began business independently,
dealing in timber limits and manufacturing lumber.
Continuing in this field of activity until 1905, he then

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entered the world of finance, and has since been success-
fully engaged as a broker, with offices in the Canada
Permanent building. Mr. Weller is affiliated fraternally
with the Free and Accepted Masons, and is a communi-
cant of the Church of England.

Mr. Weller married, in 1892, Bertha Elinor Browne,
who was born in Port Hope, Ontario, and they have one
son: Henry Maurice Vaughan, who was born March
30, 1894, was educated in the private schools of Toronto,
and the Toronto University ,and is now associated with
the Stobie & Furlong Company, of this city.

cember 13, 1913, and died May 12, 1914; and Jack
who was born August 7, 1916. Mr. Moon and fai
spend a part of each winter in South California and
zona. Their Toronto residence is at No. 120 Westmc

JOHN MOON— A Canadian of wide experience, with
a special knowledge of several fields of business, and an
active worker in church and social movements, Mr.
Moon was born on his father's faim in Huron county,
Ontario, February 17, 1878, his parents, Thomas and
Mary (McVitte) Moon.

Mr. Moon received his education in the public schools
of Huron county, and after serving in the South African
War, spent three years in Manitoba in experimental
farming. Not quite satisfied with farming as an occupa-
tion, he returned to Ontario and entered the tailoring
business at Clinton. He spent five years at Clinton
and then came to Toronto, where for the next four years
he conducted a tailoring establishment.

In 1912 he entered the real estate and insurance
business as an independent dealer, establishing himself
at No. 1176 St. Clair avenue, West, his present address.
He also deals extensively in loans and the managing of
estates. The spirit of neighborliness and fiiendliness
that one feels upon entering Mr. Moon's office is manifest
in all his activities. He is a keen worker for the welfare
of his district, and an active supporter of every movemerit
designed to increase the prosperity of the St. Clair
District.

Before coming to Toronto, while he was a resident of
Clinton, Ontario, Mr. Moon was instrumental in form-
ing the Pastime Club of Clinton, and served as its first
president. He is a member of the executive committee
of the St. Clair and District Business Men's Association.
An enthusiastic lovei of all out-door sports and games,
he is an active member of the Oakwood Bowling Club,
and, for the past eight years has been a member of the
Island Athletic Association. For several years he served
as chairman of the Island Social Club and contributed
grfeatly to the success of its undertakings. He is a
Methodist, and is well known in church circles, having
been a member of the choir of the Metropolitan Metho-
dist Church under the direction of Dr. Taunton, and
at the present time is a member of the choir of the
Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. In politics, he is a
Conservative, and for the last twelve yeais has served
as an executive of the North-end Division, Ward Six.

Mr. Moon is a Mason, a member of Wilson Lodge,
No. 26, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a charter
member of Oakwood Lodge, No. 553. He is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, holding member-
ship in Oakwood Lodge, No. 456, of which he is a past
noble grand. He is also a past captain of the Order of
Patriarchs Militant. For many years he was a vice-
president of the British Imperial Association, and he is
still a member of the executive committee of that
organization. He was a sergeant of the 33rd Battalion,
of Huron, for five years, and was associated with the
48th Highlanders of Toronto, for a like period.

Mr. Moon married, on March 26, 1913, Violet Hoff-
man, daughter of George and Kate (Kastner) Hoffman,
of Sebringville, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Moon have had
two children: Walter George Percy, who was born De-

MATTHEW RIDDELL— With forty-five of his se
ty years spent in his native Scotland, the ancestral I
of his family, and eighteen passed in Canada, the 1
of his adoption, and seven travelling in the United S
and Canada, Matthew Riddell remained until his d
constantly true to the highest ideals of the old an(
new land, finding necessary no division of allegianci
any breach of sympathy. His name stands upon T(
to's business annals as a member of the stationery
blank book manufacturing firm of Hart & Riddell,
he was identified with religious, social and civic ci
in this city, his standing that of a high-minded gentle
of substantial worth.

Son of Matthew Riddell, Mr. Riddell was boi
Glasgow, Scotland, receiving hereditary membersh
the Maltman Craft of Glasgow, Scotland, the fa
having been represented through collateral branch
this body since 1699. He attended the public scl
of his native city and then was a student in the A:
sonian University, being especially interested in m
matics. For some time during his young manhood hi
a tutor in the Island of Luing, off the Argyllshire c
in the West Highlands, and here he acquired a spes
knowledge of Gaelic. He entered business life it
putslishing house of Richard Griffin & Cornpan;
London and Glasgow, and then became associated
the firm of Sir William Collins Sons & Company,
of Glasgow, an extremely old firm, and one of the la
book-publishing concerns in the world. This conne
endured for twenty-eight years, and as a young m
twenty-six, Mr. Riddell came to America as repres
tive of that company for Canada and the United SI
travelling back and forth, with headquarters in
York City until 1873. He then returned to Scotlai
assume charge of the foreign department of the comj
later becoming a director, member of the firm, and
ager of the warehouses. Mr. Riddell retired fror
William Collins Sons & Company, Ltd., in 1890, ai
1892, having previously arranged a partnership
S. R. Hart for the manufacture of stationery and 1
books, he came to Toronto.

One of his close friends was Duncan MacG
Crerar, a noted poet (see "Scottish Poets in Ame
by John D. Ross), who wrote him a poem of wel
under the title, "Ceud Mile Failt, Mo Charaid Di
(A hundred thousand welcomes, my beloved frien

Welcome, leal friend of auld lang syne,
■ A welcome warm to thee and thine,
Welcome to land of maple, pine,

Ceud mile failt, mo charaid dileas.

How proud Canada fair may be
That with her now thy destiny I
She has no worthier son than thee,

Ceud mile failt, mo charaid dileas.

May peace, prosperity alway
And love within thy border stay
To bless thee, thine, till latest day,

Ceud mile failt. mo charaid dileas.

And when the shadow? longer grow
Adown the gloamings golden glow.
Yours be, when ends the course below.

Heavenls joyous failt. mo charaid dileas.

This same author, two years prior to Mr. Rii
coming to Canada, had received from Mr. and
Riddell sprays of rowan with berries they culled
a tree planted by Duncan MacGregor Crerar duri
boyhood in his mother's garden at Amulree, Pertl

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cotland, and on this occasion the poet had inscribed to
nem the following verses:

SPRAYS OF ROWAN
Pray takoniy thanks, warm-hearted friends,

For this charincd Kift from Amulree;
Gnt'n leaves and ctiral clustei-s fair

You rulled from my dear Kowan tree.
Ah I many years have oome and gone

Since planhxl I the sapling small.
I left the scene, the twig has growii

To be a comely tree and tall.
And oh! twa-s cherislied for my sake

Witli love through many changing years.
By a fond mother who oft gazed

I'pon it through affection's tears
Beside the village church she sleeps.

The cot has fallen to decay :
The stately tree oft moans and signs

For the departed, happier day.
How sweet and soothing to recall

The joyous, ever-living past.
Kre sorrows of maturer years

Their shadows o'er our pathway cast!
Our loving kin. the cosy homes.

The scenes that first ope'd to otu- view.
The friends sincere, the comrades leal.

Our heart of hearts will aye love true.
My blessings, friends, whom long ago

I neath Ontario's maple-s met.
The thought that promjjted you to send

This gift. I never shall forget.
If himible lay of mine inspired

Your pilgrimage to Amulree.
Oh then, may flourish on for aye,

My own. my beauteous Kowan tree!

The firm of Hart «& Riddell took over the business that
ad formerly been conducted as Hart & Company, anti
iie partnership continued successfully and prosperously
itil the death of Mr. Riddell in 1910. At the present
me it is conducted under the firm name of S. R. Hart

Company, Ltd. Mr. Riddell was also the senior
irtner in the firm of Wm. Tyrrell & Company, retail
poksellers. Mr. Riddell was a member of the Toronto
card of Trade, and was interested in all of its work,
is church was the Bloor Street Presbyterian, in which
! was long a member of the board of managers, chairman

the board in 1908 and 1909, and an elder from 1899
iitil his death. While in Scotland he was a strong
jladstonian, and in Canada supported Liberal beliefs.
je was a member of St. Andrew's Society and the
aledonian Society of Toronto, and in his native land
id been affiliated with the Masonic order, although he
d not demit to the Canadian lodge. Mr. Riddell was
fssionately fond of books, and in his splendid library,
tiich contained a valuable collection of Gaelic works, he
issed many of his most pleasant hours in real apprecia-
DH of the treasures he had there gathered.

Mr. Riddell married Agnes Traquair Rutherford, born

Edinburgh, and their children are: Agnes Rutherford;

atthew, a professor in the University of Illinois;
ssie Helen Rutherford; Dr. Andrew Rutherford, who
:rved in the Imperial and Canadian armies, with rank

captain, and is now with the Department of Soldiers
'vil Re-establishment in Toronto; and Jean Rutherford.

atthew Riddell died in London, England, March 4,

10, and is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.

MURRAY GORDON— In legal circles in Toronto

ir. Gordon is a well known figure, and is handling a
1-ge and constantly growing practice. Mr. Gordon
'mes of Scottish ancestry, both paternal and maternal,
jd is a son of George and Sarah (Cochburn) Gordon,
'le elder Mr. Gordon is a long established merchant
< Tottenham, Ontario, also a banker of high standing,
id justice of the peace of Simcoe county.
Murray Gordon was born in Tottenham, Ontario,
oril 18, 1887. Receiving his early education in the
iblic and high schools of his native place, he thereafter

entered the University of Toronto, receiving the degree
of Bachelor of Arts from that institution in 1909, and
the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1913. Called to the
bar from Osgoode Hall Law School in the year 1913,
he has since practiced in the city of Toronto, and has
already won a position of prominence, handling a general
practice. He is a member of the Toronto Board of
Trade, and keeps in touch with the general progress,
as well as professional advance. His chief recreative
interests are out-door sports, and he is a member of
The Oakwood Club, the Ontario Jockey Club, and he
also has played lacrosse. Politically he is a Conservative,
fraternally a Mason, a charter member of Golden Fleece
Lodge, and was an oflScer, now on the retired list of
governor-general's bodyguard.

Mr. Gordon married Ida Gertrude Hogg, of Toronto,
on November 30, 1916. Mrs. Gordon is a daughter of
Albert Orr Hogg, a man of prominence in the grain trade,
president of Bowes Company, Ltd., and of Hogg &
Lytle, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have one daughter,
Sarah Jane Bernice, born March 6, 1919. They attend
the Presbyterian church.

ROBERT JOHN CHRISTIE— Active along financial
lines in Toronto, and with life experience in this and
allied branches of endeavor, Mr. Christie is bearing a
very practical part in the solution of the economic
problems of the day in Canada. Mr. Christie is of
American nativity, of Scotch descent, and is a son of
Thomas S. Christie, who was born in Scotland July 26,
1826, and died in 1889. He was for many years a mem-
ber of the faculty of Phillips Academy, of Andover,
Massachusetts, and also spent a period of seventeen
years in France as a professor of English. Professor
Christie married Mary Stewart, who was born in Dundee,
Scotland, April 14, 1835, and died in 1896.

Robert John Christie was born in Andover, Massachu-
setts, March 14, 1876, and during his early years attended
the public schools of his native place, completing his
education at Phillips Academy. His first business
experience was with the Equitable Life Insurance Com-
pany, where he was engaged as valuator for a period of
ten years. Coming to Toronto at the end of that time,
Mr. Christie entered the field of mortgage brokerage,
in which he has since been active, and has not only
achieved marked success, but has taken a deep interest
in all conditions which bear upon the business. He has
been especially active in his efforts to bring about the
extension of the law of moratorium, as he is convinced
that the people of Canada should be permitted more
leeway in paying off mortgages. Many of these obliga-
tions were contracted for before the war, and with the
present greatly changed conditions the release of the
moratorium would mean undue expense for the parties
most vitally concerned. In this championship of the
people Mr. Christie is striving to encourage an advance
which will mean the increased security and permanence
of the home and which will count for the security and
permanence of the nation. His offices are in the Con-
federation Life Chambers, at the corner of Queen and
Victoria streets, and occupying suite No. 240, he is
advantageously located in the financial district of the
city.

In political affairs Mr. Christie takes only the interest
of the progressive citizen. He holds membership in the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Andover, is a
member of the Empire Club, of Toronto, and also of the
Association for the Preservation of Fish and Game in
Canada, being a strong devotee of the north woods
country. Fond of fishing and hunting, he spends much
time in the field and streams. He identifies himself with
the Presbyterian church.

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ALBERT EDWARD WEBSTER, M.D., D.D.S.,
M.D.S. — Dean of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons,
with an international reputation as one of the leaders
of his profession, Dr. Webster was born at Creemore,
Simcoe county, Ontario, son of George and Esther
(Gowan) Webster, in the year 1867. He received his
preliminaiy education in the public and continuation
schools of Creemore, and proceeded to Collingwood
Collegiate Institute, and later, to Bradford Model
School. His academic education completed. Dr. Webster
became a teacher in the public school at Baxter, Simcoe
county, Ontario. Some months later, he occupied a like
position in the public school at Everett, in the same
county.

His interest had long before been attracted to the
profession of dental surgery and he presently entered
the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, one of the most
famous institutions of its kind in the world, then a
department of Lake Forest University. Dr. Webster
matriculated in 1890, and was graduated in 1893 with
the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He returned to
Canada forthwith, and continued his studies at the Royal
College of Dental Surgeons at Toronto, from which he
graduated in 1894. During the years 1895 and 1896,
Dr. Webster attended lectures at Trinity Medical
College. The following year he returned to Chicago and
entered Rush Medical College, of the medical depart-
ment of 'the University of Chicago, where he completed
his medical training, graduating in 1898 with the degree
of Doctor of Medicine. He then returned to the Chicago
College of Dental Surgeons, and spent the remainder of
the year 1898 in post-graduate work.

Dr. Webster began his professional career at Pem-
broke, Ontario, in 1891, as an associate of Dr. Mat
McKay, M.A., M.P. In the summer of 1893 he was
associated with Dr. J. H. Irwin of Collingwood, and in
1894 with Dr. Daniel McPhee of Arnprior. After pur-
suing post-graduate work at the Chicago College of
Dental Surgery in 1898, Dr. Webster a^ain became an
associate of Dr. Irwin, remaining at Collirjgwood during
the years 1899 and 1900. He gave up this connection
in 1900 in order to establish himself as an independent
practitioner in Toronto.

Dr. Webster's eminent attainments as a scholar
and his services alike to his profession and to the city
of Toronto have given him a very distinguished position.
He received his first professional appointment in 1893,
when he was made a demonstrator in the Royal College
of Dental Surgeons. In 1899 he became Professor of
Orthodontia. In 1900 he was appointed Instructor in
Bacteriology. In 1907 he became Professor of Operative
Dentistry, Dental Pathology, and Therapeutics, and in
1914 he was appointed dean of the Faculty. In 1900
Dr. Webster was appointed editor of the "Dominion
Dental Journal." In 1902 he joined the staff of the
Hospital for Sick Children. He attended this hospital
as a staff surgeon for eight years, resigning in 1910, when
the pressure of his professional work made it impossible
for him to continue in attendance. Lecturer to the
nurses in training at the same hospital for ten years,
Dr. Webster has profoundly affected professional
thought and opinion in regard to dentistry and the
importance of dental hygiene, especially among school
children. Dr. Webster was the Canadian official delegate
at the Fourth International Dental Congress, held at
Paris in the year 1900, and as official delegate, again
represented Canada at the Fifth International Dental
Congress held at St. Louis in 1904. In 1912 he represent-
ed Canada at the meeting of the British Dental Associa-
tion held at Glasgow. He has long been a member of the
International Dental Federation. He was a member of
the pioneer organization which called together the first

meeting of all the dentists of Canada in 1902. T
meeting led to the formation of the Canadian Den
Association, and the Dominion Dental Council. ]
Webster was appointed a consulting member of i
Dominion Dental Council, and in 1910 was m:
president of the Canadian Dental Association. In 1!
he was elected president of the Toronto Dental Socie
He has twice been president of the Odontological CI'
Dr. Webster is a member of the Academy of Medici
president of the American Institute of Dental Teach(
and has served for two periods as a member of i
Senate of the University of Toronto. He is a memi
of the Academy of Dentistry of America. At the con'
cation of the University of Toronto in 1921, the ti
of Master of Dental Surgery was conferred upon h
honoris causa, by the Royal College of Dental Surge(
of Ontario.

Dr. Webster has presented addresses, papers, a
clinics, before nearly all of the important dental societ
in Great Britain, France, and Australia, as well as
Canada and the United States. He has contribul
many articles to professional journals during the pi
twenty years, and is the author of two chapters in 1
"Text Book of Operative Dentistry," edited by C.
Johnson, and published by Blakiston, Philadelph
He is also the author of two chapters in "Bennet
Dental Surgery," published by Oxford Univers
press, London and New York. He now has in prep,: "ati
two text books on dentistry: "How to Teach Opemti
Dentistry," and "Methods of Operative Procedures
Dentistry." Dr. Webster is a member of the Anglic
church. He belongs to the Young Men's Christi
Association; the Lambton Golf and Country Cli
the Thornhill Club; the Faculty Union, University
Toronto; and the Canadian Club. His fraternity is t
Delta Sigma Delta.

In 1904 he married Anna Richardson, daugh
of M. K. and Mary (McFarland) Richardson, M.!
both deceased. Her parents were residents of Fleshy
ton. Gray county. Dr. and Mrs. Webster have thi
daughters; Helen Lucas, Edith Mary, and Eliyabf
Ruth.

JOSEPH PATRICK WALSH— Of the younj
group of barristers who are taking part in the genei
advance in Toronto, Joseph P. Walsh is a well knoi
member. He is of Irish descent; his grandfather cai
from Ireland about the year 1837, settling in Toroni
Joseph J. Walsh, Mr. Walsh's father, was born
Toronto in 1854, and grew to manhood in this cit
In 1882 he removed to Stratford, Ontario, where 1
career was spent as a merchant, and where he died
January, 1919. Joseph J. Walsh married Emma Goug
who died in 1917.

Joseph Patrick Walsh was born in Stratford, Ontari
February 22, 1893, and received his early education
the separate schools, thereafter attending the Stratfo
Collegiate Institute. Preparing for his profession
Osgoode Hall Law School, he was called to the bar
April, 1915, and is now a member of the law firm
Day, Ferguson & Walsh, with offices at No. 26 Adelai
street. Politically he endorses the principles of t
Liberal party, and is a member of the Roman Catho
church.

Mr. Walsh married, in New York City, on Noveml:
26, 1920, Maud McManus, of that city, and they resi
at No. 46 St. Andrew's Gardens.

JAMES EDWARD MAYBEE— Internationally proi
inent as a solicitor of patents, expert in trademarks, a
broadly interested in every phase of public advan
James Edward Maybee, of "Toronto, has long been

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;ure of significance in the industrial progress of the
ominion of Canada. Mr. Maybee is a son of James
id Emily Grace (Windscheffel) Maybee, who came

Canada from London, England, in 1873, settling in
oronto. The elder Mr. Maybee was a master draper
' occupation, and while in Toronto was engaged along
is line of activity with the John Kay Company. He
ed in the prime of life, eight years after establishing
s home in Toronto (1881). The mother survived him
r many years, and died January 17, 1920.
James Edward Maybee was born in London, England,
arch 11, 1866, and was seven years of age when he
me with his parents to Canada. His education was
•gun in the public schools of Toionto, from which he
' tered the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, eventually
ting himself for his profession by private tuition under
e preeeptorship of Donald C. Ridout, whose office
•ad he subsequently became. The history of the present
m reaches back to the founding of the firm of Donald

Ridout & Company, in 1867. Mr. Maybee became
entified with the firm in 1883, and ten years later,
)on the death of D.C. Ridout, the firm of Ridout &
aybee was formed, John G. Ridout, a brother of D.C.
idout, being the senior partner. Again the death

the senio! partner left Mr. Maybee alone in 1911, and
II has since carried on the business personally. He
iindles a general practice as solicitor of patents, has
jne deeply into the subject of patent law not only in
'inada, but in Ameiica, and other countries in all
irts of the world, and is an acknowledged authority

patent matters. The greater part of his business is
I eouise in the Dominion, but he handles much work
Ir United States concerns and for industrial organiza-
!)ns all over the world. He is a member of the Chartered
istitute of Patent Agents of London, England, of the
istralasian Institute of Patent Agents, and is a regis-
red United States attorney. He is a member of the
Hnadian Manufacturers' Association, with which he has
Jen identified for many years, and is a member of the
*ironto Board of Trade.

An Independent in politics, Mr. Maybee has never
sught public honors, but is keenly interested in educa-
nnal work, and has served for the past six years as
(airman of the school board of Port Credit, where he
ssides. He has been re-elected for a seventh term to the
iime office. His chief recreative interest is in the science
< astronomy. He is a member of the Royal Astronomi-
•1 Society of Canada, and in 1909 was a member of the
>:)vernment Eclipse Expedition to Labrador, as a
ibresentative of the above society to observe the
ilipse of that year. Mr. Maybee is a member of the
Unadian Club, the Port Credit Club, and the Thirteen
*ub, and he holds membership in the Anglican church.
.' sports he has for many years been an active yachtsman
id lawn bowler.

Mr. Maybee mairied, in Toronto, on September 30,

97, Annie A. Short, of this city, and they have one
'lighter and two sons, as follows: A. Lynette, Gareth
Uward, and William James.

JAMES HENRY DIXON has had twenty-five years
(perience in prospecting, exploring, and developing
Md and silver mines in Northern Ontario and Quebec.
1' has personally visited and inspected every mineral
f'tion worthy of the name in these two Provinces and
lids large interests in Northern Ontario. Mr. Dixon
[ices his valuable training and experience at the ser-
^'e of the public as a developer and operator of desirable
fning investments, in partnership with Stanley R.
'ook.

Mr. Dixon was born in Waterford, New Hampshire,
Ibruary 22, 1871, and received his early education

at the La Chute Academy, Province of Quebec, later
attending a course of lectures on mineralogy given by
the late Sii William Dawson, of McGill University,
Montreal. During the subsequent years Mr. Dixon was
called to many parts of the Dominion of Canada to make
geological reports on mining properties of large import,
also going to the States, notably Colorado. His work of
this nature covered a period of twenty-five years. In
1918 Mr. Dixon formed a partnership with Stanley R.
Snook, and they have since operated as underwriters and
operatojs of gold and silvei mining propel ties in various
parts of the Dominion. They are principally interested
in the Matachewan gold belt but also have large interests
in West Shining Tree gold camp. Holmes township gold
belt, and have options and interests in gold properties
in the Lake of the Woods district.

Fraternally, Mr. Dixon is widely known, a member
of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 38, Fi ee and Accepted Masons,
of Montreal; St. John's Chapter, Royal Aich Masons,
of North Bay; Harrington Preceptory, Knights Tem-
plar; and is also a member of Rameses Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a
member and past grand of Minnehaha Lodge, No. 353,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also a past
master of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

Mr. Dixon married, in 1901, in Pembroke, Margaret
Ann Pappin, who was born in Westmeath, Ontario, a
daughter of the late Narcisse and Amelia Pappin, her
father being a lumberman; the mother was a native of
Westmeath, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon have two
children: Wesley, born February 26, 1903, who is taking
a course in mechanics at the Technical School, Toronto;
and Margaret, born in North Bay, August 28, 1913, and
now in the public schools of Toronto. The family
residence is at No. 317 Rusholme road, Toronto.

LIONEL GEORGE AMESDEN, vice-president and
managing director of the Consolidated Optical Company,
was born in Lambton county, Ontario, April 7, 1861, son
of Edwin and Catherine (Bourne) Amesden. His father
was the owner of a farm in Lambton county, and this
being the family residence, Lionel G. had the advantage
of spending his early years among the sights and sounds
of country life.

Mr. Amesden received his preliminary education in
the public schools of Ontaiio, and, at the age of fourteen
years was sent to London, England, where he became an
apprentice in an optical factoiy. In connection with the
practical training thus received, Mr. Amesden used his
spare time to good advantage by attending a technical
school. He spent seven years in London and then re-
tuined to Canada, well qualified to undertake any
work pertaining to the optical trade. He was engaged
in optical work in Canada for the three years immediate-
ly following his return. In 1884 he received an offer from
one of the leading jewelry firms of Detroit, Michigan,
and went to that city in order to take charge of the
optical department of their establishment. He spent nine
yeais at Detroit and then returned to Canada to organize
the optical plant known as Cohen Brothers. He managed
this business until 1907 and then effected an amalgama-
tion of the thiee films of Cohen Brothers, The Montreal
Optical Company, and the Dominion Optical Company,
under the name of the Consolidated Optical Coinpany.
He was elected vice-p-esident and managing director
of this firm at the time of its consolidation and has held
these positions ever since.

Mr. Amesden is a member of the Church of England.
He is president of the Victoria Club of Toronto, a mem-
ber of the Thornhill Golf Club, and is keenly interested
in all matters that concern the business and social
life and welfare of the city.

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Mr. Amesden marned, in 1885, Emma Louisa Tuiner,
daughter of Charles and Annie (Gamble) Turner. Four
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Amesden, three
now living: 1. William George, who was bom in Detioit,
Michigan, March 21, 1888. He attended St. Alban's
Cathedral School and the University of Toronto, grad-
uating B. Sc. in 1911. FVom the latter year until 1913
he was engaged in the practice of his profession as civil
engineer of municipal railway construction. From 1913
to 1915 he was associated with his father, in charge of
the scientific instrument department of the business.
In the latter year he enlisted in the 4th Canadian
Infantry, for service during the World War, with the
rank of lieutenant. He was killed in action at the battle
of Amiens, August 8, 1918. 2. Evelyn, who was born
February 3, 1886. 3. Lionel G., Jr., who was born
January 23, 1892. He attended St. Alban's Cathe-
dral School and Upper Canada College. He enlisted in
1915 and served with the 4th Canadian Infantry, in the
same company as his brothei, taking over the command
of the company after the death of his brother. He
was gassed and shell-shocked. He was discharged in
April, 1919, and now holds the position of sales manager
with his father's firm. 4. Edith, who was born September
23, 1897.

JOHN NOBLE, M.B., M.D., CM.— The practice
that Dr. Noble enjoys in Toronto is the result of more
than three decades of constantly devoted service in his
profession in this city, where all of his active career in
medical work has been passed. Dr. Noble's standing
among his professional colleagues and in the public
esteem is the fitting reward of able talents directed in
sustained usefulness in accordance with the highest
ethics of a noble calling.

Dr. Noble is a son of William Noble, born in Ireland
in 1822, came to Canada in young manhood, settling
at Erin Village, Ontario, where he engaged in farming
throughout his active life, his death occurring in 1903.
He was well known as an Orangeman and performed
valuable work for this order. He married Elizabeth
Paisley, born near Enniskillen, Ireland, in 1829, who
died in 1913.

Dr. Noble was born in Welling county, Ontario, March
7, 1854. His general education was obtained in public
schools and Georgetown Academy, of Georgetown, after
which he taught school in grammar grades for several
terms. In 1885 he came to Toronto, and in 1889 was
graduated M.B. from the Toronto School of Medicine,
later receiving the degrees of M.D. and CM. from
Victoria College at Cobourg. His work as a practitioner
began in 1890 and from that year he has been a highly
regarded and respected member of Toronto's professional
fraternity. His present offices are at No. 219 Carleton
street, and here he meets the demands of a large prac-
tice that has grown to its generous proportions through
the years.

Dr. Noble is a member of the Masonic order, is also
an Orangeman, and a member of the Presbyterian church.
Politically, he is a Liberal Conservative. Dr. Noble has
at all times taken an active interest in educational mat-
ters and has been a member of the Board of Education
of the city of Toronto at various peiiods for a total of
seventeen years. During the year 1920 he was chairman
of the board. He has also taken an active part in muni-
cipal affairs and served as a member of the City Council
for four years, 1906-1909.

MORLEY F. LUKE— In the world of finance of
Ontario, Mr. Luke is well known, his brojierage business
in Toronto placing him among the leading figures in this
field of business endeavor. Mr. Luke is a son of Williiim

and Nellie (Camplin) Luke, both natives of Onl
county, and both now living. The elder Mr. Lul
actively engaged as a contractor.

Morley F. Luke was born in Ontario county, Au
15, 1889. Educated in the public schools near his h<
he came to Toronto to enter upon his career, and
first position was as clerk in a mercantile establishrr
After a year of this employment, Mr. Luke bee
identified with the famous department store ol
Eaton & Company, Ltd., in the capacity of desij
and was thus engaged for five years. He therei
became interested in the theatrical world, and lor
year was active along this line. He then establi
his present business as broker in stocks and bonds,
has continued in this field until the present time, di;
one year of the interval being on the New York S
Exchange. He is counted among the conserve
and far-sighted men in finance, and holds an ass
position in this field of endeavor.

For three years, from 1910 until 1913, Mr. Luke
a member of the "Queen's Own Rifles" (Second I
ment), serving as a private. He is broadly interests
all advance, and for a number of years has been an a(
member of the Toronto Young Men's Christian Ass(
tion. He is a member of the Methodist church of Tore

Mr. Luke married, in 1915, Emily Irene Woodw
who was born in Toronto, March 14, 1891.

THOMAS GIBSON— Combining a keen int(
and understanding of the law with a full knowledjf
the business and economic conditions, Thomas Gi
has found a broad sphere of service. He was bor
Ingersoll, Ontario, June 14, 1875, son of Joseph and J
(Buchanan) Gibson. He was educated at Inge
Collegiate Institute, and at Toronto University, gra
ting in 1897 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Ir
same year he engaged to read law with Mads
Macdonald, Shepley & Middleton, of Toronto, at
same time attending Osgoode Hall Law School, gra
ting in 1900. He was immediately called to the
and practiced law in his home town for the perio
three years, and from 1903 to 1909 he was junior par
of the firm of Rowell, Reid, Wilkie, Wood & Git
Toronto. In 1909 he became associated with the I
Superior Paper Corporation, as general counsel.

Then came the war, and in 1916 he gave up his
practice for the time being and assisted in recrui
for the 168th Battalion, known as "Oxford's Oi
C.E.F. He accompanied the battalion overseas as sec
in-command, and when it was broken up overseas i
the arrival in England, he was appointed senior maji
the Labor Battalion (Fourth), serving over a yea
France. He proved himself an efficient officer
was mentioned in despatches, and on January 1, 1
he was awarded the D.S.O. While in England, he sei
on the staff of the overseas minister of militia in Lon
and as assistant deputy minister, O.M.F.C
June, 1919, he was made a companion of St. Mic
and St. George, and was awarded the French Medail
Honneur.

Returning to America, he immediately resumed
professional life, and in addition to filling the of
of vice-president and general counsel for the Spa
River Pulp and Paper Mills, he is the head of the
firm of Gibson & Gibson; vice-president and ger
counsel of the Lake Superior Paper Company, I
president and general counsel of the Fort William Pi
Company, Ltd; general counsel and director of the Alg
Steel Corporation, Ltd.; the Lake Superior Corpora)
and subsidiary companies. Mr. Gibson finds time, des
his large business and professional interests, to indulg
an occasional game of golf, which together with garde

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siders his chief recreation. He is a member of the
,.ru.;to Club, Albany Club, University Club, Mississ-
^a Golf Club, Rideau Club of Ottawa, Lawyers'
jub of New York, the Sault Ste. Marie city Golf, and
iuntry clubs. He is also affiliated with the Free and
icepted Masons, and the Independent Order of Odd
(Hows.

iMr. Gibson married, September 16, 1903, Clara
(inie Sharon, daughter of F. Sharon. They have three
rughters and two sons: Janet; Marion; Eleanor;
jomas, Jr.; and Douglas.

PERCY CHARLES DEEBLE— The active career of
irey Charles Deeble carried him from his native
l.gland to lands little known to the average man, the
:tlying, far distant colonies of the British Empire,
)d in 1911 to Canada, where he has achieved a dis-
;ctive place in commercial, financial and industrial
jairs. Mr. Deeble is a son of Charles and Helena
■ra Deeble, his father a merchant of Falmouth, Corn-
pII, England. The elder Deeble is an ex-mayor of
[Imouth, ex-chairman of the Falmouth Board of
lade, ex-chairman of the Port Sanitary Authorities,
'chairman of the Board of Guardians, and a past
ii.ster in Royal Arch Masonry.

Percy Charles Deeble was born in Falmouth, Corn-
f\\, England, February 7, 1882, and there began his
Sication in the Falmouth Grammar School. His first
»|ployment was with Downings, general merchants,
sji for two years he was a clerk apprentice at his birth-
pee. At the end of this time he entered independent
bj^iness as a dry goods merchant in Brussels, Belgium,
so dealing in laces, and later extended his operations
tt the British Colonies. Both retail and wholesale
tinsactions came within his sphere and he became
tive along financial lines in various British colonies.
Bturning to England, he remained there for five or six
i»irs, devoting his time to numerous investments, and in
111 came to Toronto, here continuing financial opera-
bns and forming an identification with the lumber
ii ustry.

Jpon becoming associated with Leonard R. Steel,
N. Deeble withdrew from his independent work and
t'e all of his time and energy to the promotion of the
Vit Steel enterprises. He is now president of the L.R
3el Service Corporation, Ltd.; vice-president of the
LI. Steel Service Corporation of New York, and a
i?ctor of the allied companies, the Steel Realty Devel-
anent Corporation, the L.R. Steel Company, Ltd., and
b,.' L. R. Steel Company, Inc. Thehead offices of the L.R.
S el Service Corporation, Ltd., are in the Royal Bank
biding, Toronto, with branch offices in Canadian cities
tim coast to coast. In the near future Mr. Deeble plans
tl extension of his organization to the British Isles.
AMntemporary writer has given the following picture
oMr. Deeble in the world of affairs:

rom the different phases of his life work. Mr. Deeble has evolved
1 lotto — "Smile, Strive, Stick," which has worked wonders for
n . He derives a Krcat deal of plca.siire from in.spirinK his large
i) growing sales staff with the pot<!ncy of thLs mott<i. His motto
w rloscriixK him, for his cheorfulnoss and geniality are contagious;
man who loves his work, and his working day Is very often
i-hour one. His ability to stick is proverbial among his co-

11 lasight into the make-up of Mr. Deeble is found in his famous
1)1 ram which has Ixxjn widely <iuoted in magazines and newspapers:

I man stumbles, here's my hand ; if he lies down, there's the door,"
1 t epigram is a quick word sketch of Mr. Deeble. He will go to
ifiit ends u> help the man who is honestly trying. He is a sane
i" consistent optimist. He believes that good times and bad times
iuto a large degree a matter of mental attitude. He believes in
taing prosperity and working for prosperity at all times,

vir. Deeble is a member of the famous Forty-eighth
l";hlanders in Toronto. His fraternal affiliations are
wh the Masonic order, and he is a member of the

Church of England. His club is the Toronto Hunt, and
he is a member of the Board of Trade. The writer quoted
above concludes the article, whose subject is Mr. Deeble,
■with the following words:

Outside of work — which is his greatest hobby — Mr. Deeble devotes
part of his spare time to fishing and hunting and enjoying rural life
on his farm uj) in Maskoka. He is an ardent, real, live, dv(d-ln-
the-wool C^anadian, who believes Implicitly in Canada, in Canadians,
in Maile-in-Canada gotxls, and in the wonderful century of Canada
which we are now entering,

Percy Charles Deeble married, in London, England,
June 25, 1911, Hermine Schoonheyt.

CHARLES KIRK CLARKE, M.D., LL.D.— Author-
ity in an exceedingly difficult branch of the profession.
Dr. Clarke has had a busy career, rewarded with distin-
guished place in his calling and the esteem of his col-
leagues. He is one of the best known alienists and psy-
chiatrists of the country, and is also prominent in orni-
thological circles, ha-ving found in this study and music
his most enjoyable recreation from exacting and wearing
professional duties.

Dr. Clarke was born in Flora, Wellington county,
Ontario, February 16, 1857, son of Hon. Lieutenant-
Colonel Charles and Emma (Kent) Clarke, his father
having been speaker of the Legislature. Dr. Clarke
attended the Elora Grammar School, and after com-
pleting preparation for advanced study entered the
University of Toronto, being graduated M.B. in 1878,
and M.D. in 1879. From 1874 to 1878 he was clinical
assistant in the Toronto Hospital for the Insane, thus
early in his career beginning the alienistic work in which
he has become noted. From 1878 to 1880 he was assistant
physician at the same institution, and for the following
year served as assistant superintendent of the Hamilton
Hospital for the Insane. In 1881 he became assistant
superintendent of the Rockwood Hospital for the
Insane at Kingston, and until 1885 held this post, then
becoming superintendent and continuing at the head of
the Rockwood Hospital until 1905.

Upon leaving the Rockwood Hospital, Dr. Clarke was
presented with a cabinet of silver by the staff with which
he had been so long associated. Dr. Clarke was trans-
ferred from the Rockwood Hospital to the Toronto
Hospital for Insane in 1905, in order that he might be
closer to the seat of the government to confer with
officials in regard to the Provincial institutions. In
1908 he was sent to Europe to investigate psychopathic
hospitals and report. His report made was elaborate,
and resulted in a scheme to establish such a hospital
in Toronto. An initial grant of $100,000 was made, and
W. J. Hanna was intensely anxious to carry this plan
forward. Unfortunately, events transpired, and in-
fluences were set in motion that prevented the consum-
mation. During his residence at Kingston he was also
professor of mental diseases in Queen's University, which,
in 1906, conferred upon him the honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws. Through his instrumentality the
first training school for mental nurses in connection
with Rockwood Hospital for the Insane was founded
in 1887 and a convalescent home and a nurses home
were established in 1903. This training school for
mental nurses was one of a group of the first seven in-
augurated in America. In 1894 he also built, largely by
patients' labor, the first psychopathic hospital in Cana-
da, which was also among the first in America. These
were among the many forward strides taken in the in-
stitution under his leadership. Dr. Clarke organized
the new Toronto General Hospital and was medical
superintendent from 1911 to 1917, and for the following
year served as medical director. In 1918 he was appointed
medical director of the Canadian National Committee

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for Mental Hygiene, and this work has occupied him to
the present. Psychiatry, mental hygiene, and psychology
have been his life-long specialties, and in addition to
lecture tours throughout Canada he has been active in
educational work as dean of the medical faculty of the
University of Toronto for twelve years, professor of
psychiatry of the University of Toronto, and director
of the Psychological Department of the same university.
He is the author of numerous monographs on psychiatric
subjects, and in 1914 published "A History of the Toron-
to General Hospital." Dr. Clarke studied mental diseases
and their treatment under several of the most famous
authorities and teachers of the country, including the
eminent Dr. Joseph Workman. Dr. Clarke is a co-
editor of the "American Journal of Psychiatry," pub-
lished at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Mary-
land.

During the World War Dr. Clarke aided in the organ-
ization of No. 4 Unit from the Toronto General Hospital,
and in 1918 became consultant in psychiatry for Mili-
tary District No. 2. He was one of the pioneers in de-
veloping occupational therapy in the treatment of
insanity, and inaugurated many original methods along
these lines which were adopted in American hospitals.
With Dr. W. G. Metcalf, of Kingston, and Dr. R. M.
Bucke, of London, Ontario, he established nonrestraint
as an accepted method in the treatment of the insane.
This was in 1882, and Dr. Clarke also established homes
for the treatment of the tubercular insane at Rockwood.
In 1901 Dr. Clarke was appointed a royal commissioner
to investigate the condition of the insane in British
Columbia, and in 1907 was made a royal commissioner
to report on methods of treatment of the insane in
Europe. He is a member of the Academy of Medicine
of Toronto and the American Psychiatric Association,
and in 1907-8 was vice-president of the Canadian
Hospital Association.

Dr. Clarke has long been a deep student of bird
life and is the author of a number of books on ornitholog-
ical subjects. He is likewise well known in musical circles,
the violin the instrument upon which he personally per-
forms. For many years 'he was president of the Canadian
Society for the Protection of Birds. One of his contem-
poraries. Professor Adam Shortt, has spoken of Dr.
Clarke as follows: "A many-sided man, who vigorously
pursues various lines of science and culture. In his
special sphere he is a widely recognized authority on
mental diseases, and his works on insanity are accepted
as standards." Dr. Clarke rounded out a long career
in psychiatry, when in 1922 he was appointed by the
Medico-Psychological Society of Great Britain to give
the Maudsley lecture in England in 1923. This great
honor is thoroughly appreciated by the Medical pro-
fession in Canada.

Dr. Clarke married (first) October 20, 1881, Margaret
de Veber Andrews, who died in 1902, daughter of Mar-
shall J. Clarke Andrews, of St. Andrews, New Brunswick.
He married (second) in August, 1904, Theresa Gallagher,
of Kingston. Children, all of his first marriage: 1.
Charles, served in the Canadian army during the World
War with the rank of sergeant-major, now associated
with the Canada Life Assurance Company. 2. Emma
de v., a trained nurse, spent five years in military service
overseas, now connected with the public health service.
3. Marjorie, married. 4. Dr. Harold, a medical practition-
er of Bridgeport, Connecticut. 5. Herbert, an engineer.
6. Dr. Eric K., who served during the World War for
four years, with the rank of captain.

ELIAS TALBOT MALONE, K.C.— One of the lead-
ing barristers of Ontario, Canada, Elias Talbot Malone,
K.C., is head of the widely known firm of Malone,

Malone & Montgomery, with offices in the Tor
General Trusts building, at No. 85 Bay street. Tore
Mr. Malone is a son of John Talbot and Dora (Wra
Malone, of King's county, Ireland, who came to Tor
in 1863, and settled at Ingersoll, Oxford county, Ont
shortly afterwards, there spending the remainder of
lives.

Mr. Malone was born in King's county, Ireland,
ruary 11, 1854. Seven years of age when he came
his father's family to Canada, his education was b
in a private school in Toronto, continued at the Ing«
Grammar School, then began the study of law in Inge
in 1869, later attending Osgoode Hall Law Schoi
Toronto, and completing his preparations for his
fessional career in the office of the late Sir James Ei
Speaker of the House of Commons, whose partne
became. Mr. Malone was sworn in as attorney and s
tor in 1876, when he joined the law firm of Edgar, Pit
& Malone, of which he is the sole surviving member
has associated with him as members of the firm 1
Malone, W. S. Montgomery, A. Mearns, and G
Malone, and the firm are solicitors for the Toronto Gi
al Trusts Corporation, the Central Canada Loan
Savings Company, the Imperial Life Assurance Com;
of Canada, the Provident Investment Company,
other leading financial institutions.

Mr. Malone was called to the Ontario bar in :
and was created King's Counsel in 1899. His practic
been largely along the line of corporation work, an(
brought him in touch with many important bus
and industrial concerns. He assisted in the organiz;
of the Toronto General Trusts Corporation in 1882,
has since been general solicitor and counsel of the
poration. He has been retained in many notable ^
in connection with wills, trusts and the administr:
of estates and insurance cases. He is vice-president c
Imperial Life Assurance Company, and has bee:
general solicitor since its inception in the year J
In connection with his other activities Mr. Mi
is a director of the Toronto General Trusts Corpora
of the Imperial Life Assurance Company of Canada
Central Canada Loan and Savings Company,
Toronto Savings and Loan Company, the Globe F
ing Company, the Toronto Type Foundry Com]
Ltd., and Hyslop Brothers, Ltd.

In various civic and national interests Mr. Mi
is widely active, and politically endorses the Li
party. He was president of the Toronto Reform Ass
tion in 1892, then served as treasurer in 1908. H{
one of the leading Liberals who assisted in the form;
of the Union Government for the purposes of the
For six years he served as trustee of the Toronto
legiate Institute Board, and for two years he was i
dent of the Irish Protestant Benevolent Societ
Toronto. In the years 1877, 1878, 1879, Mr. M;
was a member of the Law Company of the "Qu
Own Rifles."

Fraternally, Mr. Malone is very prominent ir
Masonic order, of which he has been a member for f
five years, having joined Zetland Lodge, No. 326,
and Accepted Masons, G. R. C, in March of 1877
was elected worshipful master of his lodge in Nover
1879, and from that date until the present time has
tinuously held office in the lodge, having filled the
of treasurer for more than twenty-five years.
Malone has filled various offices in the Grand Lod
Canada, and was grand master in the years 1899,
and 1901, and grand treasurer from 1902 until the pr
time. He was grand master of the Great Prio
Canada, Knights Templar, in 1894 and 1895, anc
elected honorary grand first principal of the Grand (
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iber and treasurer-general of the Supreme Council
lanada, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; is grand
jr warden of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, of which
id Lodge he is the representative at the Grand Lodge
ianada; is grand representative of Great Priory of
ind at the Great Priory of Canada; is representative
le Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish

of Ireland, at the Supreme Council of Canada;
is representative at the Grand Chapter of Canada
le Grand Chapter of Texas. Mr. Malone is a member
le Toronto and National clubs, of the Rosedale and
bton Golf clubs, and of the Queen City Curling
). He is one of the few surviving members of the
Toronto Lacrosse Club, in which he was a leading
e from the year 1877 throughout the existence of
)rganization. He is a member of St. Paul's Anglican
:ch, on Bloor street. East.

r. Malone was married to Amy Morphy, of Toronto,
hter of E. M. Morphy, Esq., who came to Toronto

Ireland in 1820, and was a prominent officer in the
; Pioneers, and who married Eliza Townsley, a
I'e of Toronto. To Mr. and Mrs. Malone four
ren were born: 1. Charles Edward, who died in
!. 2. Frank Talbot, who was born in 1887, educated
le Model School, Woodstock College, Upper Canada
Ige, and the University of Toronto, is agent and
cal representative in Ontario of the Century Coal
ipany; married Mildred Ball, daughter of R. N.
1 County Crown Attorney, of Oxford county, On-
i 3. Gerald Morphy, M.C., born in 1891, educated
ts Model School, Woodstock College, the University
'jronto and Osgoode Hall Law School, was called
ie bar in 1915 and has been a member of his father's
I rm since 1915. He served as lieutenant in the 15th
Ulion, 48th Highlanders, Canadian Expeditionary
ns, went overseas in July, 1916, and was awarded
jvlilitary Cross for services at Arras. 4. Maurice
nrd, born in 1895, educated in Huron Street Public
1)1, St. Andrew's College, and the University of
nto; served as lieutenant in the 15th Battalion,
t Highlanders, joined the 58th Battalion, Canadian
{iitionary Forces, in May, 1915, going overseas
..iy of the same year, was attached to the 15th
t.lion, 48th Highlanders, and was killed at Zillebeke,
a 3, 1916, while leading his command against the

rOMAS ALBERT BROWN— The house of The
on Brothers, Ltd., book-binders and stationers,
aiusiness interest of Toronto that can only be ac-
rjsly designated as a city institution. Thomas Albert
• . of the fourth generation of the family to engage

le of business. Is the present head of the house,
- , dating in Canada to 1846, had its true source
E£;land in the latter part of the eighteenth century,
t it time Thomas Brown, a worthy apprentice, having
neted his service with William Charnley, the famous
f>Uel!er of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, was

'a member of the Stationers' Company, and

od in business for himself. So thoroughly did he
I'liand his trade and so upright and enterprising
13 e in its practice, that Robert Robinson, the well
on author of "The Life and Times of Thomas
^wk," calls him "The Father of Trade in the North
K;land." A memorial of Thomas Brown, carefully

1 by his family, is an indenture setting forth
Lesion as a free burgess of the town of Newcastle,
K concludes as follows: "Thomas Brown, appren-
ecto William Charnley, stationer, was this 22nd
y ■ August, in the year of our Lord God, 1774, ad-
tt. a free burgess of this Corporation and stands
<ir:d with a musket for the defence thereof."

In 1822 this Thomas Brown was succeeded by a son
of the same name, Thomas (2) Brown, who inherited his
father's understanding of books in the manner in which
they should be handled. Mr. Robinson, in the work be-
fore cited, refers to him thus: "Thomas Brown, book-
binder, removed from Nun's Gate to the Royal Arcade
soon after it was built, where he commenced business
as a bookseller in connection with binding." This Thomas
Brown decided to try his fortunes in the New World,
and in 1846, taking with him his seven sons and two
daughters, crossed the Atlantic. He landed at New
York, and at once made his way via Albany and the Erie
Canal to Lewiston, and thence by steamer to Toronto.
The Queen City was then but a promising town, with
scarcely a score of thousands of residents, but Mr.
Brown had strong confidence in its future, and, pur-
chasing the book and stationery business of Mr. Payne
on King street, laid the foundation of the present busi-
ness.

From 1856 to 1 900 The Brown Brothers, Ltd., occupied
at first premises on King street. East, where the King
Edward Hotel now stands, shortly afterward moving
to larger quarters on the north side of King street. At
first one storey sufficed, then another had to be added.
A large factory was the next requirement, and in steady
stages the business grew until, in 1900, a splendid five-
story structure was erected on Wellington street, West,
one of the largest establishments of its kind in the
country.

Richard Brown, son of Thomas (2) Brown, was born
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 13, 1834, and died in
Toronto in 1920. He served his apprenticeship as a
printer and binder with Thomas Maclear, of Toronto,
and in 1856 joined two of his brothers, Thomas and
John, in business. Their firm. The Brown Brothers, Limit-
ed, transacted the largest business in stationery, account
book manufacturing and book-binding in the Dominion,
Richard Brown surviving both his brothers, Thomas
having died in 1867 and John in 1882. Richard Brown
was a Methodist, prominent in church affairs, and a
member of the committee on church union. He was a
Liberal in political conviction. He married, in March,
1861, Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Dr. Slade Robin-
son.

Thomas Albert Brown, son of Richard and Elizabeth
(Robinson) Brown, was born in Toronto, December 24,
1867, and there attended public schools and Jarvis
Street Collegiate Institute. As a young man of eighteen
years he entered the family business, and in April, 1895,
was elected vice-president of the company. In 1920,
upon the death of his father, he succeeded to the presi-
dency, and is now chief executive of the company. The
Brown Brothers, Limited, now occupy the large building
at the corner of Simcoe, Pearl and Adelaide streets,
where the various lines of manufacture upon which
the firm's reputation was built in past years are con-
tinued. The high standard of their work has caused
them to receive awards of diplomas, medals and other
honors at numerous exhibitions. A treasured possession
of the firm is the book with which Thomas (2) Brown won
the first prize at the first exhibition ever held in Toronto
(1846), and from that date to this the firm has never
failed to take the prize at the annual exhibition. They
won a medal at the exhibition held in Montreal in connec-
tion with the opening of the Victoria Bridge in 1860,
won high honors at the Philadelphia Centennial, re-
ceived three diplomas at the Paris (France) exhibitions,
gained a medal and diploma at the Indian and Colonial
exhibition in London in 1886, and had the same success
at the World's Fair in 1893. Throughout its whole
career the house of The Brown Brothers, Limited, has been
noted for the harmonious relations existing between

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the employer and employees. "Good wages for good
work" has been the motto of the establishment, and
many an employee has grown gray in its service, working
constantly year after year. Such an organization has the
salutary influence upon the whole business life of a city,
and Brown Brothers has exercised an influence in Toron-
to that cannot be computed solely in commercial terms.

Thomas Albert Brown is a member of the Canadian
Manufacturers' Association and the Board of Trade. He
is also a member of the National Club, Lambton Golf
Club, Summit Golf Club, Victoria Club and Queen
City Curling Club. He and his wife are members of the
Sherboume Street Methodist Church and active in
dvic and philanthropic work in the city. Mr. Brown
took a leading part in war work during the World War,
and was chairman of the Young Men's Christian Assoc-
iation camp work for Ontario.

Mr. Brown married, in Toronto, March 10, 1892,
Jennie Bickell, daughter of J. B. Bickell. Throughout
the war period Mrs. Brown was tireless in the various
women's organizations, and gave herself unsparingly
to the conwnon cause. Their children are as follows:
Helen, Jean, John Leslie, and Captain Richard A., of
whom further.

Captain Richard A. Brown was born in Toronto,
October 21, 1896, and attended St. Andrew's College,
there preparing for Toronto University, where he was a
first-year student at the outbreak of the World War.
He attended Officers' Training School at Toronto Uni-
versity, and in 1915 was commissioned as lieutenant
in the Forth-eighth Highlanders, being ordered on over-
seas duty in July of the same year. He was attached
to the Fifteenth Battalion in France, was promoted to
captain in November, 1916, won the military cross at
Vimy on April 8, 1917, and was killed in action at
Passchendale, November 14, 1917. He was a gallant
and courageous officer and made his sacrifice in a spirit
of pure and highminded devotion.

GEORGE ALEXANDER HOWELL— In a wide
field of activity, in which he has come into touch with
many and varied lines of endeavor, Mr. Howell has la-
bored effectively and productively, his accomplishments
resulting in his place of prominence among Canadian
men of affairs. In several organizations bearing his name
and other titles, he has been a dominating influence,
guiding these companies in prosperous growth and
development. His war record is as notable as his business
achievements, and he has set a high standard in the ob-
servance of civic and patriotic responsibilities.

Mr. Howell was bom in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, May
24, 1861, son of Rev. James and Margaret (Dougall)
Howell, and attended the public schools of Granby,
Province of Quebec, and of Coldsprings, Ontario. Upon
the completion of his education he was employed in var-
ious capacities, and in 1903 became managing director
of Grip Publishing Company, Ltd., of Toronto. In 1906
he resigned this position to accept that of managing
director of Grip, Limited, of which he subsequently
became secretary and treasurer and a member of its
board of directors. The latter connections he retained
for several years after withdrawing from the managing
directorship. In 1906 he had also acquired a half-interest
in the Standard Paper Company, and from that time his
official connections with important business organizations
have steadily increased in number and importance. He
is now president and manager of the Howell Warehouse
Company, Ltd., president of the Howell Trading Com-
pany, Ltd., and president of the Howell Forwarding
Company, Ltd. The names of these organizations suggest
interesting branches of work, and in their operation Mr.
Howell has gained a broad experience and an acquain-

tance which reaches to all parts of the Dominion. H(
been president of the International Associatioi
Photo Engravers, to which office he was electa
Detroit, Michigan, in 1906; and is a past president o
Central Canada Warehouse Men's Association; and
been vice-chairman and treasurer of the Central On
College of Art; and a member of the council of
Toronto Art Gallery. He has long been a member o
Toronto Board of Trade; is honorary president oi
Young Men's Club, of the Toronto Board of Ti
and a member of the board of directors of the Tor
branch of the Canadian R^d Cross Association. Di
the World War and for the period immediately follow
his service as vice-chairman of the Voluntary
Association was especially valuable. This associi
was formed to assist returned soldiers, and play
potent part in all of the movements for the proseci
of the war as well as providing for returned veterai

Mr. Howell's political beliefs are .Liberal, and 1
a warm advocate of Free Trade. He has always
interested in sports, and has been vice-commodore o
American Canoe Association (1900), and commodo
the Toronto Canoe Club. He has many social cor
tions; was president of the Canadian Club in ]
and is a member of the National Club, also of the Re
Club. He also is a chairman of the Budget Comm
of the Federation for Community Service.

Mr. Howell married, June 12, 1900, Lucy Kno
New York City, daughter of the late William and R(
ca (EUiott) Knox. Mr. Knox was a manufacture
New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Howell are the pai
of one daughter, Margaret Knox Howell, who is ir
third year at the University of Toronto, taking an
course.

The family residence is at No. 7 Wychwood avei

JAMES PEARSON— For many years broadly a(
in the law and prominent in military affairs, Ji
Pearson has also long been identified with the wor
industry, and now looks back upon a long and u
life, while still able to keep in touch with the e\
of the day.

Mr. Pearson was born in the township of Hun
Carleton county, Ontario, and is a son of John
Maria (Wheeler) Pearson, farming people of
section, his paternal ancestry being Scotch, his mate
English. Both parents are long since deceased.

Born July 3, 1845, Mr. Pearson's childhood was s
on the farm, and his early education was received a
grammar schools of Ottawa, Ontario, and thr
private tuition. From 1865 to 1869 he taught scho
Carleton county, then entered a law office in Ot
and began his preparation for his present profes
Coming to Toronto in December, 1871, he spent
winter in military school, his training here being bu
beginning of an honorable military record, of \v
further mention is made below. In 1872 he enterec
law offices of Leys & McMurrich, two years latei
coming solicitor, then was called to the bar in .'
Meanwhile, in 1875, Mr. Pearson became conw
. with Mr. Leys as a partner, under the firm name of
& Pearson, which was later changed, by the receptii
another partner, to Leys, Pearson & Kingsford.
the retirement of Mr. Leys in 1883, the partnershi
came Pearson & Cavell, continuing thus for a nu
of years. The next change made the firm name Pea
McDonald & Cronyn, Mr. Pearson later withdra'
and later J. Herbert Denton, now Judge Denton.
Mr. Pearson formed the firm of Pearson & De
which continued until Mr. Denton's appointmei
the bench in 1911. Since that time Mr. Pearsoi
practiced alone, although, in the past few years b

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not been active in the profession, while still connected
with the bar. He is a member of the Canadian Bar
Association, of the Ontario Bar Association, and of the
York County Law Association.

The military record of Mr. Pearson began with his
graduation with the first and second military certificates,
by virtue of which he held the office of lieutenant of the
Ottawa Rifles. In 1872-3-4 he served as adjutant of the
56th Battalion, then, in 1875, was transferred as lieu-
:enant from the Ottawa Rifles to the "Queen's Own
Rifles" (Second Regiment), and shortly afterwards
was promoted to captain of C Company. He held this
)ffice until 1879, and at the time of his resignation
vas second senior captain of the regiment. He is an
«pert rifle shot, and has participated in many rifle
Hatches.

Always a supporter of the Liberal party and its policies,
Vlr. Pearson advocates a tariff for the benefit of the peo-
)le at large. He was brought forward as a Liberal candi-
iate for East Toronto in 1911, advocating reciprocity
n natural products, but was unsuccessful. He later
)ecame identified with the United Farmers of Ontario,
:nd was very active in promoting the progress of this
■rganization. For many years Mr. Pearson has been
ctively connected with the Constructing and Paving
'ompany, of Toronto, becoming a member of this con-
em in 1899, and is now the president and treasurer.
Jearly one-half of the asphalt paving done in the city of
Toronto since that time has been handled by this com-
iany, and they do a very large and prosperous business
hroughout the Province of Ontario. Mr. Pearson is one
f the foremost authorities on roadbuilding in Canada.
I During his younger days Mr. Pearson was well known
1 athletic circles. In 1872 he joined the Toronto La-
rosse Club, and for a number of years held various
hampionships. He was noted from 1873 to 1880 as a
printer, runner, jumper and curler. In 1884 he was
citve in the organization of the Amateur Athletic
ssociation of Canada, the purpose of the association
eing to hold championship meets, the first of which took
lace in 1885. Mr. Pearson was elected vice-president
i the original association, and was later elected and
jveral times reelected president. He has always been
idely known as an advocate of physical culture, and
as one of the leaders in the organization of the Sports-
en's Patriotic Association, which has always received
s active support.

Since 1881 Mr. Pearson has been a member of the

ational Club, of Toronto, and has long been a member
the Empire Club. He is a member of the Caledon

ountain Trout Club, and is a life-member of the
rgonaut Rowing Club, having long been prominent

this sport. He finds his chief recreative interest, how-
i'er, in the rnagnificent farm of more than eight hun-
ted acres which he owns in Peel county, and which is

needed to be the largest and best-equipped farm in the
;unty. He has owned this farm for twenty years, and
';.8 developed a very fine herd of thoroughbred Short-
Irns, the blood being of Scotch origin, and some prize-
'nning thoroughbred horses. He lives on the place
<:ring the summer months, and takes a personal interest
i the operation of the farm. Many charitable organiza-
Ims know him as a firm and generous friend, and no
(od cause fails of his support. His city home is in the
■"aimer Apartments, and he is a member of St. Andrew's
lesbyterian Church.

Mr. Pearson married (first) in 1884, Minnie Holcomb,
»1 there is one daughter of this marriage, Mrs. F. B.
I«ve, of Toronto; he married (second) in 1900, May
liompson, of Toronto, and they have one daughter,
Jne Adele.

ARTHUR D. MILES— In the mining development
of Canada, Arthur D. Miles is widely known, his activi-
ties and interests extending into many fields and his
executive responsibilities having been numerous and
important. Now a naturalized Canadian, he was born
in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, July 28, 1874, son of Joseph
and Martha (Borland) Miles, his parents, both of whom
survive, for many years residents of Milton, Pennsyl-
vania.

Mr. Miles attended the public schools of his birth-
place and prepared for college at Dwight's School in
New York City, and after attending the University of
New York, entered Yale University, where he received
the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. For two years
after his graduation he was an instructor at Yale in
chemistry, geology and mineralogy, and during this
same period took the course in mining engineering at that
university. In 1905 he went to Cripple Creek, Colorado,
remaining there throughout the winter of 1906, and then
proceeded to Hedley, British Columbia, as mining en-
gineer in the interests of the Marcus Daly estate, of
Butte, Montana. After sixteen months in British Colum-
bia, he returned to Butte in the same connection, re-
maining in Montana for some time.

In 1908 Mr. Miles came to Copper Cliff, Ontario, here
being identified with the mines of the International
Nickel Company, and in 1913 he became president of the
Canadian Copper Company, filling that office until the
absorption of the company by the International Nickel
Company, of which corporation he was elected presi-
dent. He was an executive officer of the International
Nickel Company, the largest producers of nickel in the
world, until his resignation February 1, 1922, and he
still retains his place upon its directorate. Mr. Miles
was president of the Huronian Company, Ltd., and
of the Upper Spanish Improvement Company,
Ltd., until his resignation from both offices, and he was
also president of the Ontario Mining Association from the
time of its organization in 1919 until July 1, 1921. He
is a director of the Algomah Eastern Railway Company,
and in technical circles is known as one of the foremost
mining men of Canada, thoroughly informed profession-
ally, and an executive of strong powers.

In other interests Mr. Miles is broadly active. He is
a member of the Toronto, York and Toronto Hunt
clubs of Toronto, and the Bankers' and Yale clubs of
New York City, and is a fellow of the National Geogra-
phical Society of the United States. His chief relaxations
are travel and golf.

Mr. Miles married, on August 20, 1919, (Mrs.)
Elsie (Armour) Duncan, a daughter of the late Chief
Justice John Douglas Armour, of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs.
Miles reside at No. 14 Willcocks street.

CHARLES BROTCHIE NASMITH— Since 1900

Mr. Nasmith has been active in legal work in Toronto,
Canada, associated with three professional firms,
Beaty, Hamilton & Snow; Beaty, Snow & Nasmith;
and Nasmith & Fennell, his present connection. He is a
member of an ancient Scotch family whose history in
Canada dates from 1844, when his grandfather, John
Nasmith, settled in the Dominion of Canada, this
John Nasmith the founder of Nasmiths, Limited, of Tor-
onto. Mr. Nasmith's great-grandfather was architect to
the city corporation of Glasgow, Scotland, andthe design-
er of many fine buildings. He is a cousinof Captain Martin
E. Nasmith, V.C., C.B., commander of the "Submarine
E-11" of Dardanelles fame and now captain of the
"Iron Duke," present flagship of the Mediterranean fleet
of the Royal British navy.

John Nasmith, the pioneer, was the father of Mungo
Nasmith, born in Scotland, who in childhood was.

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brought by his parents to Canada. During his active
years he was in business as a baker, later as a contracting
builder. He married Jane Morrow, born in Bath, Eng-
land, and they were the parents of Charles B. Nasmith, of
this review.

Charles B. Nasmith was born in Toronto, Ontario,
March 28, 1876. His early education was received in
the public schools, after which he attended Jarvis Street
Collegiate Institute, and Osgoode Hall, graduating
from the last-named institution in 1900, and at once
was admitted to the bar. He began practice in Toronto
as a member of the law firm of Beaty, Hamilton & Snow,
that firm being later succeeded by Beaty, Snow & Na-
smith. In 1920 Mr. Nasmith withdrew and formed
an association with Robert Fennell (q.v.), they practic-
ing as Nasmith & Fennell, with offices in the Guarantee
& Accident building on the north east corner of Bay
and Temperance streets. The firm serves an extensive
clientele, their special line of practice being in the law
of corporations.

Mr. Nasmith is a member of the Canadian Bar
Association; the Ontario Bar Association; and the York
County Law Association. He is a member of the Ma-
sonic order, affiliated with Zetland Lodge. His club
memberships include the Albany Club, Toronto Canoe
Club, Canadian Club, and the Scarboro Golf Club.
Politically, he is a Conservative, and his religious con-
nection is with the Baptist church.

Mr. Nasmith married, in August, 1900, Helen Ferris,
of Edmonton. The family home is at No. 5 Lamport
avenue, Toronto.

ALEXANDER JAMES REID— Through his con-
nection with various industrial and mercantile enter-
prises in Toronto, Canada, Alexander J. Reid is holding
a leading position in the business world of this city. Mr.
Reid is a son of Andrew and Eliza (Beswick) Reid, early
settlers of Uxbridge, Ontario. The father, who was a
native of Scotland, was engaged throughout his lifetime
in farming; the mother came from England.

Alexander J. Reid was born in Uxbridge, Ontario,
July 26, 1883, and received a practical education in the
public schools of his native place. Coming to Toronto
in 1902 as a young man of nineteen years, he became iden-
tified with the Elias Rogers Company, Ltd., with which
concern he holds the office of secretary and
treasurer. He is active in the management of the busi-
ness, having served in his present office since 1917. Mr.
Reid is also connected with several other concerns, some
of which are affiliated with the above. He is secretary
and treasurer of the Rogers Supply Company, Ltd., also
of the Universal Coal Company, Ltd., and of St. Mary's
Cement Company, Ltd., and is a director of Alfred
Rogers, Limited. He is a member of the Board of Trade.

Mr. Reid married, in Toronto, in 1905, Margaret
Liddell, of this city, and they have one son and one
daughter: Irene, and Andrew. The family reside at No.
11 Oriole Parkway, and attend the Presbyterian church.

ROBERT HOWIE, M.A., B.D.— For many years
active in the ministry, both as a settled pastor and in
missionary work, and serving during the World War as
chaplain, Robert Howie has, since the close of hostilities,
been identified with the automobile business in Toronto.

Mr. Howie is a son of Rev. Robert Howie, M.A.,
D.D., deceased, who was born in Scotland, and was
formerly a prominent figure in the United Free Church
of Scotland. He was a minister of this church in Glasgow,
and was moderator for the church throughout Scotland,
as such, representing the church at the coronation of
His Majesty, George V. For twenty years Dr. Howie was
convener of the Home Missions Committee, and also

of the committee on statistics of the United F
Church of Scotland. This branch of the Howie family i
descendants of the Howies of Lochgoin. Rev. Rob
Howie, married Catherine Coulson Davy, great-grai
daughter of Sir Humphrey Davy, who is still recogni:
as "one of the greatest chemists of his own or any ag
whose "Elements of Agricultural Chemistry," publist
in 1813, began a new era in agriculture, and whose
vention, the Davy safety lamp, is still in use in ma
coal mines, despite the fact that electrical devices hs
largely displaced the flame in the lighting of mines.

Robert Howie, son of Robert and Catherine Couls
(Davy) Howie, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Dece
ber 23, 1876, and his education was begun in the gramn
schools of his native city. He received his degree
Master of Arts from Glasgow University, and his deg:
of Bachelor of Divinity from the United Free Chui
College, where he studied theology. During these varic
courses Mr. Howie was associated with youths who n
to leading positions in life. Colonel John Buchan, autl
of "Nelson's History of the War," was his classmate
grammar school, and R. S. Home, now chancellor
the exchequer, was his classmate at the University
Glasgow. Mr. Howie's own student days presaged
future. He took first prize in history, and also prizes
English literature, logic and moral philosophy, at Gl
gow University, and took the highest honors in
entrance and graduation examinations at the Unit
Free Church College, receiving a fellowship upon t
completion of his studies. He won a scholarship to be
these institutions. Upon completing the course he 1
came assistant, for one year, to Dr. Henderson,
Crieff, now principal of Glasgow United Free Chui
College. Thereafter, taking up church extension wo
Mr. Howie was for nine years in charge of that wc
at Cambuslang, a suburb of Glasgow, for the Unit
Free Church. In 1911 Mr. Howie came to Canada,
take up home missionary work at Weston, near Win
peg, for the Presbyterian church of Canada, and a
acted as pastor of the Calvin Presbyterian Church the
working among the employees of the Canadian Paci
railway shops in that community.

At the outbreak of the World War, Mr. Howie we
to England as chaplain, where he was stationed at t
Convalescent Hospital, at Monks Horton, near Folki
tone. Later he was sent to France with the Seco
Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, still later bei
transferred to the First Canadian Railway Troo]
with which regiment he returned to England and vi
assigned to Camp Witley. In May, 1920, Mr. Hov
was returned to Canada on the "Scandinavia," servi
as chaplain on the trip over, and was sent to the Be
Hospital at Toronto, receiving his honorable dischai
from the service within the month.

While at the hospital Mr. Howie was approached i
Mr. D. S. Secord, to the end that upon the demobilis
tion in August, 1920, Mr. Howie entered into partn(
ship with him in the establishment of a Ford motor sa
station. Locating at No. 2807 Dundas street, Wei
they made a beginning under the name of Secord
Howie, then some months later, Mr. Howie bought o
his partner, and in July, 1921, a limited company w
formed. Under the firm name of R. Howie, Limited, hoi
ing the office of president and general manager, Mr. How
gave his employees an opportunity to acquire an inten
in the business, and the concern is going forward a
prospering in a marked degree. Twenty-five people t
employed, and the business consists of Ford sales a
service. They occupy about 7,500 square feet of flc
space, and will soon find expansion imperative.

In every branch of public advance Mr. Howie takei
deep interest, particularly in educational matters a

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community work, and he serves as a director of the West
Toronto Community Association. He is a member of the
Kiwanis Club, and is chairman of its classification
committee. His chief recreations have always been swim-
ming and gymnastics. He is a member of Victoria
Presbyterian Church, and is a member of the building
committee of the church and also of the board of mana-
gers. In 1920 he taught the men's Bible class, and is
broadly active in all the work of the church.

Mr. Howie married Anne Margaret Condie, oi Pen-
zance, England, and they are the parents of three children :
Robert Morwood, Catherine Davy, and Howard Chen-
balls. Mrs. Howie has always taken a deep interest in
her husband's activities, and is frequently called upon
for public speaking. She is president of the Women's
Aid of Victoria Presbyterian Church, and is vice-
president of the Home School Council of Toronto. She
has long been a member of the Women's Christian
■Temperance Union, and active in its work. Mrs. Howie
followed her husband to England as he went to serve
in the war, sailing with her children on the ill-fated
"Laconia," which was torpedoed by the Germans off the
coast of England. She and the children escaped in life-
boats and were rescued, but the shock and exposure
undermined her health to a considerable degree, and
she has since been obliged to relinquish much of her work
to conserve her health.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL THOMAS ALEXAND-
ER DUFF — Professional, industrial, fraternal, and
patriotic activities have been Mr. Duff's instruments
of service to his time, and in the performance of duties
of important proportions in all of these he has come into
a position of prominence and responsibility. His work
for the government during the period of the World War
won him the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and in the more
usual affairs of the day, as in that critical time, his part
has been one of good citizenship and dependable leader-
ship.

Mr. Duff's father, Thomas Duff, was born in County
Tyrone, Ireland, about 1842, coming to Canada in 1867
and settling in London, Ontario. For fifty years he was
ictively associated with the McCormick Manufacturing
Company of that city, where he still (1923) resides,
•etired. Before leaving Ireland he married Mary Jane
Smith, whose death occurred May 23, 1916.

Thomas Alexander Duff was born in London, Ontario,
May 1, 1869, and received his elementary education in
;he public schools of his native city, taking courses in
etters and arts in the London Collegiate Institute and
n private schools. For his legal training he was articled
o the present Chief Justice R. M. Meredith, at London,
Ontario, and on coming to Toronto, in 1888, to the late
!'. W. Kingstone, K.C., and later to Sir Walter Cassels,
C.C., then with Blake, Lash & Cassels, of Toronto, but
low Chief Justice of the Exchequer Court of Canada,
le continued in the last-named connection as a student
intil called to the bar in 1893. Mr. Duff carries on his
'wn practice, handling exclusively corporation work,
ccepting no general practice, and his time is entirely
ommanded by local corporations.

In the industrial world Mr. Duff's interests have

allowed many channels. He is director of the Canadian

Jredging Company, Ltd., Midland, Ontario; director

t the Midland Iron and Steel Company, Limited, Mid-

, md, Ontario; director and secretary-treasurer of the

, It. John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, Ltd.,

. I. John, New Brunswick; is actively connected with

be GreatLakes Transportation Company, Ltd., of Mid-

. pd, Ontario ; is a director of the Seaman-Kent Company,

' td., the largest manufacturers of hardwood flooring

the Empire; and many other industrial and mer-

cantile organizations in different parts of the Dom-
inion.

A Conservative in political convictions from his youth,
Mr. Duff has long been an intimate worker m the
interest of this party and has campaigned throughout
all provinces of the Dominion, and it has been his unusual
experience to visit every constituency, carrying the
principles of the party into every city, town, and hamlet.
This intimate familiarity with the Dominion at large,
geographically, economically, politically, proved a valua-
ble asset when the World War broke upon the Empire.
A personal friend of the late General Sir Sam Hughes,
Mr. Duff volunteered for any services he might render
at the outbreak of hostilities and was assigned by
General Hughes to secret and other work in the Un-
ited States and Canada, being subsequently commis-
sioned lieutenant-colonel. The value of his exact geog-
raphical knowledge of the provinces is illustrated by
the fact that it was through his report on available
properties that the government purchased the site of
Camp Borden. His work was almost entirely of a
confidential nature, and the bulk of his time was given
to the government gratuitously. He served throughout
the regime of Sir Edward Kemp and still holds the
rank of honorary lieutenant colonel.

Mr. Duff's numerous fraternal afliliations include
life membership and past mastership of Wilson Lodge,
No. 86, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is a life
member of King Solomon's Chapter, Royal Arch Mas-
ons; Cyrene Preceptory, Knights Templars; and the An-
cient Accepted Scottish Rite. He is a member of the
Loyal Orange Lodge, and member of the executive
committee of its insurance department; a life mem-
ber of the Grand Orange Lodge of British-America,
and one of the best known members of this associa-
tion in the Dominion. He is also a member of the
Royal Black Knights of Ireland. Mr. Duff is a mem-
ber of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, of the Gran-
ite Club, and the Albany Club, of Toronto; of the Can-
adian Club of New York City; of the Montauk Club of
Brooklyn, New York; and of the Union Club of St.
John, New Brunswick. His chief relaxation is in out-of-
door sports, and he is a member of the Lake Shore
Country Club, of Toronto; the Midland Golf
and Country Club, Midland, Ontario; and the Toronto
Motor Boat Club, and the Yachtsmen's Association of
America. He has always been keenly interested
in athletics, and in his younger days played both base-
ball and football. He is a skilled trapshooter, having
taken part in national competitions throughout this
continent. An enthusiast in water sports, he owns and
personally operates several fast racing motor boats,
as well as the palatial cruiser, "Idylese," and his sum-
mer home, "Bide-a-Wee," is at Honey Harbor,
Georgian Bay. His town house is at No. 26 Edgar av-
enue. North Rosedale, Toronto.

Mr. Duff married, in London, Ontario, on December
18, 1889, Laura Frances Thornhill, of that city, daughter
of Thomas C. Thornhill. Mr. and Mrs. Duff are the
parents of five children, of whom two survive: Percy
James Alexander, of further mention; and Mary Ionic
Laura, sixteen years of age, who resides at home.

Major Percy James Alexander Duff was born in
Toronto, November 16, 1890, and prepared for his
career in the educational institutions of his native city.
He enlisted for service in the great World War and was
commissioned lieutenant, later being promoted to cap-
tain and still later to major, his present rank. He
served overseas with the 1st and 36th Battalions, was
wounded in France at the battle of Zillebeke, and
served throughout the entire period of the war and for
many months thereafter; was discharged on December

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31, 1919, and placed on the reserve list of officers. He
married, on November 3, 1920, Laura Eugene Emmett,
of Toronto, daughter of Dr. George Emmett.

MARCEL TURNER MORGAN— Gaining a broadly
useful preparation for his career in the educational
institutions of two countries, Mr. Morgan acquired his
early experience in the world of finance, and is now a
leading figure in the real estate brokerage business.
Mr. Morgan is a son of William James and Harriet C.
(Birch) Morgan. The father was a native of Toronto,
and was actively engaged with the Grand Trunk rail-
way in their executive departments until his death,
which occurred in 1895. The mother, who was born in
Chicago, Illinois, still survives her husband.

Marcel Turner Morgan was born in Detroit, Michigan,
May 28, 1885. Receiving his early education in the

Eublic schools of Detroit and Toronto, as the father's
usiness activities brought about changes of residence,
he completed his studies at the Harbord Collegiate
Institute, of Toronto. His first position was with the
National Trust Company, of Toronto, where he began
as a junior clerk, and remaining with the institution
for eleven years, he was carrying large responsibilities
in the real estate department when he severed his
connections with the concern. He then entered the real
estate field for himself, forming associations with Robert
Home Smith and William Foley, under the name of
Home Smith & Company, with offices at No. 16 King
street. East, Toronto. The firm has been most successful,
and Mr. Morgan is still bearing an active part in its
advance.

In the Great World War Mr. Morgan served ior
nearly three years. He was commissioned captain of the
48th Highlanders in 1916, and was with the 5th Cana-
dian Division until it was disbanded in February of
1918. At that time he was posted with the Canadian
Machine Gun Corps, with which he served until August
of the same year, when he was wounded in action.
He was cared for in a hospital in England, where he
remained until alter the signing of the armistice, and
eventually received his honorable discharge in March
of 1919, still holding the rank of captain. His social
affiliations in Toronto, include membership in the
National Club, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, and the
Lambton Golf and Country Club. He is a member of the
Anglican church.

Mr. Morgan married, in 1916, Edna N. Cosby, who
was born in Toronto, and they have two children:
Jane, and Marcel Cosby.

MALCOLM D. KINSELLA, M.D., was bom at

Glen Robinson, Glengarry county, Ontario, January 4,
1888. He received his early education in the public
schools of North Bay, and later entered the North
Bay Collegiate Institute for college preparatory work.
He proceeded to Queen's University at Kingston, and
was graduated successively with the degrees of Bachelor
of Arts, Doctor of Medicine, and Master of Surgery.
Dr. Kinsella proceeded to England for post-graduate
work and was engaged in medical research at London
when the World War began. He immediately volun-
teered for service, the date of his enlistment being
August 5, 1914, and served continuously throughout the
World War. In 1917 he was appointed surgeon specialist
at Southwick Military Hospital, at East Dulwich. Later,
he became consulting surgeon at Waltham Abbey Hos-
pital in North London. He received his discharge in
April, 1919.

After the war, Dr. Kinsella returned to Canada and
established himself as a surgeon at Toronto. The
wide experience gained during the period of his military

service, combined with the sound theoretical knowledg
acquired during his student days and the two years c
his post-graduate study in England, enables Dr. Kir
sella to speak with authority on all matters connecte
with his profession. His skill and ability are universall
recognized and he is an acknowledged leader among hi
colleagues in the medical world. He is a member of th
surgical staff of Western Hospital, Toronto. He belong
to the Canadian Academy of Medicine, and to th
Ontario Medical Association.

In religious faith Dr. Kinsella is a Presbyterian. He i
well known in Masonic circles, and is a member of th
King Alfred Lodge, Fidelity Chapter Three, Ros
Croix. He is president (1922) of the Lake Shore Countr
Club and serves as an executive officer of the Argonau
Football Club. He is also an executive officer of th
Argonaut Rowing Club, and takes a keen interest i
outdoor activities of every description.

Dr. Kinsella married, on February 12, 1916, Jea
Young, daughter of William and Jennie (Coubourgh
Young, of Auckland, New Zealand. Dr. and Mr
Kinsella have two children: Margaret Jean, who we
born on January 22, 1917; and Audrey, who was bor
on December 21, 1920.

JOSEPH EDWARD CASSAN— One of the forcf
which is having much to do with the present efficier
handling of the problem of transportation in Canadi
and the future possibilities along this line, is the Domir
ion School of Telegraphy and Railroading, of whic
Joseph E. Cassan is the proprietor. This institution :
supplementing the work of the railroad compani(
in such a way as to bring to their employ men traine
in railway station service. Mr. Cassan is the thir
generation in his family to be identified with railroa
work in the Dominion of Canada, his grandfather havin
entered the field of endeavor in 1864. Captain Matthe-
S. Cassan was a native of England, and had served as a
officer in the British army. He came to Canada in pr>
Confederation days, when railroading still held t\
charm of novelty and adventure, with the right to a grai
of land in Upper Canada. His appointment to tl
position of station master at the little village of Thorol
on the lines of the Great Western railway, was a matt'
of congratulation at that time, and carried with it
salary of $400 per year. The letter appraising Capta
Cassan of his appointment, is still treasured in tl,
family. Captain Cassan's son, Matthew Sheffiej
Cassan, was a farmer the greater part of his life, and |
now deceased. He married Christian MacKenzie, al
deceased, and their three sons are now in the railro:
business.

Joseph Edward Cassan was bom in Campbellfor
Ontario, February 14, 1876, and his formal education w
limited to the public and high schools of his native tow
After completing the school course he took up te!i
graphy and general railway work at Bothwell, Ontan
his first position being with the Canadian Pacific railws
at Ingersoll, Ontario. Later he was with the sai
railroad at various stations in Western Ontario, his h
position being at London, Ontario. During his s6
in that city Mr. Cassan took a course with the Inti
national Correspondence School of Scranton, Pennft
vania, in advanced branches of study, and was indut
by that institution to become its representative
Western Ontario. Relinquishing his railroad work
1907, he devoted his time to the interests of the Scrant
schools as a solicitoi-, with marked success. But I
Cassan's railroading experience was not to be laid a»
as a closed book. The Scranton schools at that time ■ '
not teach telegraphy or railway practice, and know
the vital issues constantly at stake, he realized, as ■

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Tnan could, the crying need of trained men and
men for responsible positions in the operating branch-
of the railroad. Accordingly he established a railway
lege, at London, Ontario, a residential school, covering
egraphy and general traffic work. In 1909 Mr. Cassan
t London, and coming to Toronto became the proprie-
• of the Dominion School of Telegraphy and Railroad-
;, and in 1917 he founded the Cassan's Wireless
tool of which he also is the owner. For several years
was obliged to occupy cramped quarters, then found
lew location where his spacious rooms are well lighted,
d eminently fitted for the purpose of school activities.
ir a number of years the number of students under his
itruction has averaged more than three hundred a
ar. In all the work of the railroad school the methods
d forms in actual use by the leading railroads of the
)minion are used, and the school is endorsed by those
niliar with its work, from the student just graduated
d enjoying his first position, to the highest officials ol
! leading railway systems of the continent. Mr.
ssan himself prepares all the text-books used in these
tools, most of which are the only books of this kind
print, and all are approved by the railways of Canada
i'ore being sent to the printer. Hundreds of graduates
I the schools are now employed throughout the Do-
inion, and very many are also employed in the United
lites, many wireless graduates being employed on the
)ps of both nations.

fJir. Cassan finds little leisure for outside activities.
: is a member of Gait Lodge, No. 257, Free and
fcepted Masons, and is a member of the Anglican
ijirch.

le married, in Gait, Ontario, June 26, 1901, Lottie
VDando, of that city, and they are the parentis of three
fildren: Amelia Beatrice, Sheffield Edward, and Muriel
larlotte.

as is his father, the Hon. George McHugh. Mr. McHugh
is unmarried.

aEORGE PARNELL McHUGH— Of good old Irish
t'k, the family of McHugh may well be proud of its
liestry, as are the Parnells, who since the sixteenth
»tury have claimed Ireland as their native heath.

'he Honourable George McHugh was born in the

xnship of Ops, Ontario, on July 7, 1845, son of the late

Pirick and Ann (Walker) McHugh, both natives of

[rand. For years he was successfully engaged in farm-

n In 1896, however, he was elected to the House of

ons, and later, January, 1901, he was summoned

Senate and has since that time continued to serve

Hi country in that capacity.

eorge Parnell McHugh, son of the Honourable

"0 and Margaret (O'Neil) McHugh, was born at

ly, Ontario. His early education was acquired

wife Separate and Collegiate schools at Lindsay, and

ledso graduated, in 1907, from Ottawa College. While

it nding Ottawa, he made the football team and played

honor of his alma mater during 1905-06. He was

<d also by the election to the presidency of the

Jiege Debating Society, and during 1906-07 was

'i-president of the Intercollegiate Union.

McHugh has always taken a keen interest in the

of the Dominion, and shortly after his graduation

' )ttawa College he spent a year abroad as commis-

with the Dominion Exhibition Staff at Dublin,

■ ...d. On his return to Canada he decided to enter

hiprofession of law and accordingly entered Osgoode

If Law School, graduating in 1913, after which he was

'. lately called to the bar and has since been engaged

ral civil practice.

McHugh is a staunch Catholic, a member of the

h of Our Lady of Lourdes, and an active member

' Knights of Columbus. In politics he is a Liberal,

FREDERICK WILLIAM WELLINGTON— General

manager as well as part owner of the beautiful nursery
gardens which were established at Fonthill by his father
and which are regarded with pride throughout the length
and breadth of the Dominion, Mr. Wellington has
achieved great success as a scientific landscape gardener
and horticulturist.

Mr. Wellington was born at Toronto, July 6, 1885, son
of William Edgar and Elizabeth May Wellington. Mr.
Wellington's father was born at Oshawa, Ontario, in the
year 1849. He came to Toronto, and in 1878 entered into
partnership with William Stone, a native of Rochester,
New York. The partners established themselves at
Toronto as nursery-men, and before long, increased
their business by purchasing a nursery establishment.
This business had been founded some time before and its
property consisted of fifty acres of gardens at Fonthill.
Mr. Wellington and his partner immediately began a
series of experiments designed to produce new and
improved varieties of shrubbery, ornamental trees
and fruit. Their experiments proved successful and the
business steadily increased in size. It became necessary
to enlarge the property from time to time as the demand
for plants increased and the growth of the business was
steady and continuous. Mr. Stone, the partner in the
firm, which is still known as Stone & Wellington, died
about 1886, and Mr. Wellington thereafter carried on
the business alone. He was the producer of the Welling-
ton peach and the Ritson pear, two of the best known
fancy varieties of these fruits. Mr. Wellington died in
1910, leaving the business to his children, Frederick
William and E. Stanley Wellington and Mrs. B. W.
Sniff en, their sister; they are now equal partners in the
firm. Mr. Wellington's mother, Elizabeth May Welling-
ton, was born at Oshawa, Ontario, about 1854. She died
when Frederick W. was about eighteen months old.

Mr. Wellington received his early education in the
Model School, and proceeded to Upper Canada College at
Toronto, from which he graduated in 1902. After his
graduation, he entered his father's firm as an employee,
and the whole of his business career has been devoted
to the development of the many kinds of fruit trees and
ornamental plants grown by his company. Upon the
death of his father in 1910, Mr. Wellington was made
general manager of the business, which is now the oldest
and largest of its kind in the Dominion. The nurseries
at Fonthill occupy over eight hundred acres, and there
is a department devoted to scientific landscape gardening,
where men of the highest skill are employed for this
work. The company has representatives in all the cities
of the Dominion and maintains a branch office at Mon-
treal. The Toronto offices are located at No. 49 Welling-
ton street. East, where they have been for over thirty
years.

Mr. Wellington is an active member of the Toronto
Board of Trade. His winter home is st No. 11 Edgewood
Crescent, but during the summer he lives at Fonthill.
He attends the Anglican church. In politics, he is a
Conservative. Mr. Wellington is a member of Phoenix
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Fonthill. He is
a member of the Albany, the National, the Royal
Canadian Yacht, the Welland, and St. Catharines
Golf clubs.

Mr. Wellington married, in 1913, at Saskatoon,
Muriel Koyl, who was born at Lindsay, Ontario, where
for many years her father was stationed as a Methodist
minister. Mr. and Mrs. Wellington have two sons:
William Biglow, born in 1915; and Frederick Edgar,
born in 1917.

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JAMES I. ROWLES, a member of an old English
family, was born at Bristol, England, May 11, 1876,
son of James A. and Sylanda (Fowler) Rowles. His
father, whose business was that of a painter and interior
decorator, was the owner of a well-known establishment
at Bristol.

Mr. Rowles received his education in the public schools
and trade schools of England, and at the early age ol
fourteen entered his father's business as an apprentice.
During the seven years of his term, he served the house
with the utmost fidelity, maintaining the attitude of a
pupil throughout, and receiving his training on the same
terms as any other apprentice. His diligence and per-
severance were a never-failing source of satisfaction to
his father, who was himself a craftsman of the highest
type and thoroughly imbued with the Bristol idea of
technical excellence. When the boy's training was
completed, his father did everything he could to provide
for his success and made him manager of the Bristol
business, but, in 1903, Mr. Rowles' natural desire to see
the world, and especially to see the great Dominion,
led to his coming to Canada. He had no difficulty in
finding employment either then or afterwards. The new
country, in fact, was very hospitable to him, and as time
went on he gave up all thought of returning to England
except for such periodical visits as are looked forward to
by Canadians in general. When he first came to Toronto,
he spent several years with the firm of McCausland &
Son, Ltd., later entering the service of the T. Eaton
Company, and still later the Robert Simpson Company.
In 1915 he established himself in business, with offices
at No. 77 Victoria street.

A master of his trade and an authority on all subjects
connected with it, Mr. Rowles was able to build up a
large business in a short time, and has been increasingly
successful ever since. He believes in beautiful decorations
and workmanship of the highest quality, and specializes
in the production of better interiors for Canadian homes
and public buildings. Among men who follow the busi-
ness of interior decorating, Mr. Rowles is held in high
esteem. He belongs to the Master Painters' Association
of Canada and the United States, and acts as chairman
of the social committee. In this fellowship, the com-
panionship of a man trained in such a school of acknow-
ledged excellence as Bristol, and one who displays honesty
and sincerity in all his work is greatly appreciated.

Mr. Rowles has for many years been actively interested
in civic affairs, and is a supporter of all movements
tending to the improvement of the city at large. During
the years 1914-15 he was president of the Bedford
Park Ratepayers Association.

He was the founder of the Bristol Old Boys' Associa-
tion organized in 1906, and is its past president. Mr.
Rowles, moreover, belongs to that useful class of
citizens which takes a very decided interest in com-
munity life and affairs. He has long been known for his
skill at out-door games, especially lacrosse and football,
and, although he no longer plays these games himself,
he is an active supporter of the Canadian teams, and is
usually in evidence as a sympathetic onlooker or a judge
when the matches take place at Toronto. He spends a
good deal of time on the ice at the pastime of curling,
and his out-door recreation is bowling. He belongs to the
North Toronto Curling Club, and to the North Toronto
Bowling Club, of which he is chairman of the social
committee. He is a Mason, a member of Wilson Lodge,
and belongs to the Loyal Orange Lodge. In religious
faith, he is a member of the Anglican church. Politically
he is a Conservative.

Mr. Rowles married Florence Pritchard, daughter of
William Pritchard. Mr. and Mrs. Rowles have one son,
Reginald James Pritchard Rowles, who was born Feb-

ruary 3, 1902, and is now (1922) a student at Up;
Canada College.

FRED WILKIE BARBOUR, D.D.S.— A native
New Brunswick, Dr. Barbour was born at St. Jo!
July 31, 1871. He is a son of Robert Barbour, a fori
well-known resident of St. John, and long associated w
the city's growth and welfare. An outstanding point
interest in the record of this branch of the Canad
Barbour family is that in the World War both father i
oldest son held the rank of captain in the Canadian arr
the older man rendering the professional service for wh
a long experience eminently qualified him, the son le
ing his company on the field.

Dr. Barbour received his preliminary education in
public schools of New Brunswick. After his graduat
from high school he obtained his professional train
at the Boston Dental College of Boston, Massachuse
He was graduated with leading honors and as presid
of the class of 1891, and returned to Fredericton
establish a practice. Dr. Barbour was an examiner
the Dominion Dental Council from 1906 to 1914, i
acted as president of the Canadian Dental Associat
from 1914 to 1916. He volunteered for service in
World War and was commissioned a captain in
Dental Corps of the Canadian army, being officer
charge of the Base Hospital Dental Clinic here. At
close of the war he found Toronto an attractive field
professional endeavor, and has come into a nota
position in his calling. He is a member of the Toroi
Dental Association, Ontario Dental Association, and
Dominion Dental Association. He fraternizes with
Knights of Pythias and the Canadian Order of Foresti
and his club is the Granite. He is a member of the Bapi
church.

Dr. Barbour married, at St. John, in 1893, Bessie
MacFarlane, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Foster M
Farlane, and they are the parents of the following c
dren: Roydon M., of further mention; Noel R., i
Fred S. H.

Roydon M. Barbour was born in Fredericton, N
Brunswick, April 5, 1896, and there attended pu
schools. In 1915 he enlisted in the Canadian army :
went overseas with the Twenty-fifth Nova Scotia ■
fantry Battalion, with the rank of captain. He ■
severely wounded at Vimy Ridge, and in January, ISi
was decorated with the M. C. After the armistice i
January and February of 1919, he was area command
of one of the divisions of occupied territory, and in U
1919, was honorably discharged from the army,
present business activities are in advertising and i
promotion. He married, in Toronto, in October, l!
Louise Blogg, daughter of A. E. Blogg.

GEORGE SHEPARD— In early manhood
Shepard formed his first association with the priffl
business, and although other interests have clai
him for periods of considerable length, that is the
of work that has formed the basis of his substat
success. Since 1910 Mr. Shepard has had associ
with him, his brother. Miles Washington Shepard,
his sons, George W. and Perry Shepard, and the bus
through the energetic and progressive leadership o
founder, has come' into prominence in the prii s
trade in Toronto.

Mr. Shepard's father, William Allen Shepard, rn
in Brownville, New York, was engaged in similar f
of endeavor, having been at one time editor and
Usher of the "Belleville Intelligencer" and from
to 1894 manager of the Mail Job Printing Comi
Toronto. In 1892 - 1893 William Allen Shepard
president of the Typothetae of America, two ti j-

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169

e married Henrietta Augusta Cook, daughter of Jacob
5ok. Jacob Cook settled in Canada in 1837 at Cooks-
lie, which was named after him. He operated the stage
ach from Hamilton to Port Hope, changing horses

Cooksville, Toronto, and Oshawa.

Rev. Gideon Allen Shepard, father of William Allen

lepard and grandfather of George Shepard, came to

mada from Glasgow, Scotland, and was professor of

bert College, Belleville, Ontario.

George Shepard was born in Belleville, Ontario,

rtober 7, 1866, and after attending public schools

his birthplace, he came with his parents to Toronto.
5 pursued his studies in this city until 1881, then
tering the employ of the Great Northwest Telegraph
)mpany as a messenger boy, working up in this organi-
tion to the post of dispatcher, which he held until
83. In that year he went with the Turner Ferry
impany, operating the ferry across the bay from
ironto to Center Island and Hanlan's Point, as ticket
ent. Upon the death of Mr. Turner in 1884, this
sipany became the Doty Ferry Company, and Mr.
:epard remained as manager of this company until
;S6. It was in this year he formed his first connection
ith the printing business, serving an apprenticeship in
1! shop of the Mail Job Printing Company and con-
juing with that concern until 1894. He held the posi-

!L of assistant manager of the job printing department
he latter year, when he resigned to enter independent
rations, forming a partnership with his brothers,
J es Washington and Harry, under the name of Shepard
srthers. Their plant was located at No. 77 Adelaide
1 Jet, West, and a general job printing business was
lasacted, a large share of the theatrical poster work
< the province being done in their shop,
n 1897 Mr. Shepard disposed of his interest to his
I ther. Miles Washington, and for a short time, there-
iT, suffered from ill health, and subsequently, be-
le a purser on the boats of the Niagara Navigation
npany. He qualified for captain's papers in 1906,
never took out a boat. From 1897 to 1910, Mr.
pard spent the summer seasons on the boats, and
;he fall and winter of 1897, 1898 and 1899, he was
)loyed by the Bertram Shipbuilding Company
Toronto. During these seasons from 1899 to 1907
was travelling salesman for a printing concern.
904, from April to December, he was in charge of the
bit of the Niagara Navigation Company, and the
lelieu and Ontario Navigation Company at the
'Id's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.
1 1907 Mr. Shepard went prospecting and mining in
aorth country, traversing the territory in the vicinity
plk Lake, Latchford, Hillerbury, and Gowganda,

tning to that region in the fall of 1908 and 1909.
in 1910 he decided to re-enter the printing field,
piling a shop at No. 33 Scott street, as the George
niard Printing Company. This enterprise proved an
Hfied success and in August, 1914, the plant was
to No. 42 Colborne street, where a building of
stories and basement, with fifty-four hundred
ti>et of floor space, is occupied. Thirty-two persons
iployed. On January 1, 1921, the business was
irated into a joint stock company and Mr.
il became president of the board of directors.
mpany does all kinds of printing and engraving
1 as book binding, and have a large clientele
l)anks, insurance companies, and the Ontario
ment. The company also publishes the "House-
<crs Perfect Account Book," an annual publication
•rjining recipes, account columns, and calendars.
h (' account books are distributed throughout Canada
advertisers, and have been most enthusiastically
' li. Mr. Shepard is a member of the Typothetae

of America, thoroughly in accord with the work and
aims of this strong organization of employing printers.
He is also a member of the Board of Trade, and the
Canadian Manufacturers' Association. He is held in
high regard by his business associates for sturdy qualities
of worth. Mr. Shepard has gained his place of promin-
ence through diligent, intelligently applied effort, with-
out favoring circumstances or outside aid, and the term
"self-made" accurately describes his business life.
He is president of the Oil Wells of Canada, Limited,
and director of other industrial companies.

Mr. Shepard holds the thirty-second degree in the
Masonic order of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
and is a life member of Rameses Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and is a
member of the Ancient Order of Foresters. He is a
member of the First Christian Science Church of Toron-
to. Mr. Shepard has not entered into public life, finding
ample opportunity for the furtherance of the general
good in daily contact with his fellows, and he is numbered
among the substantial, dependable citizens of Toronto.

He married, in Toronto, Minnie Victoria Burnside,
of Collingwood, Ontario, and they are the parents of
two sons: George Washington, served in the Royal
Flying Corps during the World War, now sales manager
of the George Shepard Printing Company, Ltd.; and
Perry, who was attending an officers' training camp at the
time of the signing of the armistice, now manager of the
George Shepard Printing Company, Ltd., married Verva
Sellers and they have a son, Donald George. Mr.
Shepard finds his chief recreation in motoring and he
enjoys. nothing more than a stay at the old Cook home-
stead, which he owns.

DANIEL WALKER MARKHAM — Among the
younger barristers of Toronto who are going forward
to success is Daniel W. Markham, whose headquarters
are in the Crown Office building, at No. 26 Queen street.
East. Mr. Markham is a son of Patrick and Sarah
Jane Markham, both now deceased. The elder Mr.
Markham was born at St. Thomas, Ontario, and during
his lifetime was engaged as a railway conductor on the
New York Central lines.

Daniel Walker Markham was born at St. Thomas,
Ontario, August 18, 1890, and received his early educa-
tion in the public and high schools of his native city,
and following a comprehensive course at Osgoode Hall
Law School, he was called to the bar in 1915. He has
practiced in Toronto continuously since that time,
with gratifying success. He is a member of the Canadian >
Bar Association, and has been brought forward in politic-
al affairs as an active supporter of the Liberal party.
He is secretary of the South East Toronto Liberal
Association, and is vice-president of the Toronto Central
Liberal Association. Fraternally he is high counsellor
for Central Ontario of the Independent Order of Fores-
ters, is a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and
of the Loyal Orange Lodge, also of St. Matthew's
Lawn Bowling Club. He is a member of the Methodist
church and resides at No. 39 Lockwood road.

FRANCIS WILLIAM JOHNSTON— For many years
identified with various business and public interests
of Toronto, Francis W. Johnston is one of the representa-
tive men of Ontario. A grandson of Thomas Johnston,
who came from Sligo county, Ireland, to York county,
before 1837-38, Mr. Johnston has applied pioneer
spirit to all his endeavors, of whatsoever nature. His
father, John Johnston, was a farmer in York county for
many years, and active in the general interests of the
people, as well as successful in his own pursuits. Later
in life he retired and maae his home in Toronto until the

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time of his death, which occurred in 1910. He married
Ellen Jackson, who was born in York county, and they
were the parents of five children, of whom four are living,
among them Francis William, of whom further.

Francis William Johnston was born in York county,
Ontario, in 1862, and his education included a course in
the Toronto Business College, also in the Jessie Kitchen-
er School of this city. Preparing for the vocation of
teaching, he followed it but a short time, as business
appealed to him more directly. In 1883 he engaged in
the grocery business, at No. 82 Davenport road, Toronto.
He continued in this business at the same location for a
period of twenty-one years, then, turning over his interests
to his brother Herbert, retired from all connection with
the business, in the year 1904. By no means, however,
did Mr. Johnston end his active life at that time. He
has traveled much since, and has taken a broadly con-
structive interest in public affairs. Always a Conser-
vative, he was elected alderman from the Third Ward
in the years 1918-19-20, and while serving in this capac-
ity was appointed at various times on all committees
of the board, these including committees of such impor-
tance as public works, parks, legislative, exhibition, etc.
He was a member of the Hospital Board for two years,
and also served on the board of directors of the Industrial
School, and has always been a staunch advocate of a
public commission. He is a member of the Orangemen,
Cameron Lodge, No. 613, and of the Temple, Royal
Black Preceptory, No. 292. Some years ago he was
appointed justice of the peace by Sir James Whitney,
and still serves in that capacity. He was one of the
original organizers of the Toronto Retail Grocers'
Association, which has been the means of such gen-
uine benefit in the trade, and for two years served this
association as president. At one time he was chief
ranger of the Canadian Order of Foresters, but dropped
out of this order some years ago. He is a life member
of the York Pioneers.

Mr. Johnston married, in 1886, in Orangeville,
Ontario, Mariah Island, who was born in Peel county.
They reside in the delightful house which Mr. Johnston
built on Dundonald street, Toronto, and attend the
Bond Street Congregational Church.

WILLIAM NEILSON— When Mr. Neilson, after
several attempts to find the work for which he was best
fitted, established on a small scale in the manufacture
of ice-cream, he laid the foundation of a business that
..circles the world and that holds premier position in its
field in the British Empire. Throughout the narrative
that follows there is one note sounded again and again,
the vision and energy of William Neilson, and the
executive talent and foresight that not only built up an
enterprise of remarkable efficiency and scope, but that
provided for its future leadership in such manner that
when death called him, the work went on smoothly and
without interruption. Many men can accomplish individ-
ually, but when with personal power comes the ability
to direct and co-ordinate the activity of others, then is
found the soil in which business genius grows. In the
name of Neilson, father and sons, there has been given
to Toronto and to Canada an institution of imposing
proportions and large worth.

William Neilson was a son of John and Mary (Lang)
Neilson, his parents natives of Paisley, Scotland, who
came to Canada in 1821, locating in Ramsey township,
Lanark county, Ontario. John Neilson was a farmer
and the father of a large family. He died in 1884, his
wife having died in 1877. William Neilson was born in
Ramsey, Ontario, March 16, 1844. The eldest son of
a large family on a small farm, he early assumed respon-
sibilities at home, and while attending the district schools

was also his father's assistant. He was twenty-one ye
of age before he was able to plan independent work, i
he then went to Rochester, New York, where he secu
employment with a farmer. For two years he remaii
there, then returned to his native district and beca
a machinist's apprentice in the shop of Young & Flett
Almonte, Ontario. After becoming a journeyman, he i
for a time employed by Dickie-Neil, of Toronto.
1873 he went to Brockville, Ontario, where he follow
his trade, subsequently and until 1889 conducting re
operations in general fancy goods. In the latter year
sold his store and business, and in January, 1890, ca
to Toronto, here leasing a building at No. 218 Sorau
avenue, and opening a retail grocery store. This vent
terminated most unsuccessfully, and by the middle
1891 he had completely exhausted his resources. Leav
his family in Toronto, he went again to the States, t
time to North Dakota, where he was employed b;
brother in farm work in the fall of 1891.

When he returned to Toronto he was still in d«
He secured a few cows and began the sale of milk, ■<
not long afterward obtained the equipment of an i
cream manufacturing concern whose operations had bi
discontinued. Placing this in order he started
manufacture of ice-cream, and this was the inceptior
the present William Neilson, Limited. Mincemeat i
also made, all the members of the family assisting
some capacity, and rapid growth resulted as their f
ducts found instant favor.

While still in the same location, Mr. Neilson m;
several additions to his place of business, but not mi
years passed before even the increased space beca
inadequate to house the growing business. In 1904
bought land at No. 307 Gladstone avenue, where
erected a building 40 x 70 feet in area, with two sto
and basement, also with engine room attached, 40 x
feet. This plant was equipped with all the most mod
machinery of the time for carrying forward manufac
ing operations. Soon again more room was vit
needed, so a wagon shed was built and a story ad
to the main building, the ice-crushers and ice-ta
being removed to this floor. In 1905 the ice-cream b
ness reached a production of two thousand gallons d:
and so far surpassed the demand for mincemeat tha
1907 the manufacture of the latter commodity was
manently discontinued. In 1908 Mr. Neilson began'
manufacture of high grade chocolates; two years '
this branch of the business had also largely in
requiring the erection, in 1910, of a building II
120 feet, two stories and basement. In 1912
stories were added to the height of this building,
attempt to keep pace with the growth of the indi
meanwhile, in both branches of the plant, co)
improvements were made in methods and equipir
as science and invention gave opportunity. In
Mr. Neilson purchased a creamery at Beachville, ^
tario, to augment the supply of cream and in
abandoned the old plant and erected a modern crean .
much larger, and also installed milk powdering e(i>
ment, the latter branch now requiring an extei^
plant.

The business was incorporated in 1907, with Wi in
Neilson as president, his sons, Morden, Charles E
Allen, holding other offices, and the firm becoming
Ham Neilson, Limited. Since the death of the fathi
1915 the sons have continued the business, hO'
fast to those principles by hich the older man ac
ed his success. Following the unsettled condil
caused by the war, they resumed the policy of exparj
to provide for the rapid growth of the business, e eo
ially in the candy departments. In 1919 a factor; 'M
built, 1 10 X 228 feet, five stories and basement, and ali :m

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aery at Beachville was enlarged. The concern now
I) employs a thousand people in all departments
;he ice-cream plant has a capacity of one thousand
US per hour. They have representatives in all parts
le Dominion of Canada, South America, South
a, Japan, China, Australia, and New Zealand, and
candies are shipped to all parts of the world, their
act consisting only of the highest grade of chocolate-
d candies. Ice-cream is consigned to points as far
as Quebec, and as far west as White River,
is business, more significant than any mausoleum of
le or tablet of bronze, stands as a memorial to the
ss energy, boundless enthusiasm, ins piring courage
)ptimism of William Neilson. He had no greater
ure than the development of this great enterprise
istantly widening circles of influence, and due in a
iry degree to his wisely-directed, unremitting
!, the company is now the largest manufacturer of
earn and high grade chocolates in the British
ire. William Neilson, Limited, is one of the most
lessive and most admirably organized business
|s of the North American Continent. System and
incy have been carried to that point up to which
nistrative and productive efforts are most advanced,
jhe activities of the several departments merge into
ified whole that handles the vast business of the
ijany with frictionless dispatch. William Neilson
I: remarkable man in many ways. Physically strong

)ove the average, his mental and moral strength
II direct proportion, and his reputation for integ-

<ias known wherever his interests extended. He
! ised a rare faculty for remembering names and faces,
larely did this gift fail him. He associated with
1 is sons, trained them in the undertaking that was
l.r to him, and gave them responsibility and author-

at enabled them, when his aid and counsel were
'■■T lost, to continue in the course of progress and
jsion under the policy that had brought such
$ lid success.

t Neilson married, at Brockville, Ontario, October
.1 5, Mary Eva Kaiser, and they were the parents ot

lildren: Arthur; Morden; Charles Edward, secre-
rof William Neilson, Limited.; Lena, wife of C.
Jablow; and Allen.

i Neilson died in Toronto, February 10, 1915. A
V business created by him bears his name in the
res of trade where he is remembered for sterling
13. His life furnishes a background for all of its
vy, and the spirit that animates it is that of its
I ;ed head.

•VID B. GOODMAN— Inspired by wholesome
Hon and an almost exhaustless energy, David
jodraan has shown from the time he first entered
'jronto public schools at a very early age that he
tetined to make a name for himself in the city of
£ option.

1 ough born at Acton, Ontario, November 26, 1884,
oodman has lived almost all of his life in Toronto.
i very young he entered school and attended
:feively the McCauI Street Public and the Jarvis
9; Collegiate schools, graduating from the latter
9). He then entered Toronto University, specializ-
i political science, graduated with the degree of
h.or of Arts in 1914 and immediately entered Os-
i'Hall Law School. His record at Osgoode proved
Rtal of which he was made, for despite the fact
: 3 was regularly employed in the offices of Owens,
I'oot & McDonald, he found time to work for and
i a silver medal for exceptional merit, and also the
isipher Robinson scholarship.

In 1919 the partnership of Owens, Proudfoot & Mc-
Donald was dissolved and Mr. Goodman formed a part-
nership with Mr. Owens, becoming the junior member
of the firm of Owens & Goodman. However, in June
1920, he decided to work independently and is now
engaged in general practice at No. 72 Queen street. He
is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, and is vice-
president of the Toronto Conservative Association,
Fourth Ward.

In May, 1917, Mr. Goodman married Dorothy Sobel,
in Toronto. They have one son, Edwin Alan Goodman,
born October 11, 1918.

SAMUEL McNAIRN— For thirty-three years a
resident of Toronto, and during the entire time active
in the grain business in some connection, Samuel Mc-
Nairn has become a leading figure in this widely import-
ant Canadian industry. A native of Scotland, Mr.
McNairn comes of a family long engaged in agricultural
pursuits in that country, and is a son of Samuel and
Janet (McKie) McNairn.

Samuel McNairn was born November 27, 1864, at
Meikle Eldrig, Newton-Stewart, Wigtonshire, Scotland.
Receiving a thoroughly practical education in the
Douglas Academy and Ewart High School of Newton-
Stewart, his business training was begun in Newton-
Stewart, the first five years' experience being gained
there and in the city of Dumfries. During the next two
years following, Mr. McNairn was connected with a large
wholesale and retail concern in Manchester, England,
then in 1889 came to Canada. Here he located at once
in Toronto, and for about six years was identified with
several large flour and grain mills having offices in this
city, filling various positions of a clerical and executive
nature. With this broad experience Mr. McNairn, in
1895, formed a partnership with J. Melady, with offices
in Toronto, and did a very extensive grain business,
giving especial attention to the export trade, their
interests in this branch of the business becoming enor-
mous as time passed. In 1899 Mr. McNairn purchased
the interest of his partner, and carried the business for-
ward under his own name until 1905, when he formed a
joint stock company, under the name of S. McNairn &
Company, Ltd., acting as president and general manager
of the concern. Owning and operating grain elevators and
warehouses at various points in Ontario, they have since
carried on a constantly increasing business, shipping
Ontario and western grain to all parts of the world.

For nearly thirty years Mr. McNairn has been a
member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and in the course
of that time has acted as arbitrator in many grain dis-
putes of wide importance. He has also, in many cases,
acted as expert valuator for insurance companies on
grain salvages, after the destruction by fire of large
elevators. His standing in the trade is of the highest, and
he is looked upon as one of the representative men of this,
a leading industry of the Dominion. His personal
interests include membership in the Granite Club of
Toronto, and the Mississauga Golf and Country Club.
He has never taken any prominent part in public
affairs, but as a young man served as a member of the
Galloway volunteers, at Wigtonshire, Scotland. He has
for many years been a member of the Bloor Street
Presbyterian church.

Mr. McNairn married, on October 16, 1894, Josephine
Youngs, daughter of John and Martha May Youngs, and
they are the parents of three children: Samuel Stanford,
born September 1, 1895; Josephine Lilian, born Novem-
ber 15, 1897; and Hartley Dewart, born December 27,
1904.

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

WALTER CHARLES CAIN— Deputy minister of
lands and forests for the government of Ontario, Mr.
Cain was born at Newmarket, Ontario, September 29,
1876, son of Michael and Ann (Mulcahey) Cain. He
received his early education in private and separate
schools, public and high schools, and finally proceeded
to the Model School. After leaving the Model School, he
went into the woods and became a bookkeeper and time-
keeper for a large lumber concern on the Georgian Bay.
This interlude, although brief, provided him with useful
experience, and gave him all the advantages to health
which may be derived from a stay in the open. When
he left Georgian Bay, Mr. Cain returned to his home at
Newmarket and entered the teaching profession be-
coming principal of the separate school in his native
town. Imbued with a thorough love of learning, he spent
all of his spare time in study, and finally entered the
Ontario Normal School. His career as a student at this
institution was very distinguished. He availed himsell
of all the opportunities the school offered to its students,
and in 1900, captured the gold medal as his graduating
honor.

In the fall of 1900 he was chosen principal of St.
Mary's Separate School at Lindsay, Ontario. In 1903,
a turn of fortune's wheel brought him to Toronto to fill
the interesting position of clerk for the Province of
Ontario in that branch of the land department which
controls the sales and free grants of Ontario land. While
serving the government in this capacity, Mr. Cain
completed a course of study at the University of Toronto.
He was graduated from that institution of learning in
1907, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Mr. Cain's work for the government had by this time
80 completely engaged his attention that he gave up
all thought of returning to the educational field. In 1916
he was appointed chief clerk of the lands branch, a newly
constituted division of the land department of the Pro-
vincial Government. This branch was the result of a
consolidation of various sub-branches. In 1920 the
Provincial Government appointed him to the office of
assistant deputy minister of lands and forests, and in
October, 1921, promoted him to the office of deputy min-
ister of lands and forests. Mr. Cain holds this position
at the present time, and continues to fill it with rare
ability. His great love of learning is attested to by a large
and valuable private library, and his interest in literary
and educational matters is ever manifest. He was a
moving spirit in the work of organizing the St. Francis'
Literary and Athletic Association of Toronto, and, as its
first president, served the club with the utmost loyalty
and fidelity. A lover of all sports, and especially of free
and vigorous games in the open air, Mr. Cain has in the
past been widely known for his skill at lacrosse. He
played with the senior champion Brantfords, during the
seasons of 1902 and 1903, was a star on Toronto Univer-
sity twelve, in their famous tour of 1903, and otherwise
distinguished himself in many branches of Canadian
sport.

An ardent Catholic, Mr. Cain has always been in-
terested in the cause of Catholic charity, especially
charity for children. For seven years he was president
of the Fresh Air Committee of the St. Vincent de Paul
Society, and for five years, from 1916 to 1921 inclusive,
he was president of the St. Francis' Conference of the
St. Vincent de Paul Society. Mr. Cain is a member of
the Knights of Columbus; the Canadian Order of Chosen
Friends; and the Independent Order of Foresters.

On October 28, 1909, he married Mary Edith McLeister,
daughter of Michael and Katherine (McDonald)
McLeister, of Fergus, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Cain have
two children: Paul, who was born November 22, 1910,
and Dorothy, who was born February 6, 1913.

NORMAN ALEXANDER KEYS— The nai

Keys has long been widely known in the learne
fessions in Canada through the service and acti\
representatives of two generations, David Reid
prominent educator, and his son, Norman Ale;
Keys, of the Toronto law firm of Ritchie & Keys
younger man has a war record of distinction and
the Military Cross.

The father, David Reid Keys, was born in Ken
May 2, 1866, son of John W. and Caroline (Joh
Keys. His mother was a daughter of Edward Jol
of Belfast, Ireland. Professor Keys was educa
Upper Canada College and the University of Tc
compiling an unusual record of scholarship, com]
his education abroad and at Columbia College,
York City. His active years have been spent ii
cational work and he is also noted as a lecture;
married Erskine, daughter of Alexander McL«
Edinburgh, Scotland, and granddaughter of Re'
John Brown, of Haddington, Scotland.

Norman Alexander Keys, son of David Reid an
kine (McLean) Keys was born in Toronto, Janu
1888. After preparatory study in the public schoc
Harbord Collegiate Institute, he entered the Unii
of Toronto, where he received the degree of Bachi
Arts in 1910, also being awarded the Mackenzie F
ship in political science. In 1910 and 1911 he s
town planning in the University of Munich, Bs
and upon his return to Canada completed a course
at the Osgoode Hall Law School, being called
bar in 1915. During the course o his law study 1
assistant legal secretary of the Canadian Manutac
Association, an office he held from 1912 to 1915, i
ing to enlist in the 2nd University Company as a p
this company being used to reinforce the "Princess
in August, 1915. He was three times wounde(
commissioned in March, 1917, and in May of ths
was awarded the Military Cross at Fresnoy. Up
return from the service Mr. Keys was appointed ins
of the war charities department in the office
Secretary of State at Ottawa, filling this place f
year and a half and then returning to privati
practice. Mr. Keys now holds a lieutenant's corai
in a Toronto regiment, and is president of the Ca
Princess Patricia Light Infantry Service Club.

He formed a partnership in legal practice ■?
F. Ritchie in 1919, and although Mr. Ritchie is r
ceased the firm name continues as Ritchie & Key
Keys devotes himself to a general civil practice s
won attention in the legal fraternity of the city t
capable and vigorous prosecution of the cases en
to him. He is a member of the Ontario Bar AssO'
the Dominion Bar Association and Osgoode Hall •
of the Delta Chi fraternity. He is a member of tht
of Trade and his fraternal affiliations are witi
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. In ;
was awarded the degree of LL.B from the Unive
Toronto.

Mr. Keys married (first) in Toronto, in Februar
Lily, second daughter of the late Frank Dentori
Mrs. Keys' death occurred in the followine Aun
married (second) February (ith, 1922, Alice ]|
Lewis, daughter of John and Eliza (Garfield'
of Toronto. Mr. Keys is a communicant of the II
of England.

DR. W. HARPER NELSON— A member of t «
of the Toronto General Hospital and of high e
in the ranks of the Dominion medical tratern
Nelson was born in County Monaghan,
March 16, 1888, and is a son of Samuel and
(Harper) Nelson.

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173

Nelson received his early education in private
1 in England and, his parents moving to Canada
he was quite young, in the public schools of
,0. He then proceeded to Parkdale Collegiate
te and graduated therefrom in 1901. He had long
etermined to seek a medical career, so entered the
sity of Toronto immediately after his graduation
arkdale. He was graduated in 1909 and, with the
on of the time he spent in military service, has
ngaged in the general practice of medicine ever
He enlisted for service in the World War in 1915,
IS attached, first, to the Central Officers' Training

and later, to the Canadian Flying Corps. He
:d his discharge in 1919. Dr. Nelson is a member

staff of the Toronto General Hospital, and be-
;o the Canadian Academy of Medicine.
Nelson is a member of the Presbyterian church,
ongs to the St. George Lodge of the Masonic order,
olds membership in the Lake Shore Country
nd the Oakwood Club.

Nelson married, on August 6, 1913, Ethel Fallaize.
d Mrs. Nelson have two children: Harper, who
rn on December 8, 1915; and Barry, who was born
luary 24, 192L

|)MAS DUNNETT— In the city of Toronto few
have been more significant, in a quiet way, to the
progress than that of Thomas Dunnett, M. A.,
early life was spent in the profession of teaching,
o later became a force in the business world, and
an ample success with many worthy benevolences,
trough channels of organized endeavor and by
il activities among the needy, in whom he was
,ed. Mr. Dunnett was a son of William and Chris-
Hack) Dunnett, both natives of Scotland and
of broad culture.

i nas Dunnett was born in Wick, Scotland, in the

;48, and died in Toronto, October 25, 1902. As

1 8 attended the schools of his native place, and in

,jit the age of twelve years, received his first

je to teach. This document was signed by the

if Wick, and is still p. treasured possession of Mr.

i's widow. He began teaching school very young,

tinued until he was eighteen years of age, in the

if that time receiving his degree of Master of

oming to Canada in 1866, he settled first in

n, where he taught for one year, after which

ited a position as purser wdth Mr. Folger, a man

lerable prominence in that day in shipping circles,

r of a line of steamers plying between Cape Vin-

d Kingston. Mr. Dunnett was associated with

about two years, then came to Toronto in 1869,

le identified with the firm of McCrosson &

furriers of King street, in the capacity of

Finding commercial activity congenial, Mr.

did not further consider his former calling, and

after coming to Toronto, he entered the

le hat and fur business for himself, locating on

it, West, and forming a partnership with a

, under the firm name of Briggs & Dunnett.

was later removed to Wellington street,

destroyed in the fire of 1894. After this disaster

nett resumed business along somewhat different

lUfacturing hats and furs under the firm name

;t & Crean. His experience in the retail field

ible to him here, and he followed this line

or very successfully until his death, after which

ler carried it forward under his own name, the

still being in existence.

years a member of the Toronto Board of

Dunnett was broadly active in many branch-

ic advance, laboring zealously for the Liberal

forces in local elections, although never accepting public
honors. He was a member of Covenant Lodge, Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was past presi-
dent. He was a member of the Caledonian Society, of
the Caithness Society, of which he was also past presi-
dent, and was a life member of St. Andrew's Society,
also a member of the Ontario Club. He was for many
years a director of the "Saturday Night," a weekly
newspaper. One of his personal tastes often acknow-
ledged was a fondness for fine horses, and he was highly
skilled both as a driver and rider. But the interest in
which Mr. Dunnett always seemed to take the greatest
delight was philanthropic work, which to him was a
pleasure rather than a duty. He gave generously to all
worthy causes, but his especial efforts were for children.
He sought them out personally, and also was particularly
interested in the Boys' Home, and the Hospital for Sick
Children. It is only stating a truism to say that many
children have grown to useful manhood and womanhood
who without the inspiration of his friendship would have
lacked the impetus to high endeavor. On the anniversary
of Mr. Dunnett's silver wedding, rather than invite his
wealthy and influential friends to a formal celebration,
he marked the day by sending out checks to worthy
institutions. Mr. Dunnett was a man of deep religious
convictions, and while he lived his religious life in this
practical way, he also acknowledged his responsibility
to organized religious advance, and was a member of St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Dunnett married, in 1875, .lessie McCammon,
daughter of Robert M. and Christina (Black) Mc-
Cammon. Mr. McCammon was a native of Ireland, and
came to Canada in 1830, settling at Kingston, where he
was active in the baking business for many years, and
in 1866, when His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales,
visited Canada, Mr. McCammon was one of the aldermen
of Kingston. His wife, Christina (Black) McCammon,
was the daughter of Alexander Black, an architect, who
was the designer of the circular staircase, and who built
the first staircase of that kind in Scotland, at Castle
Brawl. Mrs. McCammon, who was a woman of spirit,
used to relate proudly how she made bullets for the King's
soldiers in the Rebellion of 1837. Her daughter, Mrs.
Dunnett, survives her husband, cherishing the traditions
of the family on the other side and on this side the
Atlantic.

COLONEL ALFRED TAYLOUR HUNTER—

Through private practice and legal writings. Colonel
Hunter has wide professional acquaintance and reputa-
tion, and in even broader circles is known fo.- military
activity, which includes long and honorable service in the
World War. He is a descendant of ancestry including
Irish, English, Highland, and Huguenot, French for-
bears, son of John Howard Hunter, who came to Ontario
from Ireland in the fifties, and for years was a teacher
in various collegiate institutes in this Province, later, in
1874, receiving the appointment of superintendent of
the Ontario Institute for the Blind at Brantford, Ontario.
This office he filled for seven years, then in 1881 was
appointed inspector of the department of insurance of
Ontario, which office "he held until his death, which
occurred in 1910. He married Annie Gordon, who was
born in Scotland, and died in Ontario in 1911.

Alfred Taylour Hunter, son of John Howard and
Annie (Gordon) Hunter, was born in Dundas, Ontario,
October 25, 1867. As a boy he attended the schools of
Dundas, St. Catharines, and Brantford, Ontario, then
took his matriculation course at the Jarvis Street Colleg-
iate Institute in Toronto. He was graduated from the
University of Toronto in the class of 1890, with the
degree of Bachelor of Laws, and finishing his professional

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

preparation at Osgoode Hall Law School, was called to
the bar in 1892. He has since conducted a general practice
of law in Toronto, winning a high position in the pro-
fession, and during the course of his career has written
several legal text-books, the one perhaps most widely
useful, being "Power of Sale Under Mortgage." His
office is located in the Temple building.

Colonel Hunter's professional activities have been
much interrupted by his military duties. He entered
the York Rangers in 1898, with the rank of lieutenant,
and remained with this organization until April of 1921,
when he was appointed to his present rank. His service
in the World War began in 1914, when he, as one of the
"Originals," went overseas with the first Canadian con-
tingent. Serving first with the Fourth Battalion, he was
left in England in command of a base company, then in
April, 1915, took a draft to France, where he was wound-
ed in the second battle of Ypres, while attached to the 1st
Battalion. He was again with the 4th Battalion at the
battle of Festubert, then was on various duties in France,
England, and Canada, until January, 1917, when he was
returned to France, and was attached to "Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry," during operations
at Vimy Ridge. After being demobilized in October,
1917, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel, commanding
the York Rangers in November of the same year. He
served as lieutenant-colonel dtixing the reorganization
of the corps, and until his appointment to the command
of the 25th Infantry Brigade, which position he now
holds. As an "Original" Colonel Hunter received the
1914-1915 Star, in addition to which he wears the General
Service Medal, the Victory Medal, and the Officers'
Long Service Decoration. He has written several books
on military matters, and is the author of a "History of
the York Rangers," also of a chapter on "The Second
Battle of Ypres," and "Canada in the Great World
War."

Colonel Hunter is a member of the Canadian Military
Institute, and fraternally is widely known. He is a
member of Cameron Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 613, of
which he is past master, a life member of St. Andrew's
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, past chief
ranger of the Court Sherwood Forest, Independent
Order of Foresters, and a member of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen. Politically he is a fearless advocate
of Liberal policies, taking the stand of the Independent
on many questions, and earlier in life was brought for-
ward in political affairs. In 1896 he ran as a "McCarthy-
ite" candidate in West Toronto, but was unsuccessful,
then was an Independent-Liberal candidate in 1904,
with the same result. In the general election of 1921,
he contested West Toronto as an Independent veteran.
He wields strong influence in the ex-soldier groups, for
whose welfare he has taken a determined stand, and
Toronto has no citizen with greater zeal for her best
good. He is a member of the Ontario Club, and of the
Argonaut Rowing Club, and is a member of the Presby-
terian church.

Colonel Hunter married, in Midland, Ontario, Olive
May Jeffery of that town, on September 5, 1899, and
they have four children: Lucy Howard; Roy I^; John
W. G.; and Kathleen Mary. The charming town house
is at No. 319 Indian road, and the summer home is at
Eastbourne, Lake Simcoe, Ontario.

CHARLES HORACE BURGESS— Among the prom-
inent business men of Toronto is Charles H. Burgess,
of C' H. Burgess & Company, government and municipal
bond dealers, who has financed many Canadian munici-
palities through the purchasing of their debentures, and
who has taken an active part in interesting investors in
Canadian government bonds.

Born at Niagara Falls, Ontario, January 31, 181
of Walter Washington and Johan West (M
Burgess, Mr. Burgess received his education
Mimico Public School, and then began his bi
career in association with G. A. Stimson & Compi
Toronto, which connection he maintained for a
of five years, from 1896 to 1901. In the latter j
severed his connection with G. A. Stimson & Cm
and became identified with the Dominion Set
Corporation, of Toronto, with whom he remained
1903, when he accepted a position with W. C.
(later Brent, Noxon & Company). About sever
later, October 1, 1909, he engaged in business fo
self, under the firm name of C. H. Burgess & Cor
dealing in government and municipal bonds. 1
built up a large clientele for issues of that nature ai
a business which extends from the Atlantic Ocean
Pacific. On January 1, 1914, Mr. Burgess for
partnership with W. A. Woodstock, and since the
has continue^ to conduct a steadily growing bt
Recognized as an expert in his line and as a r
integrity, he has been called upon to serve as
in various organizations whose interests are allie
his field. He was secretary and promoter of th(
dealers' section of the Toronto Board of Trade, whi
formed December 11, 1911, and continued to hoi
office until June, 1916, when the bond dealers" sec
the Toronto Board of Trade was merged in the
Dealers' Association of Canada. He was then i
secretary of the latter organization, which ofl
continued to fill until the growth of the associatioi
necessary the appointment of a permanent, s:
secretary. Mr. Burgess also served as secretary
Dominion Executive for the management of th(
paign for the raising of Canada's Victory Loan ir
and he has been active in various projects for t
vancement of the public welfare. He has filled thi
of police magistrate for Peel county. Politicallj
an Independent, and fraternally is associated wi
Royal Guardians, the Free and Accepted Masoi
with the Ancient Order of Foresters. For rec
he engages in the active sports of bowling, swii
and canoeing. His religious affiliation is with the
can church.

Mr. Burgess married, on September 16, 190!
Hughene Telfer, daughter of John Alfred and
(Hughene) Telfer, and they are the parents of fi'
and one daughter.

WILLIAM McCANN— The clever and in(
development of a specialty is often the means of i:
success, and when such a success is along artisti
its history forms an interesting phase of presi
progress. Such an enterprise is the silversmithir
of William McCann, at the corner of Jarvis and
streets, in Toronto, where surprising results seer
merely details of the day's work, especially in
in which field the plant specializes. Mr. McCa
originator and proprietor of this business, co
pioneer Canadian stock, his grandfather, Ezeki
Cann, having been the seventh settler on the I
peninsula, in Canada. Thomas McCann, his s
Mr. McCann's father, who is now deceased, was t
the first base-ball players in Canada, and for ye
chief of the Fire Department of Hamilton, Ontai

William McCann was born in Hamilton, C
October 25, 1870, and received a limited, althou);
tical education in the public schools of his nati'
At the early age of eleven years he left sch( ■'
entered the employ of the Meriden Britannia Co »i
at their Hamilton factory, and remained wii
concern for a period of twenty-three years. Duri

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B Mr. McCann apprenticed himself four times, and
itered the various branches of silversmithing, and
le time before leaving the employ of the concern, he
entire charge of the burnishing and silversmithing
artments. Also during this period Mr. McCann
inded the Hamilton School of Arts at the evening
ions of that institution. This rigorous advance, while
laced Mr. McCann among the experts in his line
ndeavor, told upon his health, and for a time he was
ged to seek employment which would take him out
oors. Declining to relinquish his chosen line of activ-
Mr. McCann entered the employ of the Beatty
!, operating vessels on the Great Lakes, having charge
le silverware of the steamer "The Empire." During
summers of 1904-05-06 he followed this work, spend-
the winters in the employ of the Meriden Britannia
ipany. Coming to Toronto in 1906, Mr. McCann
me connected with the King Edward Hotel, as
rsmith in charge, making the silver used there and
ling it in repair, and was thus engaged for a period
velve years. At the suggestion of Mr. O'Neil, the
iral manager of the King Edward, Mr. McCann
Ired business for himself as a silversmith, under the
IS of the William McCann Plating Company, at his
i-nt address, Nos. 114-116 Jarvis street, Toronto,
'le work which is done in this interesting spot covers
lie range in the art of the silversmith. Mr. McCann
ts to the hotel and steamship trade, no inconsiderable
fjgate in Toronto, and does all the work in his line
•he United Hotels Company, which conducts hotels
ver the Dominion, and United States, taking an
d interest in the minutest detail of a single piece
Ever brought to him for re-plating or for the replacing
sme broken part. Indeed, it is well known by those
riar with the plant that repairs comprise sixty per
lof all the work done here, and Mr. McCann takes
i;eenest delight in the piece of work which is the
»!; difficult, often achieving the seemingly impossible.
! lakes many reproductions, often working from only
jgment of the original piece, and turning out com-
!1 sets or making missing parts of sets in Sheffield
li. His work can sometimes be best described by the
rsvhat colloquial term, rejuvenating, and he has
n ed many exceedingly interesting commissions in
isield. He does much in the way of manufacturing,
omaking special articles to order, individuality in
5Jn being one of the marked characteristics of his
T Mr. McCann is also active in special branches as
nnufacturing jeweler, and in every branch of his
ir employs only the most expert assistants, his
c being among the highest paid workers in their
e 1 the Dominion. The scope of his work reaches from
A Scotia to Alberta. Mr. McCann is a member of
3 ational Electro-Platers' Association of the United
if; and Canada, and of the Independent Order of
riters. As a young man he was for twelve years a
!nier of the 13th Royal Regiment at Hamilton,
itio, and was one of the best rifle shots in the Do-
n n of Canada. He owns to a hobby which, like his
cf.on, is an art, painting in oils and water colors.
! ': a member of the Church of England.
M McCann married Ellen Burrowes, of Sutton,
esand they have two daughters: Maude and Vera.

A13ERT PLENTY— Of English birth and ancestry,
r. 'lenty was born at Bristol, England, October 5,
82 son of Theophilus and Jane (Olds) Plenty. He
:eisd his education in the public schools of his native
y.hen came to Canada direct from Bristol, at the
B twenty-three.

M Plenty arrived at Toronto as a total stranger and
Icid at the outset from a lack of funds. But he had

brought some of the abiding capital of the old country
with him and this soon became apparent in the energy
with which he entered upon his first work in Ontario.
He secured a position at the Gurney Foundry Company,
progressing from this employment to work at the Massey
Harris Company and later on to the establishment of
Firstbrook Brothers; he performed the work of a day
laborer at all three of these places. He then entered the
service of the Victoria Shoe Company, where in the
course of the next four years he became an experienced
shoe operatoi. During the last two years he was with
the Victoria Shoe Company he was manager of the
Shoe and Leather Baseball Team and handled the
affairs of the organization in a manner that commended
itself to all. A talent for dealing with men, and efficiency
in producing the best results with the least expenditure
of time and money, was as demonstratable in this
connection as in any other, and Mr Plenty was greatly
en<?ouraged by the success of his management. Less
handicapped now than he had previously been for lack
of funds, he determined to find a place for himself in the
business world of Toronto. In his opinion the real estate
and insurance business offered him the best opportunity,
and in due course he accepted a managership with Jose
& Withers. While acting in this capacity, he carried
on some very important transfers for the firm and
profited both in commissions and in experience. In 1910
he purchased the western holdings of J. C. Gray and for
the past twelve years he has been actively engaged as an
independent buyer and seller of Canadian real estate.

Mr. Plenty is a representative of the White Star, the
Cunard, C. P. R., and various other steamship lines.
He was appointed justice of the peace during the official
term of the late J. P. Whitney, and is an active politician
and a public speaker who always commands the respect
of his audience. He has many interests in these later
days, and one in particular is very gratifying to the
public. Possessed of a fine voice and a good knowledge
of music, he often leads a community choir, and in the
past has assembled as many as five hundred voices.

Mr. Plenty is an executive officer of the British Wel-
come League, and a better man could hardly be selected
for the position. Remembering his first days in Canada
and the struggle he had to make in order to find his place
in the community, he is ever on the alert to place in-
coming Britishers in the way of finding employment or,
when that is unnecessary, of providing something in the
way of a welcome for those who come overseas to throw
in their lot with their Canadian kin.

Mr. Plenty retains all of his enthusiasm for outdoor
sports, and especially for baseball. He is honorary vice-
president of the Ontario Football Association, and each
year he donates a cup, which is known as the "Plenty
Cup," to the winning team. He is first vice-president of
the Bloor and Dovercourt Business Men's Association,
of Toronto, and belongs to the Toronto Transportation
Association, and the Toronto Steamship Association.
He attends the Anglican church, and is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His chief recreation
is soccer football.

Mr. Plenty married, on September 2, 1905, Louise
Holtham, who died January 4, 1918. Mr. Plenty has
three children: Marion, who was born July 14, 1910;
Phyllis Caville, who was born June 11, 1916; and Dora
Marne, who was born March 4, 1917.

CHARLES HERBERT PORTER— In professional
circles in Toronto Mr. Porter's standing as a barrister
places him in the front rank. He comes of an old English
family, and his grandfather, William Porter, came from
Yorkshire, England, in 1824, settling in Vaughan town-
ship, York county, Ontario. He was broadly active as a

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contractor, and in this capacity was identified witli tlie
construction of the first canals at Welland, Erie, and
Rideau. William Porter, his son and Mr. Porter's
father, was born in Vaughan township, and throughout
his lifetime was engaged in farming in Peel county.
He was a man of wide prominence in that section,
was one of the originators of the Peel County Farmers'
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of which, for many-
years, he was president. He was very active in all
lines of agricultural advance, and was also prominent
in civic matters, serving in 1875 and in 1884 as warden of
Peel county. He married Mary Pexton, a descendant
of a Yorkshire family.

Charles Herbert Porter, the seventh of the eight
children of William and Mary (Pexton) Porter, was born
in Toronto, Gore township, near Brampton, Ontario,
September 5, 1873, and received his early education
in the public and high schools of his native county.
Studying law with the firms of John W. Beynon, K.C. of
Brampton; Cassells & Standish, and Kilmer & Irving
of Toronto, he completed his preparation for his chosen
field with the usual course at Osgoode Hall Law School,
and was called to the bar on June 2, 1898. Until 1902, he
was associated with the law firm of Kilmer, Irving &
Porter, then withdrew from this partnership and prac-
ticed alone. In 1910 he admitted a partner, and for
about one year the firm name was Porter & Denison, but
since 1911 Mr. Porter has practiced alone, handling
largely a general practice, but doing also much corpora-
tion work.

In 1902 Mr. Porter received a commission as lieuten-
ant of the Royal Grenadiers of Toronto and was later
promoted to captain but was obliged to resign from that
organization in 1911 on account of a permanent injury
received in a street railway accident. He has long been
well known in political circles, supporting the Liberal
party, and for several years was secretary of the Central
York Reform Association. He is a member of the On-
tario Bar Association, ot the Canadian Military Insti-
tute, and of the Anglican church. Finding his chief
relaxation in out-door activities, he holds membership
in the Weston Golf and Country Club, and in the Canada
Lawn Bowling Club.

Mr. Porter married, in Toronto, Isabella Neil of this
city, on December 19, 1908. They reside at No. 13
Poplar Plains road.

HERBERT JAMES HOWE— As the present head
of the old Canadian firm of Northrop & Lyman Com-
pany, Ltd., manufacturing druggists, Herbert James
Howe has the oversight not only of an extensive and
important business in the Dominion, but of an export
trade which reaches the Antipodes. Mr. Howe is a son
of Etna Dean Howe, who was born in Marcellus, New
York, in June of 1848, and came to Canada as a young
man. Etna Dean Howe became a part of the Northrop
& Lyrnan organization in 1877, and wa.< actively identi-
fied with the concern until he died, in 1920, holding the
office of president for many years. He married Martha
Brown, who was born in New Castle, Ontario, July 7,
1854, and still survives her husband, residing in Toronto.

Herbert James Howe was born in Toronto, January 1,
1881, and after attending the public schools of the city,
spept one year at the British-American College, in a
business course. Upon leaving school he immediately
became identified with the concern of which his father
was president, and beginning in a subordinate capacity,
he rose to the highest office in the gift of the concern.
The Northrop & Lyman Company, Ltd., was founded
in 1854, in New Castle, Ontario, Messrs. Northrop and
Lyrnan both being natives of the United States. The
business was removed to Toronto in 1877, when the elder

Howe became connected with it. It is one of the ol(
and largest concerns manufacturing drugs and prop
tary medicines in the Dominion. Their first locatioi
Toronto was on Scott street, but they soon requi
larger quarters and removed to No. 21 Front str
West, which premises they occupied until 1904, when
building was destroyed by fire. The company then b
a large structure at No. 86 Richmond street. West, i
they still own this building, although it was outgn
some years ago. The continuous growth of the busii
demanding still more space, they built, in 1916, at
462 Wellington street, West, a large modern buildi
consisting of five stories and basement, 50 x 196 fee
area, which they still occupy. This building is a m(
of its kind, and equipped with the most modern dev
for turning out their product. Their own experien
travelling men represent them throughout Canada, i
they have a branch in Buffalo, New York, also do
exceedingly large export business to the West Ind
parts of South America, New Zealand and Austra
in which latter country they are represented by
Charles Markell Company. In their laboratories t'
have a staff of registered chemists, each an expert in
line, and no effort or expense is spared to keep the prod
at the highest possible point of excellence. Mr. H(
became president of this concern upon the death of
father in 1920, and has well demonstrated his abil
to cope with large affairs.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. He
takes only the interest of the citizen in ptiblic affa
and supports the Conservative party. His clubs inch
the Empire, the Canadian, the Commonwealth,
Lakeshore Country and Parkdale Canoe clubs. He
a member of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Howe married, in Toronto, in 1905, Mona Hugl
daughter of John and Julia (Kirkwood) Hughes,
father long since deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Howe h
three children: Rhoda Elizabeth, Kirkwood Brown, i
Richard Dean. The family residence is at No. :
Russell Hill road.

JOHN E. L. KEYES, M.B.— A veteran of the Wi
War, in which he served continuously from the begini
until the end of hostilities, and one of the best kn(
among the younger members of the Dominion med
fraternity, Dr. Keyes was born at Barrie, Ontr
October 23, 1887. He was educated at the Univer
of Toronto, from which he was graduated in 1908,
at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon:
Edinburgh, from which he was graduated in 1913.
holds the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, and is a li
tiate of the Royal College of Physicians, the R
College of Surgeons, and the Royal Faculty of Physit
and Surgeons. |

One of the first to offer his services. Dr. Keyes enlil
for service in the World War in 1914. He went ovei'
at the outbreak of the war, and served with the Imp
army of France. He received his discharge in Ort ^
1919. With the coming of peace, he returned to nr
practice and is rapidly coming to the front as oi
Toronto's leading physicians. He is an active memfc
the Canadian Academy of Medicine and a keen stu
of all matters pertaining to his profession.

In religious faith. Dr. Keyes is a Presbyterian.
a member of the Masonic order. He finds his
recreation in yachting and golfing, and belongs t
Royal Canadian Yacht Club and to the Missis:*
Golf Club. He is unmarried.

WILLIAM REEVES FLEMING— In the wt «
finance in Ontario, Mr. Fleming is widely knov *
managing director of the Canadian Debenture C ■

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177

1, Limited. He is a son of Thomas A. and Elizabeth
eves) Fleming, of Chicago, lUinoi'j, his father, who
many years has been in the auditing business, was
lerly chief accountant for Massey, Harris Company,
hat city.

[r. Fleming was born in Buffalo, New York. Re-
ing his education in the city of Toronto, he entered
n his career with G. A. Stimson & Company, brnd
ers of this city, and was thus engaged for four
rs. Thereafter going north, Mr. Fleming became
itified with the firm of Graves, Bigwood & Company,
;he lumber business, having charge of their office
a period of ten years. Returning to Toronto in 1914
re-entered the bond business, and later became
etary of the Bond Dealers' Association of Canada,
ch office he held until 1919. At that time he was
ointed manager of the bond department of The
ne Bank of Canada, then in 1920, when the Canadian
lenture Corporation was reorganized, Mr. Fleming
ime associated with this company and was made its
laging director, which position he now holds. The
adian Debenture Corporation, Limited, was organized
received its charter in the year 1910, and its activities
Ude the sale of government and municipal bonds and
(oration secu.ities, but it specializes in the financing
British Canadian industrial enterprises. They are
Ig a wide-reaching and constructive work, and many
inces of successful negotiations of this nature stand
heir credit.

1 influential member of the Toronto Board of
le, Mr. Fleming's personal interests include member-
in the Masonic order, and the Ontario Club. He
recreation in golf and bowling, being a member of
■nhill Golf and Country Club, and is a member of
ie Church.

r. Fleming married, in 1906, Margaret George
Mice, of Gait, Ontario, daughter of the late Talbot
ren "Torrance, a prominent newspaper man. Mr. and
Fleming are the parents of three children: Torrance
mder; William Reeves; and Lois.

HOMAS LANGTON— A barrister of the first rank

' credited with valuable public service, Thomas

1! t n had wide interests outside of his profession, and

'ng notable legal achievement in the story of his

i record of devoted and useful participation in

itional, religious and philanthropic work. He was a

of cultured, scholarly tastes, finding ever his

tion in study, yet with the pronounced inclinations

student were mixed practical qualities that made

valuable counsellor when affairs of administration

executive management were under discussion.

lany years he held place among the leaders of his

Ion, and in Toronto's legal annals, as in the hearts

many friends, his record stands as that of a gentle-

listinguished in uprightness, as a lawyer of uni'sual

>inas Langton was a son of John and Lydia (Duns-

Langton, natives of England, who came to Canada,

Langton becoming auditor-general of Quebec

itario and vice-chancellor of 'Toronto University.

Langton was born in Fenelon, Blyth township,

iq. May 5, 1849, and after attending public schools

advanced studies in Upper Canada College

DTOnto University. From the last named institution

slved the degree of B.A., with honors in classics in

"HM.A. in 1871, and LL.B. in 1874. He was called

ir in 1872 and in that year began practice, being

King's Counsel in 1890. For many years he was

J partner of Sir Oliver Mowat and Hon. James

nan as Mowat, Langton & Maclennan, and in his

erfears was head of this firm. In addition to a con-

nection with important and far-reaching litigation which
made him widely known throughout the province, he
was also noted for his work as an author in collaboration
with G. S. Holmested, their joint labors resulting in two
valuable volumes, "Judicature Act of Ontario," and
"Consolidated Rules and Practice and Procedure of the
Supreme Court of Canada." In 1900-02 Mr. Langton
served as secretary of the Ontario Royal Commission
Respecting Assessment and Taxation, discharging these
weighty responsibilities with conspicuous ability.

Mr. Langton was at one time a member of the council
of the Toronto University Alumni Association, and also
served as a member of the executive board of WycUfF
College. He was a church warden of the Anglican Church
of the Ascension, and was frequently a delegate to the
synod. All forms of missionary work made strong appeal
to him and he was active in furthering its ends, and he
was also deeply interested in the Bible and Prayer Book
Society. He was a botanist, learned and enthusiastic,
and found great enjoyment in this study, specializing
in mushrooms and becoming an amateur authority on the
order agaricus. He was also fond of photography
and was keenly appreciative of work of artistic merit in
this field. His clubs were the Toronto and Toronto Golf.

Mr. Langton married, January 11, 1882, Laura
Mowat, daughter of Sir Oliver Mowat, K.C.M.G., and
Jane (Ewart) Mowat. Mrs. Langton has long been
interested in charitable and religious work in the city
and province and was formerly a member of the board of
directors oi the Dominion Council of the Young Women's
Christian Association.

Thomas Langton died in Toronto, December 11, 1914.
It is from such sons of the Dominion as he, from the
records of their stalwart strength in well-doing, that
inspiration and example may be derived for the solution
of the problems of the present.

ED HARRINGTON is president of the Pannill
Door Company, Ltd,, one of the most active and pro-
gressive industrial organizations in the city of Toronto,
which in its comparatively brief history has won a note-
worthy position in the building trades. The business
was founded as a partnership in May, 1919, but its
growth was such that in 1920 it was incorporated, in the
month of December. The concern are manufacturers
and jobbers of doors and sash, and their business, which
was started on a very small scale, has grown to be the
largest in this field in Ontario, their business extending
throughout the Province. These young men began with a
small office and warehouse, and did all the work of
manufacture themselves. Now their three warehouses
have a combined floor space of about 10,000 square feet,
and they keep many employees constantly busy, the
office and factory being located at No. 131 Front street.
East. The personnel of the company is as follows:
Ed Harrington, president, Hunter Pannill, vice-president
and secretary-treasurer.

Hunter Pannill, vice-president and secretary-treasurer
of the company, was bom in Chatham, Virginia, in
February, 1886, and is a son of David H. and Augusta
Pannill, for many years residents of Chatham, his father
being a prominent Virginia attorney, now deceased.
Acquiring his early education in the public schools of
his native town, Hunter Pannill completed his education
in the Danville Military Institute. For the next five
years he was with the Aluminum Company of America,
in New York City and Pittsburgh, then in 1912 came to
"Toronto, as oflice manager of the Northern Aluminum
Company, Limited, and remained with that company
until 1915. Then enlisting in the Canadian Army, Mr
Pannill served first with the 97th Battalion and later
with the 38th Battalion, in France. Still later he was

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transferred from the infantry to the Flying Corps. He
was twice wounded, first on April 9, 1917, at Vimy
Ridge, (while still with the infantry regiment,) then in
September, 1917, he was shot down while flying. On
the occasion of the first wound he was awarded the
Military Cross. Having enlisted with the rank of
lieutenant, he was promoted to captain, which rank he
held at the time of his discharge in March, 1919. Mr.
Pannill is single, and is a member of the Aero Club of
Toronto, and of Beaches Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons. He resides at No. 189 Huron street, Toronto.
Ed Harrington, president of the Pannill Door Com-
pany, Limited, was born in Columbus, Ohio, January 25,
1888, and is a son of Ellsworth and Ida (Fleming)
Harrington, both natives of Alton, Ohio. His father was
a cabinet-maker there for a number of years, and later
was a general merchant at Memphis, Tennessee. As a
boy Mr. Harrington attended the public schools of
Columbus, and finished his education at the Ohio State
University, a member of the class of 1910. Thereafter
for two years he was associated with his father in his
general store at Memphis, then acted as manager of
the door and sash department for Cousins & Fearn, of
Columbus, Ohio. In 1913 Mr. Harrington came to
Toronto, to become sales manager for the Canada
Lumber Company, with which concern he was connected
for a short time. In 1914 he opened his office in the line
of lumber brokerage, but early in 1915 gave up his
business to enlist in the Canadian Army. He was first
with the 97th Battalion of Infantry, and went with
them to England, where he was assigned to the 7th
Reserve Depot, Princess Patricia Light Infantry.
Remaining with this command until the summer of
1917, Mr. Harrington was then returned to Canada, and
assigned for duty as deputy inspector of Dominion
police, of Ottawa, having as his district the Niagara
Peninsula. He enlisted as provisional lieutenant, and
was promoted to the rank of major, serving until the
close of the war, when he was discharged from active
service, but still holds the office of major of the Reserve
Corps. Fraternally, Mr. Harrington holds membership
in Ross Robertson Lodge, No. 545, Free and Accepted
Masons, and Antiquity Chapter, No. 91, Royal Arch
Masons. His college fraternity is the Sigma Kappa
Phi.

JOHN HENRY INGE— In a generation past, as in the
present, the name of Ince was prominently known in
the business circles of Toronto, William Ince, father
of a present day representative, having been widely
acquainted as a member of the wholesale grocery firm
of Perkins, Ince & Company, president of the Toronto
Board of Trade in 1887, and director of the Dominion
Bank. William Ince died in 1905.

John Henry Ince was born in Toronto, May 13 1871.
His education was obtained at Trinity College School,
Port Hope, and at Trinity College, Toronto. After
leaving college he spent some time in iron and steel
manufacturing plants in Buffalo, New York, and from
1906 to 1910 he was associated with the Department of
Public Works of the Insular Government of Porto
Rico, as assistant commissioner of the interior. In 1910
Mr. Ince returned to Toronto, and shortly afterward
became secretary and treasurer of the Toronto Hardware
Company, whose affairs he now supervises in the office
of general manager.

This concern had its inception in 1880, when J. Harry
Paterson and Mr. Rabjohn formed the firm of Paterson
& Rabjohn, for the manufacture of hardware. Not long
afterward Mr. Rabjohn disposed of his interest and
George Gouinlock entered the firm, which then became
the Toronto Hardware Manufacturing Company, loca-

ted at No. 1100 Queen street, West. The nature of t
company's product gradually changed, and eventual
the manufacture of open fireplaces, grates, mantli
tiles, and similar commodities became the leadi
interest. Subsequently, the production of cast in
soil pipe and fittings was taken up, and later there w
added a line of galvanized range boilers. The old qu;
ters were outgrown in the steady expansion of the bu
ness and in 1902 property was bought at Dufferin stre
adjoining the Grand Trunk railway tracks, where t
group of specially designed buildings was erected. ,
this time the company's product was chiefly cast ir^
soil pipe and fittings and range boilers. In 1915 i/i
Goninlock's death occurred and Mr. Paterson becai
sole proprietor. In 1918 a limited company was forme
with J. H. Paterson as president, an office that he fill
until his death, February 4, 1921, when his wife succee
ed him. The company's buildings occupy a tract 4
by 130 feet, with yards on the Grand Trunk railway, ai
150 people are employed. During the World War, t
company, working in co-operation with the Munitio
Board and designated contractors, devoted its effoi
toward supplying hospitals, munitions factories ai
depots with its product, and in this service a high poi
of efficiency and satisfaction was reached.

Mr. Ince, upon whom devolves important responi
bilities in the company's affairs, is a member of t
Canadian Manufacturers' Association, the Board
Trade, Dominion Credit Exchange, Employers' Crec
Association, and the Canadian Foundries & Met
Trades Association. His social memberships are in t!
Victoria Club, Toronto Hunt Club, Eglington Hu
Club, Toronto Skating Club, and Ontario Jockey Clu
He is treasurer of the House of Industry, deeply co
cerned in all of its work, and is a member of Old "Trini
Anglican Church. Mr. Ince married Kathryn Roi
berger, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

CHARLES L. BENEDICT was born at St. Andrev
Argenteuil county, Quebec, the son of the late Geor
Norton and Eliza (Beattie) Benedict, his forebef
being prominent among the first pioneers of the Otta*
Valley, where they settled after the close of the Americ
Revolutionary War. His ancestor, Thomas Benedi
of Nottinghamshire (the last of four generations of t
name in England), left its shores (as did his Huguei
ancestors over a century before, the shores of continen
Europe) to escape the religious persecutions of the tini
and landed in Massachusetts bay in 1639, where he a
his descendants played an important part in the ea
history of the New England colonies, and from whor
numerous and distinguished progeny have descended

His grandfather. Major Charles Benedict saw sen
with the Argenteuil Rangers in the War of 1812-18
his great-grandfather. Lieutenant Peter Benedict, t!
a student at Yale College, leaving it to enlist in
Revolutionary War and was at the siege of St. Jot
Quebec, afterwards settling at St. Andrews, Quel
where he was magistrate in the Seigniory of Argent
for sixteen years, and which position his son, (Ma
Charles, filled after him.

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Island, and was one of the founders of Elizabeth, !
Jersey, and Danbury, Connecticut. In 1650, with
celebrated Captain Mason, he was one of the com
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BIOGRAPHICAL

179

1 1664 after the surrender of New York by the Dutch
ivernor, Stuyvesant, to the RoyaUsts under Colonel
fterward governor) Richard Nichols, Thomas Benedict
IS one of the chosen delegates to what is considered
e first Legislative body convened in New York under
e British; was one of the forty-two who comprised
e list of freeman in 1669 ; selectman for seventeen years,
id represented Norwalk in the General Assembly in
70 and again in 1675, in both of which offices he was
cceeded by his son, John, in 1722 and 1725, and in
m by his grandson. Captain James, who represented
idgefield, Connecticut, in 1740 to 1745. The church,
ate, army, bar and general professional business life

his adopted country have all been adorned by the
scendants of Thomas Benedict, their Puritan ancestor,
d their names appear in every muster roll from King
liilip's War to the greatest civil war of all times.
Charles L. Benedict received most of his education in
\i native village, which he left at an early age to engage
i his life's activities, and after various experiences
ined the staff of the Bank of Montreal, in Montreal,
ith whom he remained for many years, seeing service
1 most of its important branches, and leaving while
imager of the Seigneurs street branch, Montreal, to
jiume his present position as president and manager
[ the "5 in 1" Letter-envelope Company, Ltd., organ-
id to exploit the "5 in 1" combination letter-envelope
/ented and developed by him while with the bank,
Ed which is in very general use among banks in Canada,
ad has revolutionized routine correspondence methods,
'le plant, which is located at No. 333 Adelaide street,
^est, is equipped with special machinery, most of which
Is been developed by Mr. Benedict.

In the various interests of life, civic, social, and re-
C'ative, Mr. Benedict is a well known figure. While
cinected with the Winnipeg branch of the Bank of
bntreal, he was an officer of the 90th Rifles, and a well
kown rifle shot. He is now a member of the Canadian
lanufacturers' Association, the Toronto Board of
lade, the Toronto Club, the Toronto Golf Club, the
(itario Jockey Club, the Empire Club, the Canadian
(jb, the Toronto Skating Club, the Rideau Lakes
J^uatic and Protective Association, the Ontario Motor
lague, St. George's Society, and a member of the
Jisonic order. He is a Conservative in politics and an
^ glican in religious belief. His summer home. Trout
land, Rideau Lake, is one of the beauty spots of that
fnous region where with his family he spends his
s Timers, and enjoys an enviable reputation as an ardent
ad skilful fisherman.

Mr. Benedict married, in June, 1897, Mary Isabel
J^Laren, second daughter of the late Hon. Peter
>:Laren, senator of Canada, and has a family consisting
oa daughter and a son; Doris S., and Peter McLaren.

CHARLES HENRY RITCHIE— Among the former
p)minent members of the legal profession in Canada,
wo have finished their work and left the scene of their
li'Ors, is Charles Henry Ritchie, deceased, who for many
yirs was one of the leaders of the Canadian bar, who
s<ved on numerous important commissions, and
ruresented the Dominion Government before the New
>rk State Senate Committee onlndian Affairs when the
cims of the Canadian Cayuga Indians against the State
oNew York were presented.

3orn in Quebec in 1851, son of the late C. H. and
Ctharine (Scott) Ritchie, Charles Henry Ritchie
rieiyed his education in the Toronto grammar school
ai in the Jarvis Collegiate Institute. He then began
t.;^ study of law under the direction of H. B. Morfie,
aJ five years later was called to the bar, passing the
eiminations in 1872. He immediately engaged in

practice, alone for a time, and later in association with
Sir James Edgar, K.C.M.G., and with Mr. Fenton,
under the firm name of Edgar, Fenton & Ritchie. Upon
the death of Mr. Fenton, the firm became Edgar, Ritchie
& Malone, and this association was maintained until
Sir James Edgar went into politics, when a new partner-
ship was formed, the firm name becoming Ritchie,
Ludwig & Ballantyne, of which Mr. Ritchie was senior
partner until the time of his death, October 3, 1916.
In 1885 Mr. Ritchie was created Queen's Counsel,
(Marquis of Lansdowne) ; in 1891 he was elected a bench-
er of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and again
successively in 1896, 1901, 1906, and in virtue of the
fact that he had been thus honored by his professional
associates in five successive quinquennial elections, he
became an ex-officio bencher. In 1912 he was offered
the position of chief justice of the Common Pleas
Division of the High Court of Ontario, which he declined,
preferring to continue in the practice of his profession.
He had, however, become one of the leaders of the
Canadian bar, and as such was called upon to serve on
various important, delicate and difficult commissions
and committees. He represented the Dominion Govern-
ment at the investigation before the New York Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs when the claims of the
Canadian Cayuga Indians against the State of New
York, arising out of the treaties of 1789 and 1795, were
presented; he was the third arbitrator in the dispute
between the Street Railway Company and the city of
Toronto as to the amount to be paid by the city on taking
over the street railway system; was counsel for the
Dominion Government on certain claims heard before
the board of arbitration appointed by statute to adjust
the unsettled accounts between the Dominion Govern-
ment and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec; one of
the honorary commissioners appointed by the Ontario
Government to frame general rules for carrying out the
provisions of the Law Courts Act, in 1895, and to revise
and consolidate the rules of practice in the High Court;
counsel for the Senate of Canada in the investigation
before a special committee respecting certain charges
preferred by H. H. Cook, in 1901; legal adviser for On-
tario before the Interprovincial Conference of 1910,
held in Ottawa. In all these important and difficult
legal adjustments, Mr. Ritchie discharged his duties
with rare skill and in a spirit of fairness and equity which
won for him the highest esteem of both the contesting
groups as well as of his professional associates. As one
of the leaders of the Canadian bar he exerted a wide and
beneficent influence in the interest of unswerving in-
tegrity and unfailing equity in details, as well as in the
general principles and decisions of legal practice. He
was elected president of the York County Law Associa-
tion in 1897, and of the Ontario Law Association in 1911.
With all his numerous and exacting responsibilities, Mr.
Ritchie found time for club affiliations. He was presi-
dent of the Albany Club for many years, was a member
of the Toronto Club, and of the Ontario Jockey Club, of
which he was solicitor, and took an active part in many
projects for the advancement of the public welfare.
Politically, he gave his support to the Conservative
party, in the activities of which he was prominent, and
his religious affiliation was with the Church of the Re-
deemer, Anglican.

The words of Right Hon. Sir John Thompson, Prime
Minister of Canada, express better, perhaps, than could
any others, the esteem in which Mr. Ritchie was held
among his professional associates. "A man of the highest
legal attainment who would grace the most exalted
judicial positions, and who has my entire confidence."

On September 20, 1883, Charles H. Ritchie married, at
Blyth, County of Huron, Ontario, f Margaret Scott

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Ritchie, daughter of Gideon Ritchie, a civil engineer,
and Margaret (Scott) Ritchie. Mrs. Ritchie was vice-
president of the Ladies', Board ot the Western Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie became the parents of six children:
Kathleen Scott; Charles Forsythe, barrister, deceased;
Beatrice Eleanor; Marjorie Augusta; Henry Scott,
who during the World War served overseas with the
R. N. Flying Corps, and is now a barrister and solicitor;
and Evelyn.

WILLIAM BELFRY HENDRY, D.S.O., B.A.,
M.B., F.A.C.S. — Medical practitioner and educator
of Toronto, Dr. Hendry pursues professional work in the
city of his birth, and has gained leading reputation as a
specialist in gynaecology. Toronto has long known the
family name, his father, William John Hendry, a native
of the city, a school master, and for many years secre-
tary of the Ontario Educational Association.

Dr. William B. Hendry was born October 27, 1874,
and after attending public schools and the Parkdale
Collegiate Institute, was graduated from the University
of Toronto in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
In 1904 he received his degree in medicine from the
Medical College of the University, and for a year and a
half thereafter was an interne in the Toronto General
Hospital. His establishment in general practice followed
this service, and in 1912 he began to specialize in gyn-
secology and obstetrics. He is now chief obstetrician and
gynaecologist in the Toronto General Hospital, and is
professor of gynaecology and obstetrics in the University
of Toronto.

Dr. Hendry enlisted in the medical department of the
Canadian Army early in the World War, and in 1915
went overseas with No. 4 Canadian General Hospital,
Canadian Army Medical Corps. From 1916 to 1919
he commanded that unit with the rank of colonel, serving
at Salonica and in England, and compiled a distinguished
record with this unit, being twice mentioned in dispatches
and receiving the D.S.O.

Dr. Hendry is a member of the Academy of Medicine
of Toronto, the Ontario Medical Association, the
Canadian Medical Association, the American Medical
Association, and the American Association of Endocrin-
ology. He is interested in all sports, particularly golf and
tennis, and is a member of the Toronto Lawn Tennis
Club, Scarboro Golf Club, Royal Canadian Yacht
Club, and the Canadian Military Institute. He is a
member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Hendry married, at Toronto, Elizabeth Robert-
son McMichael, daughter of John McMichael, hardware
manufacturer, and they are the parents of two children,
William John and George Ainslie.

THOMAS HENRY SHIPWAY— For over two
generations the business of the Shipway Iron, Bell and
Wire Manufacturing Company, founded by Charles
R. Shipway, father of Thomas Henry Shipway. the
present president of the company, has been one of the
important manufacturing enterprises of Canada.

Thomas Henry Shipway was born in Toronto, in
March, 1858, son of Charles Robert and Elizabeth
fDean) Shipway. Charles Robert Shipway was born
in London, England, but in 1855, shortly after his
marriage he came to Toronto, and in 1856, just one year
later, he founded the business which eventually became
the Shipway Iron, Bell and Wire Manufacturing Com-
pany for the purpose of manufacturing ornamental iron,
iron stairs, fences, fire escapes, and wire-work. The busi-
ness first occupied quarters on Yonge street, opposite
Trinity Square, but during the notorious Fenian raids,
organized in 1856 with aims similar to the present Sein
Fein, it was destroyed by fire. However, it was soon re-

built and the present building at 700 Wellington stre«
West, houses this constantly growing industry.

Thomas Henry Shipway attended the Model schoo
in Toronto, but when only sixteen years old he showi
such an aptitude for the business of iron manufacturii
that his father took him into the organization wii
him. He soon proved his special fitness for the woi
and when he was twenty-seven his father relinquish(
much of his own responsibility and made Thorn;
managing head. At present his son John R. is manage
William E. is assistant manager, Charles R. is secretai
and treasurer, while Albert Frank, another son,
superintendent of erection.

Thomas Henry Shipway is a strong Liberal and
keenly interested in the political development of h
native city, but he has never been persuaded to ocfei
office. He is a communicant of the Church of En;; !an
although his father and mother were members of tl
Baptist church. He is affiliated with the Independei
Order of Foresters, the Ancient Order United Workme
and the Commercial Travellers' Association.

In 1878 he married Mary Ann Anderson of Toront
They have four sons: Charles R., John R., William E
and Albert Frank, all of whom are associated in busine
with their father, and two daughters: Edith, niarrii
Walker McLaren of Toronto; Emily, married Erne
Stiff of Toronto.

HARRIP CHARLES TUGWELL, who holds
position of prominence in the business world of Toron
has for more than thirty-four years been identified wi(
the progress of photography, as a dealer in photograph
supplies of all kinds, and for more than fifteen years h
been at the head of the firm which, during that perio
has been and still is known as H. C. "Tugwell & Compan
Ltd.

Mr. Tugwell was born in London, England, Janua
11, 1866, and prepared for his career in the educatior
institutions of Belfast and Dublin, Ireland. Coming
Canada at the age of eighteen years, Mr. Tugwell
once became a resident of the city of Toronto, and I
a few years was employed along various lines of endeav
with different concerns. In the course of this time
became deeply interested in the breadth of opportun
presented by the constantly increasing popularity
photography, both as an art and as a pastime for an
teurs. He entered the firm of H. F. Sharpe & Compa'
as partner, and was with that house until the dei
of Mr. Sharpe. Then in 1906 he reorganized the busini
carrying it forward under the name of H. C. Tugw
& Company, Ltd., and at the same time receiving t
partners, the personnel of the company being as folio
President, H. C. Tugwell; vice-president, Walter
Buchanan; secretary and treasurer, Andrew S. E
Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Bee are both native-born Ca
dians, and had previously been connected with
business in one capacity or another. They have si
remained with the concern, leaving the managemi
however, entirely in the hands of Mr. Tugwell. ' '
concern is the only one in Canada devoting their att ■
tion exclusively to photographic supplies, and they '■
doing a very extensive business, reaching into all p >
of the Dominion. Fraternally Mr. Tugwell is ^ '
prominent in the Masonic order, being a member of e\ "
Masonic body represented in Toronto. He is a men (
of the Ontario Club, of the Caledon Mountain Club, i
of the Kiwanis Club, being actively interested ins
work.

Mr. Tugwell married, on June 20, 1894, Anne
Warnock, of Toronto, daughter of the late Matt '
Warnock. They have one son, Harrip Warnock, 1 "

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ay 22, 1900, and is now associated with his father in

siness.

JOHN A. McANDREW— Associated throughout his
ig legal career with important business interests, and
an official referee terminating the activities of several
rporations that had fallen into difficulties, Mr. Mc-
idrew has been equally prominent in his profession,
d in the world of affairs. He is now senior member of
2 firm of McAndrew, James & Evans, a partnership
med in 1920, which is numbered among the successful,
IHmowB professional firms of Toronto. Mr. Me-
drew is a son of John McAndrew, a native of Argyll-
re, Scotland, who came to Canada in 1842, settling
Renfrew, Ontario, where he became a general merch-
t. He married Mary Torney, born in Richmond,
tario, daughter of Irish parents. Mr. and Mrs.
^Andrew, both deceased, were the parents of two sons
i two daughters now surviving. The other son is
i*- in business in Renfrew, the daughters, residents of
ironto.

fohn A. McAndrew was born in Renfrew, Ontario,
cember 27, 1859, and was educated in the public
. ools. Upper Canada College, and the University of
'ronto, being graduated from the last-named institu-
ii in 1881, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
.1 a gold medal in metaphysics. During 1881 and
12 he pursued post-graduate studies in the University
I Edinburgh, then returned to Canada and became
icled to Sir William Mulock as a law student. In 1885
I was called to the bar, entering the firm of Lawrence,
iUiken & McAndrew, in 1886 withdrawing from this
■ nection to return to Renfrew, where he continued in
I fessional activity. From this district he was elected
(ihe Provincial Legislature in 1886, serving until 1890
,ia Liberal. In 1889 he again took up his residence
1)1 professional work in Toronto, becoming a member of
1 firm of Ross, Cameron & McAndrew, of which Sir
jW. Ross was senior member. Mr. McAndrew was
i)iointed taxing officer. Supreme Court of J'udicature,
);ario, in 1892; in 1899 was appointed a registrar of
i High Court of Justice, Ontario; in 1902 inspector
ifcgal offices for Ontario; and in 1903 registrar of the
/irt of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Judicature,
),ario, resigning from the last office in 1908. While
niector of legal offices Mr. McAndrew received a
cimission as official referee, which he still (1921)
e.ins. Upon resigning from the registrar's office he
eimed private practice in Toronto as a member of the
in of Kilmer, McAndrew & Irving, a partnership
fch endured until 1912, when Mr. McAndrew was one
if group organizing the Abitibi Pulp & Paper Company,
ifvhich he was elected secretary and general counsel,
;i ng up private practice to devote himself entirely to
h company's interests. For nearly two years he gave
litime and efforts to the Abitibi Company and then,
rm 1914 to 1920, was active in the organization of a
iviber of enterprises in northern Ontario, principally
n:he mining industry, serving these companies as
oisel during and subsequent to incorporation. During
n same period, in his capacity of official referee, he
:K,ed up the affairs of several large enterprises, including
h Farmers' Bank, the Ontario Bank, the Monarch
iik, the Imperial Paper Mills, and the Dryden Pulp
i 'aper Company.

^ 1 1920, as head of the firm of McAndrew, James &
•-■\J\B, Mr. McAndrew again took up general practice
vii offices at No. 15 Toronto street, and in 1921 he
va created a King's Counsel. He is a member of the
Jririo Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Associa-
ic and occupies a place of usefulness and honor in his
iriession. He fraternizes with the Masonic order in

Ionic Lodge No. 25, and his clubs are the National,
Ontario Jockey, and Royal Canadian Yacht. Mr.
McAndrew is the author of "Tariff of Costs," published
in 1899, and has been spoken of by one of his contem-
poraries. Sir G. W. Ross, as "a man of proved capacity."
He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

John A. McAndrew married, in April, 1888, Laura
Evans, of St. Louis, Missouri, and they are the parents
of one daughter, Laureda. The family home is at
No. 80 Binscarth road.

WILLIAM FORRESTER MOORE— One of the

significant enterprises of the city of Toronto, standing
in a position behind the industries, is the business of
Moore Brothers, machinists, whose work is the building
of general machinery for various purposes. They are
the sons of John Moore, deceased, of Stratford, Ontario.

William Forrester Moore, the head and founder of
this business, was born in Stratford, Ontario, January 22,
1880, and received his education in the public schools of
his native town, supplemented by a course at business
college there, and a spare time course later, through the
International Correspondence School of Scranton,
Pennsylvania, in mechanical engineering. These later
studies were, of course, while Mr. Moore was actively
engaged in the world of industry. Meanwhile, at the
age of thirteen years, he began working as a farm hand,
but with his future definitely mapped out, soon secured
a more congenial position, entering the Grand Trunk
railway shops in the capacity of machinist's apprentice.
There he remained for five years, then in 1900 came to
Toronto to enter the machine shop of the Northey
Hydraulic Works. He was later with William and J.
G. Gray, as machinist for a considerable period, and dur-
ing the last seven years of his connection with that
firm, acted as foreman of their machine shop. In 1912
Mr. Moore established the present business, in partner-
ship with his brother, George James Moore, locating
at No. 61 Nelson street, in half the present space. The
growth of the business was steady and permanent, and
in 1919 the company purchased the adjoining property.
They now occupy a space 80 x 76 feet, comprising two
two-story-and-basement structures, modernly equipped
for their special requirements. In the beginning the
two brothers did the entire work of the plant and office,
but they now employ twenty people. They build general
machinery, their regular list including grain grinders,
grinding and corrugating rolls, paint and ink mill ma-
chinery, and coal elevating and conveying machinery.
The grain grinders are William F. Moore's own patents,
taken out by the firm. The death of George J. Moore,
which occurred on January 18, 1920, left him alone
in the management of the business, and purchasing the
interest of the deceased, William F. Moore has since
been sole proprietor.

In connection with this principal business activity,
Mr. Moore is a director in the Dominion Putty and
Paint Company, Ltd., manufacturers of putty, which
is located at No. 63 Nelson street, and he designed the
machinery used in their plant. During the World War
Mr. Moore took charge of the mechanical end of the
British Forgings, at Ashbridge Bay, Toronto, holding
his position there from 1916 until 1918, inclusive,
meanwhile placing the plant of the Moore Brothers in
line with that work, doing tool work for presses, for
pressing shells. In the trade Mr. Moore is well known,
being a member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Assoc-
iation. Fraternally he holds membership in the Free
and Accepted Masons, and he is a member of the Meth-^
odist church.

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Mr. Moore married Sarah Sullivan, of Newfoundland,
and they have two children: Sarah Caroline, and William
Forrester, Jr.

George James Moore, Mr. Moore's brother, was born
in Stratford, Ontario, in 1877, and was educated in the
public schools of his native town. He served an appren-
ticeship as machinist in the shops of the Grand Trunk
railway, then came to Toronto in 1899.Here he was with
John Ingiis & Company for a time, then for seven years
was with William and J. G. Gray, as a foreman. During
the war he took entire charge of the Moore Brothers'
plant while his brother was engaged at the British
Forgings. He was a man of high principles and of great
singleness of purpose, was an esteemed member of
the Free and Accepted Masons, and was honored by all
who knew him. His death removed from the city of
Toronto a respected and useful citizen, whose loss is
keenly felt in every circle of his acquaintance.

FRANKLIN WILBERT SCOTT— For upwards of
forty-five years the name of Scott has been prominent
in the construction world of Toronto, in the production
of fine interior wood work, and also in the manufacture
of furniture. The J. C. Scott Company, Ltd. was found-
ed in 1879, by James Clarke Scott, father of the present
head of the concern.

James Clarke Scott was born in Cleveland, Ohio,
in 1854, and through the removal of the family to Canada
his education was received in St. Thomas, Ontario,
where they resided. As a young man Mr. Scott became
interested in the industrial world of St. Thomas, but
after a few years' experience, came to Toronto in 1874.
Five years thereafter he established the present business,
which he carried forward successfully alone until 1898,
when its development had reached a point where in-
corporation was advisable. With the new organization
the firm name took its present form, and in 1903 Mr.
Scott's son, Franklin Wilbert Scott, became an employee
of the firm, eventually rising to the presidency. "The
concern commands a very extensive patronage, their
business reaching throughout the Dominion of Canada,
and they have executed many interesting contracts.
They furnished the wood work (interior) for the Par-
liament buildings at Winnipeg, Manitoba, for the
Toronto General Hospital, for Hart House, of the Uni-
versity of Toronto, for the head office of the Dominion
Bank, at Toronto, for Victoria College, and for many
other structures, both public buildmgs and private
residences.

In the public affairs of his day James Clarke Scott
was broadly interested, but in civic matters took no
leading part. Mr. James C. Scott was largely instrument-
al in the organization of the Toronto Housing Company,
a semi-philanthropic housing concern. He gave liberally
of his practical knowledge and time, and refused to
accept for his firm any contracts. He was a member of
the Independent Order ol Odd Fellows, of the National
Club, and of the Queen City Curling Club. He was very
active in church work, and was one of the most promin-
ent and highly esteemed members of the Jarvis Street
Baptist Church. He died December 19, 1919, in Toronto.

James Clarke Scott married, in Toronto, Elizabeth
Moore, who was born in 1854, and they were the parents
of three children: Franklin Wilbert, Margaret Eleanor,
now the wife of Mr. R. S. Stockwell of Toronto, and
Ada Jean.

Franklin Wilbert Scott was born in Toronto, April
24, 1885, and was educated in the public schools of this
city. Entering the business ot which his father was the
founder and then the head (1903), Mr. Scott began as an
employee, and mastered every detail ol the business, ris-
ing by virtue of his own industry and attainments. In

1915 he was elected secretary and treasurer of the c
cern. At the time of his father's death he was elec
to succeed him in the office of president, and is i
the head of the business, still retaining also the dutie
treasurer.

As a leading manufacturer of Toronto, Mr. Scot
a member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Associati
and of the Toronto Board of Trade. He turns to
out-door world for recreation, and is a member of
Scarboro Golf Club. He holds membership in
Jarvis Street Baptist Church.

Franklin W. Scott married, in Richmond, Virgii
on June 22, 1913, Margaret Fraser of that city, and t
are the parents of two children: Frances, and He
The charming family home is at No. 73 Roxboro driv«

HOWARD B. DUNINGTON-GRUBB — A

training in landscape architecture in a foremost Ameri
institution, and service with a noted English firm in
field of endeavor, Mr. Grubb located in protessic
work in Toronto, where he has resided since 1911.
addition to meeting the demands of a growing busini
he founded in 1914, what has become one of the larj
ornamental nurseries of Canada, the Sheridan Nurser
and he is also active in educational work in his i
fession. Mr. Grubb has formed many social, professio:
and civic connections in Toronto lite and has taken pi
among her public-spirited, progressive citizens.

He was born in York, England, April 30, 1881, soi
Edward and Emma (Horsnaill) Grubb, both natives i
now (1921) residents ot England, Edward Grubb hav
spent his active years as an instructor in the pui
schools. Howard B., upon the completion of his gem
education, entered Cornell University at Ithaca, h
York, and was graduated in the class of 1907 with
degree of Bachelor of Science in landscape architect!
In that year he returned to England and entered
service of the firm ot Thomas H. Mawson, the n
prominent landscape architects of Europe. This )
has designed and executed much work at Lees Cour
Kent, and for Lord Leverham, and Mr. Grubb, engt
in office work as a designer and also in charge of out
work, was identified with additional beautificatioi
the grounds of the Palace of Peace at The Hague.

In May, 1911, he left England, and until Septerabcj
that year toured Canada, then locating in Toronto I
founding the business of which he is the head. He i
executed many important professional commission)
the city, including work at the Government House (
the residence of the late Senator Frederic Nick I
and also at Gage Park, Hamilton, Ontario. In 1 <
to facilitate his professional work and to insure the (
carrying out of his designs, Mr. Grubb founded
Sheridan Nurseries, with city office at No. 34 h :
street, Toronto, and two nursery farms near Clark i£
Ontario. This concern, developing largely and raf :
has achieved a reputation of its own, quite indeper
of Mr. Grubb's professional work in landscape ;
tecture which he still maintains as his principal ini
Comprehensive service in landscape designing ai i
dening is offered by the Sheridan Nurseries, ;:
unexcelled reputation for reliability has come ;ij
through splendid results obtained. The nurseri( rf
place, tree of cost, any trees, evergreens, or shrubs i nt
ed by them which do not live within one year fro: '"
date of planting, provided that proper care ati>:
tion have been supplied, and this is but one itoi
generous policy of co-operation that has gi\i
Toronto district many beautiful gardens and arti-
planted grounds. Among these are the gaim
Ormscliff, Mimico, the rock garden for D. A. U
Esq., and the gardens at the residence of A. B. Or o;

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sq. Mr. Grubb is a member of the council of the On-
,rio College of Art, a member of the council of the
anadian Town Planning Institute. He is a member
j the faculty of the University of Toronto in the de-
(irtment of applied science as a lecturer on landscape
signing, a post in which he has broad opportunities
i:r the service of his calling. Mr. Grubb is a member of
>e Arts and Letters Club, the Mississauga Golf Club,
ije Toronto Skating Club, and the Rotary Club. In
leating a love for the beautiful in nature, in daily
.fort toward environments in which the bountiful
|[ts of nature shall be utilized to the full, in combining
it and science with these gifts, Mr. Grubb is exerting
II influence that extends far beyond the realm of business
lid that gives impetus to every movement for artistic,
ithetic, moral, and civic advance.
Mr. Grubb married, in England, in March, 191 f,
!)rrie Alfreda Dunington, who, as a designer, is his
isociate in professional work.

ABRAHAM SINGER— Closely associated with busi-
iss and professional life of Toronto for over fifty years
•e family of Jacob Singer, since 1870, when they first
lade the city their home, has kept pace with its progress
id in Abraham Singer, barrister, of No. 133 K Queen
E-eet, West, have a worthy representative of their
1 usehold.

Abraham Singer was born in the city of Toronto,
bveraber 15, 1886, son of Jacob and Annie Singer.
Jcob Singer settled in Toronto, in 1870, and for many
j'ars was successfully engaged in the jewelry business.
jj. the city grew, Jacob Singer realized how great were
i advantages as a residential centre, and he turned his
i;erests to the business of real estate. He had a keen
lowledge of real estate values and at his death, which
(icurred in November, 1911, he was the holder of many
l|ge and valuable pieces of property.

Abraham Singer attended the Lansdowne Public
Shool, and Jarvis Collegiate Institute, finally entering
(t'oode Hall Law School, completing his studies there,
ad was called to the bar in 1911. He entered the prac-
tie of law immediately and has since been engaged in
^leral civil practice.

'Politically Mr. Singer is a Conservative. He is a loyal
hson, a member of St. Alban's Lodge, and is also afHlia-
t'l with Mt. Sinai and Palestine Lodges, and Mt.
(Chapter. He is a member ol the Sunnyside Lodge,
;>tmdent Order of Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order
t, Foresters, and the Ontario Bar Association.

Iln 1920 Mr. Singer married, in the city of Montreal,
Inline Berlind, of that city. They reside at No. 42
^ lis Hill avenue.

ePHRAM FREDERICK SINGER— Bringing to
t profession the advantages of an unusually compre-
bnsive training, E. Frederick Singer, of Toronto, entered
ti; Ontario bar about a decade since, and is now one of
te prominent professional men of the day in this city.
Bf. Singer is a son of Jacob and Annie Singer, and his
f'her has long been identified with the progress of this
Bdion. Coming to Toronto in 1870, Jacob Singer be-
cne a successful jeweler, and later in life, observant of
bj trend of the times, invested largely in real estate.
1; died in November, 1911.

G. Frederick Singer, younger son of Jacob and Annie
Siger, was born in Toronto, July 19, 1889. Receiving
h early education in the Lansdowne Public School, he
Citinued his studies at the Harbord Collegiate Insti-
t;e, then entered the University of Toronto, from
^.ich he was graduated in the class of 1909, with the
cgree of Bachelor of Arts. Thereafter, having chosen the
w as his profession, he entered the Osgoode Hall Law

School, and was graduated from that institution in 1912,
and subsequently received the degree of LL.B. Within
that year Mr. Singer was called to the bar, and became
a member of the firm of A. & E. F. Singer, the senior
partner of the firm being his elder brother, Abraham
Singer, whose life is also reviewed in this work. With
offices at No. 133 J^ Queen street. West, this firm of
barristers holds a leading position in the profession in
Toronto. Mr. Singer is a member of the Ontario Bar
Association, and politically is a Conservative. His
fraternal affiliations include membership in St. Alban's
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and also Palestine
Lodge, of the same order, of which he was one of the
organizers. He is a member of the Independent Order
of Foresters, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows.

On May 27, 1917, Mr. Singer married, in New York
City, Zelma Gutman, of that city, and they have three
children: Vivian Jean, born in 1918; Roslyn Helen,
born in 1920, and Harvey Henry, born in 1922. The
family reside at No. 15 Wells Hill avenue, Toronto.

DR. ERNEST EDWARD CLEAVER— With exhaust-
ive preparation for his profession and wide experience.
Dr. Cleaver is holding a position of prominence in
medical circles in Toronto. He is a son of Rev. Solomon
and Ida Cleaver, who now reside in Toronto, the former
retired, after having preached at various Methodist
churches in Toronto for the past twenty years. Rev.
Solomon Cleaver was born at Lowville, Ontario, in 1855.
He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1879,
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, from Syracuse
University in 1885, with the degree of Master of Arts,
and from the University of Manitoba in 1900, with the
degree of Doctor of Divinity.

Dr. Cleaver was born in Merriton, Ontario, April
4, 1882. He was graduated from the public schools
of Victoria and from the Winnipeg High School, then
entered the University of Toronto, receiving his degree
of Bachelor of Arts in 1904, and the degree of Medical
Doctor in 1906. In 1906-7 Dr. Cleaver took a post-
graduate course at Johns Hopkins University
at Baltimore, Maryland, then returning to Toronto, filled
the office of house physician at St. Michael's Hospital
in this city. Thereafter removing to New York City,
he entered upon the practice of medicine, and also
acted as attending physician at the Polyclinic Hospital
in that city until 1916. For the next three years Dr.
Cleaver served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps
in England and France, then returned to Toronto, where
he resumed his interrupted practice. He is specializing
in gastroenterology, and is clinician at the Toronto
General Hospital and also at the University of Toronto.
He is a charter member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

Dr. Cleaver married, on May 17, 1916, Lillian Sharpe,
of Philadelphia, daughter of the late Herbert Sharpe,
of the Bromley Lace Company, of that city, and they
have one daughter, Mary Edgar. The family residence
is at No. 38 Albertus avenue.

JOHN CHARLES SANDERSON, who is the head
of the Dominion Typewriter Company of Toronto, comes
of a family long prominent in the history of the North
American provinces. His grandfather. Squire John
Sanderson, came from England, and was given a grant
of land near Brampton. John Charles Sanderson, his
son, and Mr. Sanderson's father, was for many years
a prominent coal and wood merchant at Brampton, and
had branches at Gait and Guelph. He saw service
during the Fenian raid. He is now retired from all activ-
ity in business or public affairs, and resides near Seattle,
Washington.

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

John Charles Sanderson, of Toronto, was born at
Milton, Ontario, October 26, 1876, and received his
early education in the public schools of Guelph, Ontario,
then took a commercial course at business college, in
Guelph. He then went to the State of Washington for
a course in the classics at Vashon College, where he was
active in the school athletics, and later was an instruc-
tor in shorthand at the same institution, for a period
of six months. He resigned from this position to become
private secretary to Senator McMillan, of Washington,
then later made his home in Seattle, and acted as sales
representative for the Underwood Typewriter Company.
Still later he had charge of the Tacoma (Washington)
agency of the same concern for several years. In 1903
Mr. Sanderson came to Toronto, entering the employ
of the United Typewriter Company, with which concern
he remained for ten years. In 1915 he purchased the
Dominion Typewriter Exchange, and with his assuming
charge the name became the Dominion Typewriter
Company, as at present. This is one of the pioneer
typewriter concerns of Toronto, the scope of the business
including the rebuilding, selling and renting of Under-
wood typewriters, and reaching over a wide district
in and about Toronto.

In his younger days Mr. Sanderson served with the
Highlanders for four years. His recreations include
especial interest in tennis and chess, and he is a member
of the Balmy Beach Chess Club. Fraternally he holds
membership in the Balmy Beach Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons, and he is a member of Beech Avenue
Methodist Church, serving as treasurer of the Sunday
school.

Mr. Sanderson married, on January 3, 1903, Ella
B. Barnett, daughter of William and Melissa (Phillips)
Barnett, whose maternal grandfather, Jonathan Phillips,
fought in the battle of Lundy's Lane, and was given a
grant of land near Belleville, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs.
Sanderson have five children: Charles Frederick;
Helen Iris; James Wilfred; William Douglas; and John
Barnett.

FREDERICK JOSEPH CUMMINGS— The business
which is now Mr. Cumming's chief interest, the Kingston
Road Lumber Company, Ltd., is not of his founding, the
history of the organization dating from 1907 and his
identification therewith from 1919. The period since the
latter year has witnessed its sturdy development and
progress toward the thoroughly sound and prosperous
condition it now enjoys.

Frederick Joseph Cummings was born in Toronto,
December 1, 1878, and here attended the public schools,
then entered the employ of his father, Thomas Cum-
mings, a member of the firm of Cummings & Robertson,
contractors. Thomas Cummings retired from active
affairs in 1905, and his death occurred November 13,
1921.

Mr. Cummings continued in the same line of work
under his own name until 1909, when, with A. H. Cox
and F. W. Cox, he formed the firm ol Cox & Cummings,
contractors. He managed the affairs of this firm until
June, 1919, when in an assignment of the W. C. Charters
Company he and J. E. Murphy became its owners. This
company was founded in 1909 at Kingston road and
Malvern avenue for lumber dealings, with yards covering
a space of two hundred and fifty by three hundred and
eighty-five feet, and an acre of leased land, with railway
siding nearby. A retail lumber trade was conducted on a
small scale at first, and subsequently the manufacture of
lumber began. Financial difficulties were later ex-
perienced, and in June, 1919, the business passed from
the hands of the original owners and was incorporated
by Mr. Murphy and Mr. Cummings as the Kingston

Road Lumber Company, of which Mr. Murphy is presi
dent and Mr. Cummings vice-president and manager
An average of fifty-five persons are employed by th
company, and their products are doors, sash and all fin
mill work, and a veneer department, which is a specia
branch of their activity. The dry kilns are of fift;
thousand feet capacity, and the company has won hig]
standing and extensive patronage in this line. A
Scarborough Junction they are now (1922) buildin]
an extension, which doubles the present capacity, am
they go into the manufacture and distribution of British
Columbia products. Mr. Cummings is also a directo
of the Monarch Realty and Securities Corporation, am
is a member of the Lumbermen's Credit Bureau am
the Ontario Retail Lumber Dealers' Association.

Mr. Cummings fraternizes with the Masonic order, i
vice-president of the Birchcliff Club and a member of th
Cedarbrook Golf Club. His church is the Kew Bead
Presbyterian. Mr. Cummings' principal avocation i
the breeding of fancy pigeons, and many of his bird
have won high recognition in open competition. H
specializes in English pouters and Norwich croppen
received six first prizes at the Madison Square Garde;
Pigeon Show of 1921, and has been awarded twenty
seven first prizes at the Canadian National Exhibitioi
and at Ottawa.

Mr. Cummings married Elizabeth Easson, daughter c
James Easson, of Brantford, Ontario, and they are th
parents of the following children: Annie, Fred, Edgai
and Margaret.

THOMAS SPAVEN ELMORE— Whatever part her
edity plays in the casting of a young man's future
it most certainly does not always reveiil itself in hi
selection of a profession. Thomas S. Elmore, barris
ter, of No. 156 Yonge street, has the honor, as man;
successful men and statesmen have enjoyed, of bein
the son of parents who were successful farmers, a pre
fession that many farmers would not exchange for a
the joys and advantages of an active city life.

Thomas S. Elmore was born in Haldimand countj
October 7, 1892, son of William Edward and Mar
Elmore, and was one of seven sons. He attended th
Springvale Public School and Hagersville High Schoo
always keeping in mind the idea that his future was 1
be a professional one. Upon his graduation from Hager
ville he came to Toronto and entered Osgoode Hs
Law School, and thus the first step toward the goal
his ambition was achieved. In his second year at Osgoo<
Hall he won a scholarship, and in 1913, before he w:
twenty-one years of age, he graduated with honors, ar
immediately became associated in practice with W. <
Thurston, K.C., resigning in 1915 to open an offi
for himself at No. 156 Yonge street, where he is nf
engaged in general civil practice.

The Masonic order has in Mr. Elmore, an active, lo>
member, affiliated with the High Park Lodge. He
particularly fond of out-door sport. He is also a memb
of High Park Bowling Club, the Canadian Club, t
Empire Club, the Ontario Club, the Canadian B
Association, and the Ontario Bar Association,
politics Mr. Elmore is a Conservative. He is a meml
of the Metropolitan Methodist Church.

On April 30, 1918, he married, at Saskatoon, Lilli
Pearl Sheridan, of that city. They have one child, Ru
The family reside at No. 18 High Park avenue, Toron

PATRICK GEORGE CLOSE— In the history
Toronto the name of Patrick George Close bears brc
significance to the progress of the city during the lat
half of the nineteenth century. A man of culture a
refinement, interested in every phase of civic and soc

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nee, his business activities placed him in a position
oad usefulness, and he found his greatest satisfaction
irning his splendid energies into those avenues of
t which bear especial meaning for the public, while
nanding no great measure of public honors,
r. Close was born at Woodland House, Portglenone,
ity Antrim, Ireland, November 19, 1837, and died
oronto, July 25, 1900. He was a son of Patrick
3, a pioneer of the Irish linen industry and a man
ide note in his day. Receiving a liberal education
the period, Patrick George Close entered upon
areer well equipped for the struggle of life. He was
snticed for a period of six years to the drug and
!ry business with a firm in Belfast, gaining a thor-

and practical knowledge not only of this branch
ercantile endeavor, but of general business pqnci-

At the expiration of his apprenticeship he trav-
for a large tea importing house for some time, his
i^ory covering the North of Ireland. In the year
1 Mr. Close came to Canada, and locating in Whitby,
irio, entered the employ of Hamilton & Company,

ollowing year, however, settling permanently in
into. Here he established a small grocery business
;he interest grew rapidly under his capable manage-
I, and he later went over into the wholesale branch
;3 business, in which he was engaged for some years
)• the name of P. G. Close & Company. Thereafter
Icame the head of the firm of Close, Sloan & Jardine,
inuing thus, with marked success, until his re-
ient from his business activities in this field, which
ired in 1880. From that time on Mr. Close devoted
tor less time to well-earned leisure, but to a man of his
is nature complete idleness was an impossibility.
Mg acquired a considerable amount of real estate,
^ind naturally turned in that direction. He soon
*ie a leader in real estate development operations,
!)f the most significant tracts with which he was
i;!cted being the Parkdale district, now one of the

8 homelike residential suburbs of Toronto. Close
nie, in this section was named in his honor. He
cvas identified with the opening up of Bedford Park

,'sidential purposes.

icae years before his retirement from the grocery
liess Mr. Close was brought forward in the public
ve, his practical experience and progressive atti-
ktoward all civic questions marking him as a man
c needed in the city government. He represented

awrence Ward in the City Council for five con-
uve years, from 1873 until 1878, then again 1880,
i luring the year 1877 served as president of the
nil. He was induced to become a candidate for
y- in 1881, although the honor was far from being
i ■ his own seeking. The strength of the opposition
e-,ed him in favor of Mr. McMurrich. Various
[©interests of one kind or another received the atten-
n )f Mr. Close and benefitted by the sanity of his
Ig.ent and the far-sightedness which had been a
a factor in his personal success. He served for
niyears as a director of the Grey & Bruce railway,

9 .ce-president of the Erie & Huron railway, a direc-
cthe Canada Live Stock Insurance Company, and

s aluator for the Reliance Loan and Savings Com-
lyat the time of his death. He was very deeply
ented in the progress of the arts and sciences in the
niion, and served as a director of the Canadian
''al Exhibition from its inception, holding the office
ice-president at the time of his death, and was
irector of the Horticultural Society, and at one
ieits vice-president. A staunch Conservative in
itkl convictions, he supported this party in
ttfs of local, provincial and national import, and
tb time of his death was a member of the Court of

Revision. Well known socially, he nevertheless gave
the greater part of his time to such organizations and
purposes as declared some definitely useful object, but
he held membership in the Albany and Toronto clubs.
He was for many years a member of the Free and Accep-
ted Masons. During practically the entire period of his
residence in Toronto he was a member of the Cooke
Street Presbyterian Church, and served as chairman of
the board of trustees for twenty-five years.

Mr. Close married, on June 1, 1867, Mary Jane Walton,
who was born in Cumberland, England, and came to
Canada as a child. Their children are: Thomas Walton,
now with the water works department of the city of
Toronto; Edith Elizabeth; May Blackburn, wife of
T. W. F. Norton; Ethel; Maude A.; and Patrick George,
now of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

JAMES PHINNEMORE— For the past forty years
a resident of Toronto, and always actively engaged in
business, James Phinnemore is a representative man of
this city. He is a son of Henry and Susan Phinnemore,
of England.

Mr. Phinnemore was born in Cornwall, England,
March 10, 18G4, and educated in his native land under
the national system. Leaving school at the age of
fourteen he taught in the primary schools the two years
following. Coming to Canada at the age of eighteen
years, he located at once in Toronto, and established
himself as painter and decorator. At the age of thirty
years, he organized a company to extend the scope of
his activities, doing business under the name of James
Phinnemore, and since 1920 has carried forward a con-
stantly increasing business under the firm name of
Phinnemore Painting & Decorating Company, Ltd.
Early winning the confidence of the public, Mr. Phinne-
more has achieved large success, not only handling con-
tracts for private individuals for the decoration of resi-
dences, but doing a great deal of work for public insti-
tutions. He has done the painting and decorating on
hospitals, churches, public and high school buildings,
also colleges. He did a great deal of the work on the
exposition buildings, including such structures as the
Transportation and Government buildings, and on many
other private and public buildings representing an
aggregate of enormous value.

In the profession Mr. Phinnemore holds a high posi-
tion, being president at this time, (1921) of the Inter-
national Association of Master Painters of the United
States and Canada, and for the past ten years has been
a member of its executive board. He is past president
of the Canadian Association. He has written on many
topics for the trade journals. In the public life of the city
and Province Mr. Phinnemore is deeply interested. He
is by political convictions a Conservative, and in 1920
was elected alderman from the Fifth Ward, and re-
elected in 1921. He has long been active in welfare work,
and was a leader in the reorganization of Toronto's
social service work, transferring it from under the charge
of the social service commission to the board of medical
health department. During the World War he was
prominent in every branch of activity in support of the
allied forces. Mr. Phinnemore is a man of profound and
sincere religious convictions, and a member of the St.
Clair Methodist Church. He has held every office in
the gift of the church to the laity, since his connection
with this society, even representing the church at con-
ference. Fraternally he holds membership with the
Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and is an Orangeman.

Mr. Phinnemore married (first) Elinor Perry, who died
in 1898, leaving six children: Herbert H., Roy A., Cecil
S., Ruby P., Ethel M., and Elsie M. He married (second)

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Nellie Peacock, of Toronto, and their two children are
Jessie N., and Ethel M.

Cecil S. Phinnemore, Mr. Phinnemore's third son,
served in the 19th Battalion, the Queen's Own Rifles,
during the World War, through the entire period of the
war.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN BRUCE— The

rank borne by Colonel Bruce was won in two decades
in the Dominion military service, and its duties
discharged with distinction from 1870 until his retirement
in 1902 from the command of the Tenth Royal Gren-
adiers. In civil pursuits. Colonel Bruce is widely known
in legal circles and has long been the incumbent of
important official place.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Bruce was born in Beaver-
ton, Ontario, May 13, 1851, son of John Bruce, who came
to Canada from Scotland. He was educated in local
schools, Lindsay Grammar School, and Upper Canada
College, being head boy in 1870. In this year he ma-
triculated with scholarships and honors at the University
of Toronto, and after a year's course in arts took up the
study of law, being admitted to the bar in 1875. In
1878 he was appointed special examiner for the High
Court and Registrar of the Admiralty Court. Colonel
Bruce has filled important offices in the organization of
the courts of the Province and has efficiently and faith-
fully discharged their duties.

Colonel Bruce's military career began in 1870, when
he joined the University Company of the Queen's Own
Rifles, and in 1881 he was gazetted lieutenant in the
Tenth Royal Grenadiers. Successive promotions brought
him to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in command of the
regiment in January, 1889, and he served thus until 1902,
when he retired and was transferred to the reserve list.
During this i)eriod Colonel Bruce interested himself
especially in rifle shooting, and for many years was a
member of the council and executive committees of the
Provincial and Dominion Rifle associations, and is now
(1922) vice-president and chairman of the council of the
Ontario Rifle Association. In 1896 he was adjutant of
the Bisley team, Canada in that year winning one of
her victories for the Kolapore Cup. Colonel Bruce wears
the long-service decoration, and holds honored place
in the history of his regiment and military annals of the
Dominion. Fraternally he is a Mason, a member of Ionic
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member
of the Canadian Military Institute, and of the Canadian
Club, Empire Club, Toronto Club, and Toronto Golf
Club. His church is the Presbyterian.

Colonel Bruce married (first) Mary Margaret Bayley,
of Toronto, and they were parents of two children: H.
Addington, a famous author and writer, a resident of
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Roberta M., who mar-
ried Carl Tudor Pemberton, a bank manager of Toronto.
Colonel Bruce married (second) Sarah MacKenzie,
daughter of the late George Poyntz MacKenzie, of
Toronto. He married (third) Helen Rowsell O'Reilly,
of Toronto, and they are parents of one daughter,
Muriel Elizabeth Bruce.

JOSEPH ADELOR HOUDE— With wide experience
in the production and distribution of lumber, Mr.
Houde is now handling large interests as president
of the Toronto Veneer Company, Ltd. He is of French
descent, and is a son of Ernest and Victoria Houde,
his father now being identified with the same firm.

Joseph A. Houde was born in Ottawa, Ontario, March
22, 1882, and as a child of six years removed with the
family to Bay City, Michigan, where he was educated
in the public and high schools. His first employment
was at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and from the begin-

ning he was connected with the production and whc
sale distribution of lumber and veneers. Located
above from 1901 until 1908, he was then for the m
eight years engaged as a salesman, in the same field,
Grand Rapids and Chicago concerns. Coming to Tor(
to in the year 1916, Mr. Houde founded the presi
business, forming a limited company the following ye
and carrying forward the line of activity in which
experience had been gained. He is still president
this concern, and is also president of Panels, Limited,
subsidiary concern incorporated in June, 1919, with h«
oflSces in Toronto, and factory in Southampton, Ontai
manufacturing in great variety, ply-wood panels. 1
business of both concerns reaches throughout the I
minion, and holds a significant place in the world
construction. Alert to every advance movement relevi
to his interests, Mr. Houde holds membership in 1
Canadian Manufacturers' Association. Politically he
independent, bearing only the citizen's share
public affairs. He is a member of the Roman Catbc
church.

Mr. Houde married, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,
February 4, 1904, Kathleen Green, and they have thi
children: Lael, Marjorie, and Harry. The family hoi
is at Mimico, Ontario.

JOHN LARKIN COOK— For many years the nai
of Cook has been one of large significance to the luml
industry in all parts of Canada, and also in the exp(
trade, and John Larkin Cook, late of Toronto, was o
of the leading executives of Cook Brothers for more th
half a century. The Cook family has been identifi
with the progress of the Dominion for nearly one hi
dred and forty years, Mr. Cook's grandfather, Geoi
Cook, a United Empire Loyalist, having come to Cana
about 1783. George Cook settled in Dundas coun
and became one of the foremost men in that section
Ontario in his day.

George (2) Cook, son of George (1) Cook, was b(
in Williamsburg township, Dundas county, Ontai
and spent his lifetime in the lumber and milling busini
receiving his sons into partnership as they became of
age to take an interest in the business. He was a mar
large vision, with boundless faith in the development
the Dominion and the wealth of its resources, and
far-sightedness was the foundation of the very extemj
scope which his sons reached in the spread of tl
business activities in the years that followed. :
married Sarah Casselman, and they were the parol
the following children: Sarah Phoebe; J. Will
George J.; John L., of further mention; Mary; Si
S.; Sarah; and Herman H.; all of whom are now
ceased.

John Larkin Cook, fourth child and third am
George (2) and Sarah (Casselman) Cook, was bon
"Edge Hill," near Morrisburg, Ontario, on thei
Lawrence river, in 1826, and died in Toronto, Jam
14, 1899. Educated in the public and private sd
of that section, Mr. Cook, as a young man, beci
familiar with the lumber business through close a8S>
tion with his father, and later joined his brothers, WW
and George, in the formation of an independent com
Under the name of Cook Brothers they early to
leading place in the lumber world. But they wer*
content to follow beaten paths. With headquarte
Montreal, they secured extensive timber tracts i
parts of the Dominion, and specialized along ce
lines of production, especially for their export t
which consisted largely of timber for shipbuildini
eluding mastheads, etc. Their shipments of "si
timber" to England assumed enormous proportion:- t"
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187

land, and they turned out great quantities of building
ber for the Canadian trade. They operated many
s, some of the largest being on the Georgian Bay, and
srs through the north country. Their name became
onymous not only for large production but for high
lity product and that unimpeachable integrity which
le surest means of permanent success. John L. Cook
ie to Toronto in 1870 and established his home and
[e on King street. West, between Bathurst and
tland streets^ the better to facilitate the handling
heir interests in Ontario. He became a well known
Ire in this city, socially as well as in a business way,
I his death, although he had passed the age of three
le and ten, brought a shock to many and left a sense
treat bereavement in the circles in which he had
red. Although many years have since passed, his
nory is still cherished, among those who knew him
I friend, and among those with whom he was associa-
lin the daily affairs of business. He was a man such
iO city, no industry can afford to lose, yet in this very
1 is evidenced the truth that the world is better for
ihaving lived in it.

[r. Cook married Lucy White, daughter of James and
melia (Draper) White. Her father was born in
[nwall, England, emigrated to Canada and settled
jake Simcoe, in Simcoe county, Ontario, where he
«; up a large tract of land. The mother was a daughter
^oel Draper, who was a United Empire Loyalist,
I came from Boston, Massachusetts, walking the
ire distance to Roach's Point, Ontario, at the time of
I American Revolutionary War. Mr. Cook is sur-
■•d by his wife, and their only living child, Florence
[who married (first) John W. Fraser, who died after
ii birth of their son, John Andrew Veer Fraser, who
) resides with Mrs. Cook. Mrs. Fraser later became
I. wife of Colonel Dr. Samuel H. McCoy, F.R.C.S.,
' ttawa, Ontario, where they now reside. Mrs. Cook,
re the death of her husband, has resided at No. 76
\lyn Crescent, Toronto.

OFTUS ANNSLEY ALLEN— If it is true that all
tts lead to Rome, then it is equally true that many
I lose roads lead direct to Toronto, if one is to judge
jrhe fact that so many men of talent, born in other
»ls of the British Kingdom, find their way to Toronto
nthere make clients of the rest of the world. Loftus
Bsley Allen, member of the firm of Harbinson & Allen,
: 08 Manning Chambers, Toronto, like his partner,
ii:ent David Harbinson (q.v.),is one of those who,
K.gh a traveller to many parts of the world, finds
0)nto a fertile field for his professional equipment, and
onto has shown her appreciation of his choice of
e in a really practical fashion.
i3 Annsley Allen was born in Tipperary, Ireland,
lich 2, 1889, son of Benjamin William and Harriet
Rters) Allen. Benjamin William Allen was forforty-

R years manager of the Bank of Ireland at Tipper-
Be died in 1918, his death being largely due to the
he suffered in losing two of his sons, (brothers of
lOus A. Allen) who were killed in battle while serving
il the British forces in France. Loftus A. Allen received
ration under a private tutor and at the grammar
in Tipperary. In 1906 he became identified with
ak of Ireland at Tipperary and Skibbereen, re-
„' with the bank until three and one half years
n , when he left Ireland for Canada. He went direct
0 arailton, Ontario, where he became associated with
hdJank of Montreal. The following year he entered
i'r^ty University and took one full year of special
ra ing. Following this period of study he became assoc-
ith Gunn, Roberts & Company, and with Clark-
iirdon, & Dilworth.

Early in 1915, disregarding the tragic experiences of
the original "Princess Pats," he enlisted in the 2nd
University Company, organized to reinforce that regi-
ment, and went overseas in August of that year. This
organization, as had many others in those early, soul
trying days of the war, experienced some of the most
terrible fighting of the war period, and while under fire,
in March, 1916, Mr. Allen was severely shell shocked,
and subsequently invalided to England. In November
of the same year he was discharged from active service.

Trinidad, one of the most progressive islands of the
British West Indies, tempted him with its interesting
offers of complete change and new experiences, and there
he spent eighteen months with the firm of Fitzpatrick,
Graham & Company, chartered accountants. In the
middle of the year 1918, Mr. Allen received news of
the serious illness of his father and he immediately re-
turned to Dublin, Ireland. After his father passed away
Mr. Allen returned to Toronto and for a short time was
employed by local accountants, and finally, in 1919, the
present partnership of Harbinson & Allen was formed.
Mr. Allen is a communicant of St. John's Anglican
Church. He is also a member of the Toronto Board
of Trade.

In 1920 he married Jessie F. McNeill, of Hamilton,
Ontario. They have one son, Loftus Haviland Allen.
The family home is at No. 244 Kingswood road.

GUY RAYMOND ROACH came to the legal
profession from that of teaching and since 1906 has been
a member of the legal fraternity of Toronto. He is a
native of Cornwall, his parents, Donald and Bridget
(Lamassney) Roach, both residents of that place, his
father a blacksmith by trade.

Guy R, Roach was born February 19, 1885, and after
attendance at separate and high schools became a school
teacher, following this calling in 1902 and 1903. At the
end of this time he became articled as a law student to
the late Mr. Justice Leach, at Cornwall, remaining
there until 1906, when he came to Toronto, where he was
employed by the firm of Morris & Jameson, and in 1909
he was admitted to partnership with these gentlemen,
his name being added to the firm titled as Morris, Jam-
eson & Roach. Mr. Roach is the surviving member of
this partnership and devotes himself to civil practice
along general lines, commanding a substantial and
influential clientele. For the past two years he has
filled the office of district deputy of the Knights of Col-
umbus. In political faith he is a Liberal. He holds mem-
bership in the Ontario Bar Association, and is a com-
municant of St. Clare's Roman Catholic Church.

Mr. Roach married, in Toronto, in 1914, Margaret
H. Roche, of this city, and they are the parents ot the
following children: Raymond S., Margaret, Guy C,
and Clare H.

JOHN BAXTER McCARTER— As the founder and
president of the Eclipse White Wear Company, Ltd.,
John B. McCarter, of Toronto, stands among the
progressive and successful men of the day in this city.
Mr. McCarter is a son of John McCarter, who came from
Scotland in 1847. Educated for the ministry in King's
College, in Scotland, he relinquished his plans in that
direction, and served as principal of the public schools of
Almonte, Ontario, for more than thirty years. He died
in 1899. He married Agnes Russell Young, who died
in 1908.

John Baxter McCarter was born in Arnprior, Ontario,
September 13, 1866, and attended the public schools of
Almonte. Coming to Toronto in 1885 he entered the
employ of W. A. Murray, then in 1887 became identi-
fied with the Allen Manufacturing Company with

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which concern he remained for about seven years. In
1894 Mr. McCarter established the present enterprise,
beginning the manufacture of ladies' and children's
underwear, shirt waists, and wash dresses. Located first
at No. 19 Front street, West, the business was removed
to No. 100 on the same street, in 1896, then in 1901 the
present large fine building was erected at Nos. 322-324
King street. West. Nineteen people were employed in
the first location while now more than three hundred are
busily engaged in the production of the company's
attractive line of garments. Their business reaches
throughout the Dominion of Canada, and the product
is placed on the market by the concern's own represen-
tatives. Mr. McCarter carried on the business alone
until his elder son entered the firm in 1912, and the son,
Gordon E. McCarter, now holds the office of vice-presi-
dent, and is active in the management of the company's
affairs.

A prominent member of the Canadian Manufacturers'
Association, Mr. McCarter has served on the executive
committee of the organization for five years, and was
vice-chairman of the compensation board of the Associa-
tion. He is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade
and politically is an Independent. He finds scant leisure
from the responsibilities of business, but occasionally
enjoys a game of golf at the Scarboro Golf Club, of which
he is a well known member.

Mr. McCarter married, in Toronto, on July 29, 1892,
Margaret Holmes, daughter of John Holmes, of Toronto,
and they are the parents of two sons: Gordon E., and
J. Douglas. The family home is at No. 56 Chestnut Park
road and they attend the Rosedale Presbyterian Church.

WILLIAM GARLOCK, JR.— The period of stress
precipitated by war conditions in recent years, and
vitally affecting the business world, brought to the front
many executives whose record in the meeting of emer-
gencies, and later in the readjustment of conditions,
has made interesting history. William Garlock, Jr.,
of Toronto, is one of these men.

Mr. Garlock was born in Oswego, New York, April
17, 1882, and is a son of William and Clara Garlock.
With only a common school education he started life
by going to New York City, reaching the metropolis
of America with less than two dollars in his pocket.
Managing to exist until he secured regular work, he did
whatever came to hand for a time, meanwhile giving
every possible moment to the study of shorthand. The
first "regular job" he secured was as stenographer at a
salary of $5 per week, and as regular board could be
secured in those days for $4.50, there was a balance left
for spending money. The boy succeeded in losing his
first position by going to a ball game when left in sole
charge of the office, understanding that his employer had
gone to Denver. This not being the case, and the man
returning first, this high-salaried position passed on to
another. Meanwhile Mr. Garlock had become an expert
stenographer, and a boyhood ambition to study law was
undoubtedly the means of his securing his next position
in a New York law office, and that at a substantial
increase in salary. Employed for six years as a law
clerk, he was well advanced towards qualifying for a
legaJ degree, but broken health forbade his following
up his early dream. In 1905 Mr. Garlock entered the
employ of the American Woodworking Machinery Com-
pany, then in New York City, but now in Rochester,
becoming a member of their sales force. Still ambitious
for higher achievement, he studied and tutored with
students at the university during three evenings each
week, teaching shorthand the other three evenings at
the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Garlock's
energy counted for his rapid advancement, and he was

soon manager of the eastern division, having cl
of sales over a territory including fifteen States,
expansion of the business led the concern to op
branch in Canada, and on the first day of May, :
Mr. Garlock was placed in charge of this branch,
offices at Toronto. The concern did not feel sati
with the progress made, and decided to relinquisl
territory, but Mr. Garlock's faith in the future o;
business in Canada was absolute, and he resigne
continue the business independently. Starting
woodworking machinery only, he broadened the s
of his activities with the beginning of munitions pre
tion in Canada, to include metal machinery also,
first order in this field involved the sum of $100
and he immediately placed orders to cover it, la;
with American concerns. The cancellation of the on
order followed in two weeks, compelling Mr. Garloi
choose between cancelling or finding another outle
the machinery. He refused to accept defeat, and ii
sixty days allowed to him, sold and delivered e
machine.

On January 1, 1916, Mr. Garlock formed a par
ship with Albert B. Walker, under the firm nan
The Garlock Machinery, Limited, of which Mr. Garlc
president and general manager. The concern is lot
at No. 163 Dufferin street, where the offices and v
house are. The present firm is now dealing judici(
and constructively with the problem before all indus
concerns, of bringing back to the world of produi
the normal balance which means national prosp
and individual well-being. Mr. Garlock is a memb
the Toronto Board of Trade, and keeps in touch wit
advance. He finds his chief relaxation in out-
sports, is a member of the Lakeview Golf Club,
enjoys an occasional fishing trip. He is a member o
Engineers' Club of Toronto.

Mr. Garlock married Edith M. Gambee, of Roche
New York, and they have one daughter, Wilma Frai
The family resides at the Ernscliffe Apartments, at
81 Regal road, Toronto.

, AUBREY EDWARD IRELAND— For nearly
a century the family of Ireland has made its hon
Montreal and Toronto, and Aubrey Edward Ire
as business man and national sportsman, has achie^
commendable record in various fields of endeavor,
was born in Toronto in April, 1890, son of James H
Lydia H. Ireland. James H. Ireland was for years en?
in the business of shipping between the cities of Hair
and Montreal, but later, and up to the time of his (
which occurred in 1906, he was engaged in the bus
of commercial traveler.

Aubrey E. Ireland attended the public and r
schools of Toronto, and when he was eighteen yeai
he selected the field of insurance for his profess
career, and for twelve years he was employed in
business beginning as junior clerk and advancing thi i
the various departments to that of inspector. In 19
decided to engage in the business for himself i i
independent broker and in that year Aubrey E. Ir i
& Company, Ltd. was incorporated to engage i
insurance business as general agents and broker?
Mr. Ireland was made president and general i
ger. There are few professions which demand mor i
man's energy than that of insurance underwi
Mr. Ireland early realized that, in his profession -
ially, all work and no play could not but have its ei
ting effects upon his energies, and therefore, f( 'i
past fifteen years he has made it a practice tc «
wholesome relaxation in out-door sports, his fa ri
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sports, is a member of the Lakevicw v,
enjoys an occasional fishing trip. He is a r
Engineers' Club of Toronto.

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New York, and thej' have one d;,
The familj- resides at the ErasclitleApari
81 Regal road, Toronto.

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189

lampionship, and for three years the Canadian cham-
f)nship for senior single canoes. He has won many
cizes in competition, and has been specially honored by
fing elected vice-commodore of the American Canoe
(sociation for the Northern Division. The waters
und his beautiful summer home on Center Island

ve for over twenty years afforded him excellent oppor-
ity to test his ability as a canoeist, and to keep in
d form for future contests.

r. Ireland has been a member of the Royal Cana-
dm Yacht Club since 1915, a member of the Argonaut
l)wing Club, the Victoria Club, Lake Shore Country
(ub, a life member of the Aura Lee Club. Toronto
(moe Club, the Canoe Club of Syracuse, N.Y., and is
psident of the Island Aquatic Association. He is a loyal
umber of the Masonic order, affiliated with Wilson
Idge No. 86, and of the Ancient and Accepted Order of
Sottish Rites. He is also actively associated with the
Idependent Order of Foresters, Toronto Lodge, and the
f julien Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd
Illows. He is a communicant of St. Paul's Anglican
Ciurch, of Toronto.

Mr. Ireland married, in Toronto, May 17, 1917,
(adys Eastwood, of Toronto. They have one son,
.'brey Eastwood Ireland. The family reside at No.
SChicora avenue.

iRNEST G. BLACK, son of George A. and Alma
((cConell) Black, was bom at Hamilton, Ontario,
L 1893. George A. Black has for years been en-
gged in the real estate business in Toronto. After
b graduation from McMaster University in 1913, with
t3 degree of Bachelor of Arts, Ernest G. Black en-
ted Osgoode Hall Law School and remained there
util 1915, when he enlisted in the 41st Battery, Cana-
4n Field Artillery, which was then preparing to go
osrseas into active service. In February, 1916, he
sled with the 41st Battery for France and was- in
siive service from the day of his arrival there until
Nirch, 1919, holding rank of sergeant. In April, 1919,
ti was discharged. On his return to Toronto in the
ring of that year he was called to the bar, associated
iwself with Mr. Harvey Obee, and as junior member
5|the firm of Obee & Black, entered general civil prac-
;k Although the main office of the firm is in To-
4to, there is a branch offlce at Mt. Dennis, Ontario,
iS Mr. Black assumes entire charge of the business
'\re. Mr. Black is a member of the Ontario Bar Associ-
ipn, and of the Independent Order of Foresters, Sher-

id Forest.

n June 17, 1922, Mr. Black was united in marriage
h Mildred Matthews, daughter of — and Jennie (Blair)
\jitthews, of No. 35 Dundurn road, Lawrence Park,
[fonto, Canada. Mr. Matthews was formerly a general
tjrchant in Acton, Ontario.

I^OBERT HOLTBY DAVIES— The business founded
his father claimed Robert Holtby Davies' attention
ing the greater part of his participation in business
, after which he retired to his farm, the old St. George
perty on North Yonge street. His death, occurring
the period of life when the fruits of experience and

itured judgment were his, deprived this community
1 citizen valued and respected and his family of a

ing and devoted husband and father. Davies is a
ne through which highly commendable service has

in rendered Canada, and the name stands high in

nraercial annals.

lobert Holtby Davies was born in Toronto, Novem-

29, 1870, and there attended the public schools,

ipleting his education at Woodstock College. Enter-

buainess life, he was for a time employed as clerk with

John Kay & Company, dry goods merchants, then formed
an association with the William Davies Company.
This company, founded by his father, operated a chain
of grocery stores throughout the Dominion which gained
and held wide popularity. When this organization
was incorporated as the William Davies Company,
Ltd., Robert H. Davies became a director and vice-
president of the company. He gave the business hLs
attention in this official capacity until 1906. At this time
he retired from commercial dealings to engage in farming,
purchasing the old St. George farm on North Yonge
street. Mr. Davies had always been fond of out-of-door
life and animals and in the work on this farm found great
satisfaction and enjoyment. He continued as a director
of the William Davies Company, Ltd., and also as a
director of the Ontario Wind, Enj^ine & Pump Company,
Ltd.

Mr. Davies was a member of the Bloor Street Baptist
Church, and active in all of the work of the congregation.
He was also a member of the Scarboro Golf Club. A man
of sterling merit, whose many admirable qualities were
appreciated by those who were privileged to know him,
Mr. Davies was of a retiring nature, and in so far as
was possible, kept from public notice. He had for many
years been actively interested in the work of the Mus-
koka Sanatorium, serving as a member of the board,
and devoted time and effort to furthering its work.

Mr. Davies married Julia Winnif red Langley, daughter
of Benjamin and Hannah Cornwall (Smith) Langley,
her father in the civil service. Mrs. Langley was a
daughter of William Smith, who owned the first lot in the
city of Toronto, located on King and Sherbourne streets.
Mr. and Mrs. Davies had one daughter, Dorothy. Mr.
Davies' death occurred at Baltimore, Maryland, June
2, 1919.

GEORGE BREWER WOODS— Important interests
in life insurance in Canada form Mr. Woods' chief
business connections in the Dominion, his home since
his twentieth year, when he came here from his native
England. This business has been his lifelong field of
endeavor, and while earning the responsible place he
now fills in financial circles he has entered into many
spheres of Canadian life, fraternal, social, civic and ath-
letic.

Mr. Woods is a son of James and Hannah (Howlett)
Woods, both natives of England, and was born in
Norfolic county, England, June 16, 1866, receiving his
education in the private and public schools of Lincoln-
shire and Northamptonshire, England. His studies
completed, he entered the office of the Redmond Hill
Iron Works, at Fodingham in Lincolnshire, and in 1886
came to Canada. His first commercial venture here was
in the lumber business in Woodstock, Ontario, but at the
age of twenty-three years he entered the field of life
insurance, taking a local agency for the Manufacturers'
Life Insurance Company at Woodstock. He later accept-
ed a position with the Home Life Assurance Company of
Canada, as superintendent of agencies. The latter posi-
tion he held until 1899, when he organized the Continent-
al Life Insurance Company. He was the first secretary
of this company, being appointed general manager
November 7, 1899, and managing director November 11,
1903. He was elected second vice-president November
14, 1906, and on August 11, 1909, became president of the
company, filling the dual office of president and managing
director to the present time (1922). The Continental
Life Insurance Company is numbered among the
substantial, progressive concerns of the Dominion, and
its operations have been continuously successful. In
connection with these activities, Mr. Woods is also vice-
president of the Jones Brothers Company of Toronto,

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vice-president of the British-American Security Com-
pany, and was formerly president of the London and
Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company of
Canada. Mr. Woods was president of the Life Managers
Association in 1920, president of the Toronto Insurance
Institute in 1915-16, and has always participated actively
in the organizations related to his business.

His social memberships are in the Royal Canadian
Yacht Club and the Lambton Golf and Country Club.
Out-of-door sports have always made a strong appeal
to him, and he has been especially active in cricket,
serving as president of the Yorkshire Cricket Club,
champions of Canada for the years 1920 and 1921, and
as president of the Toronto Cricket Council (1922).
He is also a member of the Canada Bowling Club.
Fraternally he holds membership in Ashlor Lodge, No.
211, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Toronto.
Mr. Woods has always been deeply concerned in church
work, and is a member of the Synod of Toronto, and
takes a major interest in sound welfare work. He has
served for some years on the councils of Toronto charities.

Mr. Woods married, January 13, 1892, Isabel Dash,
of Woodstock, Ontario, and they have one child, Cozie
Isabel.

Fraternally Mr. Brown is a member of York
No. 156, Free and Accepted Masons, of which
past master, and he is past district deputy grand
of the Grand Lodge of Canada. He is past first pi
of York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and also a r
of the Cyrene Preceptory. He is past provincial
prior of the Knights Templars of Canada, a men
the Scottish Rite bodies, being a thirty-second
Mason and also a member of the Eastern Star,
past potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order No
the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Brown is past master
Loyal Orange Lodge, of Eglington, and the
Scarlet Chapter, also of the Royal Black Precep
the Orangemen. He is a member of the Indep
Order of Odd Fellows, of the Encampment, and
Rebekahs; a membet of the Sons of England,
Ancient Order of United Workmen, of the 1
Order of Foresters, and of the York Pioneers. His
affiliation is with the Methodist church.

Mr. Brown married, on January 1, 1891,
Ward of Eglington, daughter of the late George
a man of unusual prominence. Mr. Ward was a
and served for many years on the road commis
the county of York and of the town of North T
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have one son, Ernest W.,
associated with his father in business.

ALONZO JOHNSON BROWN— Successful in an
unusual branch of business endeavor, Alonzo J. Brown is
also widely prominent in fraternal circles in Ontario.
He comes of an old family in this section, and is a son
of William and Louisa Brown, of Lambton Mills, William
Brown having been for many years assessor for the old
town of North Toronto, and for thirty years assessor
and collector for the township of York. He had exten-
sive fanning interests in this vicinity.

Alonzo Johnson Brown was born in the community
known as Lambton Mills, August 15, 1865. He received
his early education in the public schools of the neigh-
borhood, completing his studies at the Ferguson Acad-
emy, of Eglington, Ontario. Entering upon farm work
with his two brothers, Robert and George Brown, he
was thus active for about two years, then filled the office
of assistant clerk of the township of York for about one
year. After that he became associated with Kent Broth-
ers of Toronto, as a clerk in the office, later becoming a
member of their sales force and continuing in this
capacity until the dissolution of the firm. Thereafter,
Ambrose Kent, one of the brothers, opened a store under
the firm name of Ambrose Kent & Sons, manufacturing
jewelry as well as conducting a retail establishment.
Mr. Brown took charge of the factory, which he man-
aged for a number of years, then for a time acted as
salesman. The firm added to their business a regalia
department, placing Mr. Brown in charge of the business,
which he eventually absorbed in 1913, since which date
he has been sole owner, carrying it forward as an in-
dependent interest. Upon taking over the interest Mr.
Brown incorporated the concern, holding the office
of president, his son, Ernest Ward Brown, beingvice-
president and Mrs. A. J. Brown, secretary and treas-
urer. They have continued under the firm name of
Ambrose Kent & Sons, Limited. This is the oldest concern
of its kind in Toronto, and is a large and constantly
growing business.

In the public life of the city Mr. Brown has served
for a number of years, having been brought forward as
councillor, and retained in that civic body for a period of
twelve years. He served as reeve for one year, and for
four years as mayor of North Toronto. When North
Toronto was annexed to the city of Toronto, it was Mr.
Brown, as mayor, who had the honor of turning the keys
over to Mayor Hocken, of Toronto.

JAMES STEPHEN LUCKETT holds a note
position among the manufacturing stationers of C
as the only manufacturer of ring books in the Doi
Mr. Luckett is a son of William and Ida (Pike) L
long residents of the State of Missouri. The fatl
for many years engaged in farming in that sectii
is now living retired in Kansas City, but the m(
deceased.

James S. Luckett was born in Sedalia, Missi
September, 1884, and his education was rece
Kansas City. He entered the business world i
his first position being with the Baker- Vawter Co
originators of looseleaf systems on this con tin
maining with that concern for a period of five yej
next became identified with the Irving Pitt Cc
also of Kansas City, manufacturers of ring books, t
with them for four years. Coming to Toronto i
Mr. Luckett started in business for himself the f*
year, establishing and incorporating the business'
With plant and offices at No. 545 King street, t
cern has developed a very extensive business
comparatively short time which has since elapse
manufacture loose leaf books of every descript'
their product is sold direct to the stationers, thr
ness reaching throughout the Dominion of Can:
various civic interests Mr. Luckett keeps in toi
the movement of the times, but has little leisurr
activity outside his business. He is a memb^
Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and I
Knights of Columbus, and is a member of St. i
de Paul's Church.

In 1910, at St. Joseph, Missouri, Mr. Lucketi i
Marie Perkins, of that city, and they have four i
Willie Ann, James Stephen, Jr., Mary Marg ;i
Hubert William. The family home is at No. 1
stance street.

HENRI GUST AVE SMITH— A musician off
ability, a writer and critic of French poetry, ai'h
also the honor of being the first French ba*
Toronto, Henri G. Smith's versatility is without 'W
inherent in him, for all this distinction was W' «
before he was twenty-four years of age.

He was born in L'Original, in the Province o ')b
June 21, 1888, son of Dr. G. G. and Augustine (a

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b. Dr. G. G. Smith was for thirty-six years one of
est known physicians in L'Orignal. Henri G. Smith
his remarkable musical ability to the influence of
aternal grandfather, Gustave Smith, composer and
er of music, who came to Canada from France
time in 1850 and settled in Montreal. There he
it music for a number of years. It is not surprising
! told that the fact of his being his teacher's own
Ison earned for Henri G.nospecialprivilegesave that
rd work. For special services rendered to France,
ative country, Gustave Smith was made a Knight
i Legion of Honor, the only order of France and one
1 in its higher grades ranks in estimation with the
st European orders.

nri G. Smith's general education was obtained at
lublic schools of L'Orignal. Later he entered Ste.
^se College near Montreal, and in 1909 he was
iiated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the
i year he entered Osgoode Hall Law School, Uni-
i,y of Toronto, graduated in 1912, and entered
lal civil practice immediately. He has a very large
lal practice especially among the French speaking
?e. European lawyers as well as many Montrealand
iec lawyers engage his services in the interest of
i Toronto clients.

I ring the war Mr. Smith spent himself unstintingly
ying his best talent for the encouragement of war
iies, for, besides his musical ability, he has also
fconsiderable experience in theatrical work, giving
i in both French and English.
s activities cover a very wide range of interests.
Include his work as commissioner for Quebec, active
nership in the Ontario Bar Association, and is
lily interested in the Alliance Francaise. He does
I local and foreign corporation work, and is finan-
[ interested in many other business ventures in and
I d Toronto. Mr. Smith is a communicant of the
rin CathoUc church. He is unmarried.

3VLTER EDMUND LEWIS— In his position as
flent and manager of the Acme Electro Plating
tDany, Ltd., of "Toronto, Mr. Lewis, at one time
ijther, comes in touch with very many of the indus-
lactivities of the city, and his success is closely
I i with the general prosperity. Mr. Lewis is a son of
ii'is William and Mary Elizabeth Lewis, long resi-
V of Birmingham, England. The father, who was a
cinist throughout his lifetime, died in 1892.
^Iter E. Lewis was born in Birmingham, England,
r 19, 1885, and was educated in the Municipal
ciical School of that city. For six years he was active
t^ electro-plating business in Birmingham, then in
);came to Canada, locating in Toronto. For a few
« he was employed here in the same business in a
irgerial capacity, for other concerns, then in 1907
eablished the present company, which was incorpor-
«n 1919, of which he has always been the head. The
ir handles the electro deposition of metals, including
Id silver and nickel plating, the spraying of metals
tJi'arious lacquers, the polishing of metallic surfaces,
d .Iso the oxydizing of metallic surfaces. With a
)arn plant at No. 64 Richmond street. East, the
sijss is steadily growing and has long since passed
J St of time, and stands among the assured successes
t» day in "Toronto. Mr. Lewis finds little time for
Tition, or for interests of any nature outside his
sisss, but is a member of Canada Lodge, No. 532,
e«and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the
m-h of England.

0 September 27, 1911, Mr. Lewis married, in Toron-
, label Lillian Smith, and they have two children:
ar>rie Mabel Isabel, born in 1912, and Walter Ed-

mund, born in 1916. The family reside at No. 11 Mait-
land place.

WILLIAM JOHN SAUNDERSON— Building suc-
cess upon such foundations as might seem to many most
unpromising, William J. Saunderson, of Toronto, now
stands at the head of an important manufacturing
interest, producing soaps and various oils.

Mr. Saunderson was born in County Fermanagh,
Ireland, in 1862, and after acquiring the fundamentals
of education in the national schools of his native land,
was employed with his grandfather as cooper, until
March of 1884. At that time Mr. Saunderson came to
Toronto, where he entered the employ of McCoU
Brothers & Company, with which concern he continued
for a period of twenty-five years, rising in the course of
that time to foreman and manager of the works depart-
ment. In 1909 Mr. Saunderson struck out in a different
field, _ forming a partnership with J. W. Young, and
entering the soap and oil business, with a plant on the
Don Esplanade. Their output included liquid soaps,
linseed oils, greases and lubricating oils. They began
in a modest way, under the name of the Ontario Soap
and Oil Company, but the business grew rapidly. Early
in the history of the enterprise Mr. Young sold his
interest to W. H. Jackson, and this partnership con-
tinued until 1912, when it was dissolved, Mr. Saunder-
son continuing alone, retaining the old firm name. At
that time he removed to larger quarters on Eastern
avenue, then in 1917 he secured his present location at
No. 45 Dickens avenue, and erected a modem four-
story building, containing 9,600 square feet of floor
space. The plant was removed to this building in 1918,
and now occupies two floors, employing twelve people.
They handle gasoline, in addition to the various commod-
ities enumerated above, and sell throughout Ontario,
largely to contractors and manufacturers. Mr. Saunder-
son is also financially interested in the Riverdale Leather
Company, Ltd., of which he is president, and which occu-
pies the two upper floors of his building. This is a growing
concern, organized in 1919, for the tanning of sheepskin,
and already taking an assured position in the business'
world of Toronto. He also owns real estate in the East End,
and during the past twelve years has built twenty-five
houses in Ward One.

In civic and other interests Mr. Saunderson has long
been active. A Conservative by political faith, he has
for many years been one of the leaders in Ward One,
which he represented in the City Council in 1907, 1908
and 1912. He was president of Ward One Conservative
Association in 1905 and 1906. He served as a member
of the works and parks committee, was instrumental
in accomplishing the erection of the bridge across the
Don river at Dundas street, and in 1912 in the erection
of the King street bridge across the same river. During
the Great War he was active in recruiting work. Mr.
Saunderson is affiliated, fraternally, with Harmony
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a life
member. He is a member of the Loyal Orange Lodge, in
which he has filled all chairs, and is a member of Broad-
view Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Broadly
interested in all out-door sports, he is a member of the
Don Rowing Club, of which he was president in 1916-17-
18-19.

Mr. Saunderson married, in Toronto, Mary Roberts,
and they have four children: Margaret Ethel, now
private secretary to the minister of education; George
Stinson, who served as sergeant overseas with the 71st
Battery, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, is a graduate
of Osgoode Hall Law School, and now a member of the
firm of MacKenzie, Roebuck & Saunderson, barristers;
Mary Evelyn; and David, who is associated with his

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father in business. The family reside at No. 708 Logan
avenue, Toronto.

Bowes, a student. The family attend St. Paul's Me
odist Church on Avenue road.

ALBERT ORR HOGG— Standing back of one of the
most important industries of the Dominion, Albert O.
Hogg is achieving large success in the handling of seeds,
grains, peas, etc., for the producers of Canada. A native
of Ontario, Mr. Hogg is a son of William and Sarah H.
(Wrightman) Hogg. The father was a man of note in
York Mills, a merchant and owner of both flour and
grain mills, a man of prominence in public life, particular-
ly in the advancement of temperance reform in a
day when declaration for abstinence required courage of
a high order.

Albert Orr Hogg was born at York Mills, Ontario,
February 22, 1863, and educated in the public schools of
his native place. At the age of twenty-one years he
became associated with T. McGlashan & Company as a
partner in their general store at Oakwood, Ontario, later,
after the death of Mr. McGlashan he formed a partner-,
ship with his brother, W. T. Hogg, under the firm name
of Hogg Brothers. With this change he also added to
the general store a grain and seed business, which he
continued until 1902. Selling the store interest at that
time to Pascoe Brothers, the firm carried forward the
business in grain, seed, peas and general farm seeds,
buying out John Hume of Port Hope, in 1903, and two
years later buying out the John H. Allan Seed Company
of Picton. Reselling the Port Hope business to its
original owner in 1906, they opened a branch at Port
Huron, Michigan, but finding the duty prohibitive, they
removed the Port Huron business to Oshawa, Ontario,
thereafter conducting the business from Oshawa and
Picton, and adopting as a motto, or slogan, "All Cana-
dian Grown Seeds." Meanwhile in 1902 the company
was incorporated, under the name of Hogg & Lytle, Lim-
ited, A. O. Hogg being the president, H. J. Lytle Lind-
say, the vice-president, E. G. Lytle, secretary, and J. R.
Hogg of Winnipeg, treasurer, this being the present
personnel of the concern. In the course of its growth
and expansion, the company built grain elevators and
began the handling of grain grown on contract, and the
various branches of their business now reach throughout
the Dominion. With head office in Toronto for the past
fifteen years, they now have twenty different branch
offices in the various Provinces, and are the largest
growers and dealers in grain and peas for seed purposes
in Canada. They are also large exporters of clover seed
and various grains.

The company is represented in the Grain Exchange of
Calgary and Winnipeg, having an office in the Winnipeg
Grain Exchange, which takes care of the western busines,
and which is under the management of Mr. J. R. Hogg,
the treasurer of the concern. An interesting feature of
the_ business is the policy of the company which makes
their branch managers stockholders in the business.
As the head of this great interest Albert O. Hogg is a
member of the American Grain Dealers' National
Association, and of the American Seed Trade. In connec-
tion with the above, his principal business, Mr. Hogg is
president of the Bowes Company, of Toronto, and is a
director of the Steele-Briggs Seed Company. He is vice-
president of the Toronto Board of Trade, and has been
a member of the council of the board for four years,
was chairman of the grain section, and now chairman
of the survey board and of the grain standards board.

Mr. Hogg married, on October 20, 1886, Hannah
Jane Bowes, daughter of William and Elizabeth (How-
ard) Bowes, and they have three children: Ida Gertrude,
the wife of Murray Gordon of Toronto; James Howard,
who Ls identified with the above business; and Murray

WILFRID HENRY BOURDON— One of the s

cessful members of the Ontario bar is Wilfrid H. Bourd'
whose office is located in Toronto, at No. 2910A Dum
street, West. Mr. Bourdon is a son of Augustus Bourd
formerly well known in Toronto as a furrier, who d
when Mr. Bourdon was still a young lad. His moth
Emilie Adelaide Anderson, is the wife of Alexani
James Anderson, K.C.

Wilfrid H. Bourdon was born in Toronto, Novetnl
10, 1886, and received his early education in the puV
schools of his native city. He matriculated at Hun^
side Collegiate Institute, Mr. Bourdon thert;
prepared for his profession at Osgoode Hall Law Scl
finishing his studies in the office of Anderson &
Master. Remaining with this firm until 1915, ..
Bourdon then opened his present office, and has sit
conducted a general practice as barrister, with s;ratv
ing success.

Politically Mr. Bourdon identifies himself with t
Liberal party. He is a member of the Empire Club, a
of the Presbyterian church.

On April 6, 1912, Mr. Bourdon married EHzabe
Townsley, daughter of the late George Stockdi
Townsley, and they are the parents of two childre
Wilfreda Stockdale, born in 1915, and Douglas Mu
roe, born in 1920. The family reside at No. 35 La
street. West, Toronto.

GEORGE ALEXANDER HODGSON was bom

Toronto on December, 1, 1883, son df William W. a;
Isabella (Shuter) Hodgson. His father's arrangemer
for his education followed an ideal plan. He was enter
as a pupil in the public schools of Toronto, and ad
receiving his preliminary education in this manner, »
sent to Parkdale Collegiate Institute for academic stui
Upon leaving Parkdale, he entered the British Canadi
Business College, where he completed the entire cou
of study, and from which he graduated with a practi
as well as a theoretical knowledge of business methi
and affairs.

Mr. Hodgson began his business career by enter
the Gutta Percha and Rubber Company, Ltd., k
stenographer. In 1902, after having spent two yfj
in this position, he became cashier and secretary fwj
Acme Loan and Savings Company. He occupie'
position from 1902 to 1907, and then entered the I
of the Standard Loan Company, as cashier. In '
he relinquished this position in order to become ao
ant and superintendent of properties for the Dova
Land Company. He found this position agreeablej
remained with the company for six years. In ISlT
decided to establish a business of his own and fo
the wholesale hardware house that bears his name,
deals principally in hardware specialties and supp
and his company is well known throughout the Prov
of Ontario.

Mr. Hodgson is closely idenified with the life oi
native city, and takes an active part in many of its I
ness and social activities. He is the first vice-presi
of the North Toronto Liberal Conservative Associa
and a director of the Ontario Safety League. !!i ;
ex-president of the Ontario Motor League, and v,a
of the organizers of the Parkdale Canoe Club, of v.
he was also the first vice-commodore. He is an a
member of the Board of Trade of Toronto. In relii '
faith, Mr. Hodgson is a Presbyterian. He is well ki
in Masonic circles, being a member of Corinthian Lij
Free and Accepted Masons. He is a past master of II
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elongs to the Loyal Orange Lodge. He also belongs
I Loyal True Blue Lodge; the Excelsior Preceptory
i Royal Black Knights of Ireland; and he holds
lership in the Kiwanis Club, in which he is active.
. Hodgson married, in June, 1904, Hortense E.
daughter of the late Frank S. and Emily (Mellish)
Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson have five children; Leslie
^Uiam W., who was named for his paternal grand-
•; Melville A.; Hortense Eileen; and Ross M.

UN H. CAMPBELL— One of the most important
tries of the Province of Ontario is the production
, and in this business the leading name is that of the
lian Flax Mills, Ltd., the largest growers of flax
! Dominion. Of this concern John H. Campbell
•-president and manager. Mr. Campbell is a son
!omas and Margaret Campbell, residents of Ayr-
Scotland, and his father is well known in railway
there, being divisional superintendent,
n H. Campbell was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in
t, 1888, and was educated in the public and high
s of his native land. Entering the business world
ined valuable general experience in financial affairs,
II the practical details of the textile business. In
he came to Canada, and becoming associated with
William MacKenzie, was identified with the Mac-
ii interests for a period of six years. In 1919, al-

I still connected, in an official capacity, with cer-
iterests of Sir William MacKenzie, Mr. Campbell
e associated with the Canadian Flax Mills, Ltd.,
!-president and general manager, and his time has
)een largely devoted to the progress of this con-
rhe significance of their activities is directly rele-
I the purpose and spirit of an industrial record such
, The Canadian Flax Mills, Limited, are growers
for seed and fibre, and various grades of tows, in
ir 1920 growing three thousand two hundred acres
;ario, and operating seven mills in the western
f the Province. The flax is not harvested by
, but is hand pulled, for which work Indian labor
eyed. It is then thrashed, and the straw taken to
ds to be rotted, then the rotted flax taken to the

10 be scutched, after which the scutched fibre is
' the spinners. This product is marketed principal
» England and on the continent of Europe. The by-
Uts of these processes are, however, no small part
I'output of the concern. Of these the seeds are the
important. They are put through a cleaning process
f moles of the best quality are sent to the govem-

I I Ottawa, for tests in regard to purity, germina-
' '.vpight. If these samples meet the government

, inspectors are sent to grade the flax seed. The

■ is used for seed for the next year's crop, the

ade is used for linseed oil, and the third for

' he meal which has become an important part

h, balanced ration for stock. The Canadian Flax

Isl.imited, is the foremost concern in this industry

I, and Mr. Campbell is the active manager of

ss. He is president of the Pioneer Asphalt

of LawTenceville, Illinois, and president of
rsal Drier Corporation of Buffalo, New York.
the World War Mr. Campbell served with the

Tool Steel Company, as business manager.
em was very active in manufacturing shells
inpire, and was also a MacKenzie company,
■lember of the Knights of Columbus, and his
iffiliation is with the Conservative party.

Mr. Campbell married, in Toronto, Jessie W.
ho came from Scotland to be married. They
; ndian grove, in Toronto, and attend the Roman
church.

JOHN PRATT PATTERSON-President and general
manager of Norris-Patterson, Ltd., and well known
in the business world as an expert in the field of adver-
tising, Mr. Patterson was born at Toronto, August 18,
1874, son of Thomas and Jane (Williams) Patterson.
His father, who was a member of the Canadian Civil
Service, is now retired. His mother died some years
ago.

Mr. Patterson was educated at the Winchester and
Dufferin public schools, and after graduating from
high school, proceeded to Upper Canada College, where
he completed his education.

After his graduation from college, Mr. Patterson
decided to enter the field of business and accordingly
formed a connection with the "Mail and Empire." He
was employed in the financial department of the paper
and maintained the connection for fourteen years. At
the end of that period, he resigned his position in order
to become the manager of the Sun Printing Company, at
St. John, New Brunswick. This connection, however,
did not prove entirely satisfactory to Mr. Patterson, so
he resigned at the end of a few months, and in 1908, re-
turned to Toronto, as advertising manager of the "Can-
adian Courier." Three years later, he left the "Courier"
in order to accept an offer from the Wood-Norris Com-
pany, Ltd., Advertising Agency. He presently became
a member of the firm and was elected to fill the office
of vice-president. The company has since been re-
organized and the name changed to Norris-Patterson,
Limited. At the time of the reorganization, Mr. Patterson
became president and general manager of the company,
the position he now holds.

In politics, Mr. Patterson is a Conservative. Before
the town of North Toronto became a part of the city,
Mr. Patterson held the office of town councillor. Since
1919 he has served as a justice of the peace for Toronto.
He was formerly a member of H. Company, "Queen's
Own Rifles," of Toronto.

In religious faith, Mr. Patterson is a member of the
Church of England. He is a Mason, a member of York
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Paul's Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons; Geoffrey de St. Aldemar Preceptory,
Knights Templar; Rameses Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and the Scottish
Rite. He is also a member of the Canadian Order
of Foresters. He holds membership in the National Club;
the Albany Club; the Royal Canadian Yacht Club;
the Rosedale Golf Club; the Rotary Club; the Old
Colony Club; the Engineers' Club, of Montreal; the
Empire Club; the Canadian Club; and the Board of
Trade of Toronto.

Mr. Patterson married, on June 21, 1893, at Toronto,
Millia Harold, daughter of the late Richard and Elizabeth
(Hands) Harold, of Palmerston. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson
had one son, Thomas Harold Patterson, who was bom
February 21, 1895, and died June 22, 1901, when nearly
six and a half years of age.

JOHN B. SHIELDS is a native of Ontario, having
been born upon a large farm in the Niagara Peninsula,
Caistor township, Lincoln county. He is a son of William
and Margaret (Beattie) Shields, and was born May 7,
1851. His father, who made scientific agriculture his
life work, was the owner of a large farm, and the early
years of Mr. Shields' life were spent in general work in
connection with its care and management. He was
especially interested in the scientific care and raising
of fine cattle and hogs. He was farsighted enough to
realize that, as the population increased, the need for
stock-raising on a large scale would become imperative.
He saw the great future of the cattle industry and de-
termined that when the time for large methods and

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scientific production came, he would be ready to meet it.
Throughout his long career he has held steadily tohis
early belief in the importance of scientific cattle raising,
and his success bears eloquent witness to the soundness
of his judgment.

While he was quite a young man, Mr. Shields came to
Toronto, Ontario, and established himself as a buyer
and seller of. cattle. In connection with this business
he opened a small meat market. He succeeded greatly
in this enterprise and as time went on his desire to under-
stand every phase of his chosen business led him to make
many trips across the Atlantic to Britain with cattle
destined for sale in the home markets. This work, how-
ever, was unprofitable in itself, and Mr. Shields engaged
in it merely because of his indefatigable industry and
natural thoroughness which would not suffer him to
rest until he had an intimate personal acquaintance
with every branch of cattle raising and marketing.

Finally, in 1884, Mr. Shields came to Toronto and
began his long and honorable career as one of the city's
business men. His first place of business was a small
stand located near the markets. From this vantage
ground, he bought and sold cattle on commission. The
number and size of his cattle pens were limited to twenty
for cattle and three for hogs, but from this modest be-
ginning the business grew until it attained its present
large proportions. For a time Mr. Shields devoted part
of his time to the care of an extensive farm near the city,
but with the growth of the commission business, he
found it necessary to discontinue his activities in connec-
tion with the management of the farm and to give all of
his attention to his commercial business. Mr. Shields
and his son, W. Herbert Shields, who is associated with
him, are well known throughout the Dominion, and his
firm is one of the leading commission houses of Toronto.
Mr. Shields is a member of the Broadway Methodist
Church.

On December 3, 1879, Mr. Shields married Mary
Elizabeth Sloan, and they are the parents of the follow-
ing children; W. Herbert, who is connected with his
father in business; Harry James; Ross Lester; and Olive
Maud. During the World War, Harry James Shields,
who is a physician, held a commission as captain and
served on the staff of base hospital in France. He is
now on the staff of the General Hospital, Toronto.
Mr. Shields' youngest son, Ross Lester Shields, also
served overseas during the World War. He held the
rank of captain in the Imperial army and was in active
service for four and a half years. He is now practicing
medicine in Kitchener, Ontario.

He is independent in political faith, and a member
Methodist church.

Mr. Pritchard married, in Hamilton, Ontario,
16, 1919, Bertha Chalmers, daughter of the late 1
end David Chalmers.

MORLEY C. PRITCHARD— The half decade of Mr.
Pritchard's professional activity has been a record of
consistent and well rewarded effort. His legal work
is general in character, tending toward specialization
in real estate law.

Mr. Pritchard, son of Arthur W. and Eleanor (Hor-
ton) Pritchard, was bom in Smith's Falls, Ontario;
there and at Hamilton, he attended the public schools.
A course in the Hamilton Collegiate Institute followed,
and after two years in the arts course at Queen's Uni-
versity, he took up legal study. He was called to the
bar in May, 1916, opening an office in October of that
year and has since followed professional work with
excellent success. Real estate law has made an especial
appeal to him and while he has been connected with
all forms of civil litigation, a large share of his practice
has been in property cases. Mr. Pritchard is a member
of the Canadian Bar Association, fraternizes with the
Masonic order in Oakwood Lodge, and is also an Orange-
man, serving as master of Earl Roberts Lodge, No. 2614.

JOHN MacLEAN— A member of a well 1
Scotch family, Mr. MacLean was born at New
Callanish, Stornoway, Scotland, July 18, 1877, i
John and Mary (Smith) MacLean. His father, wl
a dealer, was born in Scotland in 1830. He died ir
and was survived by Mrs. MacLean, who, like h:
was of Scottish birth, having been born in the
Country in 1836. Mr. and Mrs. MacLean always
tained their home in New Park and Mrs. MacLe:
occupies the family residence.

Mr. MacLean was educated in the public s
of his native land. Graduating from the high scl
1893, he went to London, England, at an earl;
and found an opening in the wholesale dry
business as a traveling salesman for the London d
He was eminently successful as a salesman, an
tinued to travel for the firm for a period of eight
He came to Canada in 1906 and established a c
tion with a dry goods firm in Montreal, similar to t
he had so long maintained at London. Hespen
years as a traveling salesman for this house, a
observation for detail and keen interest in property
led him to acquire a great deal of useful informa
regard to real estate. In 1910 he saw that hen(
his abilities would be best employed in the sa
management of properties, and, accordingly, he e
the field of real estate by joining the Marcil Trust
pany, Ltd., of Montreal. He was a salesman f(
company for six months, and was then made
manager,, a position he retained for five years
established himself as an independent dealer. He (
his first office on St. James street, Montreal, in
and three years later came to Toronto as the ex
selling agent for the Danforth-Glebe Estates. I
Toronto office Mr. MacLean selected the prem
No. 45 Adelaide street. East, with a branch ol
the property. Before long, the branch office at
wood and Danforth avenues became the scene of b
activity, the large ofliice building that now oi
the site being erected by Mr. MacLean to hoi
main office. The floors of the new building are subt
into suites for professional men, and are chiefly o(
by lawyers, surveyors, dentists and doctors. Ii
Mr. MacLean opened another branch office at Ji
and Danforth avenues, and in 1919 a third branc
was established at Donland and Danforth a-
Everyone who knows Toronto remembers the Da
Glebe property as it was a few years ago when
under cultivation by the Rotary Club. To-da:
entirely built up with beautiful homes, and is con
the best section of property in the Danforth <
Mr. MacLean is now engaged in developing tl'
forth Gardens in the east end of Toronto, and the
property in the same locality which he bought a
to a syndicate which will develop the property i
high class residential section.

A man of great constructive energy and visii
a lifelong student of cities, he is a firm believer i
planning and the value of beauty in building as c
to mere utilitarianism. A member of the Real
Board of Toronto, he believes in Canadian ho s
Canadian people, and as one of the first to fori «
shortage of houses that followed the World 'S r
has rendered Toronto a signal service in showin «
earners and others the way to the true independe: s
comes from owning one's own home. Mr. MacL n

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lember of the Presbyterian church. In politics, he is a
Conservative. He belongs to Lodge No. 613 of Toronto,
rder of Orangemen; and is a Mason, member of El-
in Lodge, No. 7, Montreal. His residence ia at No. 9
later boulevard.

Mr. MacLean married, on June 26, 1919, in Toronto,
lorence King, daughter of Arthur and Annie King.
Irs. MacLean was born at St. John, New Brunswick,
er father being a well known business man of that
lace. Children: Mary Ann, born August 1, 1921, and
ohn Malcolm King, born November 20, 1922.

GORDEN CAMPBELL CREAN— At the head of one
t the thriving and progressive Canadian industries
aving factory and head offices in Toronto, Gorden C.
Crean is well known in business circles in Ontario. Mr.
rean comes of Irish ancestry and is a son of Thomas
nd Jessie (Sutherland) Crean.

Gorden C. Crean was born in the city of Toronto,
ebruary 8, 1865. Receiving his education at the Model
?hool, of Toronto, Mr. Crean entered business at the
;e of eighteen years, his first position being in the whole-
ile grocery business, with Warren Brothers & Boomer.
1 this connection he acted as clerk, also was more or less
igaged on the road, and remained with the same con-
■rn for a period of seven years. He then became identi-
!d with the general fire insurance business, in association
ith J. B. Reed, acting as a field man, and was here, also,
ir seven years. He then became a member of the firm

Robert Crean & Company, Ltd., in the year 1899.
pe origin of this concern dates back to the year 1875,
len the late Robert C. Crean and George H. Hastings
gan the manufacture of hats. Year by year the business
ew, and from time to time the plant was enlarged and
i capacity increased, until the company now has a
^ir-story-and-basement building of the most approved
;)dern construction. Becoming a part of this organiza-
yn in 1899, Mr. Crean was engaged in general detail
■irk in various departments of the plant, also travelling
tficiently to keep in personal touch with the trade.
t)on the death of the founder, Mr. Robert C. Crean,
vrden C. Crean became president of the concern, and
Is since also acted as general manager. The plant and
hd offices are located at No. 12-18 Balmuto street,
"Pronto, and they manufacture men's fur felt hats, and
\;ious styles of straw hats, specializing in the straw
ciartments, in hats for children and men. They are
I'ders in this line in Ontario, and cover the Dominion
fiHi Halifax to Vancouver.

I member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Associa-
tji, Mr. Crean also holds membership in the Toronto
tird of Trade. His more personal interests include
n,(nbership in the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the
I -onto Hunt, Eglington, and Zetland Lodge, Free and
A'epted Masons. He is also a member of the Canadian
Cb of New York. His chief recreation is bowling, and
hit a member of Westminster Church.

ilr. Crean married, in 1909, Lauda Gale, daughter
: 5W. J. Gale, and they are the parents of two children :
Hn Gale, born November 4, 1910; and Gorden Gale,
W-i April 29, 1914.

^iEORGE DAVID OAKLEY— Making the trade
•f; he learned in his native England the basis of his
>i|ider business operations, George David Oakley won
111 standing in his special field of endeavor, that of
t e cutting, and built up an organization that, finally
njrporated as George Oakley & Son, Ltd., ranks second
oone in the Dominion. This record is a memorial not
to a successful, progressive business man, but to a
of Toronto who met his fellows in sincere de-
-•^cy and good will that extended to all relations of life.

George David Oakley was born in Brighton, England,
and died in Toronto, in 1919. He was educated m the
schools of his birthplace, and as a youth learned the stone
cutter's trade, coming to Canada at the age of nineteen
years. He remained for a time at Montreal and shortly
afterward proceeded to Saginaw, Michigan, where he con-
tinued to follow his trade and where he was married.
In April, 1872, he came to Toronto, being employed as a
stone cutter until 1885 when, impressed with the oppor-
tunities for an independent venture, he entered the
business for himself, locating on the east side of William
street. He specialized in cut stone for buildings, and a
steady increase in patronage took him to larger quarters
on Richmond street, West, in the rear of the York
School. In 1890 he entered a partnership under the
firm name of Oakley & Holmes for work as contracting
masons, and their yards were located on Wellington
street, between Bay and York streets. This association
was in force until the fall of 1903, Mr. Oakley in the
meantime continuing his stone operations, and in this
year he sold his interest to Mr. Holmes and devoted him-
self entirely to his first enterprise. His son, George,
was admitted as a partner under the firm name of George
Oakley & Son, and in 1906 incorporation was made as
George Oakley & Son, Ltd., the business then being
moved to a location at Booth avenue, where the sub-
sequent vigorous growth has been accommodated. The
most modern machinery for cutting, planing and finish-
ing stone has been installed as improvements in this
type of equipment have been made, and until Mr.
Oakley's death he was president of the company, his
son, George Oakley, vice-president. In 1918, the year
before the death of the elder Oakley, a plant for cutting
marble used for interior purposes was opened at Carlan
avenue, and the firm's products are now cut stone of all
kinds and marble used in building purposes. George
Oakley & Son, Limited, also control the Central Canada
Cut Stone Company, Ltd., George Oakley, son of George
D. Oakley, having been president of that company from
the time of its establishment. The company's plant
is located at Point Edward, Ontario, and ships cut stone
to all parts of Canada. George Oakley & Son, Limited,
with this subsidiary, comprise one of the largest organi-
zations in its field in Canada and the company owns the
largest stone-cutting plant in the country. Among the
notable structures for which cut stone was supplied by
the company, are the new Arena at the Exhibition
grounds, the New Union Station on Front street, the
new Knox College, the Toronto Stock Exchange, the
Central Technical School, the new Registry building
and many others equally well known.

While Mr. Oakley was an efficient, energetic business
man and absorbed in the upbuilding of a creditable
enterprise, he enjoyed social relations with his fellows
and was a devoted follower of bowling, being a member of
the Balmy Beach Bowling Club. He fraternized with the
Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and was a Liberal in politics.

George D. Oakley married Ann Todd, of Saginaw,
Michigan, who was born in Ireland, and they were the
parents of: Charles, associated with George Oakley &
Son, Ltd., Emma Jane; George, a sketch of whom fol-
lows: Cornelius James, deceased; and John P., a resid-
ent of New York City.

GEORGE OAKLEY — Trained under the instruction
of his father in Toronto, and in England under highly
skilled artisans, George Oakley began active life as a
stone cutter, and since 1903 has been an official of
George Oakley & Son, Limited, of which he is now presi-
dent. He is a son of George D. Oakley (see preceding
sketch), and was bom in Toronto, April 25, 1877.

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After attending Toronto public schools he served
an apprenticeship as a stone cutter under his father,
and as a youth of twenty years, went to England and
for three years was employed at his trade, acquiring
a valuable experience and knowledge of various methods
and systems used in his business. Upon his return,
he continued work in this field, and in 1903 was admitted
to partnership with his father, their business being
incorporated in 1906 as George Oakley & Son, Limited,
Mr. Oakley at this time becoming vice-president of the
company, succeeding to the presidency upon the death
of his father, and he is also president of the Central
Canada Cut Stone Company, Ltd. The work and
record of these organizations are outlined in the preced-
ing sketch of his father, George D. Oakley.

Mr. Oakley is a member of the Toronto Builders'
Exchange, of which he has been president and for many
years a member of the board of directors, and he is also
a member of the International Cut Stone Contractors'
and Quarrymen's Association, having been a member
of its executive board for a number of years, being the
only Canadian to have filled the presidency of that
association. He is also a member of the Canadian
Manufacturers' Association and the Board of Trade,
and although public life has made little appeal to him,
he represented the First Ward on the Board of Education
for two years. He fraternizes with the Masonic order,
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Loyal
Orange Lodge, and is a member of several clubs, including
the Albany, Mississauga Golf, Engineers' and Granite.
He is a communicant of the Anglican Church. Mr.
Oakley finds his chief recreation in golf, and when oppor-
tunity offers, he is usually found upon the links.

Mr. Oakley married Ethel Priestman, of this city, and
they are the parents of: Clifford, Sydney, Gladys, and
Muriel.

JAMES HILTON HOFFMAN— In the group of
leading professional men of Toronto is numbered
James H. Hoffman, who is a son of James H. and
Elizabeth (Langrill) Hoffman, both natives of Ontario,
and both now deceased. The father was for many years
a barber in Toronto.

Mr. Hoffman was born in Beaton, Ontario, May 7,
1870, and attended the public schools of Orangeville,
Ontario, then the Orangeville Collegiate Institute, after
which he prepared for his profession at Osgoode Hall
Law School, of Toronto. He was called to the bar in
September, 1891, but began his career in the States, at
Bay City, Michigan. Returning to Toronto in 1897,
Mr. Hoffman practiced here for a period of four years.
From 1901 to 1908 he was in business, acting as the
Toronto representative of the International Correspon-
dence School, of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Resuming
his law practice in 1908, he is still thus engaged, and has
attained an assured position in the profession as a general
practitioner, and has made a special study of corporation
law. He is a member of the Ontario Bar Association,
and politically is a Conservative.

Mr. Hoffman married, in Toronto, Caroline R. How-
ard, and they have two children. The family reside on
Huron street, and attend the Methodist church.

WILLIAM ROBERTSON— A representative of an
ancient Scottish family, Mr. Robertson was born at
Hamilton, in Scotland, January 25, 1854, son of William
and Janet (Bennett) Robertson. He received his early
education in the pubjic schools of his native land, and
being thrown upon his own resources at the age of ten
years, he went to work in the Scotch coal mines and
spent five years in that hazardous and ill-requited em-
ployment. He left the coal mines at the age of fifteen

and hired himself out as an apprentice to a grocer
spent four years in learning the grocery business, a
the end of that time, no other opportunity prese
itself, he was obliged to return to the mines. By di
the utmost frugality and economy he managed to s;
couple of hundred dollars and in 1874 came to Ca
to try his luck in a new country. His first occupati
the Dominion was that of a farm hand on a place
St. George, Ontario. He spent a year in this po!
and then started a small grocery store at the c
of King and Sackville streets, Toronto. He condi
this business successfully for a period of seven j
but was at last obliged to sell out, on account
health. At this crisis in his affairs, Mr. Robertso
cided to seek the beneficial influences of the north v
and went up to Parry Sound, Ontario, and settli
Dunchurch. At that time the little settlement of
church was one hundred and eighty miles from the
way, the nearest station being Bracebridge. Th«
across country from Bracebridge consumed a v,
time and was not without its hazards. At Dunch
Mr. Robertson established a small general store, and t
for thirty years, he lived a peaceful and contented
The curative, open-air existence in the primeval v
completely restored his health, and his business
pered. Every one who followed the trail in the r
of Parry Sound knew Robertson's at Dunchurch
in the memory of thousands who dared the perils
adventures of the North, it takes its place as a par
picturesque era. Not without reluctance did Mr. Ro
son finally decide to leave the neighborhood of 1
Sound and to bring his family back to the city. I
turned to Toronto in 1907, and soon found his pU
the business life of the community. He invested c<
in a retail lumber and hardware business, built a {
of seven stores on Dupont street, near Christie,
purchased valuable real estate. In 1912 he starte
Robertson Coal Company, in the management of i
he is still actively engaged. He also devotes a con
able portion of his time to his real estate business, ^
has of late years become varied in character an
tensive in scope. Few men have had life so comp
revealed to them as Mr. Robertson. He has been
ileged to know men of all ranks and conditions. C
the greatest factors in his success was his willingn
take life on its own terms, to live as a man amoni
wherever he found them. j

Mr. Robertson is a member of the Presbyterian cl
and of Orient Lodge, Free and Accepted Masoni
Oakwood Lawn Bowling Club, and the Toronto
of Trade.

Mr. Robertson married, in 1877, Eliza Mfl
daughter of Ludvich McBean, and they have a 1
of ten children, six sons and four daughters, all of I
are living. Mr. Robertson's sons are: Williaii
Lewis N.; Charles A.; George B.; Angus N., a v*
of the World War; Roy M. also a veteran of the
War; and his daughters are: Emily M., Mini
Marion E., and Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs. Roberfci
side at No. 189 Pinewood road.

ALFRED HEALD — One of the many brancs
industrial activity which gives Toronto her eire
as a manufacturing city is the Dominion Machi i
Tool Company, Limited, of which Alfred Heald '
manager.

Mr. Heald is a native of England, born in Fit
Lancashire, July 2, 1880. Educated in the public lo
of his native city, he entered the cotton mills at « i
of ten years, and until he was thirteen worked a h ' c
and attended school a half day, thereafter working 1 1
time. At the age of fifteen years he was apprentic t

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lachinist, and served for six years, thoroughly mastering
le trade. In the spring of 1903 Mr. Heald came to Cana-
3. with his brother Arthur, locating in Toronto. He
!cured employment at his trade with Massey, Harris

Company, Limited, and remained for one year. He
len became identified with the Canada Foundry Com-
my, and was in their tool room for one year, then
distant foreman. His next step carried him to Hamil-
m, Ontario, where he was connected with the Westing-
)use Company for a short time, then in 1905 he entered
e employ of the Business Systems, Limited, where for
ree years he was engaged as a toolmaker. This breadth

experience was of great value to Mr. Heald in his
■xt venture, when, in partnership with his brother, he
tablished the firm of Heald Brothers, for the manu-
cture of dies and tools. This business continued
r three years under the same management, but at the
d of that time Alfred Heald was induced to withdraw
)m the firm, and became a member of a newly estab-
hed concern, the Dominion Machine and Tool Com-
ny, Limited. This was organized in 1912, Mr. D. S.
lird, of the Business Systems, Limited, being one of
e organizers. The officers of the concern are F. M.
!mhark, president, D. S. Baird, secretary, and Alfred
!ald, manager and vice-president. The plant was
l5t located at No. 52 Spadina avenue, then requiring
I )re space they removed to No. 386 Wellington street,
'ast, and still greater expansion becoming imperative,
(;y removed to their present fine plant at No. 77
Iter street, in the spring of 1918. The firm occupies
lo floors at the present address, and also two smaller
:ildings in the rear, where are located their foundry
d their sheradizing plant for rust-proofing iron and
iel by a zinc process. They are doing a very ex-
tisive and constantly increasing business, and are
tiing rank with the leaders in the world of mechanics
':: Ontario. Mr. Heald is broadly interested in all
i/ance, but finds little leisure for matters outside his
Diiness. He is a member of St. Albans Lodge, Free and
??epted Masons.

n 1903, Mr. Heald married, in Toronto, Emily
Jdnson, and they have six children: Lillian May,
LDrge Alfred, Beatrice Margaret, Doris Luella Doreen,
tzel Irene, Norman.

)AVID DIXON was born at Erie, Wellington county,
Dtario, December 21, 1863, son of William and Margar-
i' Morton) Dixon, and grandson of George Dixon. At
;1 time of the first disastrous fire that destroyed the
ronto Globe Newspaper building, George Dixon had
riis possession the only original copies of the "Globe."
r Be he had been careful to save over a period of years
« , as they were the only known copies of the file in
» tence, they became of great value.

Ir. Dixon received his early education in the public
lools of Erie and at the Orangeville High School.
^;r his preliminary education was completed, he
K ked on the family farm until he was about twenty-two
I'fs old. He then decided to continue his studies by
ang a special course at the Orangeville High School.
H was engaged in study for a period of two years, and
il it 1866 came to Toronto, where he obtained employ-
Ti t in the establishment of William Rennie, the well
«wn seed merchant. He stayed with Mr. Rennie for
|cjt one year and then became a clerk for W. Harris
B ompany. His ability being marked, he was rapidly
3r noted by Mr. Harris and finally became ofl^ce
n ager for the firm. All told, his connection with this
■s blishment lasted for twenty-four years and was
nntained by Mr. Dixon to the entire satisfaction
)f IS employers. His retirement was a source of deep
■e(3t to all his business associates.

In 1911 Mr. Dixon decided to enter the field of business
on his own account and purchased the properties of two
plumbers' supply manufacturing concerns, those of
W. B. Malcolm & Company, and Earsman Brothers.
Mr. Dixon consolidated these properties, each of which
had been established for about thirty-five years. After
the_ consolidation was effected, he reorganized the
business and introduced new and scientific methods of
production. As a manufacturer of plumbing supplies,
Mr. Dixon has been very successful and his firm handles
a large volume of business. A keen student of affairs
and an energetic and resourceful manager, he is highly
respected in the business circles of Toronto and among
Canadian manufacturers in general. He is an active
and enthusiastic member of the Canadian Manufactur-
ers' Association and is interested in all matters pertaining
to the welfare of Toronto and the Dominion. Mr.
Dixon is a member of the Christian church.

In October, 1889, he married Alice Mary Hall, daugh-
ter of George and Mary (Baldwin) Hall. Mr. and Mrs.
Dixon have two children: George Hall, who was born
July 21, 1900, and who held the position of assistant
editor of the "World," a Toronto newspaper, until
the time of its failure, and now is telegraph editor of the
Moose Jaw "Evening Times." and Mary Morton Dixon,
who was born May 26, 1904.

BROOK SYKES— When Mr. Sykes came to Canada
in 1904 it was as a youth of twenty years, equipped with
a trade learned in his native England. Three years later
he embarked in an independent building venture; is
now (1923) head of an important contracting and build-
ing business, a large landowner, and has served five
years upon the Board of Aldermen.

Mr. Sykes is a son of Willie and Annie (Brook)
Sykes, of Yorkshire, England, and was there born Oc^
tober 19, 1884. His education was obtained in English
schools and his experience was in building lines, which he
followed until coming to Canada in May, 1904. He
located in Toronto, was employed at building operations,
and as a young man of twenty-three years entered the
contracting field. Since that time he has erected many
buildings in the Toronto district, has gained high
standing in his special field, and, adding real estate to
his interests in 1913, now holds title to considerable
property. Much Toronto real estate has passed through
his hands, and this department of his business has
assumed generous proportions. In addition to the
above Mr. Sykes is director, secretary and treasurer of
the Toronto Finance Corporation, Limited.

In January, 1918, Mr. Sykes was elected to represent
the Sixth Ward upon the Board of Aldermen, and filled
a seat in this body in 1918-19-20-21-22. He has been a
staunch believer in public ownership of all public utilities,
and has strongly advocated the eight hour day in all
trades and industries. He fraternizes with the Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, Royal Arch Masons,
Loyal Orange Order, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and Sons of England; and is a member of the Kiwanis
Club, British Imperial Association, and the Navy League
of Canada. In 1920 and 1921 Mr. Sykes was a director
of the Canadian National Exhibition, representing the
City Council on that board, and represents the City
Council (1922) as a director of the Toronto Housing
Company, and as a governor of the Western Hospital.
In political belief he is a Conservative, and is a member
of the Liberal-Conservative Business Men's Club. He
has a wide acquaintance and following in the city, and
has made contributions of merit to its welfare.

Mr. Sykes married, in August, 1907, Lillie Taylor, of
Yorkshire, England, and they are the parents of one

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child, Phyllis. The family home is at No. 1784 Duflferin
street.

JOSEPH EARLBY BELFRY— Mr. Belfry, who has
made an auspicious beginning in the general practice
of law, comes of a family of Canadian pioneers, about
five generations of the Belfry family having lived in the
Dominion, and having been identified with the early
periods of its history. Jacob P. Belfry, Mr. Belfry's
father, has long been a resident of Newmarket, Ontario,
and is by profession a public accountant. He married
Angeline Gartley, whose parents came from Ireland about
1830.

Joseph Earlby Belfry was born in Newmarket, On-
tario, December 20, 1887, and received his early educa-
tion in the public schools of Orillia, Ontario, where
his parents resided for a number of years, covering the
high school course there also, and being graduated in the
class of 1905. He then attended the London Normal
School, at London, Ontario, after which he taught
school in this Province, for about two years, then in 1909,
went to Saskatchewan, to teach, remaining there for
two years. Meanwhile he cherished a determination
to enter upon a professional career, and as soon as his
circumstances would warrant, he entered the University
of Toronto, from which he was graduated in 1915, with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After entering Osgoode
Hall Law School the World War began, and he enlisted
in the army on October 1, 1917. Starting with the
University of Toronto Officers' Training Corps, he was
sent to England, arriving on June 29, 1918, and there
received his commission as second lieutenant of the
Imperial army. Upon his return to Canada Mr. Belfry
completed his law course, and was called to the bar on
June 19, 1919, and has since built up a promising prac-
tice.

As a member of the Ontario Bar Association and also
of the Dominion Bar Association, Mr. Belfry keeps
in touch with the general advance along professional
lines, and socially he holds membership in the Aura
Lee Club. He is single and resides at No. 445 Broadview

AMBROSE JOHN DENNE was born at Doncaster,
in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, December
1, 1884, son of Ambrose John Denne, of Deal, Kent, and
Mary Ann (Judd) Denne, of Barton-on-Humber,
England.

Mr. Denne was educated at St. Cuthbert's College,
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. After leaving
college, he decided to seek some sort of congenial and
profitable employment before committing himself
definitely to any particular profession or field of busi-
ness. He had no difficulty in obtaining a position with
the Ocean Accident Insurance Company and forthwith
entered upon the duties of assistant claims inspector
at the company's office in Manchester, England. Al-
though the position was agreeable enough, Mr. Denne
decided that the insurance business was not an ideal
occupation for him and presently severed his connec-
tion with the company in order to become an instructor
in a private school for boys at Bowden, Cheshire.
After one year of teaching he resigned and entered the
cost department of British Westinghouse. In 1906, at
the age of twenty-two, he came to Canada, still seeking
for an occupation that would command his interest and
at the same time call forth all of his ability. In this
frame of mind he proceeded to Hamilton, Ontario, where
he was offered a job as a laborer in connection with the
work of digging a ditch on Hamilton Mountain. This
position he immediately accepted and he has never had
any reason to regret the readiness with which he met

the challenge of the new country. When this interlu
came to an end, Mr. Denne made himself known to t
Canadian officials of British Westinghouse and v
placed in charge of the factory store house. This pc
tion, while agreeable enough as temporary employme
tailed to satisfy its young incumbent, so Mr. Der
parted company with British Westinghouse and,
January, 1907, came to Toronto, the city which held t
answer to all his questionings and which was destir
to provide him with a career of great interest and u
fulness. At Toronto, he first essayed the real est:
business, but his connection with this field of endeai
was so brief as hardly to deserve mention. His seeo
venture took him into Burton, Spence & Compai
wholesale dealers in dry goods. Here Mr. Denne worli
on the floor, meeting intending customers and maki
sales, which as time went on increased in volume a
caused him to be promoted to the position of manai
of the dress goods department. While in this positii
Mr. Denne took up the study of advertising. By cli
study and calculation, he was enabled to formulate
series of advertising plans for Burton, Spence & Co
pany. These plans were not accepted, the house bei
involved in financial difficulties which preclud
increased expenditure for advertising. Shortly aft
wards, the business was liquidated and Mr. Denne fou
himself without employment. By this time, however,
had come to know the direction in which his tale-
could be turned to the best account and he lost no ti;
in joining the staff of A. McKim, Limited, a firm of adv
tising agents. He began work as a solicitor in Janua
1909. Three years later, in July, 1912, he was engaged
the J. Walter Thompson Company, the well kno
advertising agents of New York City, for their Toroi
office. In 1913 he was promoted to the position
manager of the office. Upon the retirement of f
Thompson as president of the J. Walter Thompi
Company in 1916, Mr. Denne joined Frank G. Sm
and Harold A. Moore and formed the company of Smi
Denne & Moore, Limited, advertising agents, Mr. Dei
becoming vice-president of same. This company has
head office in the Lumsden building, Toronto, <
branches are maintained at Montreal, New York, ;
London, England. In December, 1921, Mr. Denne s
out his interest in Smith, Denne & Moore, Ltd., ;
founded A. J. Denne & Company, Ltd., of which h
president. Mr. Denne is a member of the Toronto Ba
of Trade.

Mr. Denne is a member of the Anglican church.
is well known in Masonic circles, and belongs to
Beaches Lodge, St. Aidan's Lodge, and Beaches Chaj
of the Masonic order. He also holds membership
the Old Colony Club; the Scarboro Golf and Coim
Club; the Balmy Beach Bowling Club; and the I
George Society. 1

Mr. Denne married, in 1910, Grace Brown, of HeJ
Moor, England, Mr. and Mrs. Denne have two chiWl
living; Kathleen, aged eight, and Jack, aged six. T '
also had one child, who died in 1914.

JOSEPH BURR TYRRELL— In the governn t
service and in private professional practice Mr. Ty '
has performed engineering and geological work of ■
ceptional value, scientifically and economically,
record thereof that follows outlines the endeavor
accomplishment of four decades of sustained acti^,'-

Mr. Tyrrell is a descendant of an old Irish fan',
originating in Kildare and Queen's counties. His gi
grandfather, Thomas Tyrrell, of Kilreany, Kii
county, was born in 1750, and was one of the i
prominent Loyalists of his time, taking a very ai
part in subduing the Irish Rebellion of 1798, in whtc

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•ed as lieutenant of the Kildare Yeomanry He
led the title of the "Fighting Quaker" among his
temporaries, and history records in much detail
story of his daring achievements,
•escent is through Adam Tyrrell, a resident of Grange
tie Kildare county, three times high sheriff of Kil-
;. Adam Tyrrell's son, William Tyrrell, came to
ada from Ireland in 1836, a young man of twenty
rs, and became prominent as a builder and contractor
'ork county, where he was a leader in civic affairs and
nber of the Council. He married, on August 7, 1845,
iVoodbridge, Ontario, Elizabeth Burr, daughter of
viand Burr. She was born in Richmond Hill, On-

0, February 11, 1825, and died in Benton Harbor,
higan, August 10, 1906. Elizabeth (Burr) Tyrrell
le of distinguished families, her paternal grandfather,
ben Burr, having been a United Empire Loyalist,
1 Pennsylvania.

)seph Burr Tyrrell was born in Weston, Ontario,
ada, November 1, 1858. After elementary work in the,
lie schools, he attended the Weston High School,
1 the Upper Canada College, at Toronto, then entered
University of Toronto, whence he was graduated in

1, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Later, in
I, he was granted the degree of Master of Arts, and
ihe same year Victoria University conferred upon
I the degree of Bachelor of Science. The year foUow-
ibis graduation from the University of Toronto Mr.
(•ell spent in the study of law, but, ill health compel-
jhim to turn his attention to out-door activities, he

pted an appointment as geologist and explorer on the
: ogical Survey of Canada, which position he held for
\nteen years. The records of the work accomplished
jiat time have been given to the world in the form
j ports and articles published in scientific periodicals,
Jin the more permanent form of bound volumes.
Bi'as with Dr. G. M. Dawson, in 1883, in the Rocky
^ntains, and the following year began the exploration
je country north of Calgary, between the Bow and
isatchewan rivers. Three years were required for this
)i, and the report with three maps, submitted to the
Sigical Survey, were published in 1888. Following
f explorations, Mr. Tyrrell worked for two years as a
cgist and surveyor in Northwest Manitoba, and then
r^years in the Lake Winnipeg region. Southeast of
il Athabaska there was an extensive unexplored
a! of country, and in it he spent the year 1892. Look-
Biorward into the possibilities for the future in re-
0 seemingly impossible of access, he began the
nrkable tour which, beginning in 1893, led across
« Barren Grounds, northeast from Lake Athabaska
' e northwest shores of Hudson Bay, at Chesterfield
il( thence down the west shore of Hudson Bay, to
»f Churchill, at the mouth of the Churchill river, in
e-itin. Of this trip, which covered 3,200 miles, 1,650
»Q)een theretofore unexplored, or if any part had
Sflexplored, no record or report had been made in any
'OJ From Churchill to the northern end of Lake
'Uipeg, a distance of 600 miles, the party walked on
lojihoes, completing the whole trip in about eight
jOihs. Again crossing the Barren Lands in 1894,
[rFyrrell took a route embracing the country be-
"« the north end of Reindeer Lake and the west
m of Hudson Bay, this time reaching Hudson Bay
w 200 miles southwest of Chesterfield Inlet, but as
«<li, making Churchill their objective point. Travel-
""rpfland in the beginning of winter, he touched Split
'1 Norway House, thence continuing southwest
ie east shore of Lake Winnipeg, to Selkirk, near
hernmost extremity. This expedition occupied
■iths and twenty-two days, covered a distance of
liftmiles, of which 1,750 were covered in canoes, and

750 on foot, with snowshoes. Like the previous one, it
was almost entirely through previously unexplored
territory. In 1895 Mr. Tyrrell began an extended ex-
ploration of the country northeast of Lake Winnipeg, of
which little was then known. The official reports of the
Canadian Geological Survey contain full reports of all
these expeditions and the work accomplished. Papers
from his hand have also been published in the "American
Journal of Science," in the "American Geologist,"
the "Bulletin of the American Geological Society,"
the "Canadian Record of Science," the "Geographical
Journal," the "Geological Magazine," "Science Pro-
ceedings of the Royal Society of Canada," the "Engin-
eering and Mining Journal," the "Transactions of the
Canadian Institute," etc. Aside from his contributions
to the above journals, he edited "A Journey from Prince
of Wales's Fort in Hudson Bay to the Northern Ocean,
in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 and 1772," by Samuel
Hearne, in 1911; and he is also the author and editor of
"Thompson's Narrative of his Explorations in Western
America, 1782 to 1812," a volume of 680 pages, pub-
lished in Toronto in 1916.

Leaving the service of the government in 1898, Mr.
Tyrrell went to Dawson, Yukon Territory, and for
several years was actively engaged both as a miner in
his own properties, and as a consulting mining engineer
for others. In 1906 he returned to Toronto, where for a
time he was engaged as mining engineer with Mackenzie,
Mann & Company. He has since successfully carried on
an extensive practice as mining and consulting engineer,
and is now consulting engineer for the Anglo-French
Exploration Company and the National Mining Corpor-
ation, both of London, England. He also has a consider-
able private clientele as consulting and valuing mining
engineer, and he is a director of the Lake Shore Mine,
at Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Mr. Tyrrell has received many honors in recognition
of his contributions to geographical, geological and
mining science. He has been a fellow of the Geological
Society since 1882, is a fellow of the Royal Society of
Canada, was awarded the Back award by the Royal
Geographical Society in 1896, and received the Mur-
chison Medal from the Geological Society of London
in 1918. Elected president of the Canadian Institute
n 1910, he was re-elected the two succeeding years. In
1921 he was one of the vice-presidents of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also
a member of the General Committee of the Imperial
Mineral Resources Bureau with headquarters in London,
England.

Gazetted lieutenant of the Governor-General's Foot
Guards in 1892, he was promoted to captain in' 1895,
and retired, retaining rank, in 1898. Fraternally, Mr.
Tyrrell is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons,
but has always declined office in this order on account
of the exacting nature of his private work. He is a
member of the National Club of Toronto, the University
Club of Montreal, the Royal Societies and the Junior
Constitutional clubs, of London, England, the Ex-
plorers' Club of New York City, the Rideau Club of
Ottawa, and the Rosedale Golf Club, of Toronto. He
is a member of the Anglican church, and resides at No.
14 Walmer road.

Mr. Tyrrell married, in Ottawa, February 14, 1894,
Mary Edith Carey, who was born at St. John, New
Brunswick, September 11, 1870. Mrs. Tyrrell is a
daughter of the late Rev. George M. W. Carey, one of
the ablest preachers in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Tyrrell
are the parents of three children: Mary Elizabeth
Carey, born January 29, 1896, whose education has
included courses at Branksome Hall, Toronto, High-
field, Hendon, England, the Agricultural College, at

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Guelph, Ontario, the Domestic Science Department of
the University of Toronto; George Carey, born July
30, 1900, educated in Upper Canada College, the Royal
Military College, and who is now engaged in mining
in Northern Ontario; and Thomas Andrew, born De-
cember 8, 1906, and educated in Upper Canada College.

ber of the Free and Accepted Masons. His college
ternity is the Phi Delta Phi.

In 1920 Mr. Burden married, in Toronto, Hai
Crocker, of Toronto. They reside at No. 55 Appl(
avenue, and are members of the Church of England.

HUGH DUNFIELD— One of Toronto's leading
merchants, Mr. Dunfield was born in County Lanark,
Ontario, son of John and Eliza Dunfield. He was
educated in the public schools and, at the age of seven-
teen, became a clerk in a general store at Almont, On-
tario. After spending some time in this position, Mr.
Dunfield moved to Ottawa and for five years occupied
a position as clerk in a dry goods store. A keen student
of merchandise and merchandizing methods, he availed
himself of the splendid opportunity afforded him by this
position to become an expert judge of values and to
formulate a policy of successful salesmanship. He gave
up his connection with the firm at Ottawa in order to
test his ability to sell under adverse as well as under
favorable conditions, and spent a number of years on
the road as a traveling salesman. Mr. Dunfield then
decided to enter the field of business on his own account
and established a men's furnishing store at Toronto.
Into this venture he put all of his capital and the dearly
■won experience of many years of painstaking work. He
made his store unique, and stamped its methods with his
own individuality. "The stock in trade was personally
selected by him, and as a result of his good taste and
wide knowledge of sartorial matters, it pleased fastidious
buyers no less than the usual customers, who have little
time to consider what is correct and prefer to rely upon
the store that supplies their needs. Such an establish-
ment, operated by a merchant of real ability, one with
enthusiasm for his work, was bound to succeed wherever
it was placed, and Toronto quickly signified its approval
of Mr. Dunfield's place. "The business has been and
continues to be extremely prosperous. A few years ago
a clothing department was added to the main store and
many new hands were given work. The firm is incor-
porated and is known as Hugh Dunfield & Company,
Ltd., Mr. Dunfield being president of the company,
G. B. Dunfield, vice-president, and R. A. Dunfield,
secretary-treasurer. Mr. Dunfield is a member of the
Methodist church. He belongs to the Canadian Order
of Foresters, and to the Lake Shore Country Club.

Mr. Dunfield married Miss Bradshaw, daughter of
John and Catherine Bradshaw, and they have three
children: Gertrude C, Gordon B., and Radford A.
Dunfield.

JOHN M. BURDEN— One of the younger barristers
of Toronto, John M. Burden has established his office
in this city since his return from service overseas with
the Imperial army, and is meeting with gratifying suc-
cess.

Mr. Burden was born in Salvage, Newfoundland,
December 7, 1890, and attended the public schools of
his native place, then the Bishop Field College, at St.
John's, Newfoundland. In 1912 he came to the city of
Toronto, and here entered Osgoode Hall Law School,
where he prepared for his profession. Enlisting for
service overseas in 1916, Mr. Burden served with the
Canadian Forces as lieutenant in the C. A. S. C, then
was transferred to the Imperial Forces, in the Royal
Garrison Artillery, and was discharged in June, 1919.
Thereafter, returning home he was called to the bar in
1920, and has since become established in the general
practice of law, and is going forward in the profession.

Mr. Burden is a member of the Ontario Bar Associa-
tion, of the Toronto Board of Trade, and is also a mem-

JOHN T. HODGSON— A sound and conserva
man of business, Mr. Hodgson was born at Orange\
Ontario, February 12, 1883, son of Robert and Let
(Scott) Hodgson. When he was about ten years
his parents became residents of Toronto. They estab:
ed the family home in Ward Six and have lived t
continuously for the past twenty-nine years.

Mr. Hodgson received his education in the Tor(
public schools. When his education was compk
he entered his father's business. The elder Mr. Hod|
was at that time engaged in the manufacture of carria
The work in the carriage factory did not prove enti
suitable for Mr. Hodgson, however, and at the ag
twenty he gave it up and entered the service of
Aikenhead Hardware Company, Ltd. He held an in(
position with this firm for three years, and then
came a salesman for the house in Toronto and
surrounding district. As a selling representative of
firm, he held this territory for seven years, and <
year proved more profitable than the one before,
might have continued as a salesman but his goal
always been an independent business, and in 191!
decided to capitalize his training and experience wit!
further delay. His first venture was in the hard\
field. He opened a retail store in West Toronto and
two years conducted it with success, but the la
opportunity that presented itself in the real estate
contracting business caused him to sell out and e
a new field. He established himself as an indepem
contractor and dealer in real estate, and within a
months found himself on the road to success,
business grew rapidly and he is now paying ratei
extensive holdings in Wards Six and Seven of the
proper, and is also heavily interested in outside pre
ties. Mr. Hodgson owes very little to luck, but e\
thing to perseverance and industry. He believe
substantiality in business affairs as opposed to sf
lation, and has great faith in the future of Toronto.

A lover of out-door life, he finds recreation in sj
of all kinds, and is usually on hand when sporting ev
in either the amateur or professional field take I
at Toronto. Mr. Hodgson belongs to the Orange o
In religious faith, he is a Methodist.

On October 11, 1909, he married Mary Ellen Pea i
daughter of William and Mary Ellen (Dodd) Pea i
Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson have three children: I"
Ellen, who was born February 21, 1911, John Theo i
who was born April 9, 1915, and Evelyn Pearl t
who was born in 1919.

RUPERT GOFF BRUCE— At the head of
Canadian interests of an important American firm
Bruce is finding success in the electro-chemical
He is a son of Stewart and Isabella (Morrow) B
long residents of Port Perry, Ontario. The father,
was engaged in farming in Port Perry throughou
active lifetime, was born near Cartwright, On
about 1842, and died in 1912. The mother died in

Rupert Goff Bruce was born at Port Perry, Or.
May 27, 1881, and received his early education i
public and high schools of his native town,
pleting his preparation for his career with a
at Upper Canada College, he entered the coii-t:
department of the Canadian Pacific railway i
remaining for two years. In 1903 he became as.^ ■
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pacity of accountant, and was with this concern for
period of three years. He then entered business for
mself under the name of the R. G. Bruce Company,
td., acting as manufacturers' agent, and handling
aetro-chemicals. Continuing thus until 1911, the R.
. Bruce Company, Ltd., was then amalgamated with
e Hanson & Van Winkle Company, of Newark, New
Tsey, under the name of the Canadian Hanson &
in Winkle Company, Ltd. This concern manufactures
;ctro-plating machinery and supplies, including brush-
, buffs, compositions, anodes and heavy chemicals for
;ctro plating and polishing. The business reaches
roughout the Dominion, and is entirely under the
pervision of Mr. Bruce. Started in a small way,
is business has grown to large proportions, and now
iploys one hundred skilled men. It is the only business
this nature in Canada. As the head of this important
terest, Mr. Bruce is a member of the Canadian Manu-
rturers' Association, and of the Toronto Board of
•ade. Fraternally he holds membership in Zetland
idge. No. 329, Free and Accepted Masons, and poli-
;ally he is a Conservative. He is a member of the Royal
madian Yacht Club, of the Ontario Club, the Albany
ub, the Lambton Golf Club, this game being his
liding recreative interest, of the Ontario Jockey Club,
id the Toronto Skating Club. He is affiliated with St.
! ul's Anglican Church.

Mr. Bruce married, in Toronto, March 21, 1908,
' rry Irving, of this city, and they reside at No. 124
I .stle Frank road. Mr. Bruce's brother. Dr. H. A. Bruce,
h prominent physician of Toronto, and his life is also
nnewed in this work.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOSEPH BARTLETT
DGERS — A native son of Western Canada, Colonel
ligers was born at Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 31,
156, son of James E. and Alice (Brown) Rogers. He
reived his preliminary education in the Model School
c Canada and proceeded in due course to Upper Canada
(liege at Toronto.

illolonel Rogers entered the field of business at the
ely age of eighteen years, when he found an opening
i:a wholesale hardware house as an apprentice. Two
yirs later he became a salesman for a firm of umbrella
r' nufacturers. He remained with the firm for five years,
ai the position afforded him an invaluable business
tilling. With full confidence in the boundless oppor-
tiities Canada presents to energetic men of business,
( lonel Rogers decided to enter the manufacturing field
a an independent producer. He opened an establish-
nnt for the manufacture of children's headware,
liies' neckwear, and belts, on July 14, 1913. One year
al one month later, on August 14, 1914, Colonel Rogers
yunteered for service in the World War. He became
liitenant of the Toronto Regiment, Third Canadian
1 antry Battalion, and sixteen months later was
pmoted to the rank of captain. Four months after his
p motion to the rank of captain, he became major, and
o September 2, 1916, was promoted to the rank of
liitenant-colonel and given command of the Third
Ettalion. He continued to hold this command until the
el of the war, serving with great distinction. He was
nntioned in dispatches, and received the decorations of
ti Mons Star, the Military Cross, the medal of Distin-
gshed Service Order with Bar, and the insignia of a
ciimander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
r. received his honorable discharge on July 25, 1918.
0 January 1, 1922, Colonel Rogers was appointed
hiorary aid-de-camp to Lord Byng, Governor General
oj^anada.

fpon his return to Canada, Colonel Rogers re-entered
hi chosen field of business. At the present time, he is

president of the Rogers-Frankfort Company, Ltd., of
Toronto, the company's operations extending throughout
Canada, their products marketed by their own represen-
tatives. The business occupies 38,000 square feet of floor
space, and about 125 people are employed. Colonel
Rogers is also president of the Billett Importing Com-
pany, importers of silks and woolens, and vice-president
of the Perfection Children's Cloak Company, Ltd.
Colonel Rogers is a member of the Church of the Re-
deemer (Anglican).

Colonel Rogers married, on June 23, 1920, Helen
Leadbetter, daughter of H. M. and Louise Leadbetter,
and they are the parents of a son, Bartlett Leadbetter
Rogers, who was born on April 7, 1921. The family
home is at No. 8 Mackenzie avenue.

FRANK W. CALLAGHAN— Taking a prominent
position in the city of Toronto as a barrister, and interest-
ed also in timber, Mr. Callaghan is a representative man
of the younger group in the profession to-day. He is a
son of Thomas Francis and Margaret Callaghan, but
his father, who was a well known educator and connect-
ed with the normal school, is now deceased.

Mr. Callaghan was born in Toronto, December 19,
1893, and attending first the separate schools, continued
his education at St. Michael's College, thereafter
entering the University of Toronto, from which he was
graduated in the class of 1913, with the degree of Bachelor
of Arts. Having determined upon his field of future
activity, he then entered Osgoode Hall Law School, from
which he was graduated in 1916, also receiving, in that
same year, from the University of Toronto, the degree
of Bachelor of Laws. He has since conducted a general
practice of law in this city, with offices at No. 26 Queen
street. East.

Mr. Callaghan is a member of the Ontario Bar Assoc-
iation, and politically his convictions align with the
principles of the Liberal party. Outside of the city Mr.
Callaghan has large interests in timber, operating a
saw mill in Kaladar, Ontario, and also owning a tract of
timber land in Eastern Ontario. He resides at No. 74
Sparkhall avenue, and is a member of the Roman
Catholic church.

On June 21, 1919, Mr. Callaghan married, in Toronto,
Gussie Woods, of this city, and they have one son, Frank
Walker Callaghan.

WILLIAM ARTHUR SUMMERVILLE devoted
his early years to musical activity, and although his
principal interests at the present time are in real estate,
he has still deep attachment for all forms of musical art.
He is well known in the city, and represents his ward
upon the Board of Alderman.

William Arthur Summerville is a son of Hugh and
Mary (Wagner) Summerville, his father a native of
Sharon, Ontario, his mother born in Uxbridge, Ontario.
Hugh Summerville was a millwright, and his death oc-
curred when William A. was a boy of about fourteen
years, the mother surviving to the present (1923) a
resident of Toronto.

Mr. Summerville was born in Bruce county, Ontario,
July 8, 1879, and received his education in the Toronto
public schools, Toronto having become the family
home during his infancy. His musical career began as a
boy of ten years, the cornet being the instrument to
which he devoted his study, and for ten years he was a
member of the 48th Highlanders Band, serving under
Colonel Crosby, Colonel Davidson and Colonel Robert-
son. In 1898 he went on concert tour throughout Canada
and the United States and was most cordially received
in all of the cities of his itinerary by the public and criti-
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he was a member of the William H. West Minstrel
Troupe, formerly of Primrose & West, and during all of
his time upon the road was continuing his musical study
and composition. For more than twenty-five years he
has been a member of the American Federation of
Musicians, and at no time has his interest in things
musical lagged.

About 1908 Mr. Summerville entered the real estate
business as a salesman and after four years' experience,
embarked upon an independent venture, locating his
office in the Danforth section of Toronto. When the
Dominion Bank erected a building for its branch at the
corner of Danforth and Logan avenues, Mr. Summerville
took an office in this building and this is his present place
of business. His operations include dealings in commer-
cial and industrial real estate, as well as residential, and
he has won substantial place in his calling in the city.
He is a member of the Toronto Real Estate Board, and
president of the Danforth Business Men's Association.

In the election of 1922 Mr. Summerville was placed
upon the Board of Alderman from the First Ward by
the largest vote ever polled for this office. He is a member
of the Property Committee in this body and has made
his influence felt in committee and in the deliberation
of the board. Politically, he is a Conservative. Mr.
Summerville is a member of the Masonic order, and
Riverdale Lodge of Orangemen. His club is the Canadian,
and for the past twenty years he has been a member of
the Theatrical Mutual Benevolent Association.

Mr. Summerville married, in Toronto, in 1907,
Alberta Dean White, born in Toronto, daughter of
Charles and Cecelia (Fair) White, her father a native
of Bradford, England, her mother born in Lindsay,
Ontario. Her father, a cabinet maker, survives to the
present (1923); her mother has been deceased for many
years. Mr. and Mrs. Summerville have the following
children: 1. William Hugh, born May 4, 1908. 2.
Ross Francis, born June 20, 1910, died in 1911. 3. Don-
ald Dean, born August 4, 1915. 4. June Louvain,
born June 30, 1918.

IRA HOWARD CROSBY— A son of Ira Gilbert
Crosby, who was treasurer of the town of Uxbridge for
nearly half a century, Mr. Crosby was born at Uxbridge
and educated in the public schools of the same place.
His father was born at Markham, Ontario, in the year
1832, and came to Uxbridge, where he opened a general
store in 1860. Of the utmost probity, a reformer in
politics, and possessing superior judgment in public
affairs, he was presently elected to the office of town
treasurer. His service to the community in this office
was so highly regarded that he continued to hold the
office of treasurer for the remainder of his life. He died
at Uxbridge in 1909. Mr. Crosby's mother, Frances
(Wheler) Crosby, was born at Stouffville, Ontario, in
1838, and is still living.

Mr. Crosby was graduated from the Uxbridge High
School with the class of 1891, and entered the field of
business as an employee of the Conger Coal Company
of Toronto. An active and ambitious worker, he soon
began to manifest a keen interest in all questions re-
lating to the production and marketing of coal. During
the eleven years of his association with the Conger
Company, he made an exhaustive study of Canadian
coal measures and acquired an accurate and detailed
knowledge oi domestic and foreign markets. He left the
Conger Company in order to accompany Professor
WiJlmott, the expert of the Lake Superior Corporation,
to the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario. Returning
to Toronto six months later, he entered the service of the
Elias Rogers Coal Company, the leading coal merchants
of the city. Mr, Crosby was city salesman for the Rogers

Company for a period of seven years. In 1908 he esta
lished himself as an independent wholesale and reti
dealer at No. 2010 Dundas street, West, his prese
address. Mr. Crosby's success has been built upon gre
industry, enthusiasm, and a long study of coal as a bas
commodity, and in all ranks of the business his judgme
is highly respected.

For many years, Mr. Crosby has been active as
curler, being widely known in this field of sport. I
belongs to the High Park Curling Club, and is also
member of the High Park Club, of which he has bei
for some years a member of the board of directors. }
is a Mason, and belongs to St. Andrew's Blue Lodg
He attends the Howard Park Methodist Church.

Mr. Crosby married, in 1908, at Toronto, Mina i
Webb, daughter of George Webb. Mrs. Crosby's fath
was the proprietor of a farm in Uxbridge township, ai
she was born at the family home there. Mr. and Mi
Crosby have two children: FVed G., and Winifred Ha
bly Crosby.

WILLIAM CAWKELL— A resident of Canac
for the past fifteen years, Mr. Cawkell was born
England, at Oldcotes, Nottinghamshire, March
1863, the son of John Hancock and Annie (Norwoo^
Cawkell. His father, a native of Hull, was engaged
the real estate business in Yorkshire and Nottinghar
shire until his death in 1901. Mr Cawkell's mother, wl
was born in England, August 4, 1839, died in Decembf
1921.

Mr, Cawkell was educated in the public schools
Oldcotes and at the BIyth High School. Upon leavii
school, he served an apprenticeship with the firm
James Whelan & Company. He remained at Whelar
for seven years and then became second man in tl
woolen department of John Rylands & Son Compan
Ltd., of London, England. He spent three years
Rylands, on Wood street, leaving them to take char
of a department for Cope & Company, of Wolverham
ton. Nine years later, he gave up his position with t!
firm and went to Glasgow as manager of the Glasg(
branch of Thomas Howell & Company. Born ai
brought up in one of the centres of the world * wool
industry, and having made the study of wool his li
work, Mr. Cawkell had by this time become an expe
on all matters connected with the production ai
marketing of the commodity. During the six years
remained with them his services were highly prized
Thomas Howell & Company, but the time came wh
Mr. Cawkell decided to go into business tor himsf
Accordingly, he retired from the managership of t
firm's business at Glasgow and established himself as
independent woolen dealer. He maintained his c
business at Glasgow until 1907 when he came to Toror
Mr. Cawkell's thoughts had long been turning towai
Canada as a land of opportunity and freedom, and, ms
ing a definite break with the past, he came to see what t
great Dominion had to offer him. Upon his arrvial
Toronto, he entered the field of Canadian business
auditor for Park, Blackwell & Company. He afterwai
became assistant accountant for the J. F. Brown Co
pany, with whom he remained until 1910, when he 1
came oflSce manager of the F. C. Burroughs Furniti
Company, Ltd. Becoming secretary of this compa
shortly afterwards, he remained with them until 19
when he was appointed resident secretary of the Fur
ture Manufacturers' Association, a position he has h
ever since. If giving up an established business e
coming as a stranger to a new country is a test of ad:
tability, Mr. Cawkell may be said to have passed
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;e for himself and his family in the business and social

of Toronto.

Ir. Cawkell is a Catholic, and belongs to St. John's
holic Church, of Toronto. He is an active member
ihe Empire Club, the Toronto Chess Club, and the
my Beach Bowling Club.

Sir. Cawkell married (first) in 1885, Elizabeth Roch-
II, of London, England, and they were the parents of

children: Mary Agnes, born in September, 1888; and
nund, born in November, 1890. After the first
1. Cawkell's death, Mr. Cawkell married (second) An-

Piercey, of Salisbury, England, and two children
e born of this marriage: Kenneth A., born December

1901; and Dorothy Mary, born October 16, 1910.
I Cawkell's son, Edmund, is a veteran of the World

•. He enlisted for service in the First Honourable

llery Company in 1914 and spent eighteen months
iictive service in the trenches. He was then given

immission in the Royal Rifles, and shortly after his
' rn to the front was severely wounded in action. He
! vered from his wounds but was not able to return

he firing line. Accordingly, he was appointed in-

ctor in swords and bayonets, serving in that capac-
: until his discharge in 1919. During his military
ler he was sports' instructor for his regiment. He was
iharged with the rank of lieutenant. The family
^le at No. 47 Spruce Hill road, Toronto.

EORGE WILLIAM PARK HOOD— Eighteen
;s of successful practice as barrister in the city of
cimto has placed George W. P. Hood among the
sing professional men of the city. Mr. Hood is a
I, of James and Sarah (Sebben) Hood. James Hood
Eborn in Whitby, Ontario, and died in 1917. He was
1 ged in the cattle business during his entire active
Vme. Sarah Sebben was born at Stratford, Ontario.

sorge W. P. Hood was born in Perth county, On-
V, November 12, 1877, but the removal of the
ily to Woodstock during his childhood divided his
lol attendance between the two towns. He later
tided Woodstock Collegiate Institute, then pre-
id. for his profession at Osgoode Hall Law School.
lid to the bar in 1904, he has since conducted a
ring general practice, and also acts in an advisory
I city for the Toronto Hockey League. He is a
€ ber of the Anglican church.

Jr. Hood married (first) Minnie Williamson, of
) William, Ontario, in 1911, and they were the
n:its of four children. Mrs. Hood died in December,
•I. He married (second) in Whitby, Ontario, Jane
il's, of Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
li family reside at No. 202 Clendenan Avenue.

l^WIS BARTER — Carrying forward a thriving hxisi-
^ interest along the lines of automobile batteries
If alties, Lewis Barter is taking a prominent position
e business world of Toronto.- He is a son of James
itElizabeth Barter, natives of England, who came to
aida in 1908, and have since resided in Toronto.

Iwis Barter was born in the town of High Barnet,
nand, May 27, 1880, and was educated in the schools
ilmer. At the age of seventeen years he went to
0 on, England, where he was engaged in the electrical
i< lattery business until 1906. In that year Mr. Baiter
n rated to Canada, locating in Toronto, where he
aifirst employed by the General Electric Company,
eien became associated with G. W. Verral, along the
n line of activity, remaining in this connection until
'1 He then founded his present business which during
leirst year bore the firm name of the Lewis Barter
a'^ry Specialty Company, after which he received a
ir er into the firm, at that time changing the name to

the Canadian Storage Battery Company of Ontario.
The concern has made remarkable growth, and now
stands among the leaders in this field in Ontario, if not
in the Dominion, specializing in storage batteries.
They are located at No. 113 Simcoe street.

A member of the "Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Barter
is widely known in this city, and fraternally he holds
membership in the Masonic order, Zeta Lodge, No. 410,
Free and Accepted Masons.

Mr. Barter married Sophia Manning, of Burton-on-
Trent, England, and they have three children: Lillian,
now Mrs. Norman Thompson, of Toronto, William
John, who is connected with his father, and Beatrice.

GEORGE ROY MOORE— One of the progressive
young men of Toronto is George R. Moore, who for
more than eight years has served the city in the office
of secretary of the treasury. He is a son of the late
Thomas Moore, who was a prominent building con-
tractor.

George R. Moore was born in Wingham, Ontario,
January 26, 1886, and educated in the Wingham and
Toronto public schools, and Humberside Collegiate
Institute, taking a business and secretarial course at
the Nimmo and Harrison Business College, Toronto.
His first position was with the Canadian Pacific railway
in the capacity of clerk, and he continued in this posi-
tion for a period of three years. He then entered the
City Hall at West Toronto as assistant to the treasurer,
and remained there until West Toronto was annexed to
the city of Toronto in 1909, and in 1913 succeeded Mr.
R. W. Clewlo as secretary of the city treasury, still hold-
ing this oflSce. In fraternal and athletic circles Mr.
Moore is well known. He is a member of Stanley Lodge,
No. 426, Free and Accepted Masons of West Toronto,
and is past master of his lodge. He formerly played both
lacrosse and hockey, and is fond of all out-door sports.

Mr. Moore married, in Toronto, Ethel Louise Wood-
burn, and they have two children: Clifford George and
Ruth Ethel. The family attends St. John's Anglican
Church.

LESLIE HUDSON SEALE— Son of a sugar planter
of the Barbados, Mr. Seale was born at Bridgetown,
on this island, and remained in the British West Indies
until his seventeenth year, when he came to Canada.
His business life has been spent in financial connections,
including a brief period in charge of exchange for an
exporting and importing house at New York City, and he
is now president of Seale & Company, Ltd., of Toronto,
brokers and fiscal agents, which have conducted ex-
tensive and successful operations in the district in the
comparatively brief period of its existence.

Leslie Hudson Seale was born May 5, 1885, son ol
Benjamin Howell Seale, of the parish of St Andrew's,
and obtained his education in Codrington College,
Barbados. Upon the completion of his studies he re-
mained on his father's plantation until 1902 when he
came to Canada and entered the service of the Domin-
ion Bank in Toronto as a junior clerk. He later became
an accountant in the head office in Toronto, subsequently
was manager of the Bleury street branch at Montreal
and was assistant manager of the head office at the time of
his resignation in 1918. For a time he was connected
with W. R. Grace & Company, of New York City, ex-
porters and importers, there having charge of the
firm's exchange department, his length of service cover-
ing about eight months. In the latter part of 1919 he
returned to Toronto and organized L. H . Seale & Com-
pany, brokers and fiscal agents, and early in 1920 in-
corporation was made as Seale & Company, Ltd , with
Mr. Seale as president. This company has had charge

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of the promotion of several enterprises of proven worth
and merit, and Mr. Seale, becoming interested in oil,
promoted the Abrams West Columbia Oil Company,
Ltd, of which Senator W. H. Sharpe is president, Mr.
Seale, secretary and treasurer. The head offices of the
Abrams West Columbia Oil Company, Ltd , are in
Toronto, its capitalization $1,000,000, and its wells
are at West Columbia, Texas, where the company has
ninety-seven acres under lease. Mr. Seale was instrumen-
tal in bringing about a merger with the Abrams West
Columbia Oil Company, Ltd , and the Hyde Production
Company of Houston, Texas, of which Mr. Seale is a
director. The Hyde Production Company is a successful
producing company, owning and controlling over 1,500
acres in the proven oil fields of West Columbia and
Damon Mound, Texas.

Mr. Seale is a member of the Masonic order, affiliating
with Royal Victoria Lodge, of Montreal. He is a mem-
ber of the Thornhill Golf and Country Club, and makes
golf his chief recreation, although in former years he
was well known as an oarsman and rowed in the famous
Argonaut crew.

Mr. Seale married, in Toronto, Marie Mitchell,
daughter of Thomas A. Mitchell, of the firm of Denton,
Mitchell & Duncan, wholesale dry goods merchants, and
they are the parents of two children: John Gordon, and
Murray Mitchell Seale.

SAMUEL JOSEPH BIRNBAUM— Of the young
men who have become established in Toronto as bar-
risters, Samuel J. Birnbaum is a well known figure. He
is a son of Louis Birnbaum, who is engaged in the raw
fur business in this city.

Samuel J. Birnbaum was born in the year 1892, and
came to Toronto in 1898 with the family. His early
education was received in the Jarvis Street Grammar
School, from which he graduated with an Edward Blake
Scholarship. He received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts from the University of Toronto in the class of
1911, winning the P. W. Ellis gold medal in political
science. His professional course followed at Osgoode
Hall Law School, and he was called to the bar in 1914.
For some time Mr. Birnbaum was a member of the law
firm of Watson, Smoke, Smith & Sinclair, then in
1921, established his own office in his present location
at No. 186 Bay street. He has made a promising be-
ginning and his friends feel assured of his success.

In the various interests of the Jewish people of Tor-
onto Mr. Birnbaum is deeply interested, and some years
ago wrote a history of their achievements from 1834 to
1895. This was published by the "Canadian Jewish
Times " of Montreal, in a series of articles. He is a
member of the Order of B'nai B'rith, of the Central
Y. M. C. A. and also of the Young Men's Hebrew
Association. He resides at No. 226 Beverley street,
Toronto, and attends Holy Blossom Synagogue.

JOHN H. TURNBULL, is secretary-treasurer of
the Turnbull Elevator Company, Ltd., of Toronto, which
has the distinction of being the only concern in the
Dominion active in the manufacture of elevators, and
which looks back for its origin over a period of forty-
five years to the time when Michael Turnbull estab-
lished the first company in Hamilton, Ontario, with a
partner, under the name of Leitch & Turnbull.

Michael Turnbull was born in Scotland in 1851,
and came to Canada as a young man, in the seventies,
locating in Hamilton. There he began the manufacture
of elevators in association with Mr. Leitch in the year
1876. The start was made on a small scale, but the
constantly growing demand for their product kept pace
with the development of the centers of population.

and the business became an extensive and impor
interest. In 1900 Mr. Turnbull came to Toronto
established the plant in this city, under the nam
the Turnbull & Russell Company, and with his
Harry C, conducted the business here. About 1
Mr. John Russell retired from the business. In :
his second son, John H. Turnbull, entered the busii
and in 1910 the youngest son, W. Gordon Turnbull,
was received into the concern. On June 15, 1920,
business was incorporated, the officers being as foll(
president, Michael Turnbull, vice-presidents, Harrj
and W. Gordon Turnbull; secretary and treasi
John H. Turnbull. With the head offices and fac
at Nos. 126-132 John street, and a large branch fac
at Nos. 257-259 Richmond street. West, the con
is now doing a very extensive business. They r
ufacture and install both passenger and freight el
tors, their business extending throughout the Do
ion of Canada. They also have branch offices in Mont
Quebec, and agencies at Vancouver, British Colum
Calgary, Alberta, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Fort Wil
and Ottawa, Ontario, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. A
the incorporation the firm name became the Tun
Elevator Company, Ltd., and Michael Turnbull,
had guided its fortunes for so many years, and is
nominally the head, turned over the active man
ment of the business to his sons, who are now carr
it forward successfully. The concern holds member
in the Canadian Manufacturers' Association anc
the Toronto Board of Trade.

Michael Turnbull has long held membersliip in
George Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and
member of the Bloor Street Presbyterian Church,
married, in Hamilton, Ontario, Margaret Har
and their three sons are all now engaged in the busi
of which the father was the founder. Harry C. Turr
was born in Hamilton in 1878, and educated in the sell
of that city. He is now a member of the Rotary C
and of the Canadian Order of Foresters, and a memb
the Presbyterian church. He married, in Tore
in 1915, Martha Boyd Glover of this city, and •
have two children: Harvey Glover and Mary I
garet.

John H. Turnbull was born in Hamilton in 1
and also received his education there. He is nc
member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and of
Parkdale Canoe Club. He is single, and is a mer
of the Presbyterian Church.

W. Gordon Turnbull was born in Hamilton in 1
and received his early education in the public schoo
that city, later attending Jarvis Street Collegiate
stitute, completing his studies at the Universit.
Toronto, from which he was graduated in 1909, wit!
degree of Bachelor of Science. He is a membt
Ashlar Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and of
Toronto Board of Trade, and holds membershi
the Presbyterian church. He married, in June, 1,
Eleanor Boyd Dignum, of Toronto. I

CHARLES T. RODDY— For forty years the i
of Roddy has been identified with the printing
ness in "Toronto, taking a leading position from thi
ginning. Charles Roddy, the founder and for r
years the head of the business, was born in Ton
Ontario, in 1846, and died in Toronto, Januar
1921. Receiving a practical education in the
Grammar School, he entered the world of industry
young man, serving an apprenticeship with his bro
William Roddy, at the printer's trade. This trai
followed as a journeyman until 1882, and in
year established himself in business under his own n
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The business has been carried forward along the

le general lines throughout its history, and as his

s became of age Mr. Roddy taught them the busi-

s, later receiving them into the concern. Until his

th Charles Roddy retained the active management,

the business has since been conducted by his sons.

irles Roddy married Catherine Welsh, and they were

parents of four sons and one daughter: Charles T.,

ioert E., Frederick, Reginald R., and Edith Annie.

"harles T. Roddy was born in Toronto in 1871, and

liived his education in the public schools of the city.

ving a regular apprenticeship to the printer's trade

ler his father, he has always been associated with the

iness, and is now active in its management. He is

Indent of the Thirteen Club, and finds his favorite

i -eative interest in music.

lobert E. Roddy was born in Toronto, July 13,
;3, and educated in the public schools and business
lege. He has also been associated with the business
i:e leaving school, and is still a member of the firm,
i chief relaxation is motoring, and he is a member
'he Ontario Motor League.

rederick Roddy was born November 3, 1886, and
tmded the public schools and business college. He
; been associated with the firm since 1913.
Reginald R. Roddy was born in Toronto, October 14,
83, and was educated in the public schools and the
ids Street Collegiate Institute, of which he is a
iuate. His first business position was in the capacity
ost accountant with the Steel & Radiation Company,
where he remained for three years. In 1917 he
isted in the Cobourg Heavy Battery and went over-
He was transferred there to the 4th Trench Mor-
ai, and served until some months after the armistice,
'xning home in 1919, and entering the firm of Charles
uldy & Sons, of which he is now a member.
located at No. 46 Lombard street, in Toronto, the
cj-ern is doing a large business along the same lines
' ch it has always followed, employs twelve people,
r holds membership in the Toronto Typothetae.

lEUTENANT-COLONEL SAMUEL GUSTAVUS
tpKETT — A leading name on Toronto's Roll of
[lor, and a name holding especial significance in
tiario for long service in the Canadian Army, is that
f'Jeutenant-Colonel Samuel Gustavus Beckett, who
i in action in France, laying on the altar of duty a
frich in personal dignity and high achievement.

ieutenant-Colonel Beckett was born in Toronto in
81, the son of Edward and Mary Ann (Butland)
likett. Edward Beckett was the owner of a large
3idry on the site of the present City Hall of Toronto.
I was born in England, came here as a young man,
r became an influence for progress in industrial and
i'; affairs. He was a well known temperance worker
r prominent in every movement for the public good.

ieutenant-Colonel Beckett received his early edu-
am in the public schools of his native city, and
'r)ared for college at the Jarvis Street Collegiate
nitute. He then entered Cornell University, at
t ca. New York, from which he was graduated in due
ftjse with the degree of Bachelor of Scientific Arts.
fh this excellent preparation for his carrer. Lieutenant
'onel Beckett entered upon the practice of his chosen
ression of architecture, spending a few years with
i^iren; firms about the city to gain breadth of ex-
e?nce. He then entered a partnership with Lieutenant-
;!inel Vaux Chadwick, and for about seventeen
e-s this partnership continued, during which time
h firm, under the name of Chadwick & Beckett,
ailed much of the finer residential, industrial and
Ojinercial construction work of the period. To the

residents of Toronto, who are familiar with the great
advance in the building industries in the eaily years
of the twentieth century, the significance of this con-
cern to the public progress Ls evident. Among the many
structures of importance which they designed are the
Telfer Biscuit Company's buildings, William Neilson's
plant, and others, the enumeration of which is im-
possible, due to the limit of space. Their work in every
instance is an example of the most approved principles
of the time in this art, and stands as a monument to
the worth and dignity of the minds which originated
it.

Not only in the world of business and its kindred
arts will Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett's name be most
highly honored in the years to come. His period of
service in the Canadian army covers more than two
decades. He was first a member of Company I, of the
"Queen's Own Rifles," (Second Regiment), and was
early made corporal of his company. He was later
promoted to major of the Mississauga Horse, and was
still later made lieutenant-colonel and placed in com-
mand of the 75th Regiment, 11th Brigade, 4th Division.
It was in command of this regiment that Lieutenant-
Colonel Beckett crossed to France during the World
War, and to the mutual gratification of the commander
and his men the fortunes of war did not immediately
separate them. But while leading an attack against the
enemy on March 1, 1917, Lieutenant-Colonel
Beckett was killed in action. On the same day Colonel
Kimball, commander of the 54th Battalion, and many
of the gallant men who followed them, made the supreme
sacrifice.

Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett was a man to inspire
the fullest loyalty from those who served under him.
Sparing himself no hardships by virtue of his position,
he gave himself utterly to his duty, whatever it might
involve, and his going on the field of battle, upholding
the honor of the Empire, was a fitting close to a life of
service, and such a close as he himself would have chosen.
History gives to the world the story, and in the colossal
magnitude of the struggle and the hideous toll exacted,
Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett's name is only one among
many, but in the hearts of countless friends who knew
him and appreciated the innate fineness of the man,
his name will live as long as memory lasts, the name of
an honored hero. Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett was the
recipient, not long before his death, of the Twenty-year
Service Medal, a much coveted decoration in the army.
He was also mentioned in despatches. He was a member
of the Military Institute and other orders of the Can-
adian service. In civilian life he was a well known mem-
ber of the University and jockey clubs, and his college
fraternity was the Delta Upsilon.

Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett married, in Barrie, On-
tario, in 1907, Florence Ethel Fletcher, daughter of
the late Robert Ester and Jane (Ronald) Fletcher.
Mrs. Beckett's father was a very prominent figure in
the public life of the city of Barrie. He was warden of
the County of Simcoe and held many other offices; was
a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, thirty-
second degree. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite,
and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was
a prominent architect of Barrie. Lieutenant-Colonel
and Mrs. Beckett's four children are as follows: Mar-
jorie, Philip, Ronald, and Samuel. The youngest child
was born in England, after his lamented father's death.
Mrs. Beckett now resides at No. 404 Brunswick avenue,
in "Toronto.

A. CAMERON MACNAUGHTON— Three genera-
tions of the Macnaughton family have been of Canadian
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having been founded in the Dominion by his grand-
father, Rev. Peter Macnaughton, M.A. of Glasgow
University, Scotland. He came to Ontario as a Presby-
terian clergyman about 1830, and held charges at
Pickering and Maple, both in this Province. Mr.
Macnaughton is a son of Alexander M. and Catherine
(Cameron) Macnaughton, both natives of Vaughan
township, York county. Alexander N. Macnaughton was
engaged in farming for several years but has long been
retired, his wife's death having occurred in 1888.

A. Cameron Macnaughton was born in Vaughan
township, York county, July 5, 1887, and after prepar-
atory study in Richmond Hill High School, entered
Trinity College, being graduated with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in 1908. Legal study in the Osgoode
Hall Law School followed, and upon graduation in
1900 he was called to the bar. His practice has been
general in nature and the first decade of his professional
work has brought a generous degree of success. Mr.
Macnaughton is a Liberal in political belief.

He married in June, 1912, in Toronto, Sybil E. McMar-
tin of this city, and they are the parents of three children:
M. Alexander, Archibald C, and P. Martin. Mr. and
Mrs. Macnaughton are members of the Methodist
church and their lesidence is at No. 14 Glencairn _ave-
nue.

A. CLUBB & SONS, LIMITED— The executive
head of one of the most extensive retail interests in
Toronto, Azariah Clubb, is widely known in this city,
also in Montreal, where the concern also operates a
retail store. The name of Clubb has been identified with
letail tobacco interestsin Canada for forty-four years.

Azariah Clubb, the founder of the original store,
was born in England and came to Canada about 1866.
He established a store at No. 85 York street, in Toronto.
The growth of the business was rapid and steady, and
in 1895 it was removed to No. 5 King street, West,
where the Dominion Bank building now stands. There
were other retail stores, branches of the parent store,
opened at various points about the city as Mr. Clubb's
sons became of an age to take an interest in the business.
In 1912, with the exigencies created by the progress of
building operations in the central part of the city, the
concern was forced to vacate the premises at No. 5
King Street, West, and the head office and store was
removed to its present location at No. 10 Wellington
street, East. Here the warehouses are now located
as well as the wholesale and retail head offices.
Azariah Clubb has of recent years largely turned over
to his sons the management of the extensive affairs
connected with the business, and he now resides at
Victoria, British Columbia. His wife, Emily, is now
deceased. They were the parents of eleven children.

William H. Clubb, son of the above, was born in
Toronto, May 22, 1875, and was educated in the public
schools of the city. He served an apprenticeship of five
years as a rose grower, but finally decided that he was
better fitted for a business career, and purchasing a
retail tobacco store from his father, made an independent
start along this line, under the name of W. H. Clubb.
Later he opened a store in Montreal, and still later a
second store in Toronto. Still expanding, he eventually
had one store in Montreal and three in Toronto. In
1914 Mr. Clubb merged his interests with those of his
father, and the amalgamated concern went forward
under the name of A Clubb & Sons, this soon being
changed, by the organization of a limited company, to
A. Clubb & Song, Limited, William H. Clubb
becoming vice-president, secretary and treasurer. The
personnel of the company is now as follows: A. Clubb,
Sr., president; W. H. Clubb, vice-president, secretary

and treasurer; F. C. Clubb, W. J. Clubb, and C
Clubb, directors. They employ thirty people in
stores and warehouses, and have nine retail ston
Toronto and one in Montreal, Frederick C. Clubb I
general manager of the entire organization.

With leisure for few interests, owing to the exai
demands of his business, William H. Clubb I
membership in the Rotary Club, and finds time for !
recreation except an occasional motor tour. H«
member of the Church of England.

CHARLES SEYMOUR CORYELL— As a succe
man of business, and as a gentleman of high ic
whose intercourse with his fellows was marked by
observance of uniform kindliness and considerai
Charles Seymour Coryell is remembered in this
where the greater part of his active life was passed,
was well known socially, and was held in universa
gard as a citizen of dependable worth.

Charles Seymour Coryell was a son of Addison
Janet (Randall) Coryell, his father a farmer of Ypsili
Michigan. Here he was born December 20, 1858,
taining his education in the grammar and high set
of his birthplace, and beginning the work of life ;
clerk in a drug store of Ypsilanti. In 1879 he wer
Cincinnati, Ohio, in the employ of the C. F. Ad
Company, dealers in household utensils, and in
Cincinnati office of this organization gained a broad
extensive knowledge of this business. In the follow
year his industry and ability were rewarded with
pointment to the managership of the Toledo bra:
and in 1881 he was commissioned to establish a
branch in Toronto. The beginning of the Toronto
ganization was made in a small way at No. 15 Adel
street, East, and the rapid expansion and developn
that followed make it today one of the largest furni
houses in Canada. As greater space became essen
the business was moved to No. 247 Yonge street,
subsequent moves to increased facilities were made
No. 177 Yonge street, and to Queen and James str(
In the fall of 1920 at the present location 211 Yonge sti
a large building, erected to meet the company's spi
needs, was occupied, and here, under the policy
tablished by Mr. Coryell, continued prosperity att<
its operation. In 1896 incorporation was made of
Adams Furniture Company, Ltd., and Mr. Coil
retained its presidency until his death. He was a meia
of the Board of Trade of Toronto.

Mr. Coryell was a member of the National Club
Lake Shore Country Club, the Mississauga Golf (
the Parkdale Lawn Bowling Club, and the Pari
Canoe Club, of which he was honorary commodon
several years. He was extremely fond of fishini
hunting, and when business responsibilities pemiil
took trips afield with rod and gun. In politics he t(
Conservative, and his religious affiliation was with
Parkdale Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Coryell married, October 17, 1881, Nellie
Smith, daughter of Frank Smith, a druggist of Ypsil; 1
Michigan, and Mr. Coryell's first employer. Child i
1. Robert S., his father's successor as president of i
Adams Furniture Company, Ltd. 2. Frank A., (
associated with the Adams Furniture Company, I
3. Charles F., served in the artillery overseas durinp
World War; now with the Adams Furniiurt Com;
Ltd. 4. Warren R., served in the Canadian navy -
ing the World War, on a scout ship on the Bay of Fu ',
and at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River; now as: i-
ated with his brothers in business. 5. Miriam, dece;
6. Ruth, married Talbot Edward Torrance. Mr. Co
died in Toronto, August 29, 1919. The institution ji
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ins. He contributed in substantial and valued manner
1 the life of the community, and was rewarded with a
>nerous share of the public esteem and respect.

GOLDWIN C. ELGIE— Mr. Elgie, who has been
;tive in the practice of law in Toronto since 1920, is a
in of George Albert Elgie, long a resident of Chatham,
ntario, formerly a farmer, but in more recent years a
iceessful dealer in real estate, and now retired. George
Ibert Elgie married Margaret Corlett, and they are the
irents of three children: Dr. William A. Elgie, a
■acticing physician of Chatham, and widely known as
1 X-ray specialist; Goldwin C, whose name heads this
view; and Gladys, who resides at home.
Goldwin C. Elgie was born in Chatham, Ontario, in
ily, 1895, and his early education was received in the
iblic schools of his native place. Later he attended
bert College, at Belleville, Ontario, then the Western
iiiversity, from which he was graduated in 1917, with
e degree of Bachelor of Arts, finishing at Osgoode Hall
iw School. Called to the bar in 1920, Mr. Elgie
tared practice early in that year with the firm of
•over & Grover, then in March he started in practice
;)ne. The following November the present partnership
IS formed, and the firm of Elgie & Glass now holds a
isition of prominence in the profession in Toronto,
'ley are carrying forward a general practice, also doing
i;onsiderable amount of criminal work.
Mr. Elgie is a member of the Ontario Bar Association,
id politically is a Conservative. Fraternally he is
)3minent, being a member of Sydenham Lodge, No.
!5, Free and Accepted Masons; of Orange Lodge, No.
(5, Maple Leaf; No. 291, Prince of Orange, and the
lyal Orange Young Britons, holding the office of
cinty master. His favorite sport is rugby, and he
f.yed with the local team in Parkdale. He is a mem-
i- of the Anglican church.

'.n June, 1921, Mr. Elgie married, in Toronto, Vivian
( McHenry. They reside at No. 212 Kingswood road.

THOMAS RODEN— For many years active as a
Diiufacturing silversmith, Thomas Roden is one of the
klers in this line of business in the Province of On-
l:io. He was born in Birmingham, England, April 17,
li9, the son of George Alfred and Susannah (Ryland)
Fien. Educated in the Handsworth Bridge Trust
Stool of his native land, he grew to manhood there,
tin came to Canada in 1879, locating in Toronto.
E first business association in this city was with Ellis
feCompany, now large manufacturers and wholesalers
0 iewelry. He remained with this concern for ten years
big foreman during the greater part of that time.
Vh this experience Mr. Roden, in 1891, formed a
p;tnership with his brother Frank, and started in
biness along similar lines. They began with three
ei)loyees, and together they have built up the present
lae business. Their first location was on the corner of
C bourne street and Leader Lane. About one year
l&r they removed to the Acme Silver Company's
biding on Hayter street, and they remained at this
lo tion for a period of twelve years. Removing thence
to he old Royal Theatre building on King street, they
ocipied that building for ten years. Each change was
Tile imperative by the necessity for expansion, the
grvth of the business being steady from the start. In
ISl they built a fine modern structure of brick, its
the stories giving a floor space of 33,000 square feet.
Tl location of this plant is advantageous and well
suidto their requirements, and it is equipped through-
ouwith modem machinery of the latest design. They
no employ about one hundred and twenty-five skilled
op^tors. They are the originators of the "Duchess"

silver plate. Outside the ordinary activities of the man-
ufacturing silversmith, this concern also produces cut
glass, and makes to order special medals and emblems
for the annual exhibition. Among the most note-
worthy specimens of their work in this department are
the Prince of Wales and Lord Byng medals, which were
struck off by their special artists.

Through his position as head of this business, Mr.
Roden holds membership in the Canadian Manufac-
turers' Association, and the Toronto Board of Trade.
Politically, he is a Conservative, and this party placed
him in the service of the city as alderman in 1915. During
the great World War he took an active part in all
movements in support of the forces overseas. He is a
member of the National Club and the Rosedale Golf
Club, and attends the Methodist church.

Mr. Roden married (first), in 1882, Janet Connell,
who was bom in Chatham, Ontario, July 12, 1861, and
died in Febraary, 1906, leaving four children: Gertrude
Ethel, now the wife of Arthur Dudley; Alfred John,
born in 1884, superintendent of the above plant; Walter
Thomas, bom in 1885, who died in 1904; and Percy, born
in 1890, now identified with the above concern as travel-
ling representative. Mr. Roden married (second) in
1907, Mabel P. Land, of Toronto, daughter of the late
Charles Land, who was for many years connected with
the Toronto "Globe." Mrs. Roden's mother was Sophia
(Sommers) Land. Thomas and Mabel P. (Land) Roden
have two children: Marian Prudence, bom April 24, 1909;
and Thomas Ryland, born October 7, 1914. The family
home is at No. 127 Dunn avenue.

PERCIVAL JOHN FREDERICK BAKER— A Can-
adian by birth and rearing, and from his youth active
commercially in various parts of the Dominion, Mr.
Baker is at the head of the multigraph interests in
Canada, having been connected with the distribution
of this modern article of business equipment for more
than fourteen years, c6vering the entire period of their
activity in the Dominion. Mr. Baker is a son of Albert
Baker, who was born in Odessa, Ontario, May 21, 1854,
and in early life was a wholesale meat merchant, later
travelling extensively. The father died in 1915.

Mr. Baker was born in Ode.ssa, Ontario, July 13, 1883,
and received a thoroughly practical education in the
public schools of his native place, and the high school at
Newburg, Ontario. He then entered the Kingston
Business College, where he completed a commercial
course, and the following year he served as an instructor
in that institution. He developed a high rate of speed
on the typewriter and was rated as the fastest operator
in the Dominion. He was engaged by several well known
typewriter concerns to demonstrate their machines
throughout Canada. He was the first operator to use the
touch system. Coming to Toronto in 1901, Mr. Baker
taught at the Dominion Business College for one year,
then went to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he engaged
in University extension work, later going into the
real estate business and typewriter business, and doing
a very extensive business in both lines. In 1908 he be-
came associated with the multigraph people, at that time
establishing their Canadian office in Toronto. From that
time forward for several years Mr. Baker traveled
throughout the Dominion, opening branches for the
multigraph, and now the concern is represented in all
principal cities, from Halifax to Vancouver. The Multi-
graph Sales Company, Ltd., whose head offices for
Canada continue in Toronto, are contemplating making
this city their distributing center for their rapidly
growing European trade. Their location here is in the
Stock Exchange building, their factories being at Cleve-
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Baker stands among the leading business men of the city
and of the Dominion. He is a member of the Toronto
Board of Trade.

Fraternally, Mr. Baker holds the thirty-second de-
gree in the Masonic order, is a member of the Indepen-
dent Order of Foresters, and is a member of North Star
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Winnipeg.
He is a member of the Ontario Club, the Rotary Club,
with which he was very prominent in war-time activities;
the Ontario Motor League; the Old Colony Club, in
which he serves on the advisory board; and the Lake
Shore Country Club. He is a member of Deer Park
Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Baker married, June 27, 1907, in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Bertha Rogerson, who was born in New
Brunswick, and is a daughter of William and Catherine
(Banks) Rogerson. Her father, who is a mechanical
engineer, was born in Scotland, and her mother in Eng-
land. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have four children: Rogerson
Albert Fisher, born June 15, 1908; Percival John Fred-
erick, Jr., born October 29, 1911; Dorothy Gwendoline,
born March 7, 1916; and Catherine Lillian, bom
March 19, 1918. The family residence is at No. 60
Oriole road, Toronto.

JAMES HENRY WOOD— In therealmof toys, fancy
and sporting goods, the Fancy Goods Company, of Cana-
da, Limited, is one of the leading concerns of the Dominion.
James Henry Wood, president of the company, is de-
scended from an old family of Devonshire, England, and
is a son of John and Susan Jane (Soper) Wood. His
father was born in Devonshire, and came to Canada as a
young man, locating at Barrie, Ontario, where he was en-
gaged in farming throughout his lifetime.

James Henry Wood was born in Barrie, in October,
1862, and received his education in the schools of that
town. Coming to Toronto about 1880, he secured em-
ployment with the firm of which he is now the head.
This concern was founded in 1857 by Robert Wilks,
and later was taken over by Smith & Fudger, still later
becoming Harris H. Fudger Company. This was the
firm for which Mr. Wood worked in the early days, and
after learning the business from eveiy angle, he went on
the road for the firm, and was traveling in their interests
for a period of twenty-two years. Not long after the
incorporation of the concern, which took place in 1899,
Mr. Wood became general manager, then later was
elected vice-president. In 1919 he was elected president,
and still holds that office. This concern are wholesale
dealers in fancy goods, dolls, toys, woodenware, and
athletic goods, also druggists' and tobacconists' supplies.
Their representatives are over the entire Dominion.

Mr. Wood is a member of the Toronto Board of
Trade, and politically supports the Conservative party.
He is a life member of Georgiana Lodge, No. 363, Free
and Accepted Masons, a member of the Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, the Canadian Clubs, the Parkdale Canoe
Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the Lake Shore Country
Club. He attends the Presbyterian church.

On June 17, 1891, Mr. Wood married, in Toronto, Ada
Jean Ramsay, and they have two daughters: Gladys
and Inez. The family reside at No. 58 Chestnut Park
road, and are active in many social and benevolent
interests.

CHARLES COURTLAND MARTIN— In legal circles

in Toronto Mr. Martin is coming into prominence in
general practice. Mr. Martin is a son of William Thomas
and Evelyn (Stephenson) Martin, the elder Mr. Martin
having come to Toronto in 1898, and having been for
many years the Toronto representative of the "Montreal
Gaiette," which office he still holds.

Charles C. Martin began his education in the
schools, then prepared for college at the Pa
Collegiate Institute. Entering the University of '
to, he was graduated from that institution in th(
of 1915 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Com[
his studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, he was ca
the bar October 16, 1919. Meanwhile Mr. M
education was interrupted by his enlistment for i
in the World War, on March 13, 1915. He wa
overseas in February, 1916, and saw service wii
6th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, h
the rank oi lieutenant. He was twice woundec
on November 10, 1917, at Paschendale, then on t
13, 1918, at Amiens. He returned to Canada, ai
on November 30, 1918, and was discharged fro
regular service, but is still an officer in the reserve
Since his return he has been awarded the M
Cross, for service at Amiens, the decoration being i
ed by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales,
his visit to Canada. Mr. Martin entered upon the g
practice of law in the fall of 1919, and has ma
auspicious beginning in his cliosen profession.

Mr. Martin is a member of the Ontario Bar Ai
tion, of the Military Institute, of the Delta Chi frat(
of the Parkdale Canoe Club, and of Parkdale
No. 510, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He
membership in the Methodist church.

On August 31, 1921, Mr. Martin married F
Wilhelmine Austin, daughter of W. R. Austin, of To
and they reside at No. 1490 King street. West.

WILLIAM ROBERT SCOTT— With broad e
ence in financial and business circles, William R.
of Toronto, has for the past four years been idei
with the wholesale distribution of coal. Mr. Sec
son of Frank A. Scott, who was born in Canadi
who has been engaged in the contracting bi
throughout his entire active career; he now resi
Gait, Ontario. The mother, Mary (Stewart) Sc
also a native of Canada, and is also still living.

William R. Scott was bom in Gait, Ontario, 0
18, 1881, and acquired a thoroughly practical edu
in the public and high schools of his native city,
early years of his career were spent in the bankini
ness, and he was thus active in various parts
Dominion until 1914. At that time he came to T
as manager for a leading banking concern. Iii
Mr. Scott struck out for himself as a dealer ii|
handling exclusively a wholesale trade. He on
the Scott Coal Company, Ltd., of which he is pr
and now represents the Pennsylvania and Ohio pro
The concern has a substantial selling organ'
sending their own traveling men throughout Ont
Quebec. They hold a leading position in this'
Among club circles in Toronto and vicinity, Mr. :
well known, being a member of the Albany Club i i
Old Colony Club of Toronto, and of the Si 1
Golf and Country Club.

Mr. Scott married, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, i I'
Eleanor Kent, and they reside at No. 22 Sums
Gardens, Toronto.

CHARLES H. CREIGHTON— To the pusl
world of the Dominion of Canada Charles H. Crei ti
name has become one of especial significance as pi id
and manager of the Hunter Machinery Compar '
offices at No. 451 King street. West. Since 1; h
active in the art of printing, Mr. Creighton 1 lu
to his present position not only broad experien i
an exhaustive knowledge of his work in its many lur
cations, but a keen appreciation of the ethicaW

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id universal appeal of the printed page, together with
love of the practical detail of production.
Mr. Creighton was born in Norwich, Ontario, April
), 1870, and his education was limited to the advan-
iges of the public schools of that town. At the age of
lirteen he began to learn the printing trade under T. C.
artholomew, publisher of the Norwich "Gazette."
iastering every detail of the mechanics of printing, he
so familiarized himself with the office end of the busi-
es, and was with the "Gazette" for nearly two years,
dvised by Mr. Bartholomew to follow the trade in a
rger place, as he possessed a natural aptitude for the
ork, Mr. Creighton went to Clinton, where he was con-
»cted with the Clinton "New Era" for a time, after
hich he took charge of the Brantford "Telegram," at
rantford, Ontario. His next change took him to Paris,
ntario, where he acted as manager in the office of the
aris "Review." Resigning from this position he went
i the Leamington "Post," where he remained for three
ars as foreman, then took charge of the business as
■neral manager and editor, remaining in this capacity
r eight years, eventually purchasing the paper. After
vning the paper for one year, Mr. Creighton sold out
return East, where he worked at Woodstock for a
ort time. Thereafter, removing to Brantford, he
ok charge of the jobbing department of the Brant-
rd "Expositor" for one year, but later went into the
abing business for himself at Brantford.
He made a promising beginning, but was induced to
inquish his plans to become a salesman for the Miller
• Richards Company, manufacturers of type, machinery
;d printing presses. Remaining with that concern
im 1902 until 1905, Mr. Creighton then became
innected with the Toronto Type Foundry, where he was
i:ive for about three years, returning in 1909 to the
iller & Richards Company. His connection with this
icem continued until 1911, when he became identified
th Stephenson, Blake & Company, as their Canadian
)resentative from 1911 to 1922. Severing his con-
jtions with this firm, Mr. Creighton and J. F. Mc-
lire organized the Printers' Machinery Company from
vate capital, and although the concern has been es-
ilished only a short while, it has been a successful
srprise since its inception. The business of the firm
;he distribution of printing, box-making and binding
chines, etc., throughout the Dominion of Canada,
ey are representative agents for the largest manu-
turers of machinery for the "Allied Trades" in the
ited States and Canada. Mr. Creighton is a member
he Runnymeade Bowling Club and of the Independent
ler of Foresters, but has few other interests outside
home life and the one recreation in which he indulges,
ieulture.

le married (first) Margaret Crawford, who died,
ang one son, Wilfrid Charles, who was one of the
t to go overseas with the Canadian army. At present
is manager of the linotype department of the "State
rnal" at Lansing, Michigan. He married (second)
ude Dale, and they reside at No. 145 Evelyn avenue,
onto.

lEORGE HENRY O'NEIL— With lifelong experi-
i in the hotel business, and constant advance in his
vities along this line, Mr. O'Neil stands among the
■most men in the hotel world of Canada today. He is
n of Ralph O'Neil, who also spent his life in the hotel
iness, and was very prominent in Ontario in his day
his connection. The father was born in Birr, Mid-
ex county, Ontario, and for many years was the pro-
tor of hotels in Birr, Park Hill, London, Lucan,
ter, and Aylmer, Ontario. He married Mary Eliza-
i Webster, who was born near Birr, and was a

daughter of George Webster, who was a hotel man in
Ontario for twenty years.

George Henry O'Neil was born in Birr, Ontario, in the
hotel owned by his father there, April 8, 1882, and his
education was received in the public and high schools of
that community. In 1896 he became associated with his
father in the hotel business, and was active in the man-
agement of the hotels at Lucan, Exeter, and Aylmer,
which his father owned. After the death of his father,
which occurred in 1900, Mr. O'Neil carried on the hotel
in Aylmer alone for one year, then decided to gain ex-
perience in larger cities along the same line of effort.
Securing a position as clerk of the Royal Hotel at Hamil-
ton, Ontario, he remained there for a short time, then
was at the Benson House in Lindsay, Ontario, until
1902, when he became clerk of the Iroquois Hotel in
Toronto. In 1903 he became clerk and cashier of the
King Edward in Toronto, of which he is now general
manager. His next step was to become proprietor of the
Benson House in Lindsay, and he retained this interest
for two years under his own management. In 1906 he
became proprietor of the Tecumseh House, at London,
Ontario, and for ten years gave this hotel his personal
attention, still retaining it, although his larger interests
now command his time. In 1916 he took over the man-
agement of the Royal Connaught at Hamilton, then in
1918, assumed the duties of his present position as
manager for Canada of the United Hotels Company of
America. In this capacity Mr. O'Neil has under his
management the King Edward of Toronto, the Royal
Connaught of Hamilton, the Clifton of Niagara Falls,
the Prince Edward Hotel of Windsor, Ontario, and the
Mount Royal Hotel at Montreal, Quebec, and is a director
in all the various corporations owning these hotels.
He is a director of the United Hotels Company of Amer-
ica.

A member of the Board of Trade of both Toronto and
Hamilton, Mr. O'Neil is also a member of the London
(Ontario) Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of
the Canadian, Empire, Ontario, and Rotary Clubs of
Toronto, the Canadian Club of Hamilton, the Ontario
Jockey Club, and the Hamilton Jockey Club. He holds
membership in the Mississauga Golf Club, the Lakeview
Golf Club, the Scarboro Golf and Country Club, An-
caster Golf and Country Club, Niagara Falls Golf and
Country Club, and the Ontario Motor League. Po-
litically he is a Conservative, and is a member of the
Anglican church.

Mr. O'Neil married, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on
November 15, 1906, Bertha Fadella Drake of that city,
and they have five children: George H., Jr.; Dorothy F.;
Eugene Richard; Marian Irene; and John Edward. The
family home is at No. 609 Avenue road, Toronto.

JOHN Y. MURDOCH— Long established in Ontario
as barrister, and for nearly nine years prominent in
legal circles in Toronto, John Y. Murdoch is one of the
successful men of the day in his profession. Mr. Mur-
doch is a son of William T. Murdoch, who came from
Scotland in 1858, and completed his education at the
University of Toronto in 1860, and was a clergyman for
some years in Gait, Ontario, where he died, when still a
young man, in 1869. He married Jennie Christie, who
died prior to that date.

John Y. Murdoch was bom in Gait, Ontario, January
18, 1864, and attended Dr. Tassie's Collegiate Insti-
tute, in Gait, thereafter entering Osgoode Hall Law
School. Upon finishing the course he was called to the
bar in 1889, and for six years practiced in Parkdale.
For two years following he was engaged in special legal
work in New York City, then in 1897 returned to Canada,
locating at Jarvis, Ontario, where he remained until 1913.

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Secord & Sons Construction Company, Ltd. Mr.
Secord is a son of Philip Henry Secord, the founder of
the business. This concern was originally established
in Brantford, Ontario, in 1885, and its activities in that
section have included many important contracts. During
the World War the business was curtailed to a very
marked degree, in conformation to the exigencies of the
period, but since the close of the war the concern has
not only expanded in its Brantford activities, but im-
mediately after the cessation of hostilities they opened
a branch office in Toronto, and are taking a significant
part in the growth of this city, Philip S. Secord being at
the head of this office.

Philip Stuart Secord was born in Brantford, Ontario,
in 1898, and his education included courses at the
Brantford high and collegiate schools. With the com-
pletion of his studies Mr. Secord at once entered the
employ of his father, in the general contracting business,
in Brantford, rising to a position of responsibility there.
He enlisted in 1918 for service overseas, and went
across with the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service.

Returning in 1919, he again took up his civilian in-
terests, becoming a member of the above firm. He was
placed in charge of the Toronto branch of the business
when it was launched in September, 1919, and is carrying
forward the interests of the concern in this city. Within
this comparatively short period they have handled many
contracts, among which have been Loew's Uptown
Theatre, a new building throughout, alterations to
Loew's Yonge Street Theatre, and the eighteen-story
addition to the King Edward Hotel, the first and last
mentioned jobs having been the most important building
operations consummated in Toronto since the war.
The firm holds membership in the Builders' Exchange,
and Mr. Secord is a member of the Engineers' Club.
He is broadly interested in all public advance, but takes
little leisure from his business, and devotes his energies
to its progress. Mr. Secord married Sybil Duncan, of
Brantford, Ontario.

JOHN HUTTON RIDDEL— Of the younger men
who are taking prominent places in insurance circles in
Canada, John Hutton Riddel is broadly representative.
With offices in the Bank of Hamilton building, he stands
at the head of large interests. Mr. Riddel is a son of
John Hutton and Janet M. C. (Smith) Riddel, natives
and still residents of Scotland.

Mr. Riddel was born at Bridge of Weir, Scotland,
August 3, 1889, and was educated at the Glasgow Acad-
emy. His career began coincidentally with the organi-
zation of the British Crown Assurance Corporation,
Ltd. This concern was founded in Glasgow in 1907,
and with its inception Mr. Riddel became a clerk in its
employ. In 1909 he was transferred to the London office
of the corporation, and at the same time advanced to
a position of greater responsibility. In 1913 he was again
transferred, this time to Canada, where he became
chief clerk of the Toronto office in February of that year.
The following year appointed secretary for Canada, he
continued in this capacity for about three years, then
in 1917 the managership for the Dominion was placed in
his hands. The following year, with the amalgamation
of the British Crown Assurance Corporation with the
Eagle Star & British Dominions Insurance Company,
Ltd. of London, England, Mr. Riddel was appointed
manager of both companies for the Dominion of Canada.
He is also president and managing director of the British
Northwestern Fire Insurance Company. With head
offices for the Dominion at Toronto, these interests are
also represented by branch offices in Montreal, Quebec,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Vancouver, British Columbia,
and in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Socially Mr. Riddel holds membership in the Oni
Club. His chief relaxation is golf, and he is seen or
links of the Scarboro Golf and Country Club whe
is able to leave business behind for a time. He
motors, taking an occasional long tour. He is a met
of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Riddel married, in January, 1918, Jessie E
McGlashan, daughter of the late John McGlashai
Bridge of Weir, Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Riddel 1
one daughter, Jessica Cleugh.

HAMILTON CASSELS— With his interests touc
widely separated branches of endeavor, Mr. Ca
continues a long career of richly useful service in the
in religious and educational fields, and in prison v
His professional connections are centered in the ai
of his firm, Cassels, Brock & Kelley, and he holds i
among the leaders of his calling in the Province.

Son of Robert and Mary Gibbens (McNab) Cas
Hamilton Cassels was born in the city of Quebec, Ap
1854. He obtained his early preparatory educatic
the public schools of his native city, proceeding ;
high school to Morrin College, Quebec, a part of Mi
University, whence he was graduated Bachelor of
in 1873. Upon the completion of legal studies he
called to the Ontario bar in 1877, at once begin
practice, and was rewarded with a generous measu;
success in the acquisition of a clientele. In 1902 he
created a King's Counsel, and with the passing j
he grew in prominence in his calling until, a membi
the firm of Cassels, Brock & Kelley, he has nati
reputation. In 1905-06 he was president of the "!
Law Association. Mr. Cassels has formed many i
ciations in financial circles, and served until 192
president of the Penny Bank of Toronto, of whic
was an organizer. He is also vice-president of
Toronto General Trusts Corporation, and a direct'
the North American Life Assurance Company.

Professional and business responsibilities have not
him from active service for the welfare of his fellows '
in boys' work and the more difficult problem of p
work he has performed devoted and valued service,
was one of the founders and a member of the first I
of directors of St. Andrew's College for Boys, an
has participated in general educational endeavor
member of the board of trustees of Queen's Univi
at Kingston, serving as chairman of this body from
to 1921. He has served as president of the Prisoners
Association of Canada, and for many years was su]
tendent of the Central Prison Sunday School. In
he was appointed a member of the Ontario Prison I
Board, his legal experience and his long identific i
with prison work giving him ideal qualificatior
this important post. To the affairs of the board \ i
given earnest and constant attention, and its ruling i
deliberations have been influenced by his careful th (
and study.

Mr. Cassels is a member of the Presbyterian cl';
and for many years was secretary of the Foreign M li
Committee of his denomination, being an active m il
of the western section of the Pan-Presbyterian All t
Queen's University, in 1914, conferred upon hii t
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, the insti ti
voicing in this action the esteem in which Mr. Cai Is
held in the wide circles into which his work has le- li
He is a member of the Toronto Club.

Mr. Cassels married, in September, 1877, Marjfi
wood Baldwin, daughter of W. W. Baldwin, of " ti
mere," York county, and granddaughter of the I'
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WILLIAM GEORGE MITCHELL— Beginning his

active career in mercantile lines, Mr. Mitchell in 1905
entered the insurance field and since 1906 has been a
member of Toronto's financial fraternity, now one of the
firm of Mitchell & Ryerson. He is a descendant of
Scotch ancestry, his grandparents coming from Scotland
in the fifties and settling near Woodstock, Ontario,
*here they engaged in agricultural pursuits.

He is a son of Robert D. Mitchell, a farmer of Mother-
ivell, Ontario, who died in 1893, and Jessie (Gordon)
Mitchell, a native of Ontario, whose death occurred in
1916.

William George Mitchell was born in Motherwell,
Ontario, May 7, 1881, and after public school study
ind a commercial course established in retail dry goods
ines at Stratford, Ontario, in 1900. Later he was
)uyer of men's furnishings at Windsor, Ontario, remain-
ng there until 1905, when he came to Toronto and enter-
d the fire insurance business as special agent for the
»Ierchants' Fire Insurance Company of Toronto. On
anuary 1, 1906, he was appointed general agent for
his company and in addition to representing its in-
erests has broadened his operations to include general
irokerage operations which, from January 1, 1907, until
he World War, he conducted in partnership with George
;. Ryerson under the firm name of Mitchell & Ryerson.
leorge C. Ryerson fell in action at Lamarche, in
.pril, 1915. Upon the death of George C. Ryerson, his
rother, Eric E., was taken into the firm as a partner,
'he original oflfices of this firm were at No. 4 Richmond
:reet. East, and in 1910 the firm found larger quarters
t No. 86 Adelaide street. East. The organization has
Dme into a place of prominence in this special field and
s members are numbered among the progressive and
iccessful business men of the city.

Mr. Mitchell is a member of the Scottish Rite Masonic
3dies, and is a communicant of the Avenue Road Pres-
yterian Church, of which he is an elder. His club is
le Empire. He '"as long been interested in military
lairs, and served in the Twenty-First Fusiliers, in
)04 being one of four hundred specially drilled men to
;tend the World's Fair at St. Louis, their organization
;ing the only Canadian regiment at that exposition.

Mr. Mitchell married, at Stratford, Ontario, September

', 1913, Emma A. Robinson, daughter of Charles W.

id Martha A. (Huston) Robinson, her father a retired

rmer of Stratford, Ontario.

JOHN BROOKS — As the head of a thriving manu-
cturing enterprise, John Brooks, of Toronto, is ad-
incing the general prosperity in a very practical way.
r. Brooks is a son of John and Sarah Ann (Johnson)
rooks, both natives of Birmingham, England, who came

Toronto in 1880. The elder Mr. Brooks was in the
astering business throughout his lifetime, and died

1912.

John Brooks was born in Birmingham, March 9, 1875,
:d came to Toronto with the family at the age of five
.ars. After the usual public school course he entered
'e world of industry at the age of fifteen years. His
)3t position was with his uncle, Daniel Johnson, a
unufacturer of locks and fireplace goods, with plant
l'.ated on Markham street. He remained with his
ycle for ten years, or until 1900. Then for seven years
Jr. Brooks followed the various lines of business as his
lalth would permit, spending a considerable portion of
tis time traveling in England and Scotland. Returning
t Toronto in 1907, he established his present business,
flowing the line of his former experience, and now
iinufactures a great variety of fireplace furnishings,
fiders, andirons, screens, hoods, etc. The plant is
lated at Nos. 78-80 Perth avenue, and the product

IS shipped throughout the Dominion. Under the name
of the Brooks Manufacturing Company the concern is
doing a very extensive business.

Mr. Brooks is a member of the Canadian Manu-
facturers' Association, and fraternally holds membership
m Alpha Lodge, No. 333, Free and Accepted Masons,
and is a member of the Chosen Friends. He is a member
of the Ossington Baptist Church.

In 1896 Mr. Brooks married, in Toronto, Annie How-
den Spiers, who was born in Scotland. They are the
parents of five children: William Henry, now engaged
in the grocery business for himself; John Harvey, asso-
ciated with his father in business; Edward James Stuart,
also connected with the business; Harold George Spiers,
in school; and Annie May, also in school. The family
reside at No. 102 Runnymede road.

RICHARD SOUTHAM— Widely active in commer-
cial printing, Richard Southam, of Toronto, is the head
of one of the long-established job printing offices of this
city. He is a son of William Southam, the founder of
this interest, and its manager for many years.

Richard Southam was born in London, Ontario,
October 2, 1871, and was educated in the public schools
of London and Hamilton, Ontario. As a youth of fifteen
he entered the employ of James Turner & Company, a
well known grocery concern of that day in Hamilton, in
the capacity of clerk, and was with them for about
eight years. In 1894 Mr. Southam came to Toronto to
take charge of the job department of the Mail Job Print-
ing Company. This concern was established in 1880,
by William Southam, and had attained a remarkable
growth, thus necessitating a larger executive force.
The continued expansion of the business made some
changes advisable, and in 1912 the firm name became the
Southam Press, Richard Southam then becoming vice-
president of the company and general manager of the
plant, which position he still holds. They print mail
order work, specializing in catalogs of this class, also
railway printing, etc., as well as handling general job
work. Their fine, modemly equipped 'Toronto plant
covers an area of 56,000 square feet, and employs 160
people, and they have also a larger plant in Montreal.
Using entirely electric power at the Toronto plant, they
have eight two-color presses, eleven one-color presses,
and two great rotary presses, besides a complete equip-
ment of the general machinery which the handling of
their work requires.

In connection with his interest in the above concern,
as vice-president and also director, Mr. Southam is a
director of William Southam & Son, and a director of
the Continental Life Insurance Company, and is a
member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association.
He is a member of the Canadian, National and Victoria
clubs, and finding out-door sports his chief recreation,
holds membership in the Lambton and Rosedale golf
clubs. He takes an occasional fishing or hunting trip
into the wilds.

Mr. Southam married Edna Zimmerman, of Hamilton,
Ontario, and they have four children: William Wallace,
Richard, Elizabeth, and Kenneth.

CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK TUGMAN— The

field of endeavor in which the practical interests of
Christopher Frederick Tugman centered was the retail
sale of shoes, and in this line he built up in Toronto an
organization holding first rank in its line in the Dominion.
The stages of its expansion were definitely marked and its
progress steady and substantial, the large enterprise,
of which he was the active head until his death, the crea-
tion of his own industry, careful planning, and tireless
energy. He was a master of merchandising in his par-

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ticular sphere, a successful member of the Toronto busi-
ness fraternity. This record, outlining his work and
naming him as one of the leading merchants of the city,
has the deeper purpose of paying just tribute to his
personal character as a high-minded citizen, staunch in
integrity, loyal to his friends, and constant in his devotion
to his family.

Mr. Tugman was born at Fenelon Falls, Ontano,
August 3, 1873, son of Christopher and Eliza (Junkin)
Tugman. His father, who was born in Ireland, came to
Canada when he was about twenty years old, became a
farmer, and moved to Toronto with his family in the
nineties. He died at the early age of forty-nine years.
Eliza (Junkin) Tugman was born at Fenelon Falls,
Ontario, April 26, 1835, daughter of James Junkin, who
was one of the first settlers in the vicinity of Toronto.
Mrs. Tugman lives in Toronto.

Christopher F. Tugman received his education in the
public schools, and upon its completion he went to St.
Catharines, Ontario, and began to work for his brother-
in-law, Henry Rolls, proprietor of a grocery establish-
ment. At the same time Mr. Tugman utilized his spare
time for study and attended a business college, where he
completed a year's training in scientific business methods.
He spent about two years at St. Catharines, and then
came to Toronto with his parents. The business train-
ing he had received at the former place now stood him
in good stead and he found employment as assistant
manager of the shoe department at Simpson's depart-
ment store. He remained in this position, acquiring a
knowledge of the details connected with the marketing
of shoes, for about three years. At the end of that time
he decided to engage in the shoe business for himself,
and opened a store at No. 157 King street, East. This
venture proved eminently successful and three years
after the establishment of the King street store, he
acquired the property of the Toronto Shoe Company, an
old house of the city, for some time directing the affairs
of both stores. About 1898 he enlarged his business
still further by opening a new store at No. 88 Yonge
street. This place was ten feet wide by sixty feet deep,
and the business proved so prosperous that two years
later, as soon as the expiration of existing leases made it
possible, Mr. Tugman obtained possession of the rest
of the building at No. 88 Yonge street. He thus be-
came the proprietor of three well established and pros-
perous stores. "The advantages of a centralized enterprise
made a strong appeal to him, and in 1917 he consolidated
his stores, purchasing a modern building at No. 106
Yonge street. After having this property renovated and
decorated in suitable and tasteful manner, the business
was incorporated under the firm name of the Royal
Shoe Company, Ltd., bringing all of his interests under
one roof. In addition to carrying a large stock of the
finest British and American shoes, Mr. Tugman main-
tained a custom department for those of his customers
who preferred to have their shoes made to order. The
Royal Shoe Company, Ltd., is well known throughout
the Dominion, and as founder and president of the
company Mr. Tugman held the respect and esteem of
associates and competitors alike.

Mr. Tugman was a member of the Methodist church,
and in politics was a Conservative. He was well known
in Masonic circles, holding the thirty-second degree, and
affiliating with Rameses Temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also held life member-
ship in the Toronto Canoe Club.

Mr. Tugman married, November 20, 1905, Mary
Wilson, daughter of Jacob and Lillian (Ross) Wilson.
Mrs. Tugman's father was born at Cobourg, Ontario, and
was engaged in business as a wholesale merchant at
Montreal, his death occurring about 1912. Lillian

(Ross) Wilson was born at Belleville, Ontario. Mr. a
Mrs. Tugman were the parents of two children: Ma:
born November 3, 1906; and Wilson, born August ;
1911.

Christopher F. Tugman died June 12, 1922. Toror
lost an adopted son in the prime of his life, who h
proved his worth and who had made a distinct and he
ored place for himself in community affairs. "The reg]
of his fellows at his passing, widespread and since
was inspired by a blameless career and qualities
strong manhood.

ERNEST CAMERON THOMPSON— A nephew a
namesake of Ernest Seton Thompson, the eminc
writer and naturalist, Mr. Thompson was born in Ni
Zealand in the year 1881, son of Henry and Em
(Dovey) Thompson. His father, who is one of t
brothers, all of whom are living, was born in Ei
land in 1854. He is now a resident of British Colui
bia. Mr. Thompson's mother is of Welsh ancest
and is now living in British Columbia.
_ Coming with his parents to Toronto at the age
eight years, Mr. Thompson was entered as a pupil
the Rose avenue school, then later at the Moc
School, where he won the scholarship for Jarvis Collegii
Institute, and where he completed his studies.

At the age of seventeen he became a junior with t
Canada Veiling Company, which at that time w
located on Bay street, the connection thus form
lasting for thirteen years. In the congenial connecti
with the Canada Veiling Company, Mr. Thomps
rose steadily and finally became city traveller for t
firm. Some years later, he became the western travel!
and in the course of his work covered the entire Dom
ion.

In 1913 Mr. Thompson gave up his position a
established the Thompson Lace and Veiling Compai
Ltd. This company has always had its place of busini
in Wellington street, West, but the need of obtain!
additional floor space caused it to move from No. I
their first address, to No. 76, and finally to No. Ill,
the corner of York street, where the company n
occupies an entire building. In March, 1922, he sevei
his connection with the Thompson Lace and Veil
Company, Ltd., and connected with Adams, Ban-
Company in a similar line of business. By reason
his lifelong connection with the sale of veilings and li
dred goods, as well as their manufacture, Mr. Thompi
has become an acknowledged expert in this brand
business. He is well known in the foreign markets
buyer because he is in the habit of selecting and buy
his materials, which he imports from France, pers
ally. He has crossed the Atlantic over thirty-six tin
sixteen of the voyages having been made during
World War. His voyages across the Atlantic during
World War were taken up with interesting experiem

Mr. Thompson's hobby is racing boats and he is ^
of the enthusiastic members of the Royal Canad i
Yacht Club. He spends four months of the year ;
his summer home on the lake shore at Toronto Isla
Mr. Thompson is a member of the Presbyterian chui
He is a Scottish Rite Mason, and is also a member of i
Ontario Club.

Mr. Thompson married, in 1903, at Toronto, E(a
Hughes Holgate, daughter of Frank H. and Ent
(Hughes) Holgate. Mrs. Thompson's parents were 1: i
born at Toronto, where they now live. Mr. and J '•
Thompson have four children: Cameron Holgate, ' »
was born October 25, 1904; Edith Beverley, who s
born November 5, 1907; Helen, who was born A J
20, 1911; and Phyllis, who was born September 20, T j.
Cameron Holgate Thompson has just completed •

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215

;udies at Bishop Ridley College, at St. Catharines,
ike his father, he is a member of the Royal Canadian
acht Club. Mr. Thompson's three daughters are at
resent attending Bishop Strachan's Sehool in Tor-
iito.

WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK— For more than a
Bcade Mr. Kirkpatrick has been active in the legal
orld of Toronto, and during that time has attained an
jsured position in his profession, and has also won
)me prominence in political affairs. Mr. Kirkpatrick's
imily is of Scottish origin, and his grandfather, Frank
Lirkpatrick, came from that country about 1830, and
?tlled in the township of Innisfil, county of Simcoe,
mtario. Mr. Kirkpatrick's parents, Francis and Annie
;irkpatrick, have been lifelong residents of that section of
le Province. The father was born in Innisfil in 1842,
nd during his active career was engaged in farming near
radford. He now lives retired in Bradford, at the age
t eighty years.

William H. Kirkpatrick was born in Bradford, On-
irio, in April, 1882, and obtained his early education
I the public and high schools of his native place. Taking
is arts course at Queen's University, in Kingston,
ntario, he was graduated from that institution in the
ass of 1907, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, then
•epared for his profession at Osgoode Hall Law School,
.ailed to the bar in June, 1911, Mr. Kirkpatrick was
psociated with other barristers in Toronto until May of
le following year, when he established his own office.
i.e has since carried on a general practice alone, and has
?en very successful.

He is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, and
ilitically is a well known Conservative, being vice-
esident of the West Toronto Conservative Association.
,-aternally he holds membership in Temple Lodge,
.•ee and Accepted Masons, and he is a member of the
ifesbyterian church.

i Mr. Kirkpatrick married, in Toronto, May Milligan,
: Newmarket, Ontario, and they have one daughter,
iary. The family reside at No. 160 Evelyn avenue.

iFREDERICK WILLIAM COOPER— An expert in
le field of quantity surveying and a recognized au-
lority on matters pertaining to the values of the physical
Sets of public utilities and industrial enterprises, Mr.
')oper, as president and general manager oi the Domin-
ii Appraisal Company, Ltd., has played an important
\it in Canadian industry and finance. He is a native

I Kilkenny, Ireland, born October 9, 1880, son of W.
Jirten and Frances (Wright) Cooper.

Mr. Cooper was educated in the public schools, and
yen nineteen years of age was articled as an apprentice

II a quantity surveyor. Upon the expiration of his
tm of apprenticeship he entered the service of Martin
'ills & Company, the well known firm of government
ntractors of London, England, remaining with that
ccanization lor seven years. In 1905 he came to Mont-
Til and formed an association with the Canadian
^'Praisal Company, Ltd., as construction engineer,
si in this company filled successively the offices of
oef of the construction department, assistant general
r^.nager, general manager, and, during the last period
c his affiliation with the organization, that of vice-
psident. Upon resigning from the Canadian Appraisal
(mpany, Ltd., he entered the Royal Securities Cor-
fation of Montreal, and here devoted himself to the
'rk of compiling estimates of the physical values of
(nadian industries and corporations for financial
frposes. In 1914 he became Canadian manager of
tj National Appraisal Company, ably discharging the
d;ies of this responsible office until 1917, when he

assumed the presidency and general managership of
the Dominion Appraisal Company, Ltd. This com-
pany's field of activity extends irom Halifax to Winnipeg,
and it has made appraisals of some of the largest of the
industries of the Canadian Provinces. Under Mr.
Cooper's leadership the name ol the company has come
to be synonymous with thoroughness, accuracy, and re-
liability, and a service of wide value has been rendered
in the submission of reports universally accepted as
authoritative and dependable.

GEORGE HARDY— The Canadian history of thu
branch of the English family of Hardy is remarkable
in that in all three generations its representatives in
direct line have been associated at some time with one
business interest, and that, not in the family name.
George Hardy, representative of the third Canadian
generation, has won substantial business standing as
managing director and member of the board of directors
of the Hardy Cartage Company, Ltd.

David Hardy, of Suffolk, England, was the founder of
the line, coming to Toronto in 1832, here forming an
association with the Gooderham & Worts distillery. His
son, William Hardy, a native of Toronto, likewise spent
the greater part of his active years with this organization.

George Hardy, son of William Hardy, was born in
Toronto, March 16, 1886, and was educated in the
Sackville and Dufferin public schools, subsequently
serving an apprenticeship in the printer's trade with
Harry Lovelock. In 1905 he entered the service of
Gooderham & Worts, rising to the general superinten-
dency of the York Springs Bottling Company, Ltd., a
Gooderham subsidiary. In 1907 he broadened his in-
terests by the establishment of the Hardy Cartage
Company, managing this business in addition to his
duties with the company previously mentioned. In
1916 he withdrew from his other connections to give
his entire time and attention to his cartage affairs, which
increased to such an extent that incorporation was
made in 1920, Mr. Hardy continuing as managing
director of the company. These operations have reached
proportions that brought it among the leading concerns
of its kind in the Dominion and its record in the execution
of important haulage contracts in the district is unsur-
passed. Before all of the company's hauling equipment
was motorized Mr. Hardy was for three years president
of the Toronto Team Owners' Association and in this
capacity did much to secure uniform and humane
regulations governing teams used in the city's business.
He is a Mason in fraternal affiliation, and a member of
Little Trinity Anglican Church. He is a member of
the Riverside Athletic Club, which he has served as
president.

Mr. Hardy married Myrtle Edith Dunsmore, and
they are the parents of: Wilma and George, twins;
Eleanor, and Norma, all of whom were born on the Good-
erham homestead at Trinity and Front streets, Tor-
onto.

WILLIAM JOHN ROBERTSON— A successful busi-
ness enterprise of Toronto is the National Stationers
Company, Ltd., successors to the National Typewriter
Company, of Toronto, the head of this concern through
its various changes having been William J. Robertson,
now president of the company.

Mr. Robertson was born August 6, 1870, and is a
son of William J. and Isabel Robertson, his father
having been a merchant in the village of Yorkville, now a
part of Toronto. As a boy Mr. Robertson covered the
public school course in his native city, then at the
age of fourteen years entered the business world In
the employ of the law firm of Moss, Hayler & Ayles-

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worth, with whom he remained for a period of six years.
He next became associated with the Remington Type-
writer Company, in the capacity of travelling salesman,
and this in the pioneer days of the typewriter, when
there were only five typewriter salesmen in all Canada.
He later became sales manager for the same typewriter,
which position he filled for fifteen years. In 1906 Mr.
Robertson took over the National typewriter, as gen-
eral sales agent, with his headquarters in Toronto. As
the business grew he was induced to broaden his opera-
tions by the addition of a line of commercial stationery.
This branch of the business grew so rapidly, and so far
outstripped in value the original venture, that Mr.
Robertson dropped the typewriter branch and has since
devoted his attention entirely to the stationery. This
change was made in 1921, and has proved eminently
wise and profitable. At the same time the firm name was
changed from the National Typewriter Company, to
the National Stationers Company, Ltd., in order that
the name might more comprehensively and suitably
reveal the nature of the business.

Mr. Robertson is a member of the Toronto Board of
Trade, and a member of the National Stationers' Asso-
ciation of America. Fraternally he holds membership
in the Free and Accepted Masons, and the Knights of
Pythias.

Mr. Robertson married Elizabeth Allan, of Mount
Forest, Ontario, and they have one son, Allan, who is
associated with his father in business, holding the po-
sition of buyer for the concern. The business is located
at No. 32 Toronto Arcade, and the family resides at No.
138 Dunvegan road.

G. FREDERICK W. PRICE— The amazing rapidity
and beauty with which Toronto has developed is no
doubt due to its good fortune in securing able men to
plan and carry through its civic improvements. One of
the most conspicuous of these men is G. Frederick W.
Price. As an associate of the late Robert McCallum,
the first city architect of Toronto, and W. W. Pearse,
whose successor Mr. Price now is, he has had personal
charge of the inspection of more than $225,000,000
worth of building construction in the city. A man of
high courage, inflexible will and strict integrity, yet
suave and tactful with it all, he has accomplished far
more in his difficult position than could one of a less
versatile and vigorous temperament. He is a native of
Belfast, Ireland, born June 1, 1867, the son of William
and Elizabeth (Show) Price of that city. Coming to
Toronto with his mother in 1879 he entered the public
schools, but later returned to Belfast, Ireland, to com-
plete his education. He matriculated in the Methodist
College, Belfast, and upon the completion of the college
course, took up his special work in the Belfast Technical
School, from which he was graduated in 1885. He then
returned to Toronto, and served an apprenticeship with
E. J. Lennox, and subsequently was draftsman in the
offices of Edwards and Webster, Toronto; Darling and
Curry, Toronto; and Le Hommedeau, New York City.
Later he was chief draftsman, successively for W. G.
Storm, Toronto; Darling and Pearson, Toronto; S. G.
Curry, Toronto; George Miller and Company, Toron-
to; and James Balfour, Hamilton, Ontario. He also
spent two and a half years with W. J. Gilleland, civil
engineer, and for four and a half years was engaged as
assistant engineer in the construction of the City Hall of
Toronto.

It was 1905 that he became a member of the Ar-
chitectural Department of the city of Toronto. He
began as assistant engineer under Robert McCallum,
the first city architect, and later became inspector for
the department, and chief assistant to W. W. Pearse,

who succeeded Mr. McCallum. Upon the resignation
Mr. Pearse, he received the reward of his extensive a
valued service to Toronto, in being made its city ;
chitect. His department has taken on renewed life a
energy under his efficient guidance and control, and t
city is reaping the benefits. Mr. Price is an author!
on fire prevention. He has not only devoted mu
time and study to the question, but is a valued attends
upon practically all the conferences on this subject
the United States and Canada.

Mr. Price married, June 13, 1892, Lillian Belle Conli
of Picton, Ontario, and they are the parents of t
children: Cecil Kingsley, and Mary Elizabeth. Cc
Kingsley Price, as a member of the 15th Battalion, serv
in the World War for fifty-two months. Of the
forty-two were spent on the battle fields of France.

JOHN SEABORN McLAUGHLIN— Mr. McLauj
lin, one of the rising young barristers of Toronto,
winning his way to substantial success as the head of t
law firm of McLaughlin & McLaughlin, his parti
being his younger brother, Gordon, a sk^ -h of wh
career also appears in this work. Mr. McLaughlin i
son of Thomas and Mary (O'Brien) McLaughlin. 1
father is a native of Canada, and came to Toroi
about 1872, since which time lie has been active in <
flour and grain business for many years, retiring soi
years ago from all active business interests. The mot'
was born in Toronto.

John S. McLaughlin was born in Toronto, August
1890, and his early education was received in the Pr(
idence Model schools, after which he attended the Upi
Canada College, in Toronto, then finished his stud
at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1914 he was called
the bar, then for two years he practiced with the fi
of Beatty, Snow & Naismith, of Toronto, gaining v
uable practical experience. In the year 1917 Mr. J
Laughlin established himself in his own office, receiv
his younger brother as a partner, and entering upon
general practice of law. He has been very success
thus far, and is taking a prominent position in the p
fession. Since being called to the bar Mr. McLaugl:
has been a member of the Ontario Bar Association,
is a member of the Ontario Club, and of the Toronto La
Tennis Club, and for recreation chooses out-of-door
terests. He is a member of the Roman Catholic chur

Mr. McLaughlin married, in Toronto, Isabell Rogi
of this city, and they have two children: Mary, i
Beth.

GORDON Mclaughlin— The law firm of I
Laughlin & McLaughlin, of Toronto, Canada, is tak
a prominent place in the profession in Ontario, :
Gordon McLaughlin, the junior member of the firm
bearing a part in the genera! advance. Mr. McLaugl
is a son of Thomas and Mary (O'Brien) McLaugb
both natives of Canada The elder Mr. McLaugl
was engaged in the flour and grain business, from
time he came to Toronto (about 1872) until hiS ret
ment a few years ago. The mother was born in Toi
to.

Gordon McLaughlin was bom in Toronto, Januai
1894, and attended first the Providence Model sch
thereafter taking a course at the Upper Canada Col
from which he was graduated in 1910, and preM
for his profession at Osgoode Hall Law School. Cl
to the bar in 1917, Mr. McLaughlin entered into part
ship with his elder brother, John S. McLaughlin, wl
life is reviewed In preceding sketch. His career \
however, interrupted almost at the outset, by his
listment, in 1917, in the Royal Flying Corps. G<
overseas in September of the same year, Mr. McLaugP

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217

i the rank of lieutenant, and served for a period
eighteen months. Upon his return to Canada he
imed his profession, and is now an active member of
same firm, conducting a general practice.
Ir. McLaughlin is a member of the Ontario Bar
ociation, of the Canadian Military Institute, and of
Canadian Club, and his college fraternity is the
ta Chi. He is a member of the Roman Catholic
irch.

In May 2, 1921, Mr. McLaughlin married, in Toronto,
itrice Morang, of this city, and they have one daugh-
They reside at No. 57 Charles street, West.

■REDERICK WILLIAM CHAPMAN— The Chap-
is, father and son, have been in turn at the head of
Hurley Machine Company, of Toronto, the younger
T succeeding to the presidency upon the death of
elder in 1921. Toronto business annals contain the
ird of Stephen Henry Chapman as an able, upright,
eful man of affairs, while in the civic and religious
les, to whose work he gave devoted leadership, his
nory is treasured as that of a man vision-inspired and
h-sustained in good deeds. FYederick William
■pman is a member of the progressively active group
;'oronto business men, capably discharging important
lies.

he Chapman family is of English descent, the line
iided in Canada by Joshua and Emeline (Seaman)
pman, who settled at Holland Landing, Ontario,
3it 1820, Joshua Chapman continuing the extensive
iliing operations that had been his calling in England
i also engaging in brick manufacturing. They were
» parents of Stephen Henry Chapman.

ephen Henry Chapman was born at Holland Land-
li Ontario, June 5, 1860, and received his formal
i'ation in the public schools of that community,
(ling to Toronto in 1880, he engaged along various
)imercial lines for the next ten years, all his associa-
(ji during this period in connection with the machinery
i^<et. In 1890 he organized the Ontario Wind Engine
n Pump Company, which became one of the most
i ly known concerns in its field, and of which for
vity-eight years he was president. Meanwhile, in
9 , the Hurley Machine Company was organized to
B|lle the Canadian interests of Edward N. Hurley,
it noted as chairman of the United States Shipping
!ad, Mr. Chapman becoming president of the Can-
io company. In 1918 Mr. Chapman resigned from
cle participation in the affairs of the former concern,
Q' until his death gave his attention to the Hurley
Iihine Company, which is now under the direction
f 3 son.

ir. Chapman was a member of the National and
"monwealth clubs, and was broadly interested in
s affairs. He was a member of the Plymouth
n Church, president of the Toronto Jewish
and of the Yonge Street Mission, a member of
ncil of the Soudan Mission, and a director of the
'anada Bible Society. His duties in these re-
were undertaken with a sincere sense of the
!• of service, and were discharged with the zealous
i-sm of a nature capable of deep and earnest re-
belief.

Chapman married, in Toronto, in May, 1883,
lunter, who died in April, 1920. Their children
' ulah Margaret; Frederick William, of whom
Marguerite, a graduate of the University of
■; and Gladness Marcella, also a graduate of the
stitution.

len Henry Chapman died November 2, 1921. He

impress of a busy, useful career, animated by

ilecting high aims and ideals, and the Toronto

business fraternity is poorer in the essential qualities
of manhood because of his going away.

Frederick William Chapman, son of Stephen Henry
and Mary (Hunter) Chapman, was born in Toronto,
November 24, 1885, and received his early education in
the public schools of the city, completing his studies
at the Upper Canada College. His first employment
was with the Ontario Wind Engine and Pump Company,
where he remained for a period of fifteen years. Be-
ginning as a clerk he worked up to the position of general
sales manager and a place on the directorate, then in
1914 he resigned to go into business independently. At
that time he took over the active management of the
Hurley Machine Company, which was founded in 1905,
and of which his father was president. Mr. Chapman,
as previously stated, followed his father in the pres-
idency of this institution. Under the name of the
Hurley Machine Company, Mr. Chapman acts as the
distributing agent for Canada of the "Thor" electric %
washing machines, ironers and vacuum cleaners. The
business was located formerly at No. 514 Yonge street,
but the salesrooms are now in the Ryrie building and the
assembling plant is on Queen street. West. They also
have spacious warehouses on Abell street, Toronto,
and branch offices and salesrooms in Hamilton, Ontario.

Mr. Chapman is a member of the Toronto Board of
Trade and the Retail Merchants' Association, and par-
ticipates in the programs of both for the development
of the commercial life of the city. He is an active
member of the Young Men's Christian Association and
serves on the committee in charge of the physical de-
partment, holding that keeping physically fit is a vital
factor in success. His church affiliations are with
Marantha Hall, and he is a director of the Upper Canada
Bible Society.

Mr. Chapman married Lillian Slade Ball, daughter
of Abraham Ball, of the Ball Suspender Company, of
Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have three daughters:
Gladness, Joyce, and Mary. The family home is at the
corner of Forest Hill road and Huron street, Toronto.

WILLIAM ARTHUR DRUMMOND— As a special-
ist in merchandising on a large scale William A. Drummond
of Toronto, has become a figure of note throughout
all the Provinces, wherever dairy appliances are in
demand.

Mr. Drummond was born in Thorold, Ontario, August
20, 1878, but has been a resident of Toronto since he
was four years of age. Educated in the public schools of
this city, he entered the world of men and affairs in 1891,
in the employ of local merchants, and three years later
became identified with W. J. Whitten & Company,
which business he eventually took over. Meanwhile
for several years he was with the Russill Hardware
Company, as buyer, and for a time with the Robert
Simpson Company in the same capacity. In 1900 he
became general manager and purchasing agent of the
J. C. Woods department stores throughout Ontario,
with head office at London, Ontario, and was thus en-
gaged for three years, then in 1903 took over the con-
cern of which he has since been the owner and manager.
This business was founded in 1869, under the name of
W. J. Whitten & Company, and during the early years
of its history was located at No 173 King street. East.
It comprised a general hardware business, and as an
incidental side line, to meet the needs of a small group
of customers, they cairied a limited stock of dary sup-
plies. Under Mr. Drummond's management this side
line developed rapidly into what became, within a few
years, the largest and most significant branch of th«
business. In 1909 he reorganized the firm under the
name of W. A. Drummond & Company, selling the

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general hardware departments and re-stocking with a
most complete and comprehensive line ol daiiy ap-
paratus and supplies. Ruling out everything of inferior
class or quality, they broadened the scope of their
activities by placing representatives in the field, and
sweeping the Provinces, near and far, with a campaign
for better dairy-ng conditions and equipment. This
concern is the first in Canada to sell dairy apparatus
and supplies to city milk distributors and ice cream
manufacturers, and to distribute in a comprehensive
way, modern creamery equipment and supplies, and are
still the only concern in Toronto handling these goods.
They are jobbers, wholesalers and retailers of every-
thing that makes for convenience, efficiency and sani-
tation in the dairy, creamery and ice cream plants.
With show rooms, offices and warehouse at No. 77-79
Jarvis street, Toronto, they are doing a constantly in-
creasing business, broadly significant to the health and
, progress of the City, Province and Dominion.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Drum-
mond also holds membership in the Canadian Manu-
facturers' Association. In political affiliation a Con-
servative, he takes only the citizen's interest in public
affairs. Fraternally he is well known, being a member of
Wilson Lodge, No. 86, Free and Accepted Masons, of all
the Scottish Rite bodies, and is a Shriner, holding the
thirty-second degree in this order. He is a member of
the Ontario Club and the St. James Club, and is a
member of the Eaton Memorial Methodist Church.

Mr. Drummond married, in 1899, Isabella MacGregor,
and they have one daughter, Marjorie Eileen, now a
student. The charming family residence is located at
No. 79 Pleasant boulevard.

WELLINGTON OLEN McTAGGART— From ed-
ucational work in Toronto, Mr. McTaggart went, in
1900, into real estate and insurance dealings, and the
two decades of his activity in this field have placed him
among the leading operators of the city in these tradi-
tionally related lines. Mr. McTaggart is a son of Horatio
N. and Christine (McLeod) McTaggart, both deceased,
who were residents of Huron county, Ontario, his father
a general merchant and postmaster at Chiselhurst,
Ontario.

Wellington Olen McTaggart was born in Exeter,
Huron county, Ontario, March 25, 1864, and there at-
tended public schools, later becoming a student in St.
Mary's Collegiate Institute and Seaforth Collegiate
Institute. In 1892 he was graduated with the degree of
B. A. from the University of Toronto, and subsequently
took a special course in physics at the Boston Institute
of Technology during the fall of 1892 and the spring of
1893. From 1894 to 1900 Mr. McTaggart was a lecturer
on mathematics and physics in the Toronto Technical
School, and during this same period was manager of
the Fisk Teachers' Agency, which placed teachers in
schools throughout Canada. In 1900 Mr. McTaggart
entered building operations, and at the same time began
dealings in real estate and insurance. He has contin-
ued in the latter lines to the present time with excellent
success, and in addition to his private interests is iden-
tified with the Security Lite Insurance Company of
Toronto as vice-president, and the Greater Canada
Security Corporation as director and president of the
Sovereign Hall Company, Ltd.

In addition to the educational work mentioned in the
preceding paragraph, Mr. McTaggart was for eight
years a member of the Board of Education, and in 1914
served as its chairman, and in this capacity exercised a
wide and beneficial influence upon all school work in the
city. Mr. McTaggart has fraternal affiliations with the
Masonic order in Wilson Lodge, No. 86, with the In-

dependent Order of Odd Fellows in Sovereign L
No. 401, and he is also a member of the Orange
including the Chapter. Politically he is a Liberal
in 1911 was an unsuccessful candidate for the Prov
Parliament for Northwest Toronto. He is a memi
the Lake View Curling Club and Rusholme ]
Bowling Club. In 1913 he was a member of the
adian bowling team which visited the British Islei
defeated a picked British team. His interest in ath
continues strong, and he is a supporter of all mover
tending to give outdoor sports wider popularity.
McTaggart is a member of the Presbyterian chur
He married, in Toronto, on June 7, 1893, ,
Bartleman, of Bruce county, and they are the paren
Aileen, Gladys, Ross, Edith, Marion, Isabel, Hi
Mercer. His eldest son, Ross, is associated with h
business. The family residence is at No. 102 Etels
avenue.

JOHN EDWARD WHITE— Of American nat
but spending the best years of his life, the ma
years, in the business world of Canada, John Ed
White left a lasting impress on all those with who
came in contact, giving of the wealth of a fine spii
the people of his day. His death, when still a com
tively young man, was the source of widespread r
among all who knew him, and to his circle of close fr
it was indeed a bereavement.

Mr. White was born in St. Albans, Vermont, U. \
October 27, 1878, and died in his native city. Ma;
1920, in the forty-second year of his age. As a chile
youth he attended the public schools of St. Albans,
early entered the business world, gaining further pre
tion for his career in the schools of experience. Hfc
position was with a dry goods store at St. Albans, ai
later went to Burlington, Vermont, where he had el
of the department of ladies' apparel in the fore
department store of that city. He was thus enj
until 1914, when he came to Canada, and locatii
Ottawa, acted as sales representative for the Wil
Piano Company. The following year he was
manager of the Montreal branch of the same eom|
but did not remain with them permanently. He
formed a partnership with W. B. Puckett and !
Treastrail, and established in Toronto a business \
has since proved largely successful. He took this st
spite of the fact that he had been offered the
managership of the Williams Piano Company, at
head office at Ottawa. His choice proved a wise
for under his able management the enterprise in Tc
grew into one of the leading interests in its field,
the Musical Merchandise Sales Company, Mr. '
and his associates began business in the Excelsio
building, later removing to No. 819 Yonge street
still later to the present address, at No. 76 Welli
street. West. The house comprises the agency f
Dominion of Canada of the Brunswick phonograpl
also for the music roll. Mr. White also for a num
years was identified with other industrial and ni'
tile enterprises. He was vice-president and g
manager of the Auto Indicator Company, Ltd., a
was a director and vice-president of the Brur i
Shops, Limited. His time was almost wholly absorl: '
his business interests, his only_ relaxations being mo i
and the comforts of the fireside. He was a mem "
Burlington Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Or '
Elks, of Burlington, Vermont; the office of exaltec J^
was tendered him by the memljers of the organizati b
he declined to accept the same. During the pei I
his residence in the city of Toronto, he was a men f
the Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church.

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r. White married May Margaret Leonard, of New
c City, and they were the parents of two sons: John
ry, and Robert Leonard, the wife and sons now
iving him. Mrs. White resides at the family home
[o. 217 St. Clair avenue, Toronto.

^MES JOHNSON WHITE SIMPSON— In the

I profession in Toronto Mr. Simpson holds an assured
tion, his experience covering a decade and a half,

his clientele being very extensive. Mr. Simpson
es of Scottish ancestry, and is a son of Arthur
pson, who was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in
I, and came to Canada as a young man. He was a
her by profession, and followed this line of endeavor
1 his death, always carrj'ing on practical farming
ations on such a scale as his professional activities
nitted. He died in 1893. He married Margaret
ison, who was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in
), and died in 1901.

imes Johnson White Simpson was born in Bruce
ity, Ontario, March 22, 1868. Receiving his early
ation in the public schools of Culrcss, he also at-
ed the Walkerton High School, and later attended
Goderich Collegiate Institute. After teaching five
s he entered the University of Toronto, and was
luated from that institution in the class of 1900, with
irs in history, English and modern languages.
;;hing school thereafter for two years, in Bradford

Campbellford, Mr. Simpson entered Osgoode Hall
1 School, in Toronto, in 1904. Called to the bar in
t, he began the practice of law in Toronto, where he
J continued until the present time with gratifying
(^ss. Sincere and congenial, Mr. Simpson has made
By friends and established a good law practice,
'r. Simpson married, in 1908, Fannie Louise Brand,

pronto, and they are the parents of four children:
al Margaret, Olive S., Audrey Brand, and Fannie
("jie. The family are identified with the Presbyterian
x\± of Toronto.

JMES HENRY LUMLEY— With lifelong experience

s present field of endeavor, James H. Lumley is

hving success as a manufacturing stationer, with

11 and offices at No. 130 Wellington street. West,

wito. Mr. Lumley is a son of the late Edward

uey, long prominent in Toronto as a contractor.

Jnes H. Lumley was born in Toronto, January 22,

'7 and received a thorough grounding in the funda-

enls of education in the public schools of this city.

t 1 early age he struck out in the world of industry,

Ung the employ of Blackball & Company, the well

i^n book binders. Remaining with this concern for a

iril of twenty-three years, Mr. Lumley rose to the

)siDn of superintendent of the plant. In 1914 he

vf d his connection here to take charge of his own

forming a partnership with J. H. Hewitt,

e firm name of Lumley & Hewitt. They have

mufactured a choice line of stationery, doing

tid book binding, and have developed a very

" and prosperous business.

imley is a member of the United Typothetae of

. is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons,

he Royal Arch Masons. He finds his favorite

n in water sports, is a member of the Don

Club, of which he is vice-president, and is also

r of the crew. He is a Conservative in politics

•I member of Ward Eight Conservative Association.

M Lumley married, in Toronto, Margaretta Furse,

I aey have two children: James and Margaretta

"» The family reside at No. 207 Waverly road,

•rcto.

WILLIAM JAMES CAMPBELL McCREA— In the

registry office of the city of Toronto, William J. C. Mc-
Crea is a familiar figure, having devoted his entire
career to the duties which devolve upon him in the
capacity of deputy registrar for the western division.

Mr. McCrea comes of sturdy North of Ireland stock,
his great-grandfather, William McCrea, having emigrated
from there to Kingston, Ontario, in 1819. He was the
father of Joseph McCrea, the first generation born in
this country. William James McCrea, son of Joseph and
father of William J. C. McCrea, was born in Kingston,
but came to Toronto in early life, where he spent the
remainder of his days. He was a successful business
man, conducting a fancy goods store at St. Lawrence
Market for many years, and was active in many of the
public interests of his day. He married Jane Campbell,
who was born in Manchester, England, and both died in
Toronto.

William James Campbell McCrea, son of William
James and Jane (Campbell) McCrea, was born in Toron-
to, November 3, 1873, and educated in the public schools
of the city. When still only in the seventeenth year of
his age, on March 3, 1890, Mr. McCrea entered the regis-
try office of Toronto, in the western division, in the capa-
city of clerk. Rising from one position to another, he
has been employed in this office continuously ever since,
and now (1922) holds the chief office, that of acting
registrar. He served as deputy registrar under the
following registrars: the late Charles Lindsey, the late
Dr. W. Beattie Nesbitt, the late H. A. E. Kent, and the
late R. H. Bowes, K. C, whose death, in April, 1920,
left Mr. McCrea in charge of the responsibilities of the
office.

Mr. McCrea has also served the public as a member
of the Board of Education of Ward Eight (1919) and
while on this board served on the property committee.
He is past master of Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 911, and
is a member of Beaches Lodge, No. 473, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons. He is an elder in Cooke's Presbyterian
Ciiurch, with which he has been identified for twenty-
eight years.

Mr. McCrea married, in 1904, at Kingston, Ontario,
May Foden, daughter of James Foden, who was for
many years connected with the Kingston Locomotive
Works. Mr. and Mrs. McCrea are the parents of seven
children: Charles James Campbell, George Brydon,
William James, Doris Jane, Mabel Irene, Florence Jean,
and Howard, all residing at home.

TERRENCE EDWARD O'REILLY— In the chemical

world of Ontario, the T. E. O'Reilly Company, Ltd.,
stands among the leaders. Mr. O'Reilly, who is at the
head of this concern, is a son of Charles Edward O'Reilly,
who was for many years in the civil service of the Prov-
ince of Ontario. He married Ellen Hewson, and their
three children are: Terrence E., whose name heads this
review, Frances E., and William H.

"rerrence E. O'Reilly was born in Penetang, Ontario,
Canada, June 16, 1887, and was educated in the Rensse-
laer Institute, in New York State, from which he was
graduated in the class of 1909. Coming to Toronto at
the age of twenty-four years, Mr. O'Reilly became
identified with the Chemical Laboratory, Limited,
with which concern he remained for three years. Then
striking out for himself, he organized the T. E. O'Reilly
Company, Ltd., chemical brokers, with offices at No.
36 Toronto street. The personnel of this company is
as follows: T. E. O'Reilly, president; W. H. Van Winkle,
vice-president; and C. A. McClarty, secretary and
treasurer. The business has grown and prospered, and
is held to be one of the leaders in this field in Ontario.

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

Mr. O'Reilly is a member of the Canadian Manu-
facturers' Association, of the Board of Trade of Toronto,
and of the Engineers' Club, and is also a member of the
Rotary Club. He and his family are members of Grace
Church.

In June of 1913, Mr. O'Reilly married Mariorie
Thompson, of Toronto, daughter of E. A. and Elizabeth
Thompson. Mr. Thompson held the Canadian National
championship as oarsman, and is thus widely known in
the world of sports. Mr. and Mrs. O'Reilly have three
children: Terrence Edward, Jr., Elizabeth Ellen, and
Lawrence Arthur.

Diver married (second) Margaret Mclnnis, bor
farm near Owen Sound.

FREDERICK DIVER came to Toronto from his
English home as a youth of fourteen years. He worked
at his trade for a number of years and today (1922)
stands at the head of a well known organization which
was built by industry and diligence, knowledge and
thrift, and in the building Toronto has gained a citizen
loyal and representative.

Frederick Diver is a son of Frederick Diver, and was
born in London, England, June 8, 1857. He was educated
in English public schools, and as a boy was appren-
ticed to the lithographer's trade, being employed there
until 1 87 1 , when he was brought by his parents to Toronto.
From 1871 to 1877 Mr. Diver was in the employ of
local concerns. In 1877 he founded the firm of Diver &
Company, at No. 14 King street, East, electrotypers
and stereotypers. About 1890 Mr. Diver merged his
business with that of W. F. McLean, as the Central
Press Agency, specializing in the making of electrotype
and stereotype and plates for newspapers. They made
their headquarters on Melinda street, Mr. Diver be-
coming manager and a director of the company, so
continuing until 1915, when he purchased his partner's
interest and became sole owner. The present location
is at Nos. 110-114 York street, and incorporation has
been made as the Central Press Agency, Limited, with
Mr. Diver as president; Victor J. Diver, vice-president;
and J. B. Rittenhouse, secretary and treasurer. Ap-
proximately forty people are employed in the conduct of
the company's business, which has assumed large pro-
portions, its claim to this generous patronage based
upon unsurpassed quality of workmanship and intelli-
gent and speedy service. Mr. Diver is intimately
familiar with all branches of the typographic art, and
this broad general knowledge has been an indispensable
asset in his specialized work.

Mr. Diver is a member of the International Associa-
tion of Electrotypers, the Canadian Manufacturers'
Association, the Board of Trade, the Rotary Club, and
the Downtown Association. His clubs are the National,
Mississauga Golf, and Caledon, while he fraternizes
with the Masonic order, and the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. In religious faith he is a member of the
Church of the Redeemer. Mr. Diver's business has
claimed his close attention and a large share of his time,
but his hours of recreation have been enjoyed in golf and
fishing.

Mr. Diver married (first) Charlotte Mino, and they
were the parents of the following children: 1. Frederick
G., a graduate of St. Andrew's College and his father's
business associate; he won the rank of lieutenant in the
Canadian Expeditionary Forces, and met his death in
action in the Ypres Salient in the battle of the Somme,
October 21, 1916. 2. Ethel May, wife of H. V. Welles, of
Windsor, Ontario. 3. Victor John, a graduate of Toronto
Model School and St. Andrew's College, vice-president
of Central Press Agency, Limited, went overseas in
the World War in the machine gun battalion of the first
contingent; he married Myra Emma Davies. Mr.

WILLIAM BLYTHE HANNA— With the
mercial application of the affiliated arts of photo
and printing William B. Hanna, of Toronto, is a
identified as head of Litho-Print, Limited.
Hanna comes of a family long prominent in 0
being a son of D. B. Hanna, of Toronto, presideni
Canadian National railways.

William Blythe Hanna was born in Portage la ]
August 25, 1893. Educated at St. Andrew's Coll
entered the business world at the age of twenty
establishing the present firm in association wit!
Arlow, on Duchess street, in Toronto. "The sue
the enterprise was assured from the start, and its ]
made larger quarters necessary a year later. Rei
to No. 381 Adelaide street. West, at that time, tl
is still located at this address, occupying two
with a combined area of 18,000 square feet. 'Thi
of their activity includes commercial photog
printing, lithographing and bookbinding, and th
doing a large and constantly growing busines
ploying at present eighty-five people.

A member of the Canadian Manufacturers' A
tion and the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Hanna
a member of the Toronto Typothetae, and the Cai
Photographers' Association. In 1915 he enlisted
Canadian army, going overseas in 1916 with thi
Battalion, then was returned to Canada in 1917, ai
discharged early in the year 1918, holding the n
captain. He is now a member of the Military Ins
In civic and charitable affairs Mr. Hanna is b
interested, and his recreations take him out in
open, his favorite game being golf. He is a men
the Toronto Club, the Rosedale Golf Club, the
issauga Golf Club, and the Royal Canadian
Club. He holds membership with the Rosedalf
byterian Church.

Mr. Hanna married, in Toronto, Marion 0.
and they have one daughter, Margaret Marion.

JAMES WILSON GRAY— From the time w
came to Toronto from his Scotland home, a yt
twenty-four years, until his death in 1922, a
architect of the city, Mr. Gray was in touch v
ever-broadening circle of interests in the place
adoption. Many well known buildings attest 1
fessional skill and ability, and in his death the
lost to the community a member whose influer
always been on the side of right and progress. ^'
does not lightly bestow its thirty-third degree, >
was an honor which came to him, and in man; '
coteries of Toronto's foremost representatives he «
esteemed and respected member.

James Wilson Gray was born in Edinburgh, S( ii
July 7, 1861, and there attended school, con?
his general studies with a course in Edinburgh i
sity. He spent some time in an architect's offic n
native city, and in 1885 came to Toronto, his fi •
ployment as a draftsman in the service of Mi W
Dougall, with whom he remained for several yee
the end of this time he embarked independf ly
architectural work, and was continuously ai 'e
this field in Toronto, his offices at the time of h ie
in the Confederation Life building. Mr. Gra; i»
member of the Toronto Architects' Association n<i
the course of a career containing a generous i re
unusually meritorious work he rose to high rani hk
his colleagues. Those buildings of the district t t_b
represent his designing talents are the presei Ki
building, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, E sw

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nore, in 1907. Mr. Gifoaon'a career wa» b*-

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byterian Church, the Bulgarian Mission, the
3tian Jewish Synagogue, the Tremont Hotel, and
Confederation Life building at Winnipeg. He
ted in the designing of the Evangelical Hall Mission,

the plans for the remodeling of the Chinese Young
'8 Christian Association on University avenue, and
ted the remodeling of the Toronto Confederation

building. Receiving his early training in the
t Scotch methods, he was especially well-grounded
le fundamentals of his profession, adding to this
jble quality an originality and rare appreciation of

beauty of line and form that kept his work at a

irmly high standard.

r. Gray was a member of the Knox Presbyterian

ch for almost forty years, his membership dating

1885, he being first deacon for twelve years, and
is numbered among its officials for twenty-one years
I elder, for twelve years as clerk of the session, and
erk of the church. His further activities in its

consisted of membership in the choir and leadership

Bible class, while he also represented the congre-
n in the Presbytery, and for some years was super-
ident of the Chinese class. He was high in the
nnic order, had been distinguished by its thirty-
1 degree, and was a member of the Sons of Scotland
: he Royal Arcanum. At one time he was a member

e Forty-eighth Regiment of Highlanders. Mr.
I had no greater pleasure than that afforded him by
lest in music, and his love of choral work was re-
) ible for his sustained interest in the Mendelssohn
f, of which he was a member from the time of its
(tion until his death, and which he served as an
! tive committeeman. His other chief recreation
sto a certain extent, directly opposed to this, and
sound in big game hunting, annual trips into the
:, country forming an eagerly anticipated part of

!ication program. He was also especially fond of

V, Gray married, in Edinburgh, Wilhelmina Harris.
i ;ath occurred in Toronto, March 28, 1922, and there
siterred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery all that was
T 1 of a high-minded citizen of Toronto, a Christian
viman in all of the virtues and attributes that the
n implies.

l^LLIAM E. GREIG— The son of a Scotchman
flame to Canada as a young man, Mr. Greig was
ri)n the family farm in Pickering township, Ontario
iiy, August 26, 1864. His father, William Greig, was
rin Scotland in 1830, and married Louisa McMurray
)ry after his emigration to Ontario. Mrs. Louisa
Murray) Greig, who was born at Toronto in 1840,
i lughter of William McMurray, who was also born
T onto. At the present time, Mrs. Greig is a resident
h native city. Mr. Greig's father devoted his life

i-ieulture and became the proprietor of a very
g(ind productive farm in Pickering township. He
'dit the early age of forty-four years, when Mr.
ei was only ten years old.

M Greig received his early education in the public
10 5 of Pickering township, and at Pickering College,
lei he completed two terms of study. He came to
rUo alone in 1879 and entered the business world

homing an office boy for the manufacturing firm
tl Massey-Harris Company. In the early days,
leiMr. Greig first knew it, the plant was small,
;u 'ing, in fact, less than one-half the space required
■ t! offices to-day, and the output was limited, the
™ snfining its attention chiefly to the manufacture
re ers, mowers, and rakes. It was a growing business,
wer, and as time went on it expanded and became
ry irosperous. The plant was improved and en-

larged and expansion continued, until today the es-
tablishment is the largest of its kind in the British
Empire. The firm now manufactures a complete line
of agricultural implements and machinery and has a
world-wide market for its products.

As the business grew, Mr. Greig kept pace with it,
and there is no branch of the work in which he is not
fully experienced. Among other things, he has years of
road work to his credit. Coming up to the top in this
way, by working through the different departments,
he has acquired a thorough knowledge of the firm's
affairs and now, by reason of his eminent fitness for
the position, acts as manager for the business in On-
tario.

Few men can show so consistent a record and few
firms rnerit such tireless zeal as that displayed by Mr.
Greig in the course of his long connection with the
Massey-Harris Company, a connection honorable to
both sides and now entering upon the forty-fourth year
of its existence.

Mr. Greig is a member of the Presbyterian church.
During the World War he was tireless in his support of
the government, finding time to serve as a captain and
chairman of various Red Cross and other patriotic
organizations. Mr. Greig is a member of Alpha Lodge,
No. 384, Free and Accepted Masons, and Antiquity
Chapter, No. 91, Royal Arch Masons. He also holds
membership in the Victoria, the Albany, the Royal
Canadian Yacht, the Lambton Golf, and the Rosedale
Community clubs, now being president of the latter.

On January 26, 1887, Mr. Greig married, at Toronto,
Kathryn Blaylock, who was born at Brantford, Ontario,
daughter of Joseph and Ann Blaylock. Mrs. Greig's
father was a pattern maker and a resident of Brantford.
Mr. and Mrs. Greig have seven children: Gladys Louise,
who was born April 21, 1892, and who died May 19,
1893; William Ewart, who was born February 22, 1894;
Kathryn Marie, who was born February 11, 1896, and
who died March 28, 1899; Allan Kenneth, who was born
November 22, 1899; Jean Germaine, who was born
June 9, 1902; Frazer McMurray, who was born February
18, 1904; and Charles Herbert, who was born January
13, 1906. The family residence is at No. 44 Binscarth
road.

JOSEPH GARFIELD GIBSON— As the junior
member of the law firm of Gibson & Gibson, and in
affiliation with some of the leading industrial concerns
of Ontario, Joseph G. Gibson is broadly active in the
general advance. Mr. Gibson is of English descent, and
is a son of Joseph and Janet (Buchanan) Gibson, who
both died within the same year (1920). The father was
long a prominent citizen of Ingersoll, Ontario, where he
served as postmaster for a period of nearly fifty years.

Joseph Garfield Gibson was born at Ingersoll, June
21, 1881, and his fundamental education was acquired
in the public schools of his native place. Early deter-
mining upon the law as his future field of endeavor, he
took a course at the Ingersoll Collegiate Institute, and
finishing at Osgoode Hall Law School, was called to the
bar, with honors, in 1907. Mr. Gibson's career was be-
gun in his native town, where he practiced as a barrister
for five years, but in 1912 he came to Toronto to become
associated as a partner with his brother, Lieutenant-
Colonel Thomas Gibson, C.M.G., D.S.O., B.A., whose
life is reviewed upon another page of this work. Mr.
Gibson has won his way to an assured position in legal
circles in this Province, his attention being devoted to
general lines of practice. He is a member of the Can-
adian Bar Association, of the Ontario Bar Association,
and of the York County Law Association.

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

In the industrial world Mr. Gibson is interested in the
Spanish River Pulp & Paper Mills, Limited, Lake
Superior Paper Company, Ltd., and also the Fort William
Paper Company, Ltd., holding the office of secretary .in
all three concerns, in all of which Thomas Gibson, his
brother, is vice-president and general counsel. Fra-
ternally Mr. Gibson holds membership in King Solomon
Lodge, No. 22, Free and Accepted Masons, and in Oak
Lodge, No. 120, Ancient Order of United Workmen.
He is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and
politically his convictions align with Conservative
principles. He is a member of the Canadian Club,
Empire Club, Albany Club, the Aura Lee Club and the
Toronto Cricket Club, and is a member of the Meth-
odist church. Since its inception in Canada, Mr. Gibson
has been actively identified with the Boy Scout move-
ment, and is a member of the Provincial Council of that
organization.

Mr. Gibson married, at Ingersoll, Janet Brown,
daughter of the late William Brown, and they have one
son, Joseph William. The town house of the family is
at No. 35 Chicora avenue, Toronto, and their summer
place is on Lake Muskoka.

JOHN EDWARD CHALKLEY— Well towards a
half century ago the name of Chalkley took its place in
the construction world of Toronto, and through the
intervening years has held a leading position in this part
of Ontario. John Edward Chalkley is now president of
this long-established concern, and is active in its
management. Mr. Chalkley is a son of Richard and
Annie (Watts) Chalkley. Richard Chalkley was born
in Kent, England, June 21, 1850, was educated in his
native land, and learned there the trade of bricklayer.
Coming to Canada at the age of nineteen years, he
settled in Toronto in 1871, where he worked at his trade
for about four years, then founded the present firm in
1875.

John Edward Chalkley was bom in Toronto, Feb-
ruary 25, 1875, and received his early education in the
public schools of the city, completing his studies at the
Toronto Technical School. His course at this insti-
tution was along the line of his father's business, his
purpose being to make that his life work. Upon his
graduation he received a diploma in building con-
struction. Fresh from technical instruction Mr. Chalk-
ley entered his father's employ, beginning at the very
bottom, as a bricklayer. In turn he mastered the
details of every branch of the work by the practical
method of doing the work, rising by his own efforts from
one position to another until he became president of the
concern. With his entrance into the firm the name be-
came R. Chalkley & Son, and December 15, 1911, it was
incorporated, becoming R. Chalkley & Son, Limited.
Upon the double foundation of technical training and
practical experience, Mr. Chalkley has reared a structure
of substantial and permanent success. The concern
has long handled important contracts, doing a general
line of building construction, but specializing in masonry
construction, excavating, concrete work and heavy
construction of all kinds with yards and offices at
Avenue road and Canadian Pacific railroad tracks.

ARTHUR H. C. CARSON was born at Boston,
Massachusetts, February 23, 1873, son of Thomas and
Louisa (Collins) Carson. When he was two years old
Mr. Carson's parents moved to Ireland, where his father
personally superintended his education and had him
privately prepared for Wesley College, Dublin, and
there his academic training was completed. He was
graduated from Wesley College at an unusually early
age and at once entered the field of business.

Mr. Carson's first position was that of a cl
the Provincial Bank of Ireland. Finding banking ag
he spent eight years with the Provincial Bank, h
for the future by acquiring an expert knowledge o
cial affairs. In 1898 he established himself as
dependent broker in insurance. Five years !
decided to seek a new field, so came to Canada, he
find a better opportunity than the old country i
him. Shortly after his arrival he entered the
of Allan, Killan & McKay, at Winnipeg. He
work for this company as a canvasser, which ws
bad way, since it not only kept him outdoor
hours a day and thus gave him a change fr
indoor emploj-ment to which he had for so loi
accustomed, but also brought him into contact v
general public. He was not left long in this p
however. His expert knowledge and fine trainin
him extremely useful in the office departmental
the firm and he was soon given a position of gre;
portance. His further progress with the firm was
rapid, and when, in 1909, he left them, he held tl
tion of office manager. Upon leaving Allan, K
McKay, Mr. Carson organized the firm of Ca
Williams, now known as Carson, Williams & 1
Limited. This firm is prosperous, and at the
time maintains offices at Toronto, Montreal, Wi
Regina, and Calgary. In 1912 Mr. Carson
president of the firm and has continued at the I
the business ever since. He is also president
London Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Tor

Mr. Carson is a member of the Anglican churc
belongs to the Board of Trade of 'Toronto, an
membership in the Royal Canadian Yacht Cl
Commonwealth Club, and the Carlton Club of
peg.

Mr. Carson married, on June 5, 1913, Eva
Ward, daughter of Joseph and Martha Ward. 1
Mrs. Carson have three children: Arthur H. C, \
born April 1, 1914; Ward Drayton, who was bon
7, 1916; and Nora Ethel Carson, who was born
ber 20, 1917.

ALEXANDER LONGWELL— A member of ;
whose Canadian residence dates from the ei;
century, Mr. Longwell occupies a responsible
the industrial and business life of the Dominioi
fessional work in mining engineering and g
surveys brought him into touch with important
interests, and he is now an executive of numen
and influential organizations; his home and
headquarters are in Toronto. Many social iS:
give him complete identification with the life of
by whom he has been adopted as her own.

A son of George Longwell, a farmer, deceased
der Longwell was born in Hastings county, \
April 17, 1878. He attended public schools at ':
the high school at Belleville, and the School cl 1
Queen's University, being graduated from t
named institution in 1903, with the degree of ii
of Science. For a short time after graduatio ji
engaged in geological survey work at Hasting
Canada Corundum Company of Ontario,
quently, as geologist, he did considerable expl
prospecting in the Cobalt district, resulting i
velopment of the Coniagas Silver Mines, and f
to 1907 filled this position. In 1907 he came ti '"
in professional work, and in 1912 became priSi
the Ontario Rock Company. This place he ho > '
present time. Quarries of the company are Ipt
Havelock, its product being trap rock, for use jM
road, and concrete work. In addition to thipt
Mr. Longwell is a director of the Electric Sfcli

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223

ring Company, vice-president of the Coniagas
r Mines, vice-president of the George H. Gillespie
pany, vice-president of the Industrial Education
shing Company, and president of the Toronto
;tural Steel Company. He is a member of the
Dnal, Rosedale Golf, Scarboro Golf, and Canada
1 Bowling clubs.

r. Longwell married, in Belleville, Ontario, Bessie
?y, and they are the parents of two children.

iOMAS ROBERTS FERGUSON, K. C— Holding

(ling position in the legal profession in Canada, Mr.
uson has for many years been a recognized force
e general advance, his activities being well known
)th the Provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, in his
ite practice alone, and his public service reaching
ighout the Dominion. Pie comes of pioneer Can-
1 stock, and is a grandson of Ogle R. Gowan. He is
1 of Isaac and Emily J. (Gowan) Ferguson,
lomas Roberts Ferguson was born in ( ookstown,
rio, September 30, 1 864. R°ceiv ng his early ed-
on in the public schools of his native place, he
ed Upper Canada College, in Toronto, then matricu-
at the Unversity of Toronto, in 1883, and prepared
lis profession at Osgoode Hall Law School. He was
1 to the bar of Ontario in the year 1888, and to the
if Manitoba in 1902. Practicing in Toronto during
iiterval, Mr. Ferguson went to Winnipeg, Manitoba,
i'02, and was engaged in practice there for about
Ren years. Then upon the elevation of h.s brother
•Justice W. N. Ferguson, to the bench, he became
tmber of the firm of Millar, Ferguson & Hunter, of
Mto, with which he is still connected. He is one of
ilioadly successful men of the day in Canada, and
if a decade ago was appointed to perform a public
"'•e of much significance. This appointment, re-
vl from the Canadian Government in 1913, was as
tmber of the Royal Commission to investigate the
eind disposal of Crown lands, water powers and
«g rights since 1896, and the results of this investi-
;ii were such as to forward in a marked degree the
ii>f right and justice. Mr. Ferguson was created
US Counsel in 1908, while practicing in Manitoba,
diCing's Counsel of Ontario in 1921.
liTaternal circles, Mr. Ferguson is well known, and
I ader in Ontario in the progress of the Loyal Orange
station. He is a member of the Free and Accepted
l^is, of the Independent Order of Foresters, and his
ifc(S the Albany, of Toronto. He resides at No. 308
t\ street, Toronto.

R:HARD G. KIRBY— In the construction world

Tronto the name of Kirby holds significant place.

''! G. Kirby, who is at the head of one of the

iirms of general contractors and carpenters,

in Yorkshire, England, June 28, 1866, and re-

■^ education in English schools. Coming to

111 1888, he was employed as a carpenter until

in he founded the present business, beginning

'lest way, but developing a very extensive

With office, factory, and yard at Nos. 537-539

'reet, Mr. Kirby has always specialized in

ud and industrial buildings. He has been

i with the construction of many of the prominent

of the city, among which may be enumerated:

; building, the Mason & Risch building, the

el plant, the plant of the Ideal Bedding Com-

i>the Ideal Bread Company, the York Knitting

"'the new Eastern avenue plant of the Consumer's

ipany, the James Robertson Company plant on

nvenue, and many others. He has done the

pi>^r work on these and many other structures,

and on a large number holds the general contract. Mr,
Kirby manufactures doors, sash, and moulding, using
a large part of his output in the execution of his own
building contracts. During the past few years two of
Mr. Kirby's sons have been associated with him in
this work. Among his business interests is the presidency
of the One Hundred Associates, Limited, owners and
dealers in city property.

Mr. Kirby is an earnest devotee of the best in music
and is widely known in musical circles in Toronto. He
was one of the founders of the Mendelssohn Choir of
Toronto, and for twenty-two years its vice-president.
He is the possessor of an excellent voice, has participated
in many musical productions in the city, and for eighteen
years was choir master at Trinity Methodist Church,
although his interest in music is not professional.

Mr. Kirby is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade,
and past president of the Builders' Exchange of Toronto.
Fraternally he holds membership in Ashlar Lodge, No.
247, Free and Accepted Masons, and his clubs are the
Canadian, the Empire, the Engineers', the Granite, and
Rotary. He is a member of the Methodist church, and
has long been active in official capacity in the denomin-
ation. He is a member of the General Conference of
Canada, a member of the special committee of that
body, vice-president of the Methodist Union of Toronto,
and chairman of its building committee. The work of
the Young Men's Christian Association has had his
hearty support, and he is a member of the metropolitan
board of the Young Men's Christian Association, and of
the board of the Toronto Central Branch. For many
years he was chairman of the sustentation fund of the
Toronto Conference, controlling the stipend of min-
isters in weak charges.

In 1893 Mr. Kirby married, in Toronto, Lizzie M.
Blight, of this city, and they are the parents of five
sons, of whom one was lost in the World War. They
are as follows: Robert William, in the employ of his
father; Richard G., Jr., deceased; Maxwell Ford, also
in the employ of his father; Frederick Blaiklock; and
Harold Davenport, a student at the University of
Toronto.

Robert William Kirby, eldest son of Mr. Kirby, was
born in Toronto, March 24, 1894, and received his early
education in the public and high schools of the city,
thereafter entering the University of Toronto, from which
he was graduated in the class of 1916, with the degree of
Bachelor of Science. On January 26, 1916, Robert W.
Kirby enlisted in the Fifty-third Battery, Canadian
Field Artillery, as a gunner, and served in the World
War until his discharge in May, 1919, since which date
he has been associated with his father in the contracting
business. He is a member of the Toronto Canoe Club,
and is a member of the Methodist church. On April 21,
1920, he married Lillian Armstrong, of Toronto, and
they reside at No. 11 Blythwood road.

Richard G. Kirby, Jr., second son of Mr. Kirby, was
born in Toronto, February 22, 1896. On September 9,
1915, he enlisted, as signaler, in the Ninth Howitzer
Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, and served until he
made the supreme sacrifice, September 26, 1916, at the
Battle of the Somme.

JOHN ALBERT HAMBLETON— For a number of
years active in the construction work of the city, and
now prominent as an estate and business broker, John
A. Hambleton is identified with the physical progress and
growth of Toronto. He is a son of John Hambleton, a
resident of Norfolk county, Ontario, who was born in
the State of Pennsylvania in 1850, and came to Ontario
with his family in 1854. The elder Mr. Hambleton has

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spent his lifetime in agricultural pursuits in Norfolk
county.

John Albert Hambleton was born in Norfolk county,
Ontario, March 20, 1883, and received a thoroughly
practical education in the public schools of that section,
after which he spent several years with his father on the
farm. In the year 1906 Mr. Hambleton came to Toronto,
and opened offices in the Cosgrave building, on Yonge
street. For ten years he was very active in the building
world, specializing in the erection of homes. A great
number of pleasant and comfortable dwellings owe their
existence to his energy and far-sighted faith in the pros-
perity of the city. With the necessary restrictions in
building during the World War, Mr. Hambleton laid
aside his interests in this field entirely, then, in 1919,
entered his present business, which comprises brokerage
in both real estate and business properties. He is meet-
ing with gratifying success, and largely confines his
operations to the sale of residential properties, including
apartments.

Mr. Hambleton married, in 1910, Alice Ford, of
Barry, Ontario, anf they have one child, Emerson
Stacey. The family reside on Albany avenue.

GEORGE KAPPELE, K. C— When the Rev.
Stephen Kappele, a minister of the Methodist church,
left his charge at Dunkirk, New York, for a missionary
field in the Ottawa Valley, of Canada, he brought with
him a son, two years of age, George Kappele, whose life
record is found, in capable and notable service, in Can-
adian legal annals. George Kappele achieved a place
of prominence in his profession, and the name was borne
in honorable and distinguished military careers by a son
who fell at Vimy Ridge, and another who met accidental
death during his term of enlistment.

George Kappele, son of Rev. Stephen Kappele, was
born in Dunkirk, New York, October 16, 1861. Canada
became his home at the age of two years, as previously
described, and his education was obtained in the Gait
public schools and the Collegiate Institute. His father
then being called to a Hamilton charge, the son while at
that place entered the office of John Crerar, and began
the study of law. In 1883 he passed the bar examinations
with high honors, receiving in the same year the gold
medal of the Upper Canada Law Society. His active
work began in the office of Bain & Laidlaw, and he
subsequently became a member of the firm, under the
title of Bain, Laidlaw & Kappele, his associates at that
time being John Bain, K. C., and William Laidlaw,
K. C. This firm was succeeded by Laidlaw, Kappele &
Bicknell.

In 1906 Mr. Kappele formed a partnership with his
brother, Charles Kappele, under the firm name of
Kappele & Kappele, and in this association continued
until his death, the firm gaining high standing in the legal
fraternity of the province. Mr. Kappele was appointed
an official referee in 1907, and in 1908 was created a
King's Counsel. Professional distinction at the hands
of his colleagues had come to him in 1890 and 1891, when
he was president of the Osgoode Legal and Literary
Society. He was a member of the Masonic order,
affiliating with Zetland Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, of which he was past master, and St. Paul's
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He was a communicant
of St. Paul's Cathedral of the Anglican church.

Mr. Kappele married Kate Reece Heyes, daughter of
John and Mary B. Heyes, of Barbados, British West
Indies. The family had a summer home at Muskoka, and
Mr. Kappele enjoyed greatly the time spent there.
They were the parents of: 1. George Reece, a barrister,
a graduate of St. Andrew's College, member of the firm of
Kapjjele & Kappele; he was commissioned lieutenant in

the Canadian army during the World War, atta
the governor-general's body guard, and was aci
killed in Toronto, July 14, 1915. 2. Ernest Ree
a graduate of St. Andrew's College, held the
lieutenant in the Canadian army during the Wor
and was killed at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917, I
that time in command of his company, all of th
officers having been killed or wounded. 3. Kate
married Austin Torrance Crowther, son of Wil
Crowther, and they are the parents of Jane Kapi
Ann Beverley. George Kappele died in Toror
tario. May 22, 1914.

GEORGE WALLACE SEE— One of the moi

perous enterprises in the city of Toronto is the bus
See & Smith Motors, Ltd., distributors of Ford
cars, and service station. Mr. See, the active
this business, is a son of William See, who was
contractor and builder in Toronto and Windsor, (
but is now deceased.

George W. See was born in Kingston, Ontai
cember 22, 1877, and was educated in the public
of Toronto. His first employment was with hi
in the contracting business in Windsor, but he cc
there for only a year, when he returned to Toroi
entered the employ of R. H. Ramsey & Cc
wholesale produce dealers, with whom he remai
three years, in charge of the outside work. Th
spending a year with the Canadian Pacific rail'
survey work, he next became identified with thi
Sanford Company, wholesale clothiers, of Hi
Ontario, remaining with this concern for severs
Later, returning to Toronto, Mr. See became asi
with W. Sanford Alley, wholesale dealers in
cloaks and suits, with whom he remained for a p
ten years. In 1916 he took over the managei
an automobile accessory business for the Aut
Owners' Association. His next position was in
of the Palace Garage, at Winnipeg, Manitoba, v
remained for two and a half years, then went in
ness for himself in Winnipeg, conducting a gar
supply house. Disposing of this interest in J
1918, he immediately returned to Toronto, and f
partnership with Fred Smith, of this city, and
upon the distribution of Ford motor cars, ur
firm name of See & Smith, with salesrooms
427-429 Queen street. West. The business flc
and its growth made expansion a necessity, so
ruary, 1921, the company removed to a modern si
and service station on Sheppard street, betwe<
mond and Adelaide streets, West, where they h;
spacious and thoroughly up-to-date quarters, (
with every approved device and convenience for
therance of their work and the resulting effic
serving the people. Meanwhile, in November, :
limited company was formed, under the name
Smith Motors, Limited, Mr. See vice-presid I
managing director. In 1918 the company be i
manufacture of bodies for Ford trucks, in a
College street, but this branch of the business
in September, 1921. The building on Sheppai
which they occupy entirely, is three stories ii i
containing 40,000 square feet of floor space, i
service station is considered one of the fines i
Dominion. The concern has a motto or slog ,
House of Service," and with this spirit domin n
entire force, added to the fact of their very ! »
location in the heart of the city, they are 1 ir
significant part in the general advance of mot i
in Toronto.

Mr. See is a member of the automobile secti <
Retail Merchants' Association, and is a mem! <

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■anis Club. His chief recreation is lawn bowling,
he is a member of the Rusholme Lawn Bowling
b. Mr. See married Mary Fetch, of Toronto.

OHN V. GRAY— With more than thirty-five years'
lection with all forms of construction work in the
ted States and Canada, Mr. Gray is active in a
ing degree in this line in Toronto as president of
n V. Gray Construction Company, Ltd. This
pany has executed contracts for public and industrial
itruction in large amount over a wide territory in
five years of its corporate existence. Mr. Gray and
associates have built up an organization that is
lout superior in its field of work and that stands as
[)resentative business concern of the city.
3hn V. Gray is a son of George and Hannah (Vollans)
y, the former a native of Lancashire, England, who
I in Sandwich, Ontario, in December, 1919, the latter
1 in Sandwich, died in May, 1919, of English parents
' came to Canada about 1830. George Gray was a
)enter during his more active years, in later life
)wing gardening.

)hn V. Gray was born in Sandwich, Ontario, May 29,
), and there attended the public schools, as a youth
fteen years beginning to learn the carpenter's trade.
I journeyman carpenter he worked in the vicintiy of
dsor and Detroit, Michigan, until 1895, and from
1 to 1898 was foreman in Piggott's Windsor Mill,
he latter year he v/ent to the western Canadian
t and in Vancouver was employed as foreman in
I construction of buildings, in 1900 returning to
!oit. Here for seven years he was associated with
I of the older successful general contracting firms
he city as factory superintendent, and general
irintendent, and estimator in charge of outside
3:. In 1908 he came to Toronto, engaged in con-
r'tion work, specializing in reinforced concrete, and
911 the firm of Wells & Gray was established,
1 Gray continuing in this association until March,
I?, when he withdrew.

V took a long deferred vacation at this time, re-

iting business in January, 1916, when John V. Gray

Jlruction Company was incorporated. Building

r acting has been the field of the company's oper-

iis, which employs from one hundred to three hun-

e and fifty men, and operates throughout Ontario,

itaining, since 1920, a branch office with full staff at

i:sor, Ontario. The officials of the company are

Bi of long experience and high standing in their

liof work; they have surrounded themselves with a

netent and well organized personnel; a sound

sess policy of reliable service and satisfaction has

e pursued, and a business that has twice doubled

ilume is proof of the public confidence and patron-

e Among the organizations availing themselves of

Mgh type of service offered by John V. Gray Con-

T^.ion Company, Ltd., are: Canadian Fairbanks-

33 Company, Ltd., The Canadian Allis-Chalmers

riany, Dunlop Tire and Rubber Company, Ltd.,

« Cowan Company, Ltd., The Swift Canadian

nany, Albert Kerr Company, Ltd., Union Stock

r .Limited, Canadian Pacific Railway Company,

rnion Bank, the Imperial Oil, Limited, Toronto;

'i\ Walker & Sons, the Imperial Bank, Walker-

lOntario; The Champion Spark Plug Company, J. T.

n Company, The Separate School Board and the

U'ipal Council, Windsor, Ontario; The Riordan

Iffe Paper Company, Merriton, Ontario; and Horn

>i3rs Woollen Company, Lindsay, Ontario. Many

t se firms have given the company contract after

tct and such is the confidence inspired by their

tids of handling work that the volume of percentage

work has grown to be the larger proportion of the
total annual business. In every instance the completed
contract has meant a building ready for its intended
use and a client satisfied.

Mr. Gray, the moving spirit in this successful en-
terprise, is a member of the Board of Trade and the
Engineers' Club, of Toronto, The Windsor Club, of
Windsor, and fraternizes with Great Western Lodge,
No. 47, Free and Accepted Masons, being also
affiliated with the Scottish Rite Masonic body. He is
also a member of the Walkerville Hunt Club, and the
Severn River Improvement Association. His political
stand is independent, and he is a communicant of the
Anglican church.

Mr. Gray married, at Sandwich, Ontario, June 30,
1896, Jane Elizabeth Wells, of Sandwich, Ontario, and
they have two children: Dorothy Elizabeth and Mar-
garet Ellen.

ALPHEUS KENNEDY DOAN— The Doan Coal
Company, Ltd., a new name in the Toronto business
world, is the successor of the firm Doan & Charles,
Limited, this concern having been engaged in opera-
tions in the city as partnership and corporation, from
1907 to 1921. Mr. Doan is president and general man-
ager of this prominent organization, and is widely
known in business circles of the district, as well as in
many other relations to the city's life.

Mr. Doan is a member of a family which came to
Canada from Pennsylvania in 1812, settling in North
York, near Newmarket, Ontario. He is a son of Joseph
and Sarah (Kennedy) Doan, both deceased, his father
having been a farmer, cultivating land near Newmarket,
Ontario. Alpheus Kennedy Doan was born in Victoria
county, Ontario, July 31, 1862, and in childhood was
taken by his parents to North York, where he attended
public schools, later pursuing studies at Newmarket.
For one year after the completion of his studies he was a
school teacher, then attending business college at Hamil-
ton, Ontario, and in 1884 coming to Toronto, v,'here he
entered the employ of the Elias Rogers Coal Company.
Mr. Doan remained with that firm until 1907, holding
various positions in the main office of the company and
gaining a broad and valuable experience in this line.
In June, 1907, he resigned, and formed a partnership
under the name of Doan & Charles, dealers in wholesale
wood. Incorporation was made in July, 1911, as Doan &
Charles, Limited, in 1921 the name was changed to the
Doan Coal Company, Ltd., wholesale and retail dealers.
The main oflSce and yards of the company are at No.
383 Sorauren avenue, and the company, which has
grown to leading size in the city, ships throughout
Ontario. In addition to this Mr. Doan is a director of
The Seaman-Kent Company. He is a member of the
Parkdale Bowling Club and High Park Lawn Bowling
Club, and fraternizes with the Masonic order as a mem-
ber of Parkdale Lodge, No. 510, and he is a member of
the Parkdale Methodist Church.

Mr. Doan married, in Toronto, August 5, 1891,
Helen Green, of Toronto, and they are the parents of:
Warren Kennedy, and Olive Helen. Warren K. Doan
was born in Toronto, August 31, 1892, attended public
schools and Parkdale Collegiate Institute, and in 1913
entered his father's business as secretary and treasurer
of the company. He married, in 1916, Theresa Darch,
of Toronto, and they have one son, Warren Kennedy,
Jr. Warren K. Doan and his wife are members of the
Howard Park Methodist Church, and their residence is
at No. 202 Grenadier road.

DUNCAN JOSEPH McDOUGALD— A financier of
wide experience and training in banking and brokerage

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transactions, Mr. McDougald has had a career of
sustained usefulness in these fields. He was born in
Glengarry county, Canada, April 17, 1880, son of
John Angus and Annie (Chisholm) McDougald. His
ancestors came to Canada from Scotland in 1776,
settling in Glengarry county, Ontario, where both of his
parents were born. John Angus McDougald was born
in 1839, and for forty years has been in government
service, still continuing in official place as local regis-
trar for the High Court for the counties of Stormont,
IJundas, and Glengarry. Annie (Chisholm) McDougald
died in December, 1917.

Duncan J. McDougald was educated in the separate
and high schools at Cornwall, Ontario. After his
education was completed, he came to Toronto, and
at the age of eighteen, he became a clerk in the office
of the Union Trust Company, Ltd. In this position
he acquired a thorough knowledge of banking and
business methods. In 1905, at an age when many
young men are just beginning to acquire a business
training, he branched out on his own account in the
business which now bears his name. He has conducted
the affairs of this business ever since, and his con-
fidence in his methods and ability has been more than
justified by the results. In addition to his regular
business, Duncan J. McDougald has identified himself
with various outside interests, and is president of the
Pine Lake Lumber Company, Ltd., and of the Eastern
and Western Land Corporation, Ltd.; a director of the
Trust and Guarantee Company, Ltd., and is officially
connected with several other corporations. During the
World War, Mr. McDougald was vice-chairman of
the Ontario Victory Loan Organization Committee.

Mr. McDougald is a Catholic in religious faith, and
was the first president of the Columbus Club. He is a
member of the Toronto Board of Trade, the Canadian
Manufacturers' Association, and is a Liberal in politics.
His other social memberships are in the Ontario Club,
the Scarboro Golf and Country Club, and several
others.

Mr. McDougald married, on June 28, 1905, Margher-
ita E. Murray, and they have three children: Mary C,
John Angus, and Nancy McDougald. The family
residence is at No. 20 Dale avenue.

GEORGE WILLIAM MEYER— The private legal
practice of Mr. Meyer conducted successfully for a num-
ber of years as a member of the firm of Meyer, Beardmore
& Morphy, has given way to his activities with the
New York Life Insurance Company in Toronto. Mr.
Meyer is a native of Cheshire, England, born in Alderley,
February 29, 1856, son of George William Meyer, born
in Cheshire England, in 1824, died in 1873, having been
a merchant throughout his active years. His mother
was Emma Christina (Bennett) Meyer, born in Crewe,
Cheshire, in 1835, died in 1864.

George William Meyer, the son and subject of this
review, attended school at Edenfield, Doncaster, and
Ecclesall College, and in 1876 came to Toronto, pur-
suing legal course at Osgoode Hall, being called to the
bar in 1882. For several years thereafter, he was a
member of the firm of Meyer, Beardmore & Morphy,
later withdrawing from legal practice to become a
representative of the New York Life Insurance Company
in Toronto. He is a member of the Rosedale Golf Club,
and the Toronto Rod and Gun Club, and in fraternal
affiliations is a Mason. He is a communicant of St.
Mark's Anglican Church. Politically, he is a Con-
servative.

Mr. Meyer married (first), in Toronto, in 1881,
Mary Emeline Morphy, who died in 1910, daughter of
HenryjBrindly Morphy, a prominent citizen of Toronto,

and Charlotte (Sisson) Morphy. Children: 1
2. Ruth Bartlett. 3. George Oliver, now associa
the Toronto office of the New York Life Ii
Company. Mr. Meyer married (second), in
Toronto, Ruth Marion Morphy, youngest dau
Henry Brindly Morphy. The family residen
No. 125 Jameson avenue, Parkdale, Toronto.

SAMUEL ROETHER— The connection w
organization of which Mr. Roether is presid
managing director. Prime & Rankin, began in 1
year following its founding, and he has thus had
in all of the activity and progress that has p
in its present leading position in its field. Mr.
is a member of a family of early residence in Ki
Ontario, his father and mother, Samuel and ^
(Winger) Roether, both natives of Lancaster
Pennsylvania. Samuel Roether served as a li(
in the First Battalion of Bruce county during thi
Raid, and subsequently was governor of the p
Walkerton until his death.

Samuel Roether, the subject of this review, \
in Port Elgin, Ontario, March 27, 1856, and obti
education in the common and high schools of Wf
then serving an apprenticeship with George (
Port Elgin and later of Winnipeg, a cousin of
Timothy Eaton. Upon the completion of his api
ship he was employed by Ruby & Hilker, gene
chants, of Port Elgin, where he remained for s(
years. He then came to Toronto and entered th
of Prime & Rankin, as salesman.

This concern was founded in Toronto in :
Frederick A. Prime and Alexander Rankin, as
of underwear, laces and draperies, their op
following these lines until 1894, when the man
of curtains was undertaken. Curtain manufac
continued its principal field of activity to the
and the company is now the leading manufai
high grade curtains in Toronto, with a patron
extends throughout the Dominion. The origi
nership was in force until 1902, when incorpors
made as a stock company, Mr. Roether at 1
acquiring holdings therein and becoming a
Upon the retirement of Mr. Rankin in 1904, Mr-
was elected secretary and treasurer, and upon 1
of Mr. Prime, in 1919, he succeeded to the pn
at the same time obtaining a controlling inter*
concern. The business was started in an extrerr-
manner in one room of the building on Yon
where the Bank of Hamilton is now locatec
company now owns the building, a five sti '
structure, and occupies all the floors. In 19
chasing and finishing branch was opened in No
England, and has since constituted a part of
activities. Mr. Roether is a member of thi :
Board of Trade, and has high and influential t
in the business fraternity of the Dominion, t
member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.

Mr. Roether married, in 1885, Agnes Adair a
of a Bruce county pioneer, and her death o< ii
1913. Their one child, Marguerite Adaii n
Major Thomas Morrison, of Hamilton. Mrs. it
died in May, 1918, leaving a son, Bruce A ir
rison.

JAMES ROBERT FLEURY— Well knowr 1 1
circles and an official of the church board of e '
green Methodist Church, Mr. Fleury was b D
township of Mariposa, Victoria county, Onts J,
Peter and Ann (Harman) Fleury. He halh
fortune to lose his father when he was fouien

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227

and was in consequence thrown upon his own re-
ces.

e was entered in the public schools of his native
1 when he became of school age and remained at
ol until his father's death. After leaving school,
Fleury, as a country boy, naturally turned to farm
i for employment. He had no difficulty in securing
i and engaged in farming until the spring of 1888,
n he came to Toronto. Upon his arrival in the city,
fas offered a position as porter in the freight sheds
le Grand Trunk railway. He accepted this position
it was not long before his ability was recognized
he was transferred to the clerical department. The
i in this department proved better suited to him,
he spent fourteen years and nine months in the
ice of the railway, holding the position of chief clerk
n he resigned. His next connection in the business
Id was with P. W. Ellis, the well known Toronto
>ler. He occupied a position in the registered mail
irtment of Mr. Ellis' establishment for two years,
at the end of that period he became associated with
nd W. Washington, a Toronto firm of undertakers
funeral directors, and resigned his position with Mr.
. During his connection with L. and W. Washington,
Fleury served an apprenticeship and acquired a
ivledge of the science of embalming. He remained
the firm until 1913, when he decided to establish
i;elf independently. Accordingly, he left the Wash-
im company and opened an office at No 685 Queen
tit, East, where he now has a well-appointed es-
Ishment.

r. Fleury is a member of the Woodgreen Methodist
]-ch, and has been an official of the church board
reveral years. He is a Mason, and belongs to Orient
>:e No. 339. He is also a member of the Canadian
•ir of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 4, and he belongs to
eVIaple Leaf Lodge, No. 455, of the Loyal Orange
>;e.

( February 14, 1885, he married Margaret A. Heat-
:, aughter of John and Maria Heatlie. Mrs. Fleury
e October 24 1910. Mr. Fleury has two children:
i:)n Ellsworth, who was bom July 29, 1888; and
ort Martin, who was born March 26, 1896.

JHN FLEMING GOODCHILD, M. D.— Holding
!ges from leading medical institutions of Canada and
rt; Britain, Dr. Goodchild has since 1904 been a
aitioner of Toronto, and in that period has gained,
idition to high professional standing, acquaintance
itland participation in many spheres of the city life,
e a Canadian by birth, and after classical education
it(?d Queen's University, Kingston, whence he was
■acated M. D. and C. M. in 1899. During the four
■lliing years he took post-graduate courses in Edin-
'Hasgow, and London, in 1901 receiving the de-
li. Sc. in Public Health at Edinburgh University.
L ac time a commission investigating the compara-
vetanding of the different public health qualifications
' bad in the United Kingdom reported that the
and examination at Edinburgh University in
artment was specially thorough, and that the
gree in Public Health granted by that university
highest test of scholarship in State medicine in

at Edinburgh Dr. Goodchild was appointed, in
11, as assistant in the health department of the
ility of Glasgow under the medical officer of
lir. A. K. Chalmers. During the year of his
here occurred in Glasgow an outbreak of small-
h about 1,800 cases, and 200,000 people were
•d; and there were also about thirty cases of
plague introduced from India.

Dr. Goodchild's other degrees are: L. R. C. P., Lon-
don, 1904; M. R. C. S., England, 1904, and M. C. P. &
S., Ontario, 1904. Robert S. Thompson, Esq., M. D.,
D. Sc, F. F. P. S. G., F. R. S. E., one of Great Britain's
foremost medical men, wrote thus of Dr. Goodchild:

"During his residence In this country ho has devoted most of
liis time to extending his knowledge In Medicine, Surgery, and
the allied Sciences, and I have mot with but few who have en-
tered upon their career in the practice of Medicine so throughly
equipped and experiencetl as Dr. Goodchild. Personally I was
brought into contact with him most intimately at the time he
was studying Clinical Medicine and during hLs attendance upon
my class in Anderson's College Medical School, so that I had
every opportunity of making myself acquainted with the value
of his work and personal character."

While meeting the demands of a large practice. Dr.
Goodchild has been interested in public affairs and the
broader activities in relation to his profession. From
its organization until 1906 he was secretary of the
Hygiene Section, Ontario Educational Association, and
in the latter year he was elected president. He has
served as chairman of the Section of State Medicine,
Academy of Medicine, Toronto, and in 1907 did some
original research work in ascertaining the prevailing
illnesses causing the absence of children from the Toron-
to schools. For two years he was editor of the reports
of the Academy of Medicine, preparing these publica-
tions with particular attention to utility. Dr. Goodchild
is a valued member of his profession and, to quote a
contemporary "has always observed with great care
the lines of true ethical procedure." Dr. Goodchild has
been chief-of-staff of the Women's Hospital of Toronto
since its inception, and is physician to the Belmont
Street Home for Aged Men and Women. Among num-
erous social memberships are those in the Lake Shore
Country Club, and the Mississauga Golf Club.

Dr. Goodchild married, in Edinburgh, Scotland,
in 1902, Emma M. Welch, bom in Ontario, and they are
the parents of the following children: Saniord Fleming,
born March 29, 1903, now a student in the Toronto
University College of Medicine; Margaret Jean, born
January 19, 1907, a student in Oakwood High SchooL
The family residence is at No. 272 Poplar Plains road.
Dr. Goodchild's parents, Joseph and Jean (Fleming)
Goodchild, are residents of Craigleith, Gray county,
Ontario, where his father is living retired. Dr. Good-
child's mother is a member of the Fleming family,
pioneer settlers of Toronto, daughter of Andrew Gregg
Fleming, who located on Richmond street, Toronto,
in 1847. One of the sons was Sir Sanford Fleming, a
noted engineer, whose identification with engineering
work in "Toronto, the building of the Canadian Pacific
railway, and other early railway building operations
have made him famous. Sir Sanford Fleming was also
at one time Chancellor of Queen's University. Another
of Mrs. Goodchild's brothers was John Fleming, a land
surveyor and engineer, who also was a famous painter
in oils and water colors, examples of whose work are
preserved in numerous public and private galleries.

OLIVER RICHARD MACKLEM— One of the well
known names in legal circles in Ontario is that of Oliver
Richard Macklem, for many years a prominent barrister
of Toronto. Mr. Macklem is a son of Oliver T. and
Julia Ann Macklem, of Chippawa, Ontario, and his
father was long at the head of large business interests
in that section, owning a foundry and also a distillery.

Oliver Richard Macklem was born November 18,
1854, and after his preparatory studies, entered the
Gait Collegiate Institute for his professional training,
and was graduated in due course. Called to the bar in
1878, Mr. Macklem entered into partnership with the
late Frederick C. Denison, a Member of Parliament from
West Toronto, who conducted an extensive general

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practice. After the death of Mr. Denison, Mr. Macklem
was alone for a time, but some years ago received into
partnership his son, Hedley C. Macklem. Mr. Macklem
has been a resident of Toronto for nearly fifty years.

Mr. Macklem has few interests outside his profession,
except those of a recreative nature. For relaxation from
his exacting duties he turns to outdoor sport, and is a
member of the Toronto Golf Club. He is a well known
member of the Toronto Club.

Mr. Macklem married Elizabeth Macklem, and they
are the parents of three children: Oliver T.; Hedley C;
and Phyllis, now the wife of Kenneth M. Langmuir, of
Toronto.

The eldest son, Oliver T. Macklem, served during the
World War, under Colonel George T. Denison, and was
wounded, thereafter being appointed on the staff of
Major-General Victor Williams. He returned to service
upon his recovery, and served until the close of the war.

JOHN CLAUDE MANLEY GERMAN— Identified
with the legal aspect of insurance operations, Mr-
German has for twelve years been active in this line.
The family name has been one of prominence in the
Province for many years through the public service of
his father, William Manley German, son of George and
Susan (Garratt) German.

William Manley German was bom in Hillier, Prince
Edward county, Ontario, May 26, 1851, and was edu-
cated there and in Victoria College, Cobourg. He was
called to the bar in 1885, created a King's Counsel in
1899, and for thirty-two years has been engaged in
successful professional practice in Welland. He is as-
sociated with important business interests and for the
past quarter of a century has served as a member of
parliament, gaining a place of wide influence in legisla-
tive circles. He married, in July, 1885, Henrietta
Aylmer Macdonell, daughter of Angus Duncan and
Pauline Rosalie (de la Haye) Macdonell, descendant
paternally of United Empire Loyalist family, and
maternally from French ancestors. Distinguished

military service in many wars of the Empire stands in
the Macdonell name.

John Claude Manley German was born in Welland,
Ontario, January 27, 1889. After attending the public
schools he pursued studies in the Toronto Technical
School, then graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School
in 1916. Since then he has followed professional work
in Toronto, specializing in insurance law and having
association with eleven insurance companies in legal
capacity. For a time he was in charge of the legal
department of the Ontario branch of the Travellers'
Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, with
headquarters in Toronto. Mr. German is secretary and
treasurer of the Lake Matchewan Gold Mining Com-
pany and a director of the Shiftlock Steering Wheel
Company. He is a member of the Ontario Bar Associa-
tion and the York County Law Association, and holds
high rank in that branch of his profession to which he
has given special attention. In 1922 Mr. German formed
a partnership with T. L. Robinette, son of the late
Thos. C. RoDinette, K. C. He is also a member of the
Bureau of Municipal Research, the Board of Trade, the
Kiwnnis Club, and the Phi Delta Phi fraternity. His
social memberships are in the Scarboro Golf Club and
the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, and in politics he is a
Liberal. He is a communicant of the Roman Catholic
church and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. German is ii member of the younger group of men
of ulTnirs to wluxsc initiative and energy much of the
later progress of the city is due, and his work has been
pursued in public-spirited i-oncern for the welfare and
advancement of his adopted home, Toronto.

He married, in Renfrew, Ontario, December 2£
Mary Kathleen O'Brien, of Renfrew, and they
parente of: Mary, Jacqueline, and Ann. The
home is at No. 57 Rowanwood avenue.

ARTHUR JABEZ VAN NOSTRAND— A ^

surveyor, with experience in many sections of the ]
ion, and also with a long and honorable military
Mr. Van Nostrand is broadly representative
citizenship of the Canadian Provinces. With
at Toronto in the Temple building, he is still ac
a member of the firm of Speight & Van Nostrand

The family of Mr. Van Nostrand came to Ontar
Long Island, New York, United States of Amei
1800, and settled at York Mills, Ontario, and
section subsequent generations were bom.
Van Nostrand, Mr. Van Nostrand's father, v
forty years engaged in the lumber business at
York, and married Anna M. Marsh, who was 1
England.

Arthur J. Van Nostrand was born in North
Ontario, October 14, 1861, and attended the pub
high schools of that community. In 1879 he '
tided to a local land surveyor for three years, and
that period spent six months in the Dominio
survey in the great Northwest. In 1882 M
Nostrand received his commission as provincii
surveyor, and within the year received his com.
as Dominion land surveyor. For the next two y
was engaged on the prairies of the Northwest in w
and in winter was employed on the survey of the '
Canal. Thereafter, practicing his professio

Toronto as the centre of activity, he has for mai
been a member of the present firm, and has b
gaged in general practice in and about the city, ii
work for various departments of the Dominion 1 1
tario governments.

Military duties have many times interrupi
Van Nostrand's professional work. He entt
militia in 1903, with the rank of lieutenant, in ^
of Guides. In 1911 he was a member of the
contingent from Canada which was in attendanc
coronation of His Royal Majesty, George V, ae
divisional intelligence officer, with the rank of liei
colonel. From July, 1915, until March, 1916, ]
Nostrand was in Canada with the 74th Battalia
going overseas as second in command of that b
with the rank of major. With the absorption of i
talion, he was made divisional bombing officer
land, and twice, for short periods, served in Frai I
was returned to Canada in February, 1919, :t
holds the rank of lieutenant-colonel. I

For years Mr. Van Nostrand has been a rti'ln
the Ontario Land Surveyors' Association, w
served as president, and he has also been ;
the Engineers' Club of Toronto. He is a i;i ^
the Canadian Military Institute, which he hiis v(
vice-president. Politically he has always bee i
servative, and fraternally holds membership I
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of the JU
Club, which he has served as a member of the pc
committee, is a member of the Rotary Club,p(l
Aero Club, and is a member of the Anglican chi 'O.

Mr. Van Nostrand married, in 1887, at '"en
Falls, Ontario, Kathleen G. Logan, daughter ojh'
Canon Logan of that place, and they have four cig
Elsie M., wife of Robert D. Campbell of Delhi m;
Nora M., wife of W. Basil Wedd of Toronto; : iis<
wife of Harold A. S. Molyneux of Toronto; a K
erine M., who resides at home. The family n leni
in York Mills, Ontario.

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229

LIFFORD EARL BLACKBURN, J. P. Mr.

i-kl)iirn, who is a iiativp of Toronto, is oiio of Iho

•ossful men of tln> day in this city, and is taking an

vi> part in the K*'ii<'ral proitross. Ho was born Jun-

y 28, 1880, and pronarod for his carwT in tho odu-

oiittl institutions of tliis city. At the am' of oinhtoen

rs ho entered tlie employ of T. Katon & Clonipany,

;he capacity of salesman, remaininu witli this I'lrm

live years, then re.sinnintt, struck out for himself in

urocery business. He was succes.sful in this lit'ld

lindinu the business very confininu and exacting,

K)8e<l of his interests and entered the insurance

1. He handled life insurance exchisively for a numlier

cars, but this activity not tilling his time, lie widened

s.imc of his endeavors by adding (ire insurance and

>■. also fmancial brokerage. He has been broad-

-ful, and is contiiuiinK to advance in his chosen

las real estate operations bearitiR an esiu'cial

lilirance to the city. His leading interest is the build-

luall houses homes for the people, and he

\ has ten or more of these houses under con-

:it the same time.

•h his nrominenco in the business world Mr.

1 has l)een brouttlit forward in civic alTairs.

. lected alderman in the vears 1918 1!) 20 21,

made a member of tne express company

c to establisli free delivery throughout the city

10. As a result of Mr. Hlackburn's study of

•imditions, three representatives from the Hoard

nion were appointed on the board of the House

iry for the city of Toronto, his name Ix'ini;

uise appointed. Chosen also as chiiirman ol the

ind committee, the duty of which is to dis-

l:iii(ls owned by the city and not re(|uired

uipal purposes, he him been very active in

' ;k. He was npiiointed justice of the peace,

A 29, 1914. He is, and always has been, a stroiin

for public ownership of public utililii's and iin

upporter of the policies of Sir Adam Heck,

cheap electric power, lii;ht and Hydro Hadials.

kbiirn was the defeated candidate for member

Hoard of ('ontr<)l,li)22. In various branches

i/.ed endeavor Mr. Hlackburn is well known,

t president of the Uatepayers' Association ami

1 of the central council of the liatepayers' As-

. and one of the uovernors of the Western H"""

<(< li)I!) he has been a director of the ('anadian

i Kxhihition. I'olitically he is a (Conservative,

ice-president of the Ward Kive Conservative

! Ml, and fraternally he holds membership in

. il Orange Lodi{e, and the Hluck KniKht« of Ire-

V Blackburn married, on August 15, l!)0(i, Florence

• Urtis, of Toronto, and thev have seven children:

M Frederick; Clifford Alfred; Howard Karl; .John

William Edward; MurKuret Cliulys; and Klor-

i'(^l.

MUND RANDOLPH GRIFFIN -One of tho Iri-

mamifacturin^' establishments of Toronto is

Iin Cloves, Limited, with its weaviiiK plant at

M>"dina avenue, and factory at No. ;i(>4 Uich-

• ii't, West.

iiidin, vice-president and mnnuKinK director of

■■<m, was born in Port .lackson. New York,

1878, and was educated in the public and hinh

I his native place. In early life he entered the

'f Fownes Hrolhers, at Amsterdam, New York,

i; with this <M)mpaiiy for about twelve years.

established his own business in HufTido, New

'Kinninjt the manufacture of silk cloth for

""•war. In 1!)1G Mr. Ciridln came U) Toronto,

where he oruBiiieod the Griffin Gloves, Limited, and haa
since conducttnl n eoiistantly Rrowinif businew. Tho
concern manufactures dianioisette Rloves, their weavinK
plant beint; equipped with four modern macliines, and
the maiiufacliirinu plant beinit also e<)uipped in the
most modern way, occupyinn two floors and employing
one hundred and lifty people. The normal outjiut of
this orKani/.ation is eight hundred dor.en nloves jier week,
the entire output beins aold in the Dominion of Canada,
and beiiiK known as the Griflin Gloves. This concern
was the lirst to manufacturi' chamoisette nloves in
Canada. Mr. Gritlln is one of the alert, forward-lookinn
business men of the city of Toronto, and is a member
of the Canadian Manufacturers' .\s.sociation.

HARRY WILLIAMSON PAGE, who is takiiiK n
prominent position in levtal circles in Toronto, is de-
scended from an Kniilish family, his nfU'lfather,
Charles PaRe, having settled in Toronto in the llfties.
{^liarles Pane became a successful merchant of liis day,
operatinK a dry K<»'ds store on the site now occupied by
the T. Katon Company. Charles .1. Pat;'', his son, and fa-
ther of Harry W. PiiKe, was born in KiiKhind, coininit
to I'anada as a child with his par(>nts, who are now both
decea-Mcd. Charles .1. Pa^e was for many years asso-
ciated with his father in business under the llrm name of
C. PiiRe & Son. He married Sarah Williamson.

Harry William.son Pa(je was born in Toronto, Feb-
ruary .'!, 188 1, and his early education was ac(|uircd in
the pviblic schools of the city, after whidi ho attended
Ilarbord Collegiate Institute. Finishinu at Osuoode
Hall Law School, he was called to the bar in the spring
of 1!<08. Having been articled to K. T. Malone, K. ('.,
Mr. Paite, after Ids (tniduatioii, became a nartner in tho
firm of Ur(|uhart, Uriiuhart & Pane, this partiKTihip
continuinit until li)l!). At that time Mr. Pa(ce entered
ujion the independent nractice of the law, establishiuK
his otlice at No. 12 Kictimond street, Ktiat. He also has
an ollice in Oakville, where he spends n part of his time,
and is haiidliiiK a Krowinn Reneral practice.

Mr. Pane is a member of the Ontario Har Association
and also of the York (County Law Association. Fraternal-
ly he holds membership in Oakville Lodv;e, No. 400,
Free and Accepted Masons, of which he Is past master.
He finds his favorite recreation in out-of-door interests
and is a member of the Mississauga Golf and Country
Club, and of the Oakville Golf (^iiib. I'olitically he
endorses the Liberal party, and is a member of the
Presbyterian church.

On March 17, l!)0!t, Mr. Pajre married, at Oakville,
Katherine Hell Parrish, of Oakville.

DAVID WATSON ALEXANDER Hroadly repre-
sentative of the piiiihri iniinhood uiion which waH
built the prosperity .ml . I'.itness of tlie Dominion of
Canada, David Wiitson Alexainler came to (Canada as
a yoiuiK man, an<l was identilled with the early indus-
trial i>roKress of Toronto, later becomiiijt a fWure of
sit;ni('icance in the insurance world. Mr. Ah'xaiuler wan
also widely known in those circles which count for fo
much in tiie cementing of the people of a nation Into a
social body, and lifting them out of sordid or lethargic
conditions.

Mr. Alexander wan born in Scotland, in the town of
Thurso, Mar<th (i, 184(5, and died in Toronto, SepUimber
12, liHCi. (Coming to (Canada at the age of eighteen yearn,
he was employe<l for some years in the leather businem
in Toronto, later establishing an independent liusineiw
interest, of which he was the head, in partnership with
,Iohn (Cassols. In 18!*!), however, he permanently left
this branch of endeavor, an<l became identified with the
insurance business as manager for the London Guarantee

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and Accident Assurance Company. He was very
successful in this connection, and followed this line of
activity until his death, winning the highest esteem of
his associates and contemporaries in this field.

Mr. Alexander was a member of the National Club
and the Toronto Club, a member of the Albany Club, and
at one time vice-president of this body. He was a
member of the Rosedale Golf Club, and of the Toronto
Hunt Club. His keenest delight was in horsemanship,
and he was a charter member of the Ontario Jockey
Club. He served on the board of governors of this club
for many years, and shortly before his death had been
elected vice-president. He was always deeply interested
in racing, and had the true spirit and sense of honor of
the British sportsman. Quiet and unostentatious, his
host of friends valued him for the genuine worth which
lay beneath his modest manner but was revealed in
every relation of life. He was a member of the Rosedale
Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Alexander married, in 1903, Flora Jessie Rowand,
daughter of the late Dr. Alexander Rowand, a prominent
physician of Quebec, who was born in Scotland and came
to Canada in his youth, reaching a high position in the
profession.

REV. ARTHUR JOSEPH O'LEARY, D. D.— The

name of the Rev. Arthur J. O'Leary ik honored by the
citizens of Toronto. His pastorate of St. Joseph's
Church has borne tangible fruits. The tone he has given
to "Leslieville" greets the eye and bespeaks greater
leadership in the realm of souls.

Arthur Joseph O'Leary was born in Pickering, On-
tario, August 9, 1874, and received primary instruction
in his native town. In his college career in St. Michael's,
Toronto, he excelled his class mates in all years. Similar
success attended his philosophical and theological
studies. He was graduated from the Grand Seminary
of Montreal with a Licentiate in Divinity and a Bach-
elorship in Canon Law. Ordained to the Holy Priest-
hood on the Christmas Vigil of 1899, Father O'Leary
served four years as curate to St. Mary's Church in
Toronto. He was named pastor of the parish of Colling-
wood in 1903, and there he expended twelve years of
zeal for religion and education. Father O'Leary served
continuously on the Board of Education, and also
directed the building of St. Mary's School and Hall.
Proceeding to Rome in 1912, he took a full post-graduate
course of lectures at the Papal University and obtained
the laureate of the Doctorate.

Two years later the Rev. Dr. O'Leary returned to
Toronto, summoned to the pastorate of St. Joseph's in
Riverdale. Besides liquidating the debt, he has decorated
the church and completed the handsome rectory and
club house. Bowling greens and tennis courts have been
provided for his parishioners, while he himself has been
associated with Scarboro Golf and the Queen City
Curling clubs. He has been Diocesan Director of the
Priests' Eucharistic League for more than a decade, a
Dantean scholar and promoter of other literary studies.
During the academic year of 1917-18 Dr. O'Leary filled
the chair of Dogmatic Theology in St. Augustine's
Seminary, and he has shown a deep interest in the forma-
tion of the Toronto priesthood.

St. Joseph's parish numbers almost two thousand
souls, and five new congregations have been formed
from its territory during the last quarter of a century^
St. John's, St. Ann's, Holy Name, Corpus Christi, and
St. Brigid's. Once known as "Leslieville," its present
boundaries are well within the city limits. Dr. O'Leary
still directs it, and the ever-increasing membership bears
the impress of his culture and inspiration.

WILLIAM JAMES INGRAM— All of his acti'
spent in pharmaceutical lines, Mr. Ingram has
1905 been a member of Ingram & Bell, Limited,
offices, showrooms, and factory are in Toronto, i
branch of the house in Calgary. Toronto know
Ingram as a successful business man who has ei
into essential civic interests, and in these connectio
met all of the responsibilities ot good citizenship.
Ingram is a son of Noble Ingram, born near Fi
Falls of Irish parentage, and Harriet (Martin) Ir
born at Plainfield, Ontario, of Scotch parentage,
elder Mr. and Mrs. Ingram are now residents of Os
Ontario, Mr. Ingram having spent his active years
hotel business at Fenelon Falls.

William James Ingram was born in Fenelon
Ontario, July 4, 1870, and there attended the
schools. After completing his course he served :
prenticeship in the drug business at Brantfon
London, Ontario, coming to Toronto in 1903, and
ing the employ of the Chandler-Massey Cok
manufacturers of pharmaceutical preparations,
first service with this company was as traveling sale
and he was subsequently promoted to the off
manager, continuing in this capacity until 1905,
as a member of Ingram & Bell, Limited, he was
the purchasers of this business. The general (
show rooms and factory of the company are at N
McCaul street, and here a force of seventy
manufactures the high grade preparations upon
the company's subsequent growth and expansion
been based. The first location was at Yonge and
das streets, the present location having been oc(
in 1914, when a new building of three stories was
to which two stories were added in 1917. Thei
branch of the company at Calgary, and represent
of the company dealing directly with hospitals,
cians, and nurses market their products througho
Dominion.

Mr. Ingram is a member of the Canadian
facturers' Association, the International Surgical
Association, the Canadian Pharmaceutical Assoc
and the Rotary Club. He is also a member of the
Men's Christian Association and is active in thi
of the Toronto Boy Life Council. He is a Conse!
in politics and a member of the Presbyterian churc

Mr. Ingram married, at Titusville, Pennsy
October 18, 1899, Flora L. Smith, and they ha
daughters: Muriel Agnes, and Wilma Lavina.
reside at No. 145 Dunvegan road.

JOHN DOUGLAS WRIGHT— Man of afif
Canada of a time past, and one of the prominent 1
men of his day, John Douglas Wright gave
service to his day and to his adopted country asf
in the World War, made the supreme sacrifice in t!
of right. For both father and son the history of J J
where the older man was active in commerc
financial work, has honored place.

John Douglas Wright, son of Robert Wrig
born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and there obtai i
education, which was completed in St. Andrev (
versity, Scotland. At the age of eighteen years ci
to Canada and was for a time engaged in bus «
London, Ontario, subsequently traveling quite xl
sively, and in 1881 making his residence in ''- «i
Here he formed a partnership with William i ne
the Toronto Lithographic Company, and late w
this enterprise had enjoyed successful continn; «;
sold his interest to Mr. Stone, and went to N( ^
City. Thereafter he engaged in ranching in thi '<"
west, his operations here likewise attended 1 i'
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lome at the time of his death, May 5, 1902. Mr.
?ht was the head of the American Drug Company,
-president of the Beaver Flint Glass Company, and
rector of the Toronto Floral Company. He was a

of strong abilities, staunch to adherence to high
Is of commercial and private honor, and exercised a
lesome, constructive influence in the varied circles
hich he moved. He was a Presbyterian in religious
1.

)hn Douglas Wright married Lillian St. Clair Hakon,
lorwich, Ontario, and their children were: 1. Ora
Clair, married F. B. Kilbourn. 2. John Hakon,
ased. 3. Douglas Christie, enlisted in the World
•, and went overseas with the 170th Battalion, later
g transferred to the 18th Battalion. At St. Eloise
/■is wounded, and for gallant conduct he was recom-
ded for the Military Cross. Later he was transferred
le Imperial Flying Corps with the rank of lieutenant,
was sent to the Italian front, where he met his death

the Austrian lines. His plane was brought down
m enemy plane above him, but before this occurred
lad that morning been officially credited with five
es. He was a graduate pf St. Andrew's College, and
ailing was that of chartered accountant. 4. Bruce
on, a graduate of Toronto University, an architect
rofession, was a member of the University of Toronto
ers' Training Corps, was commissioned lieutenant
pe Royal Engineers, and was in coast defence ser-
] in England .

,LFRED RICHARDSON QUIRK— One of the rising
ig barristers of Toronto, Mr. Quirk is attaining suc-
5i'.s a member of the firm of Pritchard & Quirk, their
>s being located at the corner of St. Clair avenue and
lisrin street.

Ir. Quirk was born in Toronto, October 14, 1893,
cs a son of Frederick Quirk, who is manager of the
eing Action & Keys, Limited. Attending the public
tills of the city as a lad, Mr. Quirk early made his
ce of a profession, and after a preparatory course at
ellarbord Collegiate Institute, entered McMaster
lersity in Toronto, from which he was graduated in
elass of 1913, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
ii the completion of his law course at Osgoode Hall
u>chool, he was called to the bar in May, 1916. One
a later Mr. Quirk's career was interrupted by his
liment in the Royal Flying Corps, and holding the
n of second lieutenant, he served as pilot until
ibiary, 1919. He has since devoted his attention
tily to his profession, and has won an assured position
ei n. He is a member of the Ontario Bar Association,
id fraternally holds membership in St. Andrew's
)d", Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of
e ilymouth Brethren.

^. Quirk married, in Toronto, on June 18, 1919,
bhI. Ball, of this city, and they reside at No. 175
auir avenue, Toronto.

FED A. O. JOHNSTON— Vice-president of W. S.

"'•n & Company, Ltd., Mr. Johnston fills a re-
position in the Toronto business world, while
1 of acquaintance and influence is widely ex-
ilirough long continued and active participation
ur athletics. He is a native of Fergus, Ontario,
tober 19, 1874.

i'lhnston attended the public schools of Port
eluding the high school, and began the business
i a clerk in a hardware store in Owen Sound.
onths afterward he came to Toronto, and in
•red the employ of James Bonner, a haberdasher
. 11 and Yonge streets. Later he was associated
'W^. Harrington, and thereafter was in charge of

the gentlemen's furnishing department of Herbert &
Wynans. This position he filled but a short time be-
fore entering his father's organization, W. S. Johnston &
Company, in 1898, being admitted to partnership in
1901. In December, 1910, the business was incorporated
as the W. S. Johnston Company, Ltd., of which Fred
A. O. Johnston is vice-president and manager. 'The
company conducts a theatrical and commercial printing
and bookbinding business and holds high rank in this
field.

Mr. Johnston, who is a director of the Classic Ath-
letic Club, has long been interested in athletics and haa
done much to promote, organize and wisely regulate
competition in the Dominion. He is vice-president of
the Ontario branch of the Amateur Athletic Union of
Canada, a member of the board of governors for the
national body of the Amateur Athletic Union, a member
of the Canada Olympic Games Committee, and chairman
of the Racing Board of the Canadian Wheelmen's
Association. Mr. Johnston advocated and supported all
athletic work in military camps during the Great World
War, while his interest in the welfare of the troops has
been witnessed by his valuable service in raising funds
for the care of returned soldiers and his tireless work as a
member of the Toronto committee appointed to re-
ceive them upon their return from camp and the front.
Mr. Johnston is a Mason, a member of King Solomon
Lodge, No. 23, Free and Accepted Masons; he also is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
Imperial Lodge, No. 391; Knights of Pythias, Riverdale
Lodge, No. 7; and the Loyal Orange Lodge, Nassau, No.
4.

Mr. Johnston married, in August, 1899, Ella May Cas-
well, daughter of William Caswell, of Toronto, and they
are the parents of the following children: Clarence H.,
a student in the University of Toronto; Margaret, and
Helen. The family residence is at No. 251 Albany

THOMAS RICHARD La BELLE— Many of Toron-
to's finest residences dating to the latter part of the
nineteenth century represent some of the earlier work
of Thomas Richard La Belle, first a building contractor
and then a construction engineer of Toronto whose
active career covered a period from 1885 to 1912. In
1922 death called him from his accustomed places in
the community with whose upbuilding, literally and
figuratively, he had been so intimately identified, his
passing the loss of a citizen of substantial worth and de-
pendable public spirit.

Thomas Richard La Belle was born in Cranley,
near Colborne, East Northumberland, Ontario, March
6, 1857. He was reared on the home farm, attended
school in Colborne, Ontario, and as a youth learned the
carpenter's trade, coming to Toronto about 1885, and
founding a business under his own name. The work of
T. R. La Belle, building contractor, became noted in
the trade and among the general public for reliability
and quality, and he was awarded contracts for the erec-
tion of many of the city's pretentious and beautiful
homes. From the building of residences he branched
out into the larger forms of construction engineering
about 1900, and many industrial and public buildings
throughout the Dominion were constructed under his
direction, including the plant of the Canada Sewer Pipe
Company. He retired from active afifairs about 1912
with a reputation of fair and upright dealing that
extended in honorable regard over more than a quarter
of a century. He took just and honest pride in the high
grade of workmanship that unfailingly characterized the
operations of his firm, and there was no surer route to his
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deliberately the high standard he so jealously guarded.

Mr. La Belle was a member of Zeta Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons, also affiliated with the Canadian
Order of Foresters, the Loyal Orange Lodge, the Knights
of the Maccabees, and the Home Circle. He was a
communicant of Centennial Methodist Church. Much
of his life having been spent in the open, it was natural
that his best enjoyed recreations should have been
found in the out-of-doors. He was fond of boating and
also of flowers, and in his later years gave much time to
a well-kept garden containing many choice varieties of
flowers.

Mr. La Belle married Esther L. Thompson, of Cran-
ley, and they had one son, Clarence B. Mr. La Belle
died in Toronto, January 9, 1922. Into the work of life
he had put much of earnest, long-continued effort, and
from it he had received not only business prosperity but
the enduring regard of his fellows and that greatest of
all rewards, a home companionship, upon which no
shadow had ever rested until his passing.

GEORGE WOOD GRANT was born in Innerleithen,
Peebleshire, Scotland, August 16, 1857, son of Charles
and Helen (Wood) Grant, both deceased. He attended
the public schools of his birthplace and lived in Scotland
until, a young man of twenty-five years, he came to
Canada in 1882, locating first in Winnipeg, where he was
employed as a wood worker until 1885. In that year he
came to Toronto, with whose life and affairs he has since
been identified, and for another year he continued in
wood-working, at the end of that time forming an asso-
ciation as travelling salesman for a local oil firm. In
1896, with a thorough knowledge of the oil business and a
decade of experience in the marketing of the product,
Mr. Grant established independently, and for twenty-
five years this had been his line of endeavor. The small
enterprise he founded then, has grown to large propor-
tions, and in addition to his oil dealings Mr. Grant has
for a number of years carried a general line of engineers'
supplies. His operations extend throughout the Domin-
ion and he is popular in the trade, numbering his friends
among the officials of the companies with whom he has
accounts, and their engine-room chiefs alike, a sincere,
straightforward democracy easily bridging the gap.
During the Riel Rebellion Mr. Grant was a member of
the Ninetieth Battalion, Winnipeg Rifles, serving
throughout this uprising with the rank of corporal. He
was detailed to the guard of the prisoner Riel after his
capture in 1885.

As a younger man Mr. Grant was widely known as a
professional singer, touring the continent for a number
of years, and for many years was choir master at old
St. Andrew's Church, his interest in things musical and
his love for musical art continuing strong. He is a mem-
ber of the Sons of Scotland, past president of the Cale-
donian Society, and one of the past presidents of the
Burns Literary Society, of which he was the founder.
He holds the Knights Templar degree in the Masonic
order, hi^ membership in Geoffrey Commandery, and
he is also a past master of St. John's Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons, a director of the Masonic Temple
Corporation, and a member of Rameses Temple, An-
cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His
other fraternal affiliations are with the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, and the Ancient Order of Foresters,
and he is a member of the Presbyterian church. In
August, 1913, Mr. Grant was appointed justice of the
peace, in and for the county of York. In the per-
formance of the duties of business and private life, in
cordial, helpful intercourse with his fellows, and in the
contentment of his home, Mr. Grant has found what the
beloved poet Burns has called, in his epistle to Dr.

Blacklock, ". . . . the true pathos and subli
human life."

Mr. Grant married, in 1896, Margaret Waugh
son, also a native of Scotland, and they are the p
of one son, Charles Wood, his father's associate ir
ness.

WALTER ROBINSON BITON— In the prod

of waterproof clothing the Walter Biton Gon
Ltd. of Toronto, holds a leading position in the Dor
of Canada. Mr. Biton, the founder, and since t
ginning the head of this concern, is a son of Jol
and Henrietta (Bonsall) Biton, residents of Nottin
England.

Mr. Biton was born in Nottingham, England
cember 23, 1881, and his education was recei\
Loughhoro" College, of Leicestershire, England,
pleting his studies in 1899, Mr. Biton became appre
to Mcintosh, Limited, manufacturers of waterproof i
ials. Remaining with that concern for about five
he then became identified with the London E
Company, of London, England, as mechanical ma
which position he filled for about five years. In 1!
came to Toronto, and here established himself in bu
founding the interest which has developed int
present prosperous enterprise. The first locatio
at No. 28 Wellington street. West, and the busine:
carried on under the name of Walter Biton Con
until its incorporation, which took place in 1916.
offices and showrooms are now located at No. 7
street, and the business extends throughout Canac
Newfoundland, the company manufacturing an*
porting waterproof clothing of every description,
product is marketed by their own representative
they maintain agents at Halifax, Newfoun
Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver.

As the head of this concern, Mr. Biton holds a f
the Toronto Board of Trade, and is also a mem
the Credit Men's Association, and of the Comr
Travelers' Association. Politically he suppor
Conservative party. During the World War I
active in all movements in aid of the forces c
and in the Red Cross drives, later assisting with th
of returning soldiers from Halifax. Fraternally
member of Zeta Lodge, No. 410, Free and Ac I
Masons, and of all the Scottish Rite bodies,
a member of the Kiwanis Club, of which he i
president (1921), and of the Toronto Civic Guild
holds membership in the Church of the Redeem'

Mr. Biton married, in London, England, on Ji
1904, Carrie Beale, a resident of London, and tl
the parents of one son and one daughter: Walt
a student at Trinity College; and Sylvia, a stuc i
Havergill College. "The family home is at No. 161 '
avenue, Toronto.

FREDERICK BASKERVILLE EDMUNDS

experience in educational lines that preceded I
munds' entry into legal work, which he now fol ''■
general practice, is turned to public benefit in his n
on the Board of Education of Toronto. He is int i(
associated with many interests in municipal life : I
a wide acquaintance in professional, civic anc oi
affairs.

He is a son of Rev. S. C. Edmunds, B. D. and m
Edna Edmunds, residents of Scarboro, Onta
father, superannuated, a minister of the Mi «
church. Frederick Baskerville Edmunds was rn
Priceville, Ontario, April 17, 1882. The M- of
custom of frequent changes of pastorate n i
caused numerous places of family residence,
greater part of Mr. Edmunds education was ( a"

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233

the Stratford Collegiate Institute. Upon the comple-
in of his scholastic training he was for one year prin-
)al of the school at Rostock, Ontario, and was sub-
^uently principal of the Linwood School for three
ars. About 1906 he entered the law office of Gibson,
iborne, O'Reilly & Levy, of which Sir John M. Gibson
is the senior partner, at Hamilton, and after two years
me to Toronto and entered Osgoode Hall Law School,
Ing called to the bar in 1911. In 1912 he received the
gree of LL.B. from the University of Toronto. His
actice, since being called to the Ontario bar, has been
general nature and he has won substantial professional
ice. Mr. Edmunds is a member of the Ontario Bar
sociation. On January 1, 1916, he was elected to the
Tonto Board of Education, in 1917 became chairman
the property committee, in 1920 chairman of by-laws
nmittee, and in 1921 chairman of the finance com-
ttee. He has contributed diligent service to the
jcational affairs of the city, and has been able to aid

effecting numerous improvements in the school
item.

VIr. Edmunds fraternizes with the Masonic order and is
I officer of Victoria Lodge, also affiliating with Shekinah
iapter, Gyrene Preceptory and Rameses Temple.
: was for several years president of the Brotherhood
i3t. Paul's Methodist Church, and is now a communi-
:it of High Park Methodist Church. He is also a
imber of West Toronto Kiwanis Club in which he
I taken an active interest, and is a devotee of outdoor
:rts, particularly tennis, baseball, boating, and swim-
ng, following these as opportunity offers.

le married, at Linwood, Ontario, Annie Gates,
I that place, and they have one daughter, Helen.
r;ir home is at No. 152 High Park avenue and their
timer residence is "Birch Lodge" on the Lake Shore
od.

the Weston Golf and Country Club, and the Lake
Shore Country Club. He is a Conservative in political
sympathy.

Mr. CoUett married, in Toronto, Hannah Skene, and
they have one daughter, Mrs. Dr. H. F. Sproule. Mr.
and Mrs. Collett are members of the Church of England.
The family residence is at No. 130 Grenadier road.

'.DMUND B. COLLETT— One line of business has
■Imed Mr. Collett throughout his active years, and
I he now pursues as president of CoUett-Sproule,
J ., manufacturers of paper boxes. A Torontonian
rn boyhood, he is identified with many interests in
b city and has long been known as an enthusiastic
^ihtsman.

Ir. Collett was born in London, England, April 13,
B, son of George Thomas and Sarah Ann Collett,
XI deceased, his father, a machinist in calling, having
night the family to Toronto during the son's early
>chood. Edmund B. Collett attended the public
cols and as a youth of twelve years began active life
n 18 employ of a local firm manufacturing paper boxes.
n897 he established independently in this industry and
;pated alone successfully until 1912, when CoUett-
>f mle. Limited, was incorporated, combining the busi-
le he had built up under his own name and that of the
"onto Paper Box Company. In 1914 the present
otrion at No. 127 Portland street was occupied, where,
n wenty-five hundred square feet of floor space, are
10 ed the paper box manufactory and a complete
)rting plant, enabling all operations necessary in the
nung of a printed container to be completed under one
0( The firm's trade is local in nature, and in the Tor-
>n field a large and flourishing business has been built
ip Mr. Collett is a member of the Canadian Manu-
acirers' Association, and the Board of Trade, and is
lubered among the progressive commercial leaders
!' e city. He fraternizes with Wilson Lodge, Ancient
^Ti and Accepted Masons, and St. Patrick's Chapter,
wil Arch Masons, and is also a past grand master of
Minights of Malta. For twelve years he was com-
no)re of the National Yacht Club, finding his most
njable recreation on the water. He is a member of

BARTHOLOMEW SPROULE— To the affairs of
Collett-Sproule, Limited, incorporated with him as man-
aging director in 1912, Mr. Sproule brought the exper-
ience of many years in the practical direction of paper
box manufacturing interests and a thorough mastery of
all branches of this industry. Collett-Sproule, Limited, is
his principal business holding, and through this and
numerous social connections, he is widely known in the
city.

Mr. Sproule is a descendant of Irish ancestry, his
family, during several generations of Canadian resi-
dence, making their home first at Seaforth, Ontario,
and later at Brampton, in the same Province. He is a
son of John George and Margaret Jane Sproule, his
father employed until his death in 1877, in clerical
positions.

Bartholomew Sproule was bom in Brampton,
Ontario, June 16, 1876, and in childhood was brought
by his parents to Toronto, where he attended the public
schools. The death of the husband and father, when
Mr. Sproule was but one year old, placed the family in
straitened financial condition, and as soon as he was old
enough to make his way he went to work in a local
paper box factory. This determined his field of work
and he was subsequently connected with several firms
of the city, most of the time as manager and superinten-
dent. In 1912 he purchased the business of the Toronto
Paper Box Company, which was merged with the in-
dependent business of E. B. Collett under the name Col-
lett-Sproule, Limited. Since that time Mr. Sproule has
been managing director of the company, located, jince 1914,
at No. 127 Portland street, and employing about one
hundred persons. A printing plant for supplying
printed containers is a part of the company's equipment,
and a prosperous local business is transacted, the com-
pany holding high rank among similar organizations in
the city. Mr. Sproule is a member of the Canadian
Manufacturers' Association, and the Kiwanis Club,
supporting their work with the energetic enthusiasm
that is one of his most marked characteristics.

He is a member of Georgina Lodge, No. 343, and Sunny-
side Lodge, No. 582, Free and Accepted Masons, and
King Cyrus and St. Patrick's chapters, Royal Arch
Masons. He is an ardent fisherman, and fond of bowl-
ing and motoring. He is a member of the High Park
Bowling Club, and the Lake Shore Country Club.
Politically he is a Conservative, and is a member of the
Baptist church.

Mr. Sproule married, in Toronto, May 1, 1916, Anna
May Hodgson, and they are the parents of two daugh-
ters: Dorothy Margaret, and Donelda Kathleen. "The
family home is at No. 509 West Marion street.

HAROLD ALONZO GREENE— Holding a foremost
position in finance, and reaching the financial centers of
the world, the Bankers' Bond Company, Ltd., of Toronto,
of which Harold Alonzo Greene is vice-president and
managing director, is one of the best known institutions
in the Dominion of Canada. This concern was founded
in 1912 by the late Sir Frank Wilton Baillie, and deals
in investments. As underwriters in government, mun-
icipal, public utility and industrial securities, they do
business in all parts of the world, executing orders in

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the principal markets of the worid, and specializing in
public utility and industrial securities.

Harold Alonzo Greene comes of a family long resident
in Ontario. His grandfather came from Devonshire,
England, settling in Kent county, Ontario, where his
father, John Greene, was born, and during his active
life was engaged in farming and now retired. John
Greene marriwi Frances Newman, who was also born
in Kent county.

Mr. Greene was born in Dresden, Kent county,
Ontario, November 15, 1887, and his education was re-
ceived in the public and private schools of that section.
Coming to Toronto in January, 1903, he spent nine
years in the offices of E. & S. Currie Company, Ltd.,
beginning as junior clerk, and rising to the position of
assistant credit manager. In January, 1912, Mr. Greene
resigned from that position to become identified with
the Cluett, Pea body Company Ltd., of Montreal, in
charge of their department of credit and finances, re-
maining with that concern until 1914. In that year he
formed his present association, becoming vice-president
and managing director of the Bankers' Bond Company,
Ltd. He is a director of Copeland Flour Mills, Limited.

For social and other interests Mr. Greene finds scant
leisure, but holds membership in the Ontario Club and
the Lions Club, and politically holds independent con-
victions. He is a Mason, a member of Ashlar Lodge,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and is a member
of the Methodist church.

Mr. Greene married, in Toronto, March 9, 1918,
Jeane Adele Haycraft, of Brooklin, Ontario, and they
reside at No. 11 Cortleigh Crescent.

CHARLES HERBERT ACTON BOND— Past officer
of the leading organizations of architects in the Province,
'Mr. Bond holds position as one of the leaders of his
profession in Canada. Educated and trained in his
calling in England, his birthplace, he has since 1888
been associated with Toronto, and has made a secure
place in the life of the city and the esteem of his fellow-
citizens. Mr. Bond is a son of Charles Acton and
Sarah Bond, both deceased, his father during his active
life a grain merchant in the city of London, England.

Charles Herbert Acton Bond was born in London,
England, in June, 1869, and was educated in his native
land, there also obtaining his architectural training,
studying in the South Kingston Museum, department
of science and art. After an apprenticeship in the office
of William Hunt, a well known London architect,
Mr. Bond came in 1888 to Toronto, there entering the
employ of Langley & Burke, architects, subsequently
forming an association with Darling & Pearson.

In 1893 he went to New York City, and was profession-
ally engaged with A. W. Breuner & Francis Kimball, at
this time pursuing architectural studies in Columbia
University. He returned to Toronto in 1898, and in
this city has since been continuously engaged in general
practice. Buildings of his design, fulfilling many purposes,
have been erected throughout the Province, and in addition
to large numbers of residences, he has designed the fol-
lowing structures: the power house of the Canadian
Niagara Power Company at Niagara Falls; the office
building of the Electrical Development Company of
Ontario; the Refectory building in Queen Victoria
Park, Niagara Falls; the Mason and Risch building;
the Hermant building on Dundas street, East; the
Brigden building on Richmond street, West, and the
Carswell building, the four last named all of Toronto.
An interesting feature of his practice has been the de-
signing of the interiors of the upper works of the steam-
ers: Cayuga, Kingston, Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa,
and other vessels plying the lakes.

Mr. Bond is a member of the Ontario Associatio
Architects, and from 1913 to 1919 was president of
association through successive re-elections, and I
1906 to 1910 he was president of the Toronto Societ
Architects. For the past five years he has been a n
ber of the council of the Royal Architectural Insti
of Canada, and he is also a member of the counc
the Ontario College of Art. For several years he se
on the council of the Ontario Museum of Art, an
professional and art circles he is held in high esteen
personal talents and for the devoted service he
rendered these interests during his Toronto reside
Mr. Bond is a life member of the St. George Soc
and fraternizes with the Masonic order, holding n
bership in Ashlar Lodge. He is a member of the B
of Trade, the National Club, and the Toronto Ro
Club. His church is the Anglican.

Mr. Bond married, in Toronto, in 1899, Mary Lc
Newton, of this city, who died in 1906. Their chil
are: Charles Acton, Herbert Acton, and Mary Acto

JOHN GARDNER LECKIE— In legal circle!
Toronto Mr. Leckie stands in the progressive grou
younger barristers who are taking responsible posii
in the profession.

For more than a century the Leckie family ha!
sided in Ontario, the grandparents of Mr. Leckie ha
come here from Scotland in 1818, locating in La
county. John Leckie, Mr. Leckie's father, was boi
that section, and was for thirty years reeve of the vi
of Brussels, Ontario, serving also as warden of the co
of Huron. In 1875 he came to Toronto, where he
engaged as valuator for the Freehold Loan & Sa^
Company, and during his residence here he serve<
two years as bursar of the old Central Prison of Ton
He married Annice Oliver.

John Gardner Leckie was born in Toronto, Marc
1893, but his early education was received in Bru
Seaforth, and Listowel, Ontario, as the father's bus
made change of residence advisable. He was gradi
from the University of Toronto in the class of
receiving his degree of Bachelor of Arts from this ini
tion. Spending the next three years at Osgoodei
Law School, he was called to the bar with honon
October 17, 1918. Meanwhile from May to Decei
of that year, Mr. Leckie served as a gunner wit!(
University Battery. His first professional associ
was with Rowell, Reid, Wood & Wright, and in
he served as assistant city solicitor. He is now ;
with Mr. C. C. Grant, whose life is reviewed eli
in this work, under the firm name of Grant &
and the firm is going forward with gratifying
handling a constantly growing general practice.

He holds membership in the Ontario and York c
bar associations, and is connected fraternally wit
Sons of Scotland, and is a member of the Presby '
church.

Mr. Leckie married, October 26, 1921, Norah F) (
Doheny, daughter of the late John and Mary L. (i o
Doheny, of Montreal, Quebec, now of Toronto.

DONALD McKENZIE McCLELLAND is o

scendant of Scotch and North of Ireland ancesti 1
paternal line founded in Canada about 1830 1 i
grandfather, who settled in Toronto, where Ale) i
Miller McClelland, father of Donald McKenzi< M
Clelland, was born. Alexander Miller McClellar «
a man of broad education and learning, a gradu '.
Upper Canada College, the University of Tc ol
Knox College, and King's College (Nova Scoti; '
ceiving the degree of Doctor of Civil Law from t Is
named institution. He entered the ministry t

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•esbyterian church and spent his active career in

mrches in various parts of Ontario, his death occurring

April, 1908. Rev. Dr. Alexander Miller McClelland

arried Elizabeth Gow Baillie, who was born in Aylmer,

aebec, who survives her husband and is a resident of

oronto. They were the parents of: Donald McKenzie,

whom further; Alexander B., a building contractor

Toronto; Dr. James C, of Toronto; and Mrs. Fred

cPhun, a resident of Toronto.

Donald McKenzie McClelland was born in Russell,
ntario, October 23, 1880, and obtained his education in
le schools of the community to which his father's pas-
ral duties took the family. ' In 1899 he became a
ablic accountant and for three years followed this pro-
ssion in Toronto, then going to the States and becoming
member of the staff of the Chicago office of the firm of
•ice, Waterhouse & Company. This concern, whose
■ad offices are in London, England, was one of the
rly organizations in this field and has long held a place
leadership therein. After eight years in the Chicago
anch, Mr. McClelland was placed in charge of the
jronto office, then (1910) newly opened, and as resi-
■nt partner continues at the head of the firm's in-
rests in Ontario.

Mr. McClelland is a member of the Institute of
lartered Accountants of Ontario, the American In-
: tute of Accountants, and the Toronto Board of Trade.
is fraternal affiliations are with Englewood Lodge,
iiO, Free and Accepted Masons, Chicago, Illinois;
jircourt Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Toronto;
id the Toronto Lodge of Perfection. He has long
len a member of the Deer Park Presbyterian Church;
li social memberships are in the Toronto Club, the
'ironto Golf Club, and the Lambton Golf Club.
Mr. McClelland married, in Toronto, June 12, 1917,
Ime Gertrude Leishman of Toronto, and they have
tree children: Elizabeth Jane, Barbara, and Donald.
'•e family residence is at No. 239 RusSell Hill road,
'■ronto.

MICHAEL ALEXANDER KENNEDY— For many
jirs active in executive positions in various branches
oindustry, Michael A. Kennedy, of Toronto, is numbered
aong the progressive men of the city. He is a son of
Kcholas and Catherine (Brown) Kennedy.

Mr. Kennedy was born on Allumett Island, Province
oQuebec, May 31, 1874, and in preparation for his
ceer received only the advantages of a common
' ( ducation. His early years were spent on the farm
■ im boyhood he assisted with the work about
. :.,ace, as a youth going out into the lumber camps
al mines. In 1896 Mr. Kennedy went to Montreal
al secured a position on the Montreal "Herald," as
ci-ulation clerk, then one year later became a salesman
k the Fit-Reform Clothing Company, of Montreal,
rttaining with that concern for two years. Then going
tche States, he became interested in the development
ol'hoe patents in Boston, and manufactured and re-
tard ventilated shoes under the firm name of the
Ri'.a Shoe Company. This business held Mr. Ken-
attention for a period of three years, then he
'iuced to accept the office of sales manager for the

• t-Wernicke Company at their Boston office, and

■ wa.s connected with this concern for three years.

i reafter he was assistant sales manager for the
witon Motor Car Company in Cleveland, Ohio, for

•' ""ar. Coming to Toronto in 1906, Mr. Kennedy

zed the Dominion Automobile Company, in which

.d the office of manager for three years, bringing

't ) a prosperous condition. In 1909 he organized te

Oiario Motor Car Company, of which he was vice-

Pteident and treasurer, handling the Packard cars for

about seven years, or until 1916. Meanwhile, in 1915,
Mr. Kennedy was delegated as a special representative
of a syndicate of manufacturers, and went to England
to secure war orders. After his return he organized the
Ontario Machine Company, for the manufacture of
munitions, as a result of his activities abroad, and
cream separators were also manufactured by this
concern, which was located in Toronto, at No. 18
Bloor street, East. He was the treasurer of this concern
and its active manager. At this time also Mr. Kennedy
was president of the Ontario Motor Supply Company,
which was later merged with the present concern.
In 1920 he organized the firm of M. A. Kennedy, Limited,
and under this firm name he is handling the agency for
the Fiat and Austin automobiles.

In the various activities of the city and Province,
Mr. Kennedy is broadly interested. He is a member of
the Toronto Board of Trade, and during the World War
took a very active part in all drives in support of the
many war organizations and benevolences. He is a
director of the Navy League of Canada, and is president
of the Toronto Boys' Naval Brigade, also deeply inter-
ested in all work for boys and in the various organiza-
tions for boys, his sons, Allan D. and John A., sharing
his interest along these lines. He is a member of the
Knights of Columbus, of the Ontario Club, the En-
gineers' Club, the Queen City Hunt Club, being an
enthusiastic sportsman, and also of the Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, of which he was for some time chairman of
the sailing committee. He has the distinction of having
brought down the largest moose head in Canada, by
official record. He is a member of the Roman Catholic
church.

MAJOR ALEXANDER C. LEWIS— In municipal
and provincial affairs Major Lewis has been active over
a long period, and to a record of sustained usefulness in
civic affairs he has added distinguished military service.
He now sits for his district in the Provincial Parliament,
elected on a platform whose principal plank was govern-
ment and municipal ownership of electric and radial
projects, a cause with which he has been identified since
1904.

Major Lewis is a son of John William and Elizabeth
(Gilmour) Lewis, his father a native of Brockville,
Ontario, born in 1841, died in Toronto in 1893. John
William Lewis was for many years connected with the
mechanical department of the Toronto "Globe." In
young manhood he held a lieutenant's commission in the
24th Canadian Regiment, seeing active duty with that
organization in the Fenian Raid. Elizabeth (Gilmour)
Lewis was born in 1848, died in 1913.

Alexander C. Lewis was born in Toronto, November
16, 1875, and was educated in the public schools there,
beginning his business life in 1893 as a reporter on the
"World." This position he held for two years, at the
end of that time resigning to become a clerk in the office
of the assessor at the City Hall. He managed the routine
business of the office for some time and was then made
city assessor, holding office until 1904, when he accepted
an offer of the municipal editorship from the "Evening
Telegram." In 1912, when the Harbor Commission of
Toronto was formed for the development and improve-
ment of the city's harbors, Major Lewis was appointed
secretary of the organization. He resigned from the
"Evening "Telegram" in 1912 to take over the work of
the Harbor Commission.

In 1916 Major Lewis was able to enlist for military
duty, joining the 216th Battalion of the Canadian
Expeditionary Forces and going overseas in the same year
with the rank of major, as second in command of the
battalion. He saw service in France with the 107th

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Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces and
also with the 24th London Territorials. On August 15,

1917, during the attack on Hill No. 70, he was severely
wounded in the hip. He recovered and returned to the
front as soon as possible, and at Arras, in October, 1917,
he was again wounded and gassed. He was sent to the
Base Hospital at Rouen and later transferred to the
Prince of Wales Hospital in London. As a result of
the injuries he had received from gas, he was invalided
out of the service and returned to Toronto. In January,

1918, he was made brigade major of the Toronto area,
and later deputy assistant quarter-master-general,
Headquarters, M. D. 2. In 1919 Major Lewis was hon-
orably discharged from the service.

Returning to the work he had left as secretary of
the Harbor Commission, he was engaged with its affairs
until his appointment as secretary and treasurer of the
Canadian Deep Waterways and Power Commission.
This organization has various projects of international
importance under way, such as the deepening of the
St. LawTence river and otherwise improving the water
route to the sea.

Upon the inception of the movement advocating
government and municipal ownership of electric projects
and electric railway systems, Major Lewis became a
strong supporter of all work along this line. Ontario,
possessing a wealth of possibilities in the utilization of
power generated at Niagara Falls, has experienced a
period of remarkable development. In November, 1920,
Major Lewis was elected to the Provincial Parliament
on a hydro platform and since that time has been the
principal exponent of the movement, in which great and
enduring progress has been made. Major Lewis has
also been responsible for the introduction of other con-
structive legislation and has been particularly active in
support of measures dealing with tax revision. His prin-
cipal public service in addition to the offices previously
mentioned has been as a member of the Toronto Board
of Education, a place he filled from 1911 to 1913, in-
clusive. He is a member of the Board of Trade of Tor-
onto and of the Board of Trade Luncheon Club. Mr.
Lewis is a member of the Methodist church. His
fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order, being a
member of St. Andrew's lodge, No. 16, Free and Accepted
Masons; St. Andrew's and St. John's Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons; Geofrey de St. Aldemar Preceptory,
Knights Templar; and Toronto Valley, Scottish Rite.
He is also a member of the Order of Orangemen, and of
the Albany, Engineers', Lake Shore Country, and
Kiwanis clubs.

Major Lewis married, at Toronto, in 1901, Ethel
Blanche Langrill, bom in Toronto, daughter of Francis
and Alice (O'Donnell) Langrill. Her father, also a native
of Toronto, has been for over fifty years city inspector.
Her mother was bom at Penetang, Ontario, and also
survives (1922). Major and Mrs. Lewis have four
children: Llewellyn Francis, who is now (1922) attending
high school; Owen Alexander, Nina Alice, and Roderick
Gilmour.

JAMES LESLIE BOWES, vice-president and man-
aging director of the Bowes Company, Ltd., comes of a
family long resident in Canada, and among the prominent
people of Victoria county. His father, Thomas Bowes,
was born in Victoria county, and throughout his lifetime
was engaged in farming, doing a very extensive business
as an exporter of live stock. He married Margaret
Graham, and both are now deceased.

James Leslie Bowes was born in Oakwood, Ontario,
February 27, 1877, and beginning his education in the
public schools of that community, took a course at the
Lindsay Collegiate Institute of Lindsay. Ontario, then

spent one year at the University of Toronto. Leai
school in 1897, Mr. Bowes was engaged with his fal
in the livestock business for about five years, at Oakw(
then in the spring of 1903, came to Toronto and beci
identified with the present industrial and mercar
organization. The Bowes Company, Ltd., under wl
name the enterprise is now known, was establishec
1893, as the J. A. McLean Produce Company, Ltd. '
scope of its activities originally included only whole
produce, and this branch is now continued under
management of Mr. R. J. McLean. Meanwhile a
two years with the firm, Mr. Bowes was made mans
(1905), then with the reorganization of the business
was elected vice-president and managing director
1911, and since continues in this capacity. The exj
sion of the business has been very marked, and it i
includes the wholesaling of supplies for bread and c
manufacturers, and for manufacturers of bisci
candy and ice cream, all being conducted under diffei
departments. They are direct importers of all prodi
required in this connection, and have developed wha
understood to be the largest business of this naturi
Canada, their commercial activities reaching throu
out the Dominion. Besides the mercantile inter
above outlined the concern manufactures a Is
number of the products they list, the central fact
being in Toronto, and the branches at Sydenham
Bloomfield, Ontario. They manufacture dried milt
Sydenham, condensed milk at Bloomfield, and at 1
onto they manufacture fountain fruits and syn
jams and jellies, mince meat, flavoring extracts, baV
powder, ice cream powder, egg powders, invert su;
icing sugar, maple syrup, mara.schino cherries, g
cherries, almond paste, etc. They also operate the lar.i
centralized creamery in Ontario, the "Bowes Buti
having a very large distribution in Toronto.

In other interests of a business nature Mr. Bowe
also active, being president of the Toronto Term
Warehouse Company. He is a member of the Canai
Manufacturers' Association and of the Toronto Be
of Trade, and politically supports the Liberal p;
His favorite recreations taking him into the worli
out-door sports, he is a member of the Royal Cana
Yacht Club, is vice-president of the Lake Shore CouJ
Club, and is a member of the Weston and Seal
Golf clubs. He holds membership in the Meth
church.

Mr. Bowes married, in Guelph, Ontario, Gladj
Barber of that city, in the year 1908. They ar«
parents of one son and one daughter: Margaret Fra
and Thomas Howard. The family residence is at
5 Hawthorne Gardens. i

ROY HENDERSON— Among the young men i
have been born and reared in the city of Toronto,
are now making it their field of professional endeav •
Roy Henderson, who is a son of Samuel and Emr •'
Henderson, his father being identified with the Ame Ji
Watch Case Company of this city.

Mr. Henderson was born in Toronto, August 23, ''
and his education was begun in the public schon'
city. Continuing his studies at Parkdale Colli
stitute, he entered Osgoode Hall Law School, froi
he was graduated in 1916. Deferring his entrai:
his professional career for the sake of his coun'
Henderson enlisted for service overseas in Februa!
and sailed with the 116th Battalion, Canadian .
tionary Forces. He was wounded at the Lens ii
July, 1917, and was honorably discharged irm
service in April, 1919. Called to the bar in the foil |
month, Mr. Henderson then began the practice I
profession, along general lines, establishing his off ;'■

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t). 33 Richmond street, West. He has thus far met
ith gratifying success, and his friends are confident of his
ture progress.

Mr. Henderson is a member of the Ontario Bar Asso-
ition, and politically supports the Liberal party. Find-
g his chief relaxation in out-door sports, he is a member
the Parkdale Canoe Club, and of the Aero Club, and is
30 a member of the Young Men's Liberal Club. He is
igle and is a member of the Anglican church, residing
; No. 170 Sorauran avenue.

ALBERT A. SCULLY— In one of the broadest fields
mnectcd with construction worlt, Albert A. Scully is
aking a definite success, dealing in contracting and
ining machinery and railway supplies. Mr. Scully,
ho is widely known in Ontario, is a son of Michael
■ully, formerly a wholesale produce merchant at Owen
)und, but now deceased.

Albert A. Scully was born in Owen Sound, Ontario,
Bbruary 16, 1884, and received his education in the
iblic and collegiate schools of the province. His first
nployment was as clerk in the Bank of Hamilton, at
wen Sound, where he remained eight years. He was
xt associated with the Inland Construction Company,
chief of the clerical force, and was with this concern
itil 1916. Meanwhile, during his connection with this
iportant contracting concern, Mr. Scully observed the
I'ssibilities in dealing in second hand machinery, and
eserving from "scrap" the many thousands of
iillars worth of machines annually outgrown by large
tncerns long before their period of usefulness is over.
>ting upon his conclusions, Mr. Scully ventured into
JB second hand machinery business in 1916, beginning
ia small way. In the comparatively short time which
h since elapsed, Mr. Scully has developed a very ex-
tisive business, and the firm, which was incorporated
(ly a year after its establishment, is among the leaders
i its branch of activity. With R. C. Hufmann as
psident and Mr. Scully as treasurer, they have ex-
tisive warehouses in New Toronto, also shops for re-
liring machinery, and with the yards their plant covers
even acres. Mr. Scully is a man of genial personality,
in member of the Toronto Board of Trade, of the En-
geers' Club, the Commonwealth Club, and the Lake
Ssre Country Club.

rnOMAS REGINALD PUNCHARD— In the man-
ucturing world of Toronto, Mr. Punchard has been
aive for the past twelve years, and has gained a secure
pition in the field of men's clothing.

At. Punchard was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

Cober 29, 1879. The family removing to the United

Stes, remaining there for a period, he attended the

P)lic schools of Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia, Penn-

■u\a. He then again became a resident of Canada,

.'ig his education in the schools of Toronto. He

•■'- led the business world in the employ of a sporting

g<ds house in this city, then later became a clerk and

01 -e worker. In 1900 Mr. Punchard accepted the posi-

tii of office manager with the Imperial Clothing Com-

:y, manufacturers of men's clothing, and remained with

oncern for a period of ten years. In 1910 Mr.

urd formed a partnership with Howard P. Birrell,

ihe firm name of Punchard-Birrell Company, and

'I upon the manufacture of men's clothing. The

-n began in a small way, at No. 33 Church street,

1 1914 the growth of the business made ex-

n an imperative necessity, and they removed to

present quarters at No. 549 King street. West.

usiness now covers two floors of this building, oc-

-u.ing a floor space of 15,000 square feet, and they sell

enrely to the retail trade.

As the head of this interest, Mr. Punchard holds
membership in the Canadian Manufacturers' Associa-
tion, in the Toronto Board of Trade, the Canadian
Credit Men's Association, and in the Associated Clothing
Manufacturers' of Toronto. He finds little leisure for
interests outside his business, but takes his relaxation in
the open, in the form of an occasional fishing trip. He is
a member of St. John's Apglican Church.

Mr. Punchard married Bessie Darnborough, and they
have three children: Helen Margaret, John Charles
Reginald, and Carrol Amey. The family resides at No.
405 Kingston road.

DAVID EDWARD ROBERTSON— Holding a re-
sponsible position in the public trust, David E. Robert-
son, of Toronto, has long been active in various fields of
endeavor. He is a son of the late David Walker Robert-
son, who was born in Scotland.

David E. Robertson was born at Weston Super Mare,
which is situated on the western coast of England, August
14, 1877, but the family removing to Canada and settling
in Toronto when he was seven years of age, it was in the
public schools of this city that he received his formal
education. At the age of fourteen years Mr. Robertson
entered the treasury department of the city in the
capacity of office boy, and has been connected with the
administration of the city's business throughout his en-
tire career. During the earlier years of his business ex-
perience Mr. Robertson supplemented by evening study,
at home and in night school, the limitations of his educa-
tion, taking an accountancy and commercial course,
and through attending lectures on many topics calculated
to add to his fund of general information as well as special
training, rounding out the sum of his useful knowledge.
By this means he advanced from one position to another
in the various branches of the treasury department, be-
coming a clerk, then assistant chief clerk in the arrears
taxes department, then, in 1918, he was appointed head
of the revenue department of the city treasury depart-
ment by Thomas Bradshaw, and this position he now
holds.

In early life Mr. Robertson was a member of the
"Queen's Own" Rifles, and in many interests has always
been prominent. He was active in athletics until recent
years, and still keeps in touch with out-door sports. He
is a member of the Howard Park Methodist Church, has
served as superintendent of the Sunday school, and has
always been active in the work of the church. He is
especially interested in work for the children, and has
devoted much time and attention to the Victor Mission.
Music, particularly sacred music, is one of his special
interests.

Mr. Robertson married Jane McCausland, of Toronto,
and they have three children: Dorothy, Ruth and Irwin.

ALFRED JOSEPH McLATCHY— A well known
name in the garment world of Ontario is that of the Reli-
ance Garment Company, of which Alfred J. McLatchy
is the head. Mr. McLatchy has spent his entire career
in this field of endeavor, and is making a definite success
in the business.

Mr. McLatchy was bom in Belfast, Ireland, Februaiy
24, 1882, and was educated in the public schools of his
native city. Coming to Canada in 1902, he was first
employed by McElray & Company as a cutter, remaining
with them for two years. For a short time thereafter he
was with the Eclipse Manufacturing Company, then
began the study of drafting and pattern making at the
School of Design. Having completed his course, Mr.
McLatchy went to the States, and was with the Ladies'
Home Journal Pattern Company, New York City, as a
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1909 he returned to Toronto, and within the year be-
came amemberof thefirmof the May well Manufactur-
ing Company, now no longer in existence. The following
year Mr. McLatchy sold his interest in this concern, and
established the present firm under the name of the Re-
liance Garment Company, Limited. Located on Ryer-
son avenue, they began with three operators and Mr.
McLatchy himself as the working force, and entered
upon the manufacture of women's clothing. With the
growth and expansion of the business they removed to
larger quarters at the corner of Stewart and Bathurst
streets, then in 1913 removed to the present excellent
location at No. 468 King street. West. A branch has
since been established at Richmond Hill, where thirty
girls are employed, but the designing and cutting is
done at the King street plant. There they also em-
ploy thirty girls, and occupy 5,000 square feet of floor
space, but much of the machine work is done at the
Richmond Hill plant. Mr. McLatchy is president and
managing director of the firm, and his father, Samuel
McLatchy, is vice-president. Their product is known as
the "R. G." garments, and is principally disposed of in
the city of Toronto, but an appreciable amount goes to
the leading cities of the Dominion.

In military affairs Mr. McLatchy was at one time
active, spending two years in South Africa with the
Irish Imperial Yeomanry, of which regiment he was
quartermaster-sergeant under Lord Earneston. Mr.
McLatchy is a member of Metropolitan Lodge, No. 542,
Free and Accepted Masons. His favorite recreation is
lawn bowling, and he is a member of the Lawrence Park
Bowling Club and of the North Toronto Bowling Club.
He is a member of St. Mary's Anglican Church of
Richmond BUU.

Mr. McLatchy married, January 2, 1911, Violet Mary
Rainbow, who is secretary and treasurer of the North
Toronto Chapter of the Red Cross, and is prominent in
various branches of benevolent and welfare work in
"Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. McLatchy reside at Richmond
Hill, Ontario.

COLLIER CAMPBELL GRANT, who as a partner
in the law firm of Grant & Leckie of Toronto, well
known in this city, is descended from an old family of
Aberdeen, Scotland, members of which settled in Gran-
ton, Ontario, in 1842. He is a son of Joseph and Mar-
garet (Youngson) Grant, his father being a merchant
and conveyancer of Granton.

Born in Granton, April 14, 1891, Mr. Grant received
his early education in the public schools of his native
place, after which he took a course at St. Mary's Colle-
giate Institute, then attended the Stratford (Ontario)
Normal School. Leaving normal school in 1910, he
taught school at Whalen, Ontario, for one year, then
entered the University of Toronto, from which he was
graduated in the class of 1915, with the degree of Bache-
lor of Arts. Entering law school within the year, Mr.
Grant was called to the bar on March 20, 1919, and is
now actively engaged in general practice in association
with Mr. J. G. Leckie, a sketch of whose life appears
elsewhere in this work. During the World War Mr.
Grant was active in all drives in support of the forces
overseas, and also served as business director of the
publications known as the "Varsity Magazine Supple-
ments," these publications being pictorial records of the
achievements of members of the University of Toronto
student body in the war, and their contributions to its
final successful outcome. While still in college Mr.
Grant was actively connected with the various student
publications, and holds the distinction of being the first
member in Canada of the honorary journalistic fratern-
ity, Pi Delta Epsilon, at the University of Toronto.

Politically Mr. Grant endorses the Liberal party,
fraternally holds membership in University Lodge,
496, Free and Accepted Masons, also in the Knight
Pythias, and he is a member of the Empire Club. He
member of St. Columba Presbyterian Church, an
broadly active in the affairs of the church, being an e
and Bible class teacher.

Mr. Grant married, at Stratford, Ontario, Decen
27, 1916, Edith May Robertson, of that place, and t
have two children: Joseph Alexander Cameron,
Bruce Robertson. The family reside at No. 2 Grimth(
road.

WILLIAM JOHN ARTHUR CARNAHAN— In

of the most responsible professions of the busi
world, Mr. Carnahan is a man of wide promine
his ideal of efficient service being the motive power w'
is carrying him forward, and which already has g
him a high position in the confidence of the people.
Carnahan is a son of John and Susanna Carnahan,
father a farmer by occupation, and for many yean
alderman of St. Vincent township.

William John Arthur Carnahan was bom in the t
of Meaford, Grey county, Ontario, in 1868. His
ementary education was acquired in the public schoo;
his native place, and after covering the high scl
course at Orangeville, in a neighboring county, he
tered the Ontario College of Pharmacy, from whicl
was graduated in due course. Meanwhile, he was
ployed with McCarroU & Ellis, druggists of his na
place, and after his graduation as a pharmacist, he v
to New York City, registering there as well as in Cam
Later returning to Toronto, he was connected with
Cowan Pharmacy, well known in that day, at the co:
of Carleton and Parliament streets. Then, in 1900,
Carnahan became associated with his brother, Ha
Carnahan, and the young men opened their own c
store in East Toronto. About 1906 the brothers t
over a new store at the corner of Carleton and Chi
streets. Eventually they established a third store at
corner of Bloor and Yonge streets, but the early deat
his brother soon left Mr. Carnahan alone, and alt.
time the East Toronto store was discontinued,
other two have since been carried forward under
Carnahan's personal supervision, and the policies w
govern these enterprises have commanded the atter
of the trade as well as ot the public, as far as their 1
ness reaches. This is no restricted territory. Mr.
nahan has, from the beginning, given especial atter
to physicians' prescriptions, and physicians' and
pital supplies. He makes a point, also, of havinj
stock absolutely complete, including the most celebi
biological products, bacterial vaccines, etc., sue
cannot be efficiently distributed through remote i
dealers. Largely due to this fact, he receives thous
ot orders for prescriptions and physicians' sup i
through the mails, from as far distant as England i
Scotland, and through his wide acquaintance in
York City, he frequently receives mail orders from t

Mr. Carnahan has a slogan or motto, which is ai ;
kept before his assistants — "He profits most who s i
best," and to the conscientious living up to the spi i
well as the letter of this slogan he attributes the i
measure of his success. Quality of goods, exactnes n
promptness in handling, and substitution never— *
are the foundations ot a business of nearly a qu «
of a million prescriptions per year. Six gra it
pharmacists and three bookkeepers and stenogra s
handle the prescription trade at the Bloor street f
which is located in the district in which center thi fl
ear, nose and throat specialists, and literally see o
dentists. Three graduate pharmacists are emploj u

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store at Carleton and Church streets, none working
e than eijrht hours per day, their efficiency thus al-
s at the highest point. Seven messenger boys are
t for prescriptions, and two to serve the Canadian
ific railway telegraph office, at the Bloor street store,
er assistants are employed to handle the various
artmental merchandise, which includes all lines
id in a strictly high-class drug store.
1 his relations with his contemporaries, Mr. Carnahan
lost cordial, his rivals being his friends. He has not
nitted his business to warp his sense of responsibility
he civic and social relations of life, and gives of his
i and energies to various organized bodies. He is a
nber of the Ontario Retail Druggists' Association
ch he has served for two years as president. Political-
he endorses the Conservative party, and has borne a
t in the public service, but at present holds no
tical office. He is a member of Zetland Lodge, Free

Accepted Masons, of Toronto, of which he is past
iter, and is also past grand organist of the Grand
ge of Ontario. He was made first president of the
ige and Bloor Business Association, which is yet
' in the second year ot its history, and his efforts have
1 a force counting largely in its rapid advance. In
il, 1921, he was made honorary treasurer and director

he Rotary Club of Toronto, is a member of the

adian Club, the Granite Club of Toronto, and of the
■boro Golf and Country Club. He has not declined
dentify himself with religious advance, and holds
abership in the Westminster Presbyterian Church, of
k}h he is a member of the board of managers.

T. Carnahan married, in Toronto, on November 25,
I , Jessie C. Perry, daughter of William G. and Sarah
.'erry, of this city.

-ZWIS MILLER WOOD— Holding a position of
■iiinence in the world of finance in Ontario, Mr.
'■-d is also interested in various branches of welfare
Qc and civic advance, and is a widely known club-

r. Wood was bom in Liverpool, England, April 18,

}<', and is a son of Joseph and Margaret Wood, of

bdeen, Scotland, who came to Halifax, Nova Scotia,

1 !82. Mr. Wood was one of the organizers of the

rijof J. & L. M. Wood, in 1912, and the present firm

' 'cod, Fleming & Company has absorbed that com-

ai , carrying forward their combined interests. Messrs.

3l and Lewis M. Wood were actively associated with

la.^ Canadian corporations and individual reorgan-

ains until the death of John Wood, which occurred

I 113. Upon the formation of the present firm in

91, they took over all the undertakings of J. & L. M.

h\, and as financial agents they stand among the

'airs in the Dominion. They are managers of the

'> 1 Rank building, in which their offices are located.

■od is president of the Guardian Realty Company,

Canada, which owns the Royal Bank building,

ist office building in the British Empire. He has

ther interests, including the Port Hope Sanitary

icturing Company, which he organized in 1916,

• hich he is President.

'18 Mr. Wood founded the Canadian National

e for the Blind, the work of which has extended

arts of the Dominion, accomplishing much good.

titute has taken charge of the readaptation to

uanged conditions of Canadian soldiers blinded

' t; war, has opened and still maintains Pearson Hall

1 .;ronto, for this purpose, with splendid results, far-

t; not only in their individual application, but

ly in general.

•■ . Wood finds his recreative interests in the out-

ootoorld, chiefly golf and tennis. He is a member of

the Toronto Club, the Toronto Golf Club, Toronto
Skating Club, Toronto Tennis Club, Toronto Hunt
Club, the Royal Montreal Golf Club, and the Bath Club,
London, England. He is single, and is a member of the
Presbyterian church.

FREDERICK PETER HAMBLY— In the printing
world in Ontario Mr. Hambly is well known as the head
of the firm of Hambly Brothers, Ltd. He is a son of
William James Hambly, who was born in Toronto,
November 12, 1845, and was connected with "The Mail"
for many years, later in life becoming identified with
building and loan activities, and still thus interested,
although partly retired from the personal management
of his affairs.

Frederick P. Hambly was born in Toronto, May 9,
1872, and received his education in the public schools of
the city. At an early age he entered the plant of the
Mail Printing Company, as an apprentice, and learned
the trade. He remained with that concern for a period
of twelve years in all, and held the position of assistant
foreman at the time he left them. In 1899 Mr. Hambly
entered into partnership with his brothers, William and
Percy Hambly, and established a printing business at
the corner of Adelaide and Bay streets. The growth of
the business was steady, and the concern has found it
necessary to enlarge its quarters repeatedly. Their first
removal took them to Nos. 44 and 46 Lombard street,
then they secured a better and larger place at Nos. 76
and 78 Richmond street. East, still, in 1920, they found
further expansion necessary, and since that date they
have been located at No. 189 George street. Meanwhile,
in 1918, a limited company was formed, and the personnel
of the company is: president, Frederick P. Hambly;
vice-president, William Hambly, and secretary and
treasurer, Percy Hambly. They employ twenty-two
people, and do a general book and job printing busi-
ness.

In other business concerns in this section Mr. Hambly
holds an interest, notably the International Amusement
Company, operating amusement devices in twenty-four
parks, he being president of this concern, and St. Patrick's
Professional Hockey Club, Limited, of which he is also
president. Mr. Hambly is a member of the Typothetae
of America, and is active in civic affairs, having served
as president of the Ward Two Conservative Association
in 1916-18. He is interested in all outdoor sports, is a
member of the executive committee of the Sportsmen's
Association, is a member of the Lake Shore Country
Club, is vice-president of St. Simon's Lacrosse Club, and
was formerly president of the old Tecumseth Lacrosse
Club.

Mr. Hambly has long taken a deep interest in edu-
cational affairs, keeping in touch with the progress of the
times in this regard, and for six years served on the school
board of Toronto, of which he was chairman in 1919.
His religious faith is that of the Quaker. The recreative
interest to which Mr. Hambly has long been devoted is
his poultry plant, where he raises pigeons and chickens.
He exhibits all over Canada and the United States, is a
member of the Canadian Poultry Association, and the
Canadian Pigeon Fanciers' Association, representing the
latter organization at the Canadian National Exhi-
bition.

Mr. Hambly married Eva Rogers, daughter of the late
Benjamin Rogers, who was formerly manager of the
Elias Rogers Coal Company, and they have two sons:
William Benjamin, and Albert Rogers. The family
reside at No. 338 Berkeley street, Toronto.

FRANK G. J. WHETTER— In connection with
business activities in Toronto covering a long period, Mr.

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Whetter has been identified with public affairs in official
capacity and has served many terms on the Board of
Aldermen, his present place in the municipal adminis-
tration. . ^ . -r

Mr. Whetter was born m Cannmgton, Ontario, June
17, 1868, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Whetter of that
place, his father a cattle dealer. Mr. Whetter attended
the schools of his birthplace, and as a youth of fourteen
years became employed in the general merchandise store
owned by W. G. Smith, of Cannington. Here he re-
mained until the spring of 1891, when he came to Toron-
to and became associated with Robert Kemp, in produce
dealings. For ten years he continued in business with
Mr. Kemp, then forming his present partnership with
his brother, which has resulted in the upbuilding of a
large and prosperous enterprise.

Always interested in public affairs, Mr. Whetter's
personal popularity made him the candidate of his dis-
trict for the town of West Toronto, and he served on the
Board of Alderman of that town until its annexation to
Toronto in 1909. Re-election followed in 1914-15-16-17-
18-19-20 and 1921, and he has represented the Seventh
Ward of the city of Toronto since the annexation of
West Toronto. He is chairman of the Park's Commission
and to the work of this body and to all matters coming
before the board he gives public-spirited, able attention.
Mr. Whetter fraternizes with the Masonic order, being
a past master of Victoria and Temple Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons, and present (1922) master of the lodge
of St. Clair. He is a member of the Victoria Presby-
terian Church, which he serves as elder.

Mr. Whetter married, June 29, 1898, Alene Willis, of
Toronto, and they are the parents of two children:
Kenneth and Doris.

GEORGE EDMUND NEWMAN— For a number of
years prominent as an educator and for the past decade
a barrister of note in Toronto, George E. Newman holds
an assured position in the profession in Ontario. Mr.
Newman's family has long been in Canada, and he is a
son of James and Mary (Elliott) Newman, his father
having been of English and Scotch ancestry, and his
mother of Irish descent. The father, who was engaged
in farming throughout his lifetime, near Leamington,
Ontario, died in 1901.

Mr. Newman was born in Essex county, Ontario,
January 17, 1868, and his early education was received
in the public schools of that section. He later attended
the collegiate institutes at St. Catharines and Strathroy,
Ontario, then entered Queen's University, from which he
was graduated with honors in various branches of study,
receiving his degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1892. There-
after Mr. Newman taught school for sixteen years, being
an instructor in the high schools, successively of Dutton,
Barrie, Brighton and Lindsay, Ontario. Entering
Osgoode Hall Law School in 1909, he prepared for his
present profession, and was called to the bar in 1912.
Since that date he has carried on a thriving practice in
this city, largely along general lines, but specializing
in real property law. He is a member of the Ontario
Bar Association. Fraternally Mr. Newman holds mem-
bership in St. George Lodge, No. 367, Free and Accepted
Masons, of which he is past master. He is a member ot
the Canadian Club, and politically is an Independent.
He is a member of the College Street Presbyterian
Church.

Mr. Newman married, at Avonton, Perth county,
Ontario, on August 22, 1893, Elizabeth Campbell, of
FuUarton, and they have one son, Thomas Campbell
Newman.

Thomas C. Newman was born in Button, Ontario, in
the year 1895, and after attending the public schools of

Brighton, where the family then resided, too
collegiate courses in Toronto, receiving his bad
degree in 1918, with honors, and his master's deg
1920, both from the University of Toronto. He is
student at Osgoode Hall. During the World
Thomas C. Newman served on the war mur
board as technical advisor on explosives to Britis
American war missions.

FRANK ERNEST ROBERTS— Closely inder
in a professional capacity with the economic se
of the city of Toronto and the Province of which
a vital part, Frank Ernest Roberts is widely knoi
a member of the firm of Gunn Ssi Roberts Com
chartered accountants.

Mr. Roberts is a son of Frederick S. Roberts, wh
born in England, and died in Toronto in 1911.
elder Mr. Roberts was prominent in the busines
of this city for many years, having been engaged
retail merchant throughout his lifetime. Frederi
Roberts married Mary Turville, who was born in
Stanley, Ontario.

Frank E. Roberts was born in the city of Toronti
tober 30, 1879, and the foundation of his educatio:
laid in the public schools of his native city. He late
a course at the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute
after completing his studies was variously erap
until 1906. At that time Mr. Roberts became ideii
with the present firm, later entering into partnershif
the founder, Edmond Gunn, whose life is reviewed
where in this work, under the present firm name,
business was established by Mr. Gunn in 1903, ai
carried it forward alone until 1906, when Mr. Re
became associated with him. In 1918 they receivee
partnership Frederick Clarence Hurst, without chai
the firm name, and this organization of accoun
holds front rank in the profession, handling large int
in Toronto and other Canadian cities and towns.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade,
Roberts is also a member of the Institute of Chai
Accountants of Ontario. He is well known so
in this city, being a member of the Empire and
monwealth clubs, and the Thornhill Goif and Co
Club. He is a member of the Anglican church.

Mr. Roberts married, in Toronto, in 1908, Gwen
Edna Martin, of this city, and they have one dau
Mary Beverly. The family home is at No. 24 Fei
avenue.

HOWARD RITSON WELLINGTON was b(

Toronto in the -year 1879. He jvas educated i I
public schools and at Jarvis Street Collegiate Ins
Entering the field of business immediately aft
graduation, Mr. Wellington had the good forti
find a congenial position with Boeckh & Company
the well known Canadian firm of brush manufac
He remained with this company for ten years, ii
from the position of a junior clerk to the post o h
accountant. He left Boeckh & Company, Ltd., in o r
establish himself in business as an independent al
in raincoats, but two years later, having a chance <i
pose of his stock, he sold out and accepted a posi i
sales manager for the PuUan Garment Compan; i
filled this position for two years and then assi iti
himself with H. C. Boulter in the formation of th ! '
Boulter Company, Ltd., of which, at the presen
he is vice-president and general manager. H. C. I
Company, Ltd., are manufacturers of ladies' we
distributors of manufactured goods. The firm, whi
founded in 1911, now has a business extending froi '
to coast.

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. Wellington is a member of the Board of Trade
)ronto. He belongs to the Jarvis Street Baptist
ch, and is an active and tireless worker in all the
■takings of the Young Men's Bible Class.
. Wellington married, in 1906, Helena F. Smith,
iter of the late L. I. and Henrietta (Skirrow)
1. Mr. and Mrs. Wellington have one daughter,
1 Marjorie Wellington, who was born in 1909.

CHOLAS GARLAND— Full of years and honors,
3arland is able to look back over a life so closely
ified with the growth and development of Canada
It might almost be said to epitomize the struggles
learly-won success of the great Dominion. He was
on Central Experimental Farm, just outside the
)f Ottawa, July 3, 1841.

. Garland received his education in the public

lis, and after completing the grades, entered upon his

3 career at the early age of fourteen years by be-

ig a clerk in a general store. He worked sixteen

out of every twenty-four and received only nine

a day for his labor. Arduous as this life was, he

to it manfully for two years, stubbornly forcing

ess to yield its rewards and steadily overcoming

obstacle that stood in his way. He then sold his

in the Central Experimental Farm and moved to

illage of Selkirk, County of Haldimand, in 1861.

full confidence in his ability to succeed, Mr.

nd, at the age of twenty, ventured to establish

ill general store. That was over sixty years ago,

pday, at the age of eighty years, Mr. Garland, a

)|of large means and various enterprises, is still

f interested in his old store. Mr. Garland is

:: head of the large establishment which bears his

1 at Toronto, and is actively connected with a

tn business. As a business man, his chief interest

:ways been centered in dry goods, and he probably

^ as much about the market for these goods in

i^ja as any living man. Mr. Garland is one of those

1 ho remain unspoiled by success. He is benevolent

nd-hearted to a degree, and his private ledgers, if

(fDuld be examined, would tell many a tale of rescue

man shipwreck. Mr. Garland has not forgotten

yuth, and he lives it over again whenever he sees

oh setting out on the hard road to fame and for-

e He is a member of the Presbyterian church,

IS been a liberal contributer to its various enter-

1 Garland married, in 1863, Jessie Lowery, daughter
R)ert Lowery, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Children
VI and Mrs. Garland: Nicholas Lowery who mar-
I van McPherson; and Isabella McKinnon, who mar-
1 isorge E. Dunbar, collector of excise, Toronto.

AIES L. MACFARLANE— With lifelong exper-

X 1 the lumber business and for the past four years

leber of the Canadian General Lumber Company,

;., Ir. Macfarlane stands among the leading men in

_t de in Toronto. He is of Scottish descent, the

111 long in Canada, and is a son of Archie and Jean

' ' ) Macfarlane. The elder Mr. Macfarlane was

larendon, Quebec, and followed farming until

ment in 1920. The mother, who was born in

^lebec, is also still living.

Ij. Macfarlane was born in Bristol, in the Prov-

icbec, Canada, September 21, 1878. Acquiring

ntary education in the public schools of his

H'e, he later enjoyed the advantage of a course

lleville Business College. He secured his first

it the age of fifteen years, entering the employ

Brothers, Limited, lumber dealers of that

■■'^ and he has ever since been identified with the

lumber industry. He remained with the first concern
for about four years, then became associated with The
Rathbun Company, of Deseronto, Canada, where he
continued for a period of thirteen years, during a part
of which he filled the office of salesmanager. In 1910
Mr. Macfarlane joined the executive force of Graves,
Bigwood & Company, as office manager. For eight
years he was thus engaged, then in January of 1918, when
the Canadian General Lumber Company, Ltd., took
over the wholesale interests of that concern, Mr. Mac-
farlane remained with the business, becoming secretary
of the new company. This office he still holds, and is
actively connected with the progress of the concern.
Outside his business Mr. Macfarlane has few interests,
although he keeps in touch with all advance. Fraternal-
ly, he holds membership in the Sons of Scotland, i

Mr. Macfarlane married, in 1903, Clemie Mackie, of
Deseronto, Ontario, and they have six children: Jessie
E., Archie M., Margaret W., James A., Mary A., and
Edith L. Jean. The family are prominent in the social
and benevolent activities of the Paikdale Presbyterian
Church.

MAJOR W. E. LINCOLN HUNTER— In legal
circles in the Province of Ontario the name of Major
W. E. Lincoln Hunter stands high. Major Hunter is a
son of the late Rev. W. J. Hunter, M. A., D.D., Ph.D.,
one of the most eminent divines of the Dominion of
Canada, widely distinguished for his eloquence. He died
in Toronto, April 1, 1911.

Major Hunter was born in London, Ontario, Jan-
uary 13, 1870, and was educated at the Hamilton
Collegiate Institute and the Law School at Osgoode
Hall. Called to the bar at Osgoode Hall, by the late
Chief Justice Sir Thomas Gait, he formed a partnership
with the late T. H. Ince, under the firm name of Ince
& Hunter, then was later associated with A. R. Boswell,
K.C. The present firm of Hunter and Deacon was
organized in 1901, and for more than twenty years this
partnership has endured. Major Hunter has always
made real property law his specialty, and is esteemed
an authority in this branch of the profession. He was
influential in the defeat of the two noted rental bills,
which were brought before the Provincial Legislature
by Hon. Mr. Rollo, and Mr. J. C. Ramsden, in the
winter of 1920 and 1921. At this time Major Hunter
was made chairman of the Parliamentary Committee,
which represented the Building Owners' and Managers'
Association, the Guild of Toronto Property Owners, the
Builders' Exchange and the many trust and loan
companies of Toronto.

In all questions of community interest Major Hunter
is an avowed Individualist, and decrys socialistic or
radical doctrine. Although he has endorsed the Liberal
party since the occasion of his withdrawal from the
Conservative party, because of its policy in the school
question in Manitoba, he was and continues to be, con-
sistently a Protectionist.

For many years Major Hunter has served in the
Canadian Militia, his first commission being as lieuten-
ant in the 10th Regiment, Royal Grenadiers, received
in 1901. Promoted to captain in 1907, he was gazetted
major, and second in command of his regiment, in the
year 1915. With the precipitation of the World War,
he served very actively on recruiting duty, addressing
many gatherings in Toronto. In khaki for two years, he
was in charge of the Filtration Guard at Toronto Island
for more than a year, with three hundred men under
his charge.

Socially Major Hunter is widely known, being a
member of the Canadian Military Institute, the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club, the Toronto Skating Club, the

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Ontario Club and Ontario Motor League, the Mississauga
Golf Club, and the Lake Shore Country Club, and is also
a member of the Junior Army & Navy Club, of London,
England.

Major Hunter married, in 1904, M. Edith Smith, and
they have four daughters: Kathleen, Madeline, Nora,
and Aileen.

JOHN QUIMBY SAUNDERS, who is actively
engaged in business in Toronto as a member of the
firm known as the Index Card Company, is thoroughly
representative of the active, energetic and progressive
young business man of the day. With experience in var-
ious fields of endeavor he is now a factor in the success
of this concern. Mr. Saunders is a son of William H.
and Annie (Noyes) Saunders, and his father, who was
a native of Nova Scotia, was engaged as a commercial
traveler until his death, which occurred in 1907. The
mother, who was born in the State of Maine, is still
living.

John Quimby Saunders was born in Sussex, New
Brunswick, Canada, October 15, 1895, and was edu-
cated in the public schools of Toronto. His first exper-
ience in the world of men and affairs was with the law
firm of Bicknell & Bain, with whom he remained for a
period of four years. He was next engaged with the
Dominion Bond Company for one year, after which he
became identified with the Library Bureau of Canada.
Here the precipitation of the Great World War found
him, a year later, and he enlisted in August of 1914,
joining the 36th Peel Regiment. He was soon sent to
Bermuda with the Royal Canadian Regiment, and
sailed thence for England, in August of 1915. Four weeks
later, with the regulation equipment, he sailed for France,
and served there during the entire period of the war, as a
member of the 3rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. He
participated in twenty-one battles, was gassed at
Cambrai in October, 1918, and was mentioned in dis-
patches for distinguished service. He received his honor-
able discharge from the service in February of 1919,
with the rank of private. Returning thereafter to his
personal affairs in Toronto, Mr. Saunders entered into
partnership with his brother, Charles R. Saunders, a
review of whose career follows, and under the name of
the Index Card Company of Toronto, they are doing a
large and constantly increasing business in the manu-
facture of card and index systems.

Mr. Saunders married, on October 20, 1920, Doris
Simpson, who was born in England, April 17, 1900,
and they are members of the Anglican church.

CHARLES RANDALL SAUNDERS— An enterpris-
ing member of the %'ounger group of business men in
Toronto is Charles Randall Saunders, who, as the head
of the firm known as the Index Card Company, is achiev-
ing marked success. Mr. Saunders comes of a family for
many years resident in the Maritime Provinces, and is a
son of William H. and Annie (Noyes) Saunders.

Charles Randall Saunders was born in St. John, New
Brunswick, March 19, 1898. Receiving his early edu-
cation in the public schools of Toronto, he completed
his studies at the Collegiate Institute of Orangeville,
Ontario. Entering the business world, he was first
engaged with the Foster Realty Company, of Toronto,
with which concern he remained for about two years.
He then was employed by the McLean Publishing Com-
pany for one year, after which he went to the Osborne-
Saunders Company, and was engaged there for three
years. Mr. Saunders then established his own business.
This was in 1918, and under the name of the Index Card
Company he began the manufacture of card and filing
systems. This was the first and is still the only concern

of the kind in Toronto, and the success of the ver
has been assured from the first. Located at Nc
Pearl street, the business has grown and developed
remarkable degree. In 1919 Mr. Saunders received
partnership his brother, John Q. Saunders (see prece
sketch). The brothers are now going forward togei
constantly broadening the scope of their business,
are taking a position of prominence in the business wi
Mr. Saunders keeps in touch with the general advs
but the demands of his business preclude any b
activities along outside lines ol interest. He is a raer
of St. Aden's Anglican Church, of Toronto.

WILLIAM HENDRY GRANT— Beginning lifi
mercantile interests, but for the past thirty years pi
inent in Toronto as a barrister, William Hendry G
now stands at the head of the law firm of Grant, G
& Webster, his son, Melville Grant, a sketch of wi
follows, being the junior partner of the firm.

The Grant family is an old one in Aberdeen, Scotli
and Mr. Grant's parents, Andrew and Isabella {Hem
Grant, came from that city to Canada in 1833, sett
in the village of Fergus, in Wellington county,
tario, and throughout his lifetime Andrew Grant
engaged in farming there.

William Hendry Grant was born in the townshi;
Nichol, in Wellington county, Ontario, in Marcii, 1;
and during his early years attended the local pu
schools. At the age of seventeen years he left the fa
and going to the town of Strathroy, Ontario, was
gaged for four years as a dry goods clerk. Later
1873, Mr. Grant established his own dry goods busii
in Strathroy, and was thus engaged until 1886. 1
triculating in 1887, Mr. Grant was articled as a
student to Mr. G. W. Badgerow, former crown attori
then in 1892 was called to the bar. He has followe
general line of practice in Toronto since that time,
has won his way to a leading position in the profess
As the head of the firm of Grant, Grant & Webstei
is widely known in Ontario as one of the succes
men of the day.

During his residence in Strathroy Mr. Grant sa'
a member of the town council for a number of yt
Since being a resident of Toronto he has for sev
years served as president and secretary of the I
York Reform Association. He is a member of
Ontario Bar Association, and politically is a well kii
Liberal. He is a member of the Free and Acfei
Masons, and of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.

Mr. Grant married, in Boston, Massachusetts
1883, Ida B. Reeves of Port Hawkesbury, Nova Sc
and they have four sons and two daughters: Ru
R., Melville; Harry A.; Percy H.; Joyce, wife of Rud
V. Rose of Niagara Falls, New York; and Jean, at h
The family reside on Spadina road.

MELVILLE GRANT— A successful barristft
Toronto, Melville Grant comes of Scotch ancc
being a grandson of Andrew and Isabella (Her
Grant, who came from Aberdeen to Oni
settling in the farming village of Fergus in Wellii
county, and the son of William Hendry and Id
(Reeves) Grant, of Toronto, his father, whose li »
also reviewed in this work, being the senior memb '
the firm of Grant, Grant & Webster, of which heisj '
member. . .

Melville Grant was born in Strathroy, Ontario, i
4, 1887, and prepared for his career in the educalj
institutions of Toronto. Attending first the publiiJ
high schools of the city, he was graduated from the J ,
versity of Toronto in the class of 1909, with thedl,
of Bachelor of Laws, then finishing at Osgoode «i

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243

chool, was called to the bar within the year. After
ars of practice there came the interruption of the

War, and Mr. Grant's enlistment on September
15. Holding the rank of lieutenant and later of
n, he served with the Third Canadian Divisional

spending two years and nine months in France,
arged on December 16, 1918, he returned to Can-
ind to his practice here. With offices at No. 12
lond street, East, Grant, Grant & Webster stand
; the foremost men in the legal fraternity, and
■ a very extensive general practice,
ding membership in the Ontario Bar Association
le York County Law Association, Mr. Grant is a
er also of the Canadian Institute. His favorite
tions are out-door sports, and he is a member of
oyal Canadian Yacht Club, the Toronto Tennis
and the Toronto Skating Club. Politically he
•ts the Liberal party, and is a member and treasur-

the Amalgamated Rate Payers' Association of
rownship. He is a member of the Anglican church.

Grant married, in Toronto, on December 18,
4nita Glen Ridout of this city, and they have two
m: Dorothy Jane, and Sidney Dora.

i)RGE ALFRED BAKER— Broadly interested in

ither business in Canada, Mr. Baker stands at the

if a leading concern active in this line of production.

!i mejnber of a prominent Ontario family, being a

(Richard and Sarah A. (Wheaton) Baker. Richard

Swas for many years widely known in the dry

(business in Toronto and vicinity.

ijge Alfred Baker was born in Toronto, December

■ , and received a thoroughly practical education

ublic and high schools of his native city. At the

sixteen years he became connected with the

n Publishing Company of Toronto, then in 1887

the employ of Boyd Brothers & Company,

iile dry goods merchants, with which concern he

iintified for about three years. Thereafter, for a

<jf twenty-eight years Mr. Baker was associated

( tt-Lowndes & Company, Ltd., for the greater

that time in the capacity of president and

l,ng director. Then in 1918 Mr. Baker organized

': adian Leather Products, Limited, holding office

'• 'It and managing director of this concern, which

a leading position in the leather trades in

Mr. Baker is also a director of several other

•nercial corporations.

<■ year 1904 Mr. Baker has been a notable

he affairs of the Canadian Manufacturers'

11, is now chairman of the leather goods section,

■nember of the tariff committee and of the

■ouncil. Politically he is an Independent, and

holds membership in the Free and Accepted

His recreations include yachting, golf and

and he is a member of the Royal Canadian

b and several of the popular golf and auto-

"s. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

• r married, on June 3, 1914, Elsie L., daughter

' oekshutt of Brantford, Ontario, and they have

;rcn: Mary Helena; Harvey' Cockshutt;

lorge; and Nancy Isabel. The family residence

N 14 Jackes avenue, Toronto.

UEDERICK SPARLING— For upwards of

-fi' years engaged in the insurance business, and

greater part of that time active in executive

Mr. Sparling of Toronto, is one of the fore-

11 the insurance world today in the Dominion

He comes of an old Yorkshire family, and is a

iph and Anna Maria Sparling, who came to

Canada when Mr. Sparling was a child of eight years,
settling in Toronto.

J. Frederick Sparling was born in Bradford, York-
shire, England, July 11, 1862. His education, begun
in his native city, was completed in the institutions of
Toronto, and at the age of seventeen years he entered
the insurance business, in the employ of Morton, Mat-
son & Company, Canadian agents for the Standard
Life Assurance Company, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
He was associated with them first as clerk and later as
cashier for the city of Toronto. A short time after being
appointed to that position Mr. Sparling was made
manager of Toronto agency, taking up the duties of
this responsible position in 1886. Ten years later he
accepted a position as assistant manager for the Domin-
ion of Canada for the Provident Savings Life Assurance
Society, of New York City, and was thus engaged for
another decade. During this period of activity and con-
stant progress in insurance affairs, Mr. Sparling became
a man of note in his field of endeavor. Associating him-
self with a group of other progressive men in this field,
he formulated the plans which were realized in the or-
ganization of the National Life Assurance Company ot
Canada, and his suggestions, the result of long and
eminently practical experience, were the foundation
upon which the great concern of the present day has been
built. 'The charter was taken out in 1897, and the con-
cern organized in 1899. Since the inception of the
enterprise Mr. Sparling has held the office of secretary,
and has been very active in the advance of its interests,
being appointed assistant general manager in 1919, a
position which he still holds, together with the secretary-
ship.

Fraternally Mr. Sparling holds membership in the
Free and Accepted Masons, and he is a member of the
York Pioneers, Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Na-
tional Club, and the Albany Club.

Mr. Sparling married, in October, 1894, Clarissa A.
Brown, daughter of the late Major John Brown, of the
firm of Brown Brothers, of Toronto.

FRANK GRANT McKAY— For many years identi-
fied with the mercantile and industrial advance of
Ontario, Mr. McKay has for upwards of fifteen years
been connected with those lines of production which
meet the requirements of the educational world in the
way of equipment and supplies. Mr. McKay is a son
of George P. and Susanna (Douse) McKay. George P.
McKay was born near Bradford, Simcoe county, On-
tario, his parents having then recently come to Upper
Canada from Nova Scotia. He was for many years
inspector of the Credit Foncier Loan Company, of
Toronto. The mother was also of Ontario birth.

Frank Grant McKay was born in Lefroy, Simcoe
county, Ontario, May 7, 1872, and received his early
education in the public schools of Toronto, continuing
at the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, also attending
the School of Practical Science. He then entered the
law offices of Mulock, Millar, Crawford & Montgomery,
where he remained for several years. "Thereafter going
to London, Ontario, he acted as travelling salesman for
a wholesale grocery concern there, but five years later
returned to Toronto on account of poor health. But Mr.
McKay was not content long to remain idle. He soon
became secretary of the newly-organized (1902) Royal
Engraving Company, remaining with this concern until
amalgamation with Grip, Limited, in 1908. At that time
he became associated with the firm of George M. Hendry
Company, Limited, in which he held oflices of vice-presi-
dent and secretary. This concern manufactured school
supplies and equipment of various kinds, and Mr.
McKay remained with them until 1917, when he or-

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ganized the McKay School Equipment, Limited, dispos-
ing of former interest to Mr. Hendry. In estabUshing
his business, Mr. McKay bought out the Toronto
School Supply Company, Ltd. He manufactures, im-
ports and distributes school supplies and equipment of
every kind, both for the elementary schools and for the
higher institutions of learning, including school furni-
ture, laboratory and scientific apparatus. He does an
extensive mail order business, and also supplies jobbers
throughout Western Canada. This concern is sole agent
in Canada for the Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
of Kewaunee, Wisconsin, producers of laboratory furni-
ture, also sole Canadian agent for E. J. Arnold & Sons,
of Leeds, England, and G. Cussons, Limited, of London,
England, manufacturers of apparatus and models. The
firm is doing a very extensive and constantly increasing
business.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. McKay
is also a member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Assoc-
iation, and of the National School Supply Association.
Fraternally, he holds membership in Ashlar Lodge, No.
247, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past
master. His chief recreative interest is lawn bowling,
and he is a member of the Canada Lawn Bowling Club,
and the Oaklands Lawn Bowling Club. He has not de-
clined to identify himself with religious activities, and is a
member of Eaton Memorial Methodist Church.

Mr. McKay married Louise Bolton, daughter of John
Bolton, a member of an old Toronto family, and they
have two sons: Donald D., and William B.

JOHN HAROLD WALKER— Along special lines in
the real estate business, Mr. Walker is taking a broadly
practical part in the growth and development of the
city of Toronto. He is a son of Harton and Nellie
(Morse) Walker.

John Harold Walker was born in Toronto, January,
16, 1887, and attended the Model School, and Harbord
Collegiate Institute, then, at the age of twenty-one
years, entered the real estate business, which he has
since followed, in one branch or another, without in-
terruption. For ten years he was active in the employ
of some of the leaders in this field of endeavor in Toron-
to, then organizing his own company, entered the work
in which he is at present engaged. This is of especial
significance. Mr. Walker's work is chiefly the finding of
sites and securing industrial plants for Toronto. These
companies are usually branches of American and English
concerns, interested in the industrial possibilities and
natural resources of the Dominion of Canada. Mr.
Walker holds membership in the Toronto Real Estate
Board of which he is now treasurer, and the Board of
Trade. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht
Club.

Mr. Walker married, on September 2, 1911, Joy
Langlois, of Toronto. The family residence is at No.
204 Glen road.

JOSEPH HUNT STANFORD— With comprehen-
sive preparation for his chosen field of effort, and broad
experience therein, Joseph Hunt Stanford, of Toronto,
has long held a leading position among the architects
of this city, and many fine buildings stand to his credit.

This branch of the Stanford family comes from the
Stanfords of Worcestershire, England, who, from 1600
until 1750, were sheep farmers in the district known for
centuries as Stanford Bridge. Members of this family
served under Cromwell, in England and Ireland. Mr.
Stanford is a son of Jonathan and Hannah Stanford,
both of whom were born in Tipton, England. The
father, who was also an architect by profession, was a
Conservative by political convictions, and was a member

of the Methodist church. He was born in 1849, and i
living. The mother was born in 1849, of Welsh-Ei
parentage, and died in 1911. There were three
children.

Joseph Hunt Stanford was born in Tipton, Sta
shire, England, in the year 1871, and after the ecu
the elementary schools near his home, attended Wes
Commercial School at Dudley and London,
choosing the profession of architect, Mr. Stanford
a course at Onslow College of Art, in London, tak
further course at the South Kensington School o
in London. He then entered actively upon his proft
in London, England, remaining until 1902, wh«
came to Canada. Still following the profession of i
tecture in the city of Toronto, Mr. Stanford comirn
practice on his own account in 1904, and opene
office. He has been very successful and has won his
to the front rank in the profession, specializing ii
designing of apartment houses. Among these
be mentioned Hampton Court Apartments, St. CI
Court Apartments, the Aldgate Apartments, A
Court Apartments, and King Edward Apartment
of Toronto. Mr. Stanford's experience has cc
a period of nearly thirty-five years, his first entranci
his chosen field being in the year 1888. He was elec
Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Archi
in 1911.

In the World War, Mr. Stanford served for
years and three months with the Canadian Expeditic
Forces, being on the French front with the 20th Batt
(Infantry), and also with the 4th Canadian Rai
Troops, and his name was mentioned in dispat
Mr. Stanford is a member of the Toronto Theosop
Society, and of the Dickens Fellowship. Politically
an Independent, and his religious faith is that ol
Buddhist.

Mr. Stanford married Una A. E. Rigg, of Carabr
England. Mrs. Stanford was born in London, Eng
in 1875, and was educated in a convent school in S
Africa. She is a daughter of Joseph R. Rigg, for r
years attached to the general post office in Loi
England. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford have four chil
Winifred, born in 1897, and died in 1910; Jom
Leo, born in 1898, is associated with his father; P
Etheldreda, born in 1901; and Geoffrey Elwyn,
in 1906. "The family resides at No. 17 Westmor
avenue, Toronto.

JAMES EDMUND JONES— Long establishi
professional life in Toronto, James Edmond Jonc
figure of wide prominence. During thirty years h ■
belonged to three law firms, Du Vernet & Jones; R' '
Jones, Sommerville, Newman & Hattin, and ■ '
Bone & McDonald. Mr. Jones is a son of Rev. '
Septimus Jones, a figure of note in ecclesiastical <
a generation ago, and Eliza Bruce (Hutton) .
daughter of William Hutton, Deputy Minister of A}
ture of Canada some years ago.

James Edmund Jones was born in Belleville, Or
June 24, 1866, and his progress in school was ff
by the highest honors. He was head boy at
Canada College, and graduated from Toronto Uni\
in 1888, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, 1 ''i
also won the Prince of Wales Scholarship. Called '■•
bar in 1891, he has practiced continuously sii
Toronto. He has constantly kept in touch with a '
vance, and his appointment in 1921 as police ;
trate, is generally considered eminently wise and su

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more extensively known than through his pn '
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nd Canoeing," published in 1903 attained a wide
lation, as did also his "In Fan ' and Forest," and
ip-Fire Choruses," both published in 1916. For
' years Mr. Jones has been deeply interested in
•h music and he was a prime mover in securing
a for the revision of the Hymnal for the Church of
md in Canada. He was convener of the committee
i synod in 1905. Although an Anglican he was also
Tiber of the Committee of the Canadian Methodist
nal. Some of his musical compositions, notably
den," arranged for "The Lord's My Shepherd,"
been adopted in many leading hymnals, including
yninal for the Presbyterian Church of the United
s of America, and the revised Canadian Methodist
Presbyterian hymnals. Mr. Jones edited the
;ated edition of the "New Book of Common Praise,"
09, which is considered a standard authority on
lology. In recognition of his work in this connec-
Mr. Jones was presented with a solid silver salver
e general hymnal committee of the gaieral synod
19. The University of Toronto also bears testimony

■ musical talent of Mr. Jones, in the long popularity
.) "University of Toronto Song Book," which he
;1 in 1887, and revised in 1916.

■ a member of the Mycological Society, Mr. Jones
iken special interest in the study of mushrooms.
lis many emblems on his sporting sweater of learn-
nd prowess in canoeing, camping, wild flowers,

II photography, and similar pursuits. He has long
m member of the Board of Trade of Toronto, and
•icial connections include membership in the Aura
lUub, of which he has been president for thirty-
•ears, and in the National Club. A member of the
;nal Boys' Work Board, he is deeply interested
V fare work among young men and boys, and is an
hrity in this field of social endeavor. He is a member
t|! Anglican church.

1 Jones married, in 1898, E. Florence Hooper,
gter of the late Charles E. Hooper, druggist, of
flto, and they reside (with their seven children,) at
awlish avenue, Lawrence Park, North Toronto.

[WARD BROWN MOORE— With practical ex-
i«ce in the manufacturing end of the motor car
iiss, added to a thorough commercial training,
W'd B. Moore, of Toronto, is one of the successful
n men of the day in his chosen field of activity.
, [oore is a son of Richard B. Moore, a farmer of
)!lge, Ontario.

1 Moore was born in Wanstead, Ontario, October

8 ;. Attending the public schools first at Charlervoix,

;l|;an, he later attended the Barrie, Ontario, public

Jij!, then took a commercial course at the Technical

hiichool of Toronto. His first employment was as

iq clerk for T. Kinnear & Company, wholesale

:i;, with whom he remained for one year. He then

ii.i cost clerk in the office of the Canada Foundry,

aing for a time, after which he filled the position

>fie manager of the McEnaney Mines for a short

io| In 1913 he entered the employ of the Ford

t(i Company, at Toronto, as assistant accountant,

igtrom that position to service manager, then to

sfat manager. In 1916 Mr. Moore accepted the

it}n of service manager of the Chevrolet Motor

n(ny's factory, at Oshawa, Canada, and was thus

" ' for more than two years. In December, 1917, he

to a partnership with G. E. Gooderham, and

two years the firm dealt in Chevrolet and Stud-

' ars, in Toronto. In November, 1920, Mr. Moore

'V from this partnership to organize the firm of

; Moore, Limited, the name of which was later

• i to Moore & Hughes, Limited. This concern

was incorporated on February 28, 1921, and handles
Dodge Brothers cars, Mr. Moore being president and
general manager. They are located at No. 577 Yonge
street, and have a fine three-story building, with base-
ment, where they occupy 22,000 square feet of floor
space, with their office, showrooms, and service depart-
ment. They are dealers for the central Ontario district,
and appoint dealers in this district. Mr. Moore's
success as the head of this concern has placed him among
the foremost young men of the city. He is past president
of the Toronto Branch of the Automotive Retailers'
Association, and is a member of the Bloor and Yonge
Street Business Men's Association.

Mr. Moore is a member of St. Andrews Lodge, No.
16, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; of the Ontario
Club, the Lake Shore Country Club, and the Rusholme
Tennis Club. He is active in the work of the Lions
Club, president in 1922, this being an organization for
business men; and is a member of Cookes Presbyterian
Church, serving on the board of managers of the church.

Mr. Moore married Olive Egan, and they have three
children: Shirley, Kenneth, and Norman. The family
home is at No. 40 Tyrrel avenue, Toronto.

HENRY REBURN— Thirty-two years in the Treas-
ury Department of the city of Toronto is the record
of Henry Reburn, who through faithful service has for
the last four years enjoyed the position as head of the
accounting department. Mr. Reburn is a son of the late
Henry Reburn, who before his death was inspector of the
Criminal Investigation Department, Province of On-
tario, and Annie (Dagge) Reburn, of Toronto. Mr.
Reburn's death occurred November 25, 1921, and he is
survived by his wife.

Mr. Reburn was born in Toronto, July 15, 1874. Fol-
lowing his early education in the public schools of his
place of birth, he enjoyed the advantage of a high school
and business college course. Shortly after his graduation
from the Toronto Business College, he entered the city
Treasury Department as clerk. This -was in 1890, and he
has since held various positions in that office, without
interruption. Beginning in a minor position, he rose
to the head of the tax department in the year 1914. In
1918 Mr. Reburn was appointed head of the accounting
department of the City "Treasury, which position he holds
today. While here he has installed a new system of
accounting and records which at present are used,
and which have simplified the work of that department.

During the great World War Mr. Reburn was active
in all the loan drives among the civic employees, the
departments reaching 100% quota. He is a member of
the York Pioneer Society of Toronto. He enjoys out-
door interests, and was a devotee of lacrosse in his
younger days, but now chooses walking for exercise. He
is a member of Trinity Methodist Church.

Mr. Reburn married Mima Lund, daughter of the
late James and Margaret Lund, of Woodstock, Ontario,
and they have two children: Dorothy, who is assistant
librarian of the Academy of Medicine; and Douglas,
who is a graduate of the Oakwood Collegiate Institute
of Toronto. The family resides at No. 531 Brunswick
avenue, Toronto.

PETER MacGREAGOR SORLEY— As vice-presi-
dent and works manager of the Carter Welding Com-
pany, Ltd., Mr. Sorley is taking a definite and practical
part in the industrial progress of the city. A native of
Toronto, he is a son of Peter and Ellen (MacGreagor)
Sorley, long residents of Greenock, Scotland.

Mr. Sorley was born in October, 1882, and after
attending the Belleville Public School, went to work at an
early age. He was first employed pn the "Clyde," and

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through this activity was led to take up marine engineer-
ing, which he followed for a number of years. In the
course of this time he traveled to many parts of Canada,
the United States and other countries, eventually landing
in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he remained for a
time. There he learned his present business, which
comprises welding of every kind, having mastered the
most modern methods of this art. Returning to Canada,
Mr. Sorley became identified with Herbert W. Carter
in the establishing of the present business. The concern
was incorporated in 1915, Mr. Carter becoming president
and business manager, and Mr. Sorley manager of the
plant. This plant is equipped in the most modern way,
is 32 X 130 feet in dimensions, and having two floors
containing about 8,000 square feet of floor space. They
specialize in oxyacetylene welding and cutting, but also
do a thriving business in the manufacture of sidecars
for motorcycles, and employ about twenty hands, their
work being largely for local manufacturers. Trained
principally in the world of experience, Mr. Sorley has
won his way by his own efforts to his present successful
position. He is a member of the Canadian Manufactur-
ers' Association.

Mr. Sorley married, on June 13, 1912, Mary Kathleen
Seon, of the British West Indies, and they have three
children: Margaret MacGreagor, Ronald MacGreagor
and Janet MacGreagor Sorley. They reside at No. 153
Brierhill avenue, Toronto.

WILLIAM HENRY ELLIOTT— Successful in a
large way along special lines of manufacture, William
Henry Elliott stands among the prominent men of the
day in his native city of Toronto. Mr. Elliott comes of
North-of-Ireland stock, and is a son of William and
Margaret (Gee) Elliott, who were both born in County
Cavan, Ireland, and came to Canada in their youth.
They were long residents of Toronto.

William Henry Elliott was born in Toronto, May 18,
1861. Receiving a practical education in the Toronto
institutions, he entered business at the age of fifteen
years, becoming identified with the firm of Trotter &
Mathews, manufacturers of jewelry. He was connected
with this concern for five years, then spent another five
years in the employ of other concerns in the same line
of manufacture, these being C. Shepherd & Company,
and A. H.Welch & Company. Hethen became associated
with Wanless & Company, manufacturers of jewelry,
and also wholesalers and retailers of jewelry, and was
with this concern for twenty-nine years. In 1910 Mr.
Elliott established his present business, manufacturing
jewelry, and also regalia of many kinds. He is a leader in
this field, and has attained a high measure of success.

In fraternal circles Mr. Elliott is also prominent.
He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being past
noble grand of his lodge in the latter order, also past
county master of Toronto. He is past companion of the
Royal Scarlet Order, and past preceptor of the Royal
Black Knights of Ireland. He affiliates with the Anglican
church.

Mr. Elliott married, on April 9, 1888, MaudLoane,
of Toronto, daughter of William Loane, and they are the
parents of six children: William James; Maude; Harry
Edward; Ruby; Tadie; and Lenora.

JOHN JAMES MEAGHER LANDY— Among the
representative business men of Toronto is John James
Meagher Landy, importer of church supplies and manu-
facturer of ecclesiastical vestments and brassware, who
is also known as one of the best diamond setters in
Canada.

Born in Toronto, son of John James Landy, a ba
of this city, Mr. Landy received his education
Separate schools, and then prepared for his bi
career by learning the jewelry and watch repairini
ness. After becoming skilled in these lines, h
apprenticed for three years to J. J. Zock & Compi
learn the art of diamond setting. Here he remainei
period of ten years, becoming so proficient in this
that he was known as one of the most skilled dii
setters in the Dominion. In 1904 he established a
retail jewelry business at No. 440 Queen street,
and one year later removed to No. 416 on the same i
Here he added to his supply of jewelry a small st
Catholic church supplies for the homes. This d
ment grew so rapidly that he found himself fori
seek larger quarters. He removed to No. 405
street, where he established a wholesale Catholic c
supply house, giving up entirely the jewelry bui
In this field he has built up a business which is the 1
' of its kind in Toronto. He imports church vestmei
well as gold, silver, and brass goods and pictures
France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy; pearl re
from Jerusalem; from Florida; palms for Palm Su
and sacramental wines from Spain. His ship
extend throughout the Dominion, from Vancoui
Newfoundland, wherever there is a Catholic chui
chapel. In 1919 Mr. Landy, while continuing h
porting and wholesale business, began the manufi
of surplices, soutanes, birettas, albs, etc., for the
and altar boys, and he is now outfitting many (
sanctuaries. In 1920 he added to his first manufaci
venture the manufacture of brass goods, beginninj
small way and increasing the amount of his produ
the demand increased. He is now making the large
votive candle stands and other church supplies
steadily increasing the volume of business in tha'
Along with his business responsibilities, Mr. 1
finds time for civic, social and religious activities
is a trustee of the Separate schools. His religious :
tion is with St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Churcl
he is a member of the Knights of Columbus and
Mary's Club.

CHARLES BODMAN WILLIAMS— For many
the head of a progressive business enterprise in Tc
Charles Rodman Williams won a position of prom
in this city and province, and his death a few yeai
at a comparatively early age, was widely regrett'
man of winning personality, and of the strictest int'
he was highly esteemed among his contemporaries
lumber business, and in the construction world gen

Mr. Williams was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, I
in May of 1874, and died in Toronto, Canada, Nov i
18, 1918. He received a thoroughly practical edu J
in the public and high schools of his native city i
at the age of fifteen years, came to Toronto, and e i
the employ of his stepfather, Taylor Butler, wl «
then proprietor of the lumber business known t
Big Four Lumber Company. This constituted i n
planing and lumber mill and yards on Queen e
East. The death of the step-father, in 1895, le »
Williams in charge of the business in which 1 b
already become a partner. He discontinued the use t
former firm name, and carried the business f ^
under his own name, removing in 1900 to the j «
location at No. 11 St. Albans street. The conec
incorporated, under the name of the C. B. 'W
Company, Ltd., Mr. Williams being president. -
his hand the growth and development carried •o
leading position in the lumber trade, and since hi !»'
his wife has acted as president of the compar «
their son, Gordon Taylor Williams, is secretary-tr u"

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BIOGRAPHICAL

247

general manager. They do a general retail lumber
planing mill business. Mr. Williams kept broadly
lueh with the trade through his membership in the
trio Retail Lumbermen's Association, and he was
a member of the Toronto Board of Trade. His
;ative interests were hunting and racing, and he was
iraber of the Ontario Jockey Club,
larles Bodman Williams married Marie O'Keefe,
;hter of Daniel O'Keefe, of Toronto, and they were
jarents of one son, Gordon Taylor, of whom further.
9rdon Taylor Williams was born in Toronto, and
ved his education in the local institutions, attending
the Model School, and later Trinity College. During
Great World War he served as lieutenant in the
adian Naval Intelligence Bureau, and since his
er's death has been the executive head of the C. B.
iams Company, Ltd. Gordon T. Williams is well
vn in social circles, and fraternally holds membership
le Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of
Ontario Jockey Club, the Royal Canadian Yacht
1, the Lions Club, the Granite Club, and the Model
lol Old Boys' Association.

ordon T. Williams married, in Toronto, Gladys
ipherson, and they have two children: Charles and
neth.

IDBERT BENJAMIN HENDERSON, K.C.— Long

iiinent in legal circles in Ontario, Mr. Henderson
is an assured position in his chosen profession, and
1 offices in the Bank of Hamilton building, stands at
tiead of the firm of Henderson & Boyd.
jr. Henderson is a son of a prominent churchman
teducator, who was influential in the Canada of a
rration ago. Rev. Canon William Henderson, M.A.,
J., Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, who previous
is coming to Canada was private chaplain to
;lerson Singer, Bishop ot Meath, Ireland. He came
ntario about 1862, as a missionary, his first parish
ic Pembroke, in this Province. In 1877 he was
linted principal of the Montreal Theological College
lontreal, Quebec, and this important position he
le until the time of his death, which occurred in 1896.
Jnarried Mary Agnes Burgin, who is now also de-
ad.

Ibert B. Henderson was born in Pembroke, Ontario,

Jimber 1, 1866. His early education was acquired

righ private tuition, and he attended high school

lontreal. Having chosen the law as his future field

I'ort, he entered McGill University at Montreal,

)r which he was graduated in 1887, with the degree

I.chelor of Arts. For one year thereafter he studied

v.t McGill University, then came to Toronto and

lod in the law office of Hoyles & Aylesworth. Fin-

li; at Osgoode Hall Law School, he was called to the

rn 1891, and entered the law firm of McMurchy,

?r,on & Henderson. With the changes incident

-y partnership, the firm later became Royce &

irerson, remaining the same until 1918, when another

rfer was received, the firm becoming Royce, Hender-

1 Boyd. The recent death of Mr. Allan H. Royce

ai changed the firm name, which is now Henderson

Eyd. They conduct a very extensive genera) prac-

e,.nd also have a large amount of railway corporation

r and commercial law. In January, 1922, Mr. Hen-

•si was created King's Counsel.

irthe profession Mr. Henderson stands high, is a

n.er of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario

r ssociation, and the York County Law Association.

la member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and is a

nrvative in political affiliation, rarely, however,

m' * 'f^^'"8 P^irt in political affairs, although in the

nm of 1917 he did much campaign work. In the

broader interests of a civic and patriotic nature he is
always at the front. He is now chairman of the allowance
committee of the Toronto branch of the Canadian Pa-
triotic Fund, a member of the finance committee and
also a member of the general executive committee for
Canada. Fraternally ne holds membership in Ionic
Lodge, No. 25, Free and Accepted Masons, and St.
Paul's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is a member ot
the executive committee of the Toronto branch of McGill
Graduates Society, and is a member of the Toronto,
Albany and Toronto Golf clubs. He is a member of the
Church of England.

Mr. Henderson married, in 1907, Audrey Smith,
daughter of Larrett W. Smith, of "Summerhill". Mrs.
Henderson died August 17, 1918, leaving one son, Hugh
Larrett. The family residence is at No. 94 Dunvegan
road, Toronto.

THOMAS THOMPSON— For many years identified
with the business world of Toronto, and after his re-
tirement still long active in civic affairs and organized
benevolence, Thomas Thompson gave to the city of his
birth the best legacy which any man can leave behind
him, the record of an upright life filled with useful
activities.

Coming of English descent, Mr. Thompson was a son
of Thomas and Rebecca (Boyce) Thompson. His father
was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1803, and came to
Canada in the year 1830, settling in what is now Toronto,
then known as Muddy York. This was in the early days
of civic progress, and his first step was to open a private
school, which he conducted for a number of years. With
the constant growth and development of the town, the
pioneer relinquished the school to others who came to
the community for similar purposes, and established
himself in a field of greater personal profit, engaging in
the boot and shoe business. Eventually he closed out
this line of activity, and from that time until his death
conducted a general store at the corner of FYancis street
and King street. East, opposite the market; he died in
1868.

Thomas Thompson, son of the above, and subject of
this review, was born in Toronto, January 9, 1832.
He received an excellent education at the Bay Street
Academy, under the preceptorship of John B. Boyd,
father of the late Sir John A. Boyd. Upon finishing school
he entered the store of his father, as a clerk, and after
becoming thoroughly familiar with the business, was
received into partnership in 1864. Four years later, on
the death of his father, Mr. Thompson took over the
entire interest, which he conducted for twenty-two
years. Retiring from the active management of the
business in 1890, he left it in the hands of his sons, who
later sold it. Continued in the same location throughout
its entire history, the business was for the greater part
of the time known as the Mammoth Dry Goods and
Clothing Establishment.

It was only natural that Mr. Thompson's prominence
in the business world should bring him into a leading
position in civic affairs. Always a Liberal by political
convictions, he was brought forward in 1882 as the Liber-
al candidate from East Toronto for the Dominion
Parliament. The strength of the opposition was over-
powering, however, and he was defeated. In 1885 he was
appointed justice of the peace, and served for years in
that office. He was also license commissioner for a
number of years, and member of the Library Board.
Throughout his career Mr. Thompson was very active
in the religious advance of the day, was a member of the
Carleton Street Methodist Church, serving on the official
board, and was a member ot the Victor Mission Board.

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Mr. Thompson married, on April 26, 1855, Hester
Carbert, who was born at Marston Moor, in the house in
which Oliver Cromwell passed the night before the battle
of Marston Moor. She is the daughter of Joseph and
Lucy (Jefferson) Carbert, both natives of Yorkshire,
England, the family coming to Toronto in 1844. Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson were the parents of the following chil-
dren: Major J. Boyce, of the "Queen's Own Rifles,"
(Second Regiment); William A., now a prominent
merchant of Toronto, head of the St. James Clothing
Company; Dr. Percy Walker, a successful medical
practitioner of London, England; Arthur, deceased;
Thomas C, also deceased; George, a leading judge of
British Columbia; and Dr. Frank, now deceased. The
mother is still living at the age of eighty-seven years,
her faculties still undimmed and her interest alive to the
progress of the day. For over thirty years Mrs. Thomp-
son was an active member of the Board of the Boys'
Home, on George street.

Mr. Thompson, whose death on October 8, 1909, re-
moved from Toronto a broadly progressive and highly
esteemed citizen, left behind him a record of broad
usefulness to mankind as well as marked personal success.
His character is well attested by the ideals of citizenship
which he instilled into the lives of his sons, and the
organized branches of endeavor which it was his delight
to encourage and aid. He will long be remembered as a
man of fine spirit and benevolent purpose, such a man
as the world can ill afford to lose.

JOHN JAMES McLaughlin— For many years
the name of McLaughlin has been identified with the
industrial progress of Toronto, and the activities of
John James McLaughlin have followed modern lines,
his success being but the logical sequence. Never taking
any spectacular part in the public life of the province,
he was nevertheless broadly interested in all advance,
and gave cordial endorsement to every forward move-
ment. He was a son of Robert McLaughlin, founder of
the McLaughlin Carriage Company, and later one of the
early automobile manufacturers of the Dominion, and
producer of the Buick car in Canada at the time of his
death.

John James McLaughlin was bom in the County of
Durham, Ontario, March 2, 1865, and died in Toronto,
January 28, 1914. As a lad he attended the public
schools of Oshawa, Ontario, also covering the high
school course in that town, then coming to Toronto,
he entered the College of Pharmacy, from which he was
graduated, a gold and a silver medallist, in the class of
1885. He thereafter went to New York City, where he
took a post-graduate course along similar lines, then
entered the employ of the Caswell-Massey Drug Com-
pany, of that city. Here he gained a comprehensive
experience which later became of great use to him, and
returning to Toronto in 1890, entered business for him-
self. He established here a plant for the manufacture of
carbonated waters, both for medicinal and table use.
Lo(»ted for a time on Berti street, the business grew
rapidly, and Mr. McLaughlin was shortly obliged to
seek larger quarters, which he found at No. 155 Sher-
bourne street, where the plant is still in successful opera-
tion under the charge of his son. Mr. McLaughlin was the
first to introduce the soda siphon in Toronto, and his
products, in all lines, were of the highest quality, com-
manding a very extensive patronage. The company still
holds to the standards inaugurated by the founder, and
in addition to fountain fruits, juices, syrups, etc., manu-
factures bottlers' supplies, soda water fountains and
accessories, distributing their products throughout the
Dominion. Their plant is very large, and equipped in

the most modern way. Mr. McLaughlin was presi
of the concern until his death.

In his private life Mr. McLaughlin was a ma
quiet tastes, fond of a book by the fireside, but eqi
interested in a game of golf, playing frequently on
links of the Rosedale Golf Club, of which he was
a member. He held membership in the Free and Acce
Masons, and the Granite Club, and was an active n
ber of the Rosedale Presbyterian Church.

Mr. McLaughlin married, in New York City, V:
Christie, of that city, and their children are: Doi
who is now identified with the J. J. McLaughlin C
pany, Ltd.; Marjorie, at home; and Roland, a stu
at the University of Toronto. Mrs. McLaughlin
these children survive the husband and father, resi
at No. 4 May street, Toronto. In many circle
Toronto Mr. McLaughlin is remembered for his gi
spirit and his cordial friendship. Without see
leadership or the approbation of the public, he was
means of accomplishing much good among the ni
and unfortunate, and his name will live long, not
in the industrial records of the city of Toronto, but fa
affections of the people.

JAMES WILLIAM CARRICK— In legal circle
Toronto Mr. Carrick is well known. He is a so
James and Frances Carrick, both of Scotch descent,
settled in Brandon, Manitoba, in 1882, but now n
in Toronto. The elder Mr. Carrick was for many j
engaged in carriage building, but retired from all ai
business in 1911, upon removing to this city.

James W. Carrick was born in Brandon, Manit
October 9, 1885, and his early education was gaine
the public schools of his native place and the Brai
Collegiate Institute, and he was graduated from
Manitoba University in the class of 1906, with
degree of Bachelor of Arts. Coming to Toronto w;
the year, he completed his professional studie
Osgoode Hall Law School, and was called to the b;
1909. His career was begun as a member of the
firm of Henderson, Small & Carrick, of which he is
the only surviving member. He has been very succes
and handles a constantly growing general practice, v
includes much estate work. His time largely oco
by his professional activity, Mr. Carrick nevert?
keeps in touch with the progress of the day and poll
ly supports the Liberal party. Finding his chief re
tion in outdoor interest, he holds membership i i
Royal Canadian Yacht Club.

Mr. Carrick married, in Toronto, Ethel L. Bra
of this city, on April 11, 1916, and they have two
dren: James Donald, and Helen. The family hoi
at No. 165 Arlington avenue, in Toronto.

ERNEST ALEXANDER CAMPBELL— In thei
of finance in Canada Mr. Campbell is a figure of pr«
ence, his experience as an accountant having cove
period of some thirty-five years, and having taken i
during much of that time, to many parts of the D i
ion. Mr. Campbell is a son of Charles J. and a
Elizabeth Campbell, former residents of To; t
Charles J. Campbell was a member of the firm of (
bell & Cassels, for many years leading banker:
brokers of Toronto, and the pioneer firm in this fi |
the city. Alter some years of successful activity i f
connection, Charles J. Campbell was appointed re "
general of the Province of Ontario. He was a brot
the late Sir Alexander Campbell of Kingston, Ot

Ernest Alexander Campbell was born in To
October 4, 1867. He received his education in
Hope, Ontario, at the Trinity College School, and
age of twenty years became identified with the B:

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249

imilton, for twenty-four years being thus engaged,
coming inspector, his duties required his presence at
rious times in practically all of the Provinces of the
)minion, west of Toronto. In 1911 he resigned from
s position to enter his own business, along the lines
public accountant. He has since followed work of this
ture with marked success, and is now one of the
•emost men in this field, with offices at No. 18 Toronto
eet. As a recreative interest Mr. Campbell keeps
touch with the game of cricket. He was a member of
3 Toronto Cricket Club form 1889 until 1896, and was
ptain of the St. Augustine Cricket Club in 1908,
nning the Church and Mercantile League cup.
Mr. Campbell married, on November 30, 1912,
net Buckham Campbell, of the county of Peel, On-

JAMES LAUDER— Standing behind the building
ides in Toronto, James Lauder has for many years been
entified with the general advance in the wholesale
d retail distribution of lumber. Mr. Lauder is a
tive of Ontario, and is a son of John and Margaret
ussell) Lauder. The father was born in Lanarkshire,
otland, and came to Canada as a young man, settling
the township of York, where he followed farming until
i time of his death. The mother, who was born in
lie Grove, York county, Ontario, is still living. James
luder was born in York, Ontario, April 1, 1873, and
Reiving his early education in the public schools of his
nive place, he entered Upper Canada College, at
tronto, from which he was graduated in the class of
.12. Choosing a business career rather than a pro-
(|3ional one, however, he then entered the lumber
Jiiness, and to gain breadth of experience spent about
;| years in the employ ot various lumber firms in Toron-
;ttnd elsewhere. Then, in 1902, Mr. Lauder established
V own business, under the name of Lauder & Company.
S|w, after a history of twenty years of progressive and
j'sperous activity, he stands among the solid, substan-
;i| business men of the city, and is still facing forward.

'^or years Mr. Lauder has been a member of the
li'onto Board of Trade, and is broadly interested in all
jj)lic progress. Fraternally, he holds membership in
i?-k Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and in York
Ciipter, Royal Arch Masons, and he is a member of
tl Presbyterian church.

Ir. Lauder married, in 1905, Margaret Frances
Girgiana Taylor, and they have two children: James
Bjke, born October 11, 1906; and Margaret, born
ny 23, 1908.

WILLIAM CHARLES HAMILTON BECK— The

vf le of optical manufacturing was strongly emphasized
diiing the World War and the importance of the business
rejignized as never before. In Mr. Beck the Consoli-
da;d Optical Company of Toronto possesses an expert
otiill branches of optical work and a general superin-
teilent of the highest ability.

[^lliam C. H. Beck was born at Hamilton, Ontario,

'"tober 13, 1873, son of Thomas Wilson and Mary

Idson) Beck. His parents moved to Toronto when

- five years old and entered him as a pupil at the

to public schools. When his preliminary education

irapleted, Mr. Beck went into the works of the

'.lectric Light Company, now discontinued, as an

■itice. He was only fifteen years old at the time,

ing determined to acquire knowledge, he attended

ening classes of the Toronto Technical School for

..ears, and this, considering the fact that he was

■ed during the day, was no small achievement for a

his age. After spending several years with the

^■A Electric Light Company, Mr. Beck received an

offer from a firm engaged in the man ufacture of dental
instruments and supplies. He accepted the offer, entering
the plant as an ordinary machinist. He acquired a great
deal of practical information during he period of his
employment by this firm. Eventually, he left them to
enter the service of the Ballard Electrical Machine
Company, makers of high grade tools and instruments
and perfectors of models for inventors seeking patents.
Here Mr. Beck acquired his first knowledge of practical
optical manufacturing, the work in which he was des-
tined to become a specialist. He left the Ballard Com-
pany to enter the service of the Ajax Optical Company,
a firm exclusively engaged in the manufacture of optical
instruments. He occupied the position of mechanical
engineer for this firm for several years, or until the
business was taken over by Cohen Brothers in 1900, or
thereabouts. He remained with Cohen Brothers in the
capacity of a tool-maker, but within a month was
promoted to the position of foreman and later was
appointed superintendent. Some time later, a consoli-
dation of various Toronto optical concerns was effected
and a new firm, known as the Consolidated Optical
Company, Ltd., was established. This firm immediately
appointed Mr. Beck superintendent of the works and
he still holds that position.

Mr. Beck is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade
and the Empire Club. He is well known in Masonic
circles, being a member of St. George Lodge; the Scottish
Rite body, and Sovereign Chapter of Rose Croix.

Mr. Beck married, on June 12, 1893, Ann Calder,
daughter of William and Theresa (Wright) Calder.
Mrs. Beck died in 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Beck were the
parents of five children: Mabel, who was born March
17, 1895, and who died in October, 1906; Violet, who was
born October 27, 1897; Gertrude, who was born March
5, 1900; William, Jr., who was born December 24, 1902;
and Thelma, who was born November 24, 1908.

JOSEPH RUSSELL is known in Toronto, the city of
his birth, as a successful business man who has with-
drawn, in large degree, from active prosecution of
affairs, and in broader circles throughout the Dominion
as a former member of Parliament.

Joseph Russell, son of John and Mary (Smith) Russell,
was born in Toronto, April 1, 1868. After a public school
education he completed a course in a business college, and
as a youth of fifteen years entered the employ of his
father, a brick manufacturer. His first position was as
bookkeeper and he subsequently worked in the various
departments, productive and administrative, succeeding
in time to the ownership of the concern. He directed
its affairs in continued prosperity, and although he still
retains his official connection does not participate in its
active management. He entered public life and served as
a representative of his district to the Ontario Legislature,
also sitting in the Dominion Parliament in 1909-1910
and 1911. His interest in public affairs has been strong
throughout all of his life, and he has exercised definite
influence in party matters. <4

In Canada and the United States he has gained wide
reputation as a breeder of Airedale terriers, and is also
active in raising fancy poultry stock. Representatives
of his kennels and chickens bred by him, have won many
prizes in Canadian and United States shows. Mr. Russell
has bred and owned several Airedales that have been
leaders in their Class, and in work with his dogs and
poultry finds a most enjoyable occupation, being con-
sidered one of the authorities in these lines in the country.
He is president of the Canadian Kennel Club, vice-
president of the Airedale Terrier Club of America, mem-
l3er of the American Poultry Association, director of the
National Canadian Exposition, director of the Royal

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Winter Fair, director of the Ontario Winter Fair, a
member of the Ontario Jockey Club, and the Royal
Canadian Bicycle Club. He is also a member of the
Toronto Board of Trade, and the Builders' Exchange.
His fraternal affiliations are with John Ross Robinson
Lodge, of the Masonic order, and the Loyal Orange
Lodge. He is a communicant of the Anglican church.
Mr. Russell married, February 19, 1901, Nora Lowe,
daughter of Thomas and Eliza (Watson) Lowe. Their
children are: Edith, born February 8, 1902; Jack, born
March 4, 1904; MoUie, born August 9, 1905; and Olive
Nora, born December 5, 1906.

ALEXANDER BROWN BEVERLY— With the pro-
gress of manufactures in Ontario, Toronto has become the
center of production for the leading industries of the
day, the highest standards prevailing among the pro-
ducers in every line of manufacture. Alexander Brown
Beverly, as the head of the National Cabinet Company,
Ltd., has given to the people of the Dominion, a Cana-
dian-made phonograph which meets the demands of the
most critical connoisseur, both from the view-point of
the musician and the cabinet-maker. Mr. Beverly, who
has built up and controls this industrial organization, is
a native of Scotland, and a son of John and Margaret
(Brown) Beverly. The father, who died in 1920, was
throughout his lifetime engaged in the manufacture of
threshing machines at Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Alexander B. Beverly was born in Aberdeenshire,
April 10, 1886, and was educated in the schools of his
native land. For a time Mr. Beverly was associated
with his father in the threshing machine plant, but in
1906 he struck out for himself and came to Canada.
Locating in Toronto he began the manufacture of phono-
graphs, being the first to enter this line of production
in the Dominion. In 1908 he established the Beverly
Wood Specialty Company, and continued operating thus
until 1917, when he formed a limited company, and
merged his interests under the present name. The
concern manufactures (with the exception of the motor
parts), a strikingly artistic line of talking machines, pur-
ity of tone and fidelity of reproduction placing them at
the head in the mechanical music field, and the rare
artistry of the highly skilled cabinet-maker, placing the
product above criticism as an object of intrinsic value in
the furniture line. Period and special designs furnish
an attractive list from which to choose, and hundreds
of homes are brightened by the possession of one of these
instruments. The plant is modern in every respect, and
now employs forty-five skilled mechanics, but the busi-
ness is steadily growing and promises large success in the
future. Mr. Beverly is also president of the Beverly
Manufacturing Company, of Brooklyn, New York,
also manufacturers of phonographs, and these two con-
cerns practically cover the entire continent. The Cana-
dian head offices are located at No. 485 King street,
West, Toronto.

Mr. Beverly is a member of the Canadian Manufac-
turers' Association, and in political affairs supports the
policies of the Conservative party. He is a member of
St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 16, Ancient Free and Accep-
ted Masons, and of the Loyal Orange Lodge, and holds
membership in St. Andrew's Presbyteris^n Church.

Mr. Beverly married, in Toronto, in August, 1915,
Anna Logan, and they reside at No. 33 Burlington
Crescent.

Ogilvie & Sons, Limited, Mr. Canavan has a wid
acquaintance and high standing in the Canadian trade

He is a son of John and Jane (Corbett) Canavan, botl
deceased. John Canavan was a member of a famil;
of York pioneers, son of James B. Canavan of Banbridgj
Ireland, and was born in Cobourg, Ontario, March 10
1836, died in Toronto, March 21, 1906. He attendet
Victoria College, at Cobourg, was called to the bar, am
in young manhood came to "Toronto. He early enters
public life, and was one of the representative Conserva
tives of the city of Toronto. In 1864 he was first electei
as councilman for St. Patrick's Ward. In 1865 he rep
resented the same section of the city as alderman, also ii
1870-1871-1872, and in 1877 he was elected alderman fo
St. Stephen's Ward. During his years in the municipa
service, Mr. Canavan was one of the most prominen
members of the council, and at different times was chaii
man of all of its important committees. He was an arden
Conservative believer, and one of the most popula
platform speakers of the country. His natural wit, hi
aptitude in story-telling, and his unerring faculty o
enlisting the interest and sympathy of his audience, gav
him a great political influence, which was used in thi
support of many valuable measures. He read mos
entertainingly, and appeared at many performances fo:
the benefit of church work. His name was proposw
for nomination in the Conservative interest for Wes
Toronto, and in less than a week more than 120i
signatures supported his candidacy, but he made way, a
the personal request of Sir John A. Macdonald, for Mr
John Crawford, who was elected, and who was afterwan
lieutenant governor of Ontario. Mr. Canavan was i
member of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church of Toron
to, and held a position of unvarying respect and hono
in the community heserved long and well. He married
(first) Jane Corbett, a native of Toronto, of Scotch
parentage, and (second) Virginia C. Lester.

John Birch Canavan was born in Toronto, Februar
4, 1867, and after attending private schools, was a studen
in Jarvis Collegiate Institute. For two years after leav
ing school he was associated with his father, and in Kf
formed his first connection with the woolen busines
in which he has since continued as an employee i
Wyld, Grassett & Darling. He was identified wit
this firm until 1904 when operations discontinued an
when Thomas Ogilvie & Sons Limited, was foundei
amalgamation having been made with Charles Cocl
shutt & Company. Mr. Canavan was appointed man:
ger of the new firm, occupying that place until incorpor
tion, December 1, 1913, when he assumed the duties
managing director and European buyer. He is kno»
in the trade as an unerring judge of values, and as
competent executive, and his intimate knowledge of t!
foreign market and conditions have been a source
large profit to the firm. Mr. Canavan affiliates with tl
Masonic order, is a member of the Kiwanis Club, and
political belief is a Conservative. He is a member of t
Anglican church.

He married, June 12, 1899, in Toronto, Emma Brooi
er, daughter of Charles and Martha Broomer. Th
reside at Lome Park, Ontario.

JOHN BIRCH CANAVAN, son of a well known
barrister and police magistrate of Toronto, first planned
to make the law his lifework, early changing to connec-
tions in the woolen business, in which his active life
has been spent. As managing director of Thomas

FRED MALLISON has been closely identified wi
the textile interests of Canada for over twenty ye:
and is widely known to the trade as one of the worl-
leading yarn experts. He was born in the center of i
English spinning country at Bolton, near Manchest
and seems to have been destined from the first to assu
an important place in the textile industry.

Fred Mallison is a son of James and Mary June (We
Mallison. He was born May 21, 1876, at a time when i
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an, and he has always, in consequence, been a student
;be newer methods of production. His father entered
I as a pupil at the Bolton Grammar School and later
t him to the Guillefontaine School in France. Still
■r, he was sent to a private school at Essen, in Ger-
ny. This broad cultural education has played an
>ortant part in Mr. Mallison's success. He reads
mch and German with ease, and is able to keep in close
eh with foreign views and opinions concerning tex-
s. The literature that has grown up around this
iject is voluminous, and many of the foreign contri-
;ions have never been translated into English. A
ctical expert who is able to follow the latest develop-
nts in European countries in the language of the
t reports has a decided advantage over one who is
iged to depend upon tardy translations. Mr. Mallison,
reover, is a deep student of the basic factors of the
ustry. He knows textile commodities from the staple
the loom and from the loom to the counter. When the
!rage man sees only a finished piece of cloth, he sees the
le cloth at every stage of its development and can
ce its history back to the country and place of its
(in with unfailing skill. His high qualifications and
husiasm for his work would have brought him a
;e measure of success in England had not the attrac-
1 of a new and vigorous country impelled him to come
Janada. He arrived at Montreal in 1897 and entered
I iness as a selling agent for the Merchants' Cotton
npany, in the yarn department. Two years later

firm sent him to Toronto as their selling agent and
iresentative and he continued in this capacity until
S5, when the Dominion Textile Company was formed
t he was appointed selling agent for all the combined
IS under its control. In 1917 he received the addition-
lippointment of selling agent for Joseph Simpson's
SI department.

he exacting duties ot these positions occupy all of
I Mallison's business hours, but, being an ardent
eitee ot sports of all kinds, he manages to take and
eve interest in all the outdoor clubs and recreational
I ities of Toronto. He is a member of the Ontario
o:ey Club, also holds membership in the National
lb, and belongs to the Board of Trade of Toronto.
npligious faith, Mr. Mallison is a Protestant. His
- at No. 97 Sherwood avenue.
-Mallison married, on November 29, 1899, Ger-
•le Holding West, daughter of John West, of No.
0 Chambers road, Southport, England. They have no
hiren.

EORGE PETTET— In the manufacturing world of

•n, George Pettet has been identified with the

graving business for the past two decades, for

all of that time carrying forward his own estab-

: t. Himself a native of England, Mr. Pettet

)i 's of a family long active in various business interests,

Ms a son of Frederick H. and Thirza May (Bradbury)

" =■♦ . The father was born in Birmingham, England,

IS engaged as a hide and skin merchant until his

, which occurred in 1885. The mother, who was also

ii nglish birth, died in 1894.

(>orge Pettet was born in Birmingham, England, in

'.nd received his education in the institutions ot his

fity, attending first the primary schools and later

ng Edward VI Grammar School. He then served

ar apprenticeship at the business of steel engraving

'-■ B. Sale, Limited, remaining with that firm

eriod of six years. 'Then believing that the Do-

of Canada held great future possibilities for any

productive or commercial activity, he crossed

. lantic, and located in Toronto. Here he secured

i pition with a stamp and stencil firm, with which

he was identified for about one year, after which, in 1903,
he entered the steel engraving and stencil business for
himself in Toronto, under the firm name of the Superior
Manufacturing Company, which has become a synonym
for quality and fair dealing, and which is still retained.
With offices and plant at No. 93 Church street, Mr.
Pettet is doing a very prosperous and constantly grow-
ing business, and is among the leaders in this line of
endeavor.

Although broadly interested in all progress, Mr.
Pettet has leisure for few interests outside his business.
He is a member of the International Stamp Manu-
facturing Association, and fraternally holds membership
in the Free and Accepted Masons.

Mr. Pettet married, in 1908, Ella May Anderson, of
Toronto, who was born June 28, 1887.

KENNETH JOHNSTON— As a member of the
Johnston Lumber Company for the past twelve years,
and the head of the concern for a decade, Kenneth
Johnston is widely familiar with the lumber business,
and as widely known in it. Mr. Johnston comes of a
family long resident in the Dominion, and is a son of
George W. Johnston, who was born in Peel county,
Ontario, in the year 1848. During his early years and
until late in life he was engaged as a farmer, then spent
his later years in the lumber business, and died in
1912. He married Mary A. Irvin, of Peel county, On-
tario, who still survives him.

Kenneth Johnston was born in Peel county, Ontario,
February 19, 1879. Receiving a practical education
in the public schools of Toronto, he later became identi-
fied with the drug business, and was thus engaged about
six years. He then became interested in the lumber
business, entering the employ of the Wilson Lumber
Company. He was connected with this concern for a
period of twelve years, rising from the position of in-
spector through the various departments to the office
of manager of the Cincinnati (Ohio) yards. Severing his
connections with this concern in 1910, Mr. Johnston re-
turned to Toronto, and established himself in the same
line of business in this city, in association with his father,
under the firm name of the Johnston Lumber Company.
With the death of his father in 1912 the entire interest
was left in his hands, and he is still carrying the business
forward under the old name, handling a large and in-
creasing business, and holding a position of prominence
in the trade.

As a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr.
Johnston keeps in touch with the general advance. His
chief recreative interest is bowling, and he holds member-
ship in the High Park Bowling Club. He is a member of
the Parkdale Presbyterian Church of Toronto.

Mr. Johnston married, in 1908, Clara A. Leeker, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, who was born August 27, 1888.
They are the parents of three children: Violet D.,
born November 17, 1910; MacKenzie L., born Novem-
ber 13, 1911; and Kenneth Marsden, born January 4,
1922.

ROBERT CANDLISH SMITH— Finding success
along the lines of commercial advertising, Robert C. Smith
of "Toronto, has for nearly nine years been at the head
of his own concern, and has borne a significant part in
the business advance of this city and Province. He is a
son of Heron and Mary Smith, of Annan, Scotland, and
his father was a well known silversmith in his native
country, and later in Ontario.

Robert Candlish Smith was born in Annan, Scotland,
February 8, 1855, and when only one year old came with
his family to Canada, locating in Smith's Falls, Ontario.
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community, Mr. Smith entered the business world at
Smith's Falls, at the age of fourteen years, in the employ
of Frost & Wood, dealers in farm implements, acting
in the capacity of shipping clerk. He remained with this
concern for a period of fifteen years, then bought out a
book store, taking over the business from W. M. Keith,
and carrying it on for seven years. In 1891 Mr. Smith
came to Toronto, associating himself with the newspaper
world, and was connected with the Toronto "Globe," for
a period of twenty-two years in their advertising de-
partment, and was in charge of their special editions,
including the "Christmas Globe" with a world wide
circulation. From this experience Mr. Smith won a com-
prehensive grasp of the advertising business, and in 1913
he organized R. C. Smith & Son, Limited. This concern
is handling advertising in a large way, and achieving
marked success. The personnel of the company is as fol-
lows: R. C. Smith, president; Adam F. Smith, vice-
president; Miss M. A. Stookley, secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Smith married, in 1879, Mary Button, of Smith's
Falls, daughter of Joseph Hutton, and they have four
children: William, Adam, Agnes and Helen.

Mr. Smith and family are members of Victoria
Presbyterian Church.

ARCHIBALD RETTIE HOLMES— For years active
in large construction work in both the Provinces and the
States, Archibald Rettie Holmes now stands at the head
of one of the leading construction firms ol Toronto.
Mr. Holmes is a son of George L. and Mary Holmes,
of Hantsport, Nova Scotia, and his father was tor
many years a sea captain and ship owner in Hantsport
and Liverpool, England.

Mr. Holmes was born in Hansport, Nova Scotia,
July 18, 1872, and received his early education in the
public schools of his native town. He later entered
King's College, at Windsor, Nova Scotia, from which he
was graduated in the class of 1895. His first position
was as assistant with W. R. Butler, member of the Instit-
ution of Civil Engineers, who was active in the general
practice ol engineering work throughout the Province
of Nova Scotia. Forming this connection early in his
college course, Mr. Holmes continued with Mr. Butler
until 1895, when he entered the department of public
works of Canada, at Halifax, in the capacity ot general
assistant, lor one year. Next he was associated with
the Intercolonial railway, at Moncton, New Brunswick,
in the capacity of draftsman, designer and instrument-
man in connection with their department oi bridges and
maintenance of way, and continued in this connection
until 1898. Thereafter, going to the States, he was
connected with the Boston Elevated railroad, as a drafts-
man in the steel designing department tor one year.
Then tor three years he was designer in the bridge and
building department of the New York Central railroad,
at their offices in New York City. Thence, Mr. Holmes
went to Philadelphia, where he was engaged tor seven
years as structural engineer with the Link Belt Engineer-
ing Company, and the Dodge Coal Storage Company.
Returning to Canada, he became secretary and treasurer
and an active member of the firm of MacKinnon, Holmes
& Company, Ltd., in Sherbrooke, Province ot Quebec.
For seven years he was connected with this concern,
which became widely known in the manufacturing and
constructing of steel bridges, and all kinds of steel
structures. Coming to Toronto in May of 1917, Mr.
Holmes organized the firm of Archibald and Holmes,
Limited, and has since been very active in vicinity in
general engineering work and the building of all classes
of industrial structures. The concern has taken a
leading position in this field and is constantly going
orward to higher levels of achievement.

Mr. Holmes is a member of the Engineering Institu
of Canada, ot the Toronto Board of Trade, and of tl
Engineers' Club, of Toronto, and he holds membersh
in the Anglican church.

In 1902 Mr. Holmes married Florence M. Blair,
Chatham, New Brunswick, daughter of George A. Blai
a prominent merchant of that city, and member ot ot
of the old pioneer families of that section. Mr. and Mr
Holmes have three daughters: Helen, Elizabeth, ar
Margaret.

HERBERT STREET COWAN— For many yea
identified with the business world of Toronto, and for
quarter of a century connected with one concern. He
bert Street Cowan has for nearly a decade been i
business for himself in a special line of manufacture, an
is enjoying marked success. Mr. Cowan comes of a famii
long resident in Canada, and is a son of Robert L. an
Letsy E. (Street) Cowan, both natives of Canada. Tl
father was throughout his lifetime engaged in the roofir
business, continuing along this line until his death, whic
occurred in 1888. "The mother survived him for twentj
seven years, and passed away in 1915.

Herbert Street Cowan was born in Toronto, July 2'
1871, and received his early education in the publi
schools of his native city, completing his studies i
Upper Canada College. His first business experiem
was with the Canadian Pacific railroad, although h
remained with them for only a short time. He the
entered the window shade business, in the employ of th
Hess Anderson Company, and was with this concer
for twenty-five years, working up from a salesman'
position to the responsibility of sales manager. In 191
Mr.Cowan determined to place his long experience to hii
own credit by going into business for himself, and ai
cordingly established the Craig-Cowan Company, Ltd
beginning the manufacture of workingmen's gloves. Tk
partnership was dissolved after a short period, Mr. Co?
an purchasing the interest of Mr. Craig, and Mr. Cowa
still carries forward the business alone. With a modernl
equipped plant at No. 154 Pearl street, Toronto, he
handling a large and constantly increasing interes
manufacturing a general line of the same specialt;
workingmen's gloves.

Mr. Cowan is a member of the Canadian Manufactu
ers' Association, and fraternally holds membership
the Free and Accepted Masons. He has been a memb
of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club since 1888, a peril
of more than thirty-four years. He identifies iuBSt
with the Anglican church.

Mr. Cowan married, in 1903, Eva Fellows Harrison,
St. John, New Brunswick, who died in 1916.

JOHN APPLETON — After many years of activi
along the line of printing, publishing, journalism at
allied endeavors, John Appleton, of Toronto, has f
some time been identified with the Dominion Mortga
and Investment Association, in the capacity of secreta
and treasurer. Mr. Appleton is a son of Richard App
ton, who was born in Cleveland, Yorkshire, Englar
Throughout his lifetime Richard Appleton was engag
in agricultural pursuits, and was active until his deal
which occurred in 1912. He married Annie FlintoflF, w
was born in Marske-by-the-Sea, England, and who di
in 1876.

John Appleton was born in Marton, Yorkshire, Ei
land, August 30, 1867, educated in the common schools
North Yorkshire, and as a young man went into t
printing and publishing business in England. He v
thus engaged until 1890, when he came to Canada, a
settled in the city of Winnipeg. There he entered t
printing business, and was later widely known in joum

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253

■n as the editor of the Winnipeg "Free Press," with
laich sheet he was connected in the same capacity until
1 12. At this time Mr. Appleton came to Toronto to
cupy the editorial chair of the "Financial Post,"
this city, and was thus engaged for about four years,
lereafter he was identified with the Toronto "Globe"
r a short time as special writer, after which he formed
e present association with the Dominion Mortgage
d Investment Association, as secretary and treasurer,
d the Canadian Life Insurance Officers. In this
anch of economics his familiarity of years with the
anging conditions and the steady progress of affairs
roughout the Dominion, have placed him in a position
act with a certainty and fearlessness which are count-
? for the prosperity and further advance of the Prov-
ces.

Since his residence in this city Mr. Appleton has been
nember of the Toronto Board of Trade. For four years
sviously (1908-12) he acted as correspondent to the
itish Board of Trade, his comprehensive view-point
his editorial capacity enabling him to present the
lustrial and commercial progress of the Dominion to
it body with the fair-minded clarity of an unbiased
tic. His personal interests are broad. He is a member
;the Free and Accepted Masons, and the Scottish Rite
liies up to fourteen degrees. He has always taken the
hpest interest in welfare work of various kinds, espec-
iy for children; is past president of the Trades and
.bor Council of Winnipeg; was for twelve years honor-
i secretary of the Children's Aid Society of Winnipeg;
li is at present honorary secretary of the Children's
i! Society of Toronto. He is a member of the Anglican
; irch. For recreative interests Mr. Appleton turns to
1 great out-doors, and is a member of the Weston
11! and Country Club, and also of the Victoria Cricket

:ib.

^r. Appleton married, in 1908, Amy Coleman, of
C.ex, England, and they are the parents of five chil-
In: Harry William Flintoff, John Miles, Annie
■ice, Margaret Coleman, and Arthur Richard.

lUGH URQUHART BAIN, B.A., M.D.— Of

)iad significance are the names of those who have gone
oh to the western outposts of civilization, and borne
; art in the development of large regions and the
rition of a new and wide-spread prosperity. Such was
I life work of Dr. Hugh Urquhart Bain, whose family
.r residents of Toronto. Dr. Bain was the second son of
t'. William Bain, D.D., long a minister of the Pres-
>J3rian church, and pastor of old St. Andrew's Church,
if'erth, Ontario, now long since deceased.

'r. Bain was born in Perth, Ontario, December
12 1853, and died at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan,
)ober 2, 1901. As a young man Dr. Bain entered
Jien's University, from which he was graduated with
hdegree of Bachelor of Arts, then later entered McGill
diversity of Montreal, from which he was graduated in
ii course with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
>eing an interneship of two years in Montreal Hospital,
}' Bain thereafter, acted as physician for the Allen
't raship Company, after which he established an
ifle at Caldwell, Ontario, in association with Dr.
^icenson. This connection was later severed by the
ic ptance by Dr. Bain of the position of surgeon to the
jiadian Pacific railway, his duties including the care of
n-loyees along a certain section. During the year of his
eilce in this capacity he reached the turning point in
lifareer, the work opening before him the vision which
lerrained his future. In 1881, with Laurence Clarke,

.<ief factor for the Hudson Bay Company, and later
ii5father-in-law, Dr. Bain went West to carry the
<u ens of the pioneer physician in a sparsely settled

country. As a general practitioner in both medicine
and surgery, he took a place among the empire builders
of the Province of Saskatchewan, settling in Prince
Ajbert, and serving the needs of the people over a very
wide district. His professional success was marked by
steady advance, and he became widely known as a
successful surgeon, and especially esteemed in the field
of children's diseases.

With the growth and development of the Province,
Dr. Bain bore a part in many movements which counted
for the general good. He was instrumental in the building
of the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert, and other
benevolent institutions. He served as surgeon to the
Prince Albert Post, Royal Mounted Police, from 1884
until the time of his death. From 1890 until his death,
he was a member of the Medical Council of the North-
west, in 1891 served as president of that body, and from
1892 on, was registrar. Politically Dr. Bain was always a
Conservative. He was elected mayor of Prince Albert
and served for two years, and was also president of the
Conservative Association of that city. He was a member
of the delegation sent to the Dominion Government at
Ottawa, from Prince Albert, on a railway conference in
the interests of the latter. Dr. Bain was also an active
church worker, was a member of St. Paul's Presbyterian
Church of Prince Albert, and served for years as manager
of the business department of the church, in charge of
the funds and their disbursement. The late Judge Bain,
of Winnipeg, Dr. Bain's oldest brother, who with the
late Sedley Blanchard Q.C., opened the first law offlce
in Winnipeg in the early seventies.

On September 26, 1885, Dr. Bain married, in Winni-
peg, Manitoba, Florence Clarke, daughter of Laurence
and Jane (Bell) Clarke. Mr. Clarke was a pioneer with
the Hudson Bay Company, and for many years in charge
of a very large district in that region. Dr. and Mrs.
Bain were the parents of six children: Hugh, deceased;
John Farquhar, a resident of Toronto, who was with the
air forces during the World War, and who married
Marjorie Pentecost, youngest daughter of Ashton
Pentecost, a prominent architect of Toronto; Henry
Rupert, who served with the tanks during the war;
Elsie Clarke, a graduate nurse of the Toronto General
Hospital, who won a scholarship and took a university
course on public health; Margaret; and Minna. Mrs.
Bain and the family are now residents of Toronto, having
removed to this city in 1903.

FREDERICK CECIL GULLEN, who is a successful
barrister of Toronto, comes of an old Scotch family
long resident in Canada. His great-grandfather, John
Gullen, came from Paisley, Scotland, and settled in
Leeds, Megantic county, Quebec, in 1832, bringing his
family. One of his children, Robert Gullen, came to
Ontario, first in 1840, and taught school in Alberton,
Ancaster township, in this Province. He married
Nancy Ann Smith, in 1852, and returned to Leeds,
Quebec, where he served as circuit judge for eight years.
Following the death of his wife in 1864, he returned
to Upper Canada, settling in Oxford, near Woodstock,
where he spent the remainder of his life.

James Frederick Gullen, son of Robert and Nancy
Ann (Smith) Gullen, was born in Leeds, Quebec, August
23, 1861, and came with his father to Ontario in 1864,
later settling permanently in Brantford, Ontario, where
throughout his active career he was engaged in fruit
growing, also carrying on a merchandising interest at
Echo Place, Ontario. He married Marietta Kettle, and
they still reside in Brantford. They are the parents of
five sons: William Roy, who was killed in Fresnoy,
France, in 1917, having served as a member of the 1st
Battalion, 1st Division, 1st Brigade, Canadian Expedi-

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tionary Forces: Frederick Cecil, of further mention;
George Edgar, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
church in Detroit, Michigan; Lloyd Shackell, superin-
tendent of schools at St. Louis, Michigan; and Earl
Kettle, attorney-at-law, of Detroit, Michigan.

Frederick Cecil Gullen was born in Brant county,
Ontario, November 2, 1882, and received his early
education in the public and high schools of Brantford.
He received his degree of Bachelor of Arts from Victoria
University, upon his graduation in 1910, then completing
his studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, he was called
to the bar on May 23, 1913. Shortly afterward he
entered practice in Toronto, which he has followed con-
tinuously since, and now stands among the leading barri-
sters of this city, with offices at No. 33 Richmond street,
West.

A member of the York County Law Association, Mr.
Gullen also holds membership in the Ontario Bar Assoc-
iation. Politically his convictions follow independent
lines, and fraternally he is a member of Alpha Lodge, No.
384, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Scottish Rite
body. He is a member of the Canadian Club, the Empire
Club, the Parkdale Canoe Club, and Lake Shore Country
Club, and is a member of the Howard Park Methodist
Church.

On June 21, 1913, Mr. Gullen married, in Toronto,
Agnes Jones, daughter of George and Helen (Rankin)
Jones, her father being a well known Toronto manu-
facturer. Mr. and Mrs. Gullen reside at No. 323 Indian
road.

WILLIAM B. CRAMPTON— Among the younger
business executives of Toronto, William B. Crampton
is a familiar figure, his position in the field in which he
has had some dozen years of experience giving him large
responsibility. Mr. Crampton comes of an American
family in direct line, but is also of English descent. He
is a son of William Henry and Celia (Flynn) Crampton.
His father was born in Port Washington, Long Island,
New York, June 1, 1861, and has during the greater
part of his life, followed agricultural pursuits. His
mother was born in London, England, October 5, 1856.

William B. Crampton was born in Port Washington,
Long Island, New York, June 27, 1892. In the public
and high schools of his native place he gained a practical
foundation for his career, then enjoyed the advantage of
a course at business college. His first position was with
the Hall-Borchert Dress Form Company, of New York
City, where he was employed for six years. For the last
year of that period Mr. Crampton was sent to Canada
by the firm, where he acted as manager of their Toronto
offices, having charge of their interests throughout the
Dominion. He was thus engaged until 1917, when he
became a member of the Adjustable Dress Form Com-
pany, Ltd., which concern purchas.ed the Canadian in-
terests of the Hall-Borchert Company. Mr. Crampton
was at that time made vice-president and general mana-
ger of the new concern, and also holds a directorship.
He has since continued this relation to the prosperous
and growing concern, and his energy and practical busi-
ness ability are large factors in their success.

A member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association,
Mr. Crampton keeps constantly in touch with the

feneral movement of business advance in the Dominion,
te is a member of the Empire Club, and is a member of
St James' Roman Catholic Church of Toronto.

Mr. Crampton married, in 1916, Margaret Coles, of
New York City, who was born December 19, 1897, and
they are the parents of two children: Marjorie Elizabeth,
born October 19, 1918; and June, born June 5, 1920.

RANDOLPH MACDONALD-Member of a fami
long prominent in the Dominion, Randolph Macdona
spent his active years in the calling in which he and li
brother were trained by their father, general constni
tion work. In association with his brother, and ali
independently, Mr. Macdonald was connected wil
public and private construction of broad scope, and
this field he won the highest standing. A long record
activity that included the successful completion
contracts, frequently offering difficult engineering pro
lems, brought him prominence and reputation in h
special field. To this reputation, which might have bet
gained by one of less worthy personal qualities, was addi
the regard and esteem of his fellows for virtues of mit
and heart that lifted him far above the average. Fe
men have possessed his faculty for making friends, wh
once numbered as such, found in his kindly, gentle, yi
quietly forceful personality the source of helpful inspi
ation. His acquaintanceship extended from his laljorei
in the field to the most notable figures in public, indu
trial, and financial life of his day, and if there was ar
change of manner in his attitude toward the man i
large affairs and him of lower estate, it was only
change dictated by his sympathy and friendliness I
give ease to the one to whom fortune had been less kirn
The following paragraphs indicate the breadth of li
interests and the value of his life work.

Mr. Macdonald was a son of Angus Peter Macdonali
who represented West Middlesex for a number of yeai
in the Dominion Parliament. Angus Peter Macdonali
M.P., was a pioneer in railway construction work on th
continent, and was active in this line both in Canad
and in the United States, operating for several years i
Pennsylvania, where two of his sons were associate
with him in the construction of the Jamestown & Franl
lin railway.

Randolph Macdonald was born in Drummondvill
near Niagara, Ontario, March SO, 1849. He receivi
his early education in the public schools of Gait ar
thereafter completed his studies at Hellmuth Colleg
in London, Ontario. He entered railway work in ear
life first as a construction clerk at Cleveland, Ohi
then later with his father and brother in Pennsylvani
In 1870 Mr. Macdonald became associated with 1
brother in railroad construction work in Canada.Mnd
the firm name of W. E. Macdonald & Company. Th'
were largely active in canal construction also and bu
Section No. 13 of the Intercolonial Railway from Rfi
ouski to Matapedia, the Lachine Canal, the Wellingt
Basin in the environs of Montreal, and the Fenel'
Falls section of the Trent Valley Canal. Within thesai
year (1888) Mr. Macdonald began the Don impro\
ment in Toronto, the late Alexander Manning also bei
associated with him in this work. Beginning in !8
Mr. Macdonald was identified with the construction
the Port Dalhousie Harbor works, extensive imprc
ments covering a period of several years: with ('(
struction work on the Grand Trunk Railroad extendi
the Midland Division to Campbellford, Ontario; w
the Esplanade Works and Belt Line Railway at Toron
and the Don river section of the Canadian Pac'
Railway. Perhaps one of his most important contra
was the construction of Sections No. 9 and 13 of I
Soulanges Canal at Coteau Landing, involving the sum
$1,200 000. The St. Lawrence river improvements n
Montreal was another Macdonald contract and ma
other dredging contracts were handled by him at
he took over the Manning interests and carried the bi
ness forward alone, including harbor improvements
Three Rivers, Quebec, the Proton to Walkerton sect
of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and "Trent Ca
projects. He was prominently identified with the S

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255

ign Bank and the Crown Life Insurance Company,
was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons,
eau Club of Montreal, Engineers' Club of Montreal,
Albany Club, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the
;ario Jockey Club, and the Victoria Club. He was a
imunicant of the Presbyterian church.
.Ir. Macdonald married Jeannie Ferguson of Mon-
il, born there in September, 1852, died May 11,
2. They were the parents of: Mable EfRe, born in
ntreal in 1876, married Charles A. Barton, of New
■k City; William R., a sketch ot whom follows: and
nk M., born in Toronto in 1888.
Undolph Macdonald died January 21, 1910. The
iew of his life shows unusual abilities applied in
eld productive of essential service, strength of char-
ir, recognized and honored, and rare personal gifts
ing to the sum total of pleasure for others.

VILLIAM RANDOLPH MACDONALD— Proceed-

from business operations in the States to association
construction work with his honored father, Randolph
cdonald (see preceding sketch), Mr. Macdonald has
e successfully continued in this field, and, with
idquarters in the Crown office building, conducts
rations extending throughout the province,
/illiam Randolph Macdonald, son of Randolph and
innie (Ferguson) Macdonald, and grandson of Angus
..lacdonald, was born in Montreal, Quebec, September
:1878, and was educated at the Upper Canada College
: the School of Practical Science, both at Toronto,
active career was begun in 1900 with the engineers
'jcation and construction of the Canadian Northern
ivay, in the building of the stretch of track between
V n River and Red Deer River, Manitoba. Thereafter,
rl 1904, he was engaged in the box and lumber busi-
er in Cleveland, Ohio, after which he was associated
11 his father in the contracting field until the death
I le latter. During the first three years of his connec-
( with his father's business, Mr. Macdonald was in
Tge of the construction of harbor improvements at
lee Rivers, Quebec, then, in 1907, took charge of the
c< on the Rosedale section of the Trent Canal, which
3 Ted a period ot five years, and involved considerable
tnditure. During this time he also had under con-
viction Section No. 9 of the Trent Canal, between
;i^ Lake and Healy Falls, which was completed in 1915,
nupon the death ot his father, in 1910, Mr. Macdonald
3!med the presidency of the Randolph Macdonald
'cipany, Ltd., of which he has since been the head. In
9 he entered upon another large contract which
oiprised the extension of the canal entrances at Farrans

0 t and Cardinal, Ontario, and the new wharf at Belle-
il. In 1914 he began Section No. 3, the Severn Division
f le same canal, which was terminated in 1918 because
f ar conditions. As with all other industrial concerns,
pations were curtailed during the World War, but the
oiern has emerged successfully from the period of
Mjustment which immediately followed the armistice,
n'now has under construction various important con-
ras, including the Bobcaygeon section of the Trent
"ail, the Toronto Island breakwater, the Hamlet
ri;e, and the completion of the Severn Division of the
'r>t Canal.

ir. Macdonald is interested in the affairs of the day
•U';he exactions of his business prevent his taking an
ct e part in public matters. Besides his college fra-
5rty he holds membership in the Albany Club, the
-nneers' Club and the Granite Club, He is a member

1 le Presbyterian church.

Er. Macdonald married, in Brampton, Ontario,
1 '09, Eileen Margaret Burns, born in Belleville, On-
ar, in 1880, daughter of Rev. R. N. Burns, D.D., who

served as chaplain with the 124th Battery, Canadian
Expeditionary Forces, during the World War. They are
the parents of one son, James Randolph, born January
19, 1912. The family residence is at No. 34 South
Drive.

CHARLES GRANT ANDERSON -Long prominent
in the lumber business, Mr Anderson stands among the
leaders in that field of activity, and also holds executive
offices in other enterprises, the scope of his interest being
very wide. Mr. Anderson is a son of Charles and Mar-
garet Anderson. His father was a farmer of Orangeville,
Dufferin county, Ontario, for thirty years serving the
community as justice of the peace.

Charles Grant Anderson was born near Orangeville,
February 6, 1876, and was educated in the institutions
of his native town. At the age of twenty-one years he
went west, locating in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he
became associated with the Minneapolis & St. Louis
railroad, in the bridge and building department. In 1905
Mr. Anderson came to Toronto, and here became identi-
fied with the Victoria Harbor Lumber Company, as
traveling salesman, remaining with this concern for about
two years. His next step was to the Ontario managership
for the British American Mills, and Timber Company,
which position he filled for several years. Mr. Anderson
then organized the C. G Anderson Lumber Company,
which, on April 16, 1913, became the C. G. Anderson
Company, Ltd. The personnel of the corporation was as
follows: C. G Anderson, president, L. Anderson, vice-
president, and A. B. Lamont, secretary and treasurer.
The concern are manufacturers and wholesale dealers in
lumber. Mr. Anderson is now also president of the
Anderson-Miller Lumber Company, president of the
Commonwealth Securities Corporation Company, pres-
ident oi the W. A. Burt Company, of Windsor, Ontario,
and president of the W. A. Burt Company, of Detroit,
Michigan.

Fraternally Mr. Anderson is also prominent, being
past master of Alpha Lodge, No. 384, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, past master ot Dufferin Lodge, No.
570, and a member ot Scottish Rite bodies. He is a
director of the Masonic Hall, on College street, Toronto
Mr. Anderson is a member of the 'Toronto Board of
Trade, Kiwanis Club, the Canadian Club, the Weston
Golf and Country Club, Oakwood Club, and the Lake
Shore Golf and Country Club.

In 1907 Mr. Anderson married Elizabeth Holtby, of
Toronto, daughter of George and Mary Holtby, one of
the pioneer families of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
have one son, John Charles Holtby Anderson. Mr. and
Mrs. Anderson are members of the Dovercourt Road
Presbyterian Church, Mr. Anderson being a member of
the board of managers of that church.

JOHN ALEXANDER McEVOY— Prominent in legal
circles in Ontario, John Alexander McEvoy is a member
of the firm of Young & McEvoy of Toronto. Descended
from Scotch and Irish ancestry, Mr McEvoy is a son
of James F. and Janet (Gillies) McEVoy, both now de-
ceased, the father having been for many years engaged
in the lumber and milling business in L'Orignal, Ontario.

There Mr. McEvoy was born, and attended the public
schools, receiving his high school course at Hawksbury,
Ontario, after which he entered the University of Toron-
to, trim which he was graduated in 1903, with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts. Then followed his professional course
at Osgoode Hall Law School, and he was called to the
bar in 1906. One year later he began practice, and in
1910 the present partnership was formed. Mr. McEvoy
is a member of the York County Bar Association, and
politically endorses the Conservative party. His frater-

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nal affiliations include membership in 1°"'^ Lodge, No.
25 Free and Accepted Masons, he is a member ol the
Toronto and University clubs, and ot the Toronto Golf
Club. He is a Presbyterian.

Mr. McEvoy married, in Albany, New York, in 19uy,
Virginia M. Fisher, of New York City, and they have one
daughter, Shirley. The family home is at No. 36 Rox-
borough street. East.

WALTER HENRY COLES-The business operated
as George Coles, Limited, of which Mr Coles is vice-
president and managing director dates to about 1850
when his grandfather, George Coles, came from his
English home to Toronto. George Coles the founder
waf born in London. England. c°™ng, *« J° °^^^ii^
young manhood and establishing a small bread baking
business on Yonge street. His death occurred in 1870.
Ge^ge (2) Coles, father of Walter Henry Cdes, was
born in London, England, and. coming t? Toronto
joined his father in business, continuing until his death
in 1887. He married Mary Elizabeth Farrow, born in
Toronto, in November, 1844. T„r>„or-,r 9i

Walter Henry Coles was born in Toronto, January ^4,
1873, and after a public school education he entered the
George Coles business. About 1890 the firm began to
specialize in cake and pastry-baking and ratermg, and
about 1902 remodeled the establishment on Yonge street.
This store is now the most finely-appointed of its kind
in Toronto, and enjoys a large and constantly increasing
patronage. Mrs. Mary E, (Farrow) Coles became pres-
ident ol the concern upon incorporation in 1903 as George
Coles, Limited, with capital stock of $40,000, all of which
was held in the family, Walter Henry Coles, vice-presi-
dent and managing director, and Miss Ida M.. Coles,
secretary-treasurer. Prior to their mamage his four
sisters were all associated with the business and bore a
full share in its upbuilding to the present prosperous
condition. In July, 1920, the capitahzation was raised to
$250,000, and stores are now maintained on Uantortn,
Oakwood, and EgUngton avenues. One hundred and
eighty employees attend to the heavy demands made
upon the company by its clientele in the Toronto
district, and the most complete and finest catering ser-
vice in the city is supplied. , . ^ i. • r> f^Ko,
Walter Henry Coles married, in Toronto, in October.
1897. Mabel Adams, of Toronto. _

Mr Coles is assisted in the managing directorship by
George F. Beaumont, a native of Norfolk. England, who
came to Toronto in 1900. joining the Coles organization.
He married, in 1903. Minnie Louise Coles, daughter
of George (2) and Mary Elizabeth (Farrow) Coles.

WILLIAM ALFRED McCAFFREY— All forrns of
contracting have offered Mr. McCaffrey his field of
operation during the more than two decades of his
independent activity in these lines, and he is an official
oi several companies whose work covers railroad build-
ing, roadmaking, marine construction, and general
contracting. Mr. McCaffrey, member of Chambers
McQuigge & McCaffrey Company. Ltd.. railway con-
structors, president of the Ontario Store Corporation,
director of the Nipigon Construction Company, member,
of the firm of McCaffrey & McCaffrey, member of the
firm of McCaffrey & McQuigge, vice-president of
Chambers & McCaffrey Construction, Ltd.. and director
of the Port Arthur Construction Company. Ltd., is
one of the leaders in his special field in the Dominion
and has successfully completed numerous projects
of magnitude and importance. He is absorbed in his
work, but its heavy demands have brought with them
corresponding reputation and prominence, and by his

associates he is regarded as an expert authority on sub

jeets related to his calling. . , , „

William Alfred McCaffrey, son of Francis and Luell

(Stoddard) McCaffrey, was born in Germain, Quebec

January 1, 1868. After attending the schools in th.

vicinity of his birthplace, he entered Nicolet College, a

Nicolet, Quebec, later becoming a student at Thre

Rivers College, at Three Rivers, Quebec, completin

his education with a commercial course in the Montrp;

Business College. A youth of nineteen years, he becan

accountant and paymaster in the employ of Lul.

Madigan, contractor for the Canadian Pacific Railwa

Company on the construction of the short line throm

the State of Maine. In 1888-90 he was employed in hi

capacity with Carson, Purcer & Company in the co

struction ol the double track ol the Grand Trunk rai wi

between Montreal and Brockville, Ontario, and fro

1890 to 1899 he was employed by the hrm ot bark

& Sangster on the re-construction of the Cornwall tar

and the building oi the locks at Mprrisburg, Ontario. T

two following years were spent with the Fauquier Brot

ers, who held contracts on the construction of the Aleor

Central railway, this activity marking the close of ¥

McCaffrey's career as an employee and the opening o

period of service of rare value to the Dominion and \

*^S*ince^\905^^the Nipigon Construction Compan
Ltd., has built seventy-five miles ot the trans-contine
tal railway north of Nipigon, Ontario, and one himdr
miles ol the Canadian Northern railway, east of Nipigo
^nd v^th Chambers, McQuigge & McCaffrey built save
ty-five miles of the Canadian Pacific railway on t
Lake Superior Division. The Chambers, McQuig
& McCaffrey Company. Ltd. are successors to Cba
bers Brothers. McQuigge & McCaffrey, and with t
organization Mr. McCaffrey built a Po^ion of the T
iskaming & Northern Ontario railway, and the On.
Tmnk Pacific, west ot Fort William. This conceni a
constructed the Port Arthur breakwater at Port Artl
for the Dominion Government, ^f^Y'^^^f^f^^Z
Dieting an extensive proposition that afforded unu9>
d fficulty. McCaffrey & McCaffrey were builders o
considerable portion of the Algoma Central railway
Algoma Eastern railway and the Cana^an Fac
railway, all of their operations marked by efficiency,
the rendering of absolute value m every detail of
contract, regardless of its size. The firm of Chamb
McCaffrey Construction, Ltd., is now engaged in bu
ing large sections of the Provincial Highway m Onta
One of Mr. McCaffrey's important connections
director of the Port Arthur Construction Company, L
this concern having a large amount of important aw
plishment to its credit, having built two sections o
Toronto harbor work, the breakwater on Mis!
river at Fort William, and the breakwater at I
Colburn. Ontario. Mr McCaffrey directed the
struction of power houses and dams for the bpai
River Pulp and Paper Company at Sturgeon Falk
Espanola, and in the operations of his various com,
ies has been identified with a large share of the n
noteworthy construction work in the country, ii
are few men more ideally adapted in temperament
disposition for the callings they follow, and in the
tion of engineering problems and in the comple
of a contract offering unusual obstacles Mr. Met a
finds his greatest satisfaction. He has won his way
a place of comparative obscurity to one of coniman>
authority, and at every point in this advance h«.as
fates hav^Lown him as a man of uncomp: omisini
teerity, dependable in all things. ,

Mr McCaffrey is an Independent i" Pohtical ■
and his religious affiliation is with the Roman Oati

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257

rch. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus in

ch he holds the fourth degree. His clubs are the

rboro Golf and Country, and the Canadian, and

>n the pressure of business permits he enjoys a round

?olf.

/It. McCaffrey married, August 20, 1892, Jane Agnes

lUigan.

'AUL CAMPBELL CARMICHAEL— In business
:les in Toronto, Mr. Carmichael is a well known fig-
, and his wide experience in both Canada and the
ted States has contributed to his present success.
. Carmichael is a son of Captain Charles D. Car-
hael, who was born in Montreal, Canada, and during
greater part of his life was engaged as captain on the
ts of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company,
owing this calling until his death, which occurred in
year 1873. He married Jean Goodall, who was born
Niagara, Ontario, and survived her husband for
ty-seven years, passing away in 1910.
aul Campbell Carmichael was born in Toronto,
lada, September 18, 1869. Receiving his early
cation in the public schools of his native city, he
pleted his studies with a course at the Jarvis Street
egiate Institute, of Toronto. His first business
tion was as junior clerk in the Merchants' Bank, in
onto, and he was employed in the same capacity
*iis institution for three years. He then went West,
t. Paul, Minnesota, U. S. A., and was there identi-
! with the Great Northern railway for a period of
fity-one years. In the course of that time Mr.
Enichael rose to the position of chief clerk, handling
r; responsibilities. Resigning from this position in
>■, he came to Toronto to become associated with his
iher, Thomas L. Carmichael. Together they took
r. the business theretofore conducted by James Good-
1 Limited, wholesalers of field seeds, and have car-
>ut forward without change of name. The firm ex-
Hi and imports their products, their principal market
ii; Canada, United States, Great Britain and other
U'Pean countries.

^member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Carmi-
it keeps in touch with the general advance, and
)lioally supports the Conservative party. His military
cd covers a period of three years, during which he
rd as private, and was a member of the "Queen's
w Rifles," (Second Regiment). He is a member of
elranite Club, of Toronto, and was formerly a mem-
irf the Toronto Lacrosse Club. He holds member-
ilin the Presbyterian church.

^•. Carmichael married, in 1908, Jessie Peterson, of
01 City, Iowa, U.S.A.

HE PATTERSON BROTHERS— William Alexan-
T'atterson, elder of the two brothers who conduct
e onfectionery business bearing their name, fills the
R(iof president and general manager in the enterprise,
e atterson Candy Company, Ltd., while his brother,
lirtopher Patterson, is vice-president and treasurer of
m Their father, John Patterson, who died August
>, 21, was one of the founders of the business in 1888,
p tnership with Robert Wilson, their operations con-
as the Boston Candy Company. Mr. Wilson
rom the firm about 1891 and Mr. Patterson con-
lone. In 1899 a new plant was erected at No.
im street, West, occupying three stories and
at, and in 1912 the present plant at No. 951
uei street. West, was built and occupied. Mr. Patter-
n arried, in 1882, Margaret Dorson.
Wiam Alexander Patterson, son of John and Mar-
ire(Dor8on) Patterson, was born November 23, 1882.
e vs educated in the public schools, being graduated

from high school, and then entered his father's business.
His active career was interrupted by service in the Cana-
dian army in the World War, during which time he gained
the rank of captain of infantry. He is a member of the
Presbyterian church, and frateniizes with the Masonic
order. Mr. Patterson married Geraldine Van Norman,
daughter of Richard Van Norman, of York, Ontario.

Christopher Patterson, son of John and Margaret
(Dorson) Patterson, was born August 29, 1886, and
obtained his education in the public schools of Toronto.
As above stated, he is now vice-president and treasurer
of the Patterson Candy Company, Ltd. He is a member
of the Masonic order, and in his religious views a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church. He married Myra
McDonald, and they are the parents of two children:
John R. and Margaret.

FREDERICK MARGRAVE BAKER— With long
experience in large business interests, Mr. Baker, who is
recognized as one of the successful men of the day in
Ontario, stands at the head of a wide reaching business as
manufacturers' agent, with offices at No. 27 Front street.
East, in Toronto. Mr. Baker is the third generation in
Canada of the Baker family, which is a very ancient
one in England.

John Baker, Mr. Baker's grandfather, was born in
Hull, England, and came to Canada as a boy, settling in
the city of Toronto. He became a brewer by occupation,
and was also active as a cattle drover; politically, was a
leading Reformer of his day; held membership in the
Anglican church. He married Margaret Arksey, of
Holland Landing, Ontario, and they were the parents of
six children: Elizabeth, Sarah, John Langton, Richard,
George Robert and Alfred.

Richard Baker, fourth child and second son of John
and Margaret (Arksey) Baker, was born in Toronto, and
became very prominent in mercantile affairs in Ontario.
Beginning life as a salesman in Toronto, he later went on
the road, then was for some years department manager
for Moffat, Murray & Beattie, wholesale dry goods mer-
chants of London, Ontario, then became department
manager with Robert Walker & Sons, dry goods mer-
chants of Toronto. He next became owner of the British
Arms Clothing Stores, and was at the same time part
owner of the Army and Navy Stores, and manager of
this latter interest. He was the organizer and the first
manager of the well known firm of John Eaton & Com-
pany, Ltd., of Toronto, and was active in the affairs of
this concern until his death, which occurred in 1905.
Politically Richard Baker was a Reformer until 1876,
when he gave his allegiance to the Conservative party.
Fraternally he was prominent in the Canadian Order of
Foresters, and held the office of District Deputy High
Chief Ranger of the Toronto district. He was an ad-
herent of the Methodist church. He married, in London,
Ontario, Sara Helena Wheaton, daughter of Adam and
Esther Wheaton, of London, Ontario, and they were the
parents of the following children: Frederick Margrave,
whose name heads this review; Richard L., born May
15, 1870; George A., born December 15, 1872; and
Ada H.

Frederick Margrave Baker was born February 3, 1869,
and began his school attendance at the John Street
Public School in Toronto, attending later the Ryerson
School, leaving at the end of his second year of the high
school course, in 1883. Mr. Baker's first business exper-
ience was with the wholesale dry goods house of Ogilvy
& Company, then prominent in Toronto, with whom he
continued for a period of seven years, then joined the
staff of the Confederation Life Insurance Association of
Toronto, remaining in this connection for two years.
In 1896 Mr. Baker became identified with H. A. Lozier

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& Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, suid Toronto Junction,
manufacturers and distributers of bicycles, as district
manager for the territory of Quebec, the Maritime Prov-
inces and Newfoundland. When the decline in the cycle
business became definitely visible, Mr. Baker resigned
his position to accept a flattenng offer from the Uni-
ted Factories. Limited, of Toronto, assuming charge of
their Toronto wholesale trade. This was in 1902, and
remaining with this concern for a period of seven years,
he severed the connection only to strike out for himsell.
Establishing his office in Toronto in 1909. Mr. Baker
has achieved noteworthy success as a manufacturers
agent, representing some of the leading industrial in-
terests of the Dominion in the Toronto distnct.

In public matters of either local or national interest,
Mr. Baker endorses the Conservative party, and was
secretary of the East Toronto Branch of the East York
Conservative Association. For four years he served as
member of the Council of the town of E^t Toronto,
and since 1919 has been alderman of Ward 8 of the city
of Toronto. Fraternally Mr. Baker is a member of the
Beaches Lodge, No. 2274, L.O.L. of which he was first
committeeman, and is now Royal Black Knight. He is
also a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, of which he is junior warden in St. Aidan s
Lodge, and is a member of the Canadian Order of Fores-
ters. He holds membership in the Balmy Beach Lacrosse
Club, of which he was elected president in 1921; in the
Board of Trade Club; and in the Paint, Oil and Varnish
Club. Of U.E. Loyalist descent, he is affiliated with the
Anglican church, being four years' church warden at
St. Aidan's Church, Toronto.

Mr Baker married, at New Mmas. Nova Scotia, on
August 20, 1898, Lottie Evelyn Griffin, born in the same
town on Christmas day, in the year 1874, daughter of
Robert and Eunice (Sweet) Griffin, her father being a
prosperous orchardist and farmer of that community.
Mr and Mrs. Baker are the parents of five children:
Karl Cedric, born July 18. 1899, educated in the Toronto
public and high schools and Collegiate Institute; Paul
Langton, born June 27, 1903. a graduate of Ridley Col-
lege; George Robert Griffin, born April 5. 1906, attend-
ing the Toronto Collegiate Institute; Phyllis Freda,
born January 25, 1908; and Richard Alfred, born De-
cember 28, 1909; the two youngest being in the public
schools.

sons: William B., Beverly H., and Robert G. The fan
reside in Beach. Ontario.

WILLIAM HAMILTON COOK, the well known
Toronto barrister, with offices at No. 18 Toronto street,
comes of a family resident in Ontario for many years,
his grandfather, Isaac Wilkinson Cook, having come from
Wales at an early date, settling in Norfolk county, in this
Province. Henry Wilkinson Cook, his son, and Mr.
Cook's father, was born in that county, and for many
years taught school there, also carrying on considerable
farming operations. He married Elizabeth Jane Birdsall.

William Hamilton Cook was born in Norfolk county,
Ontario, September 21, 1883, and his early education
was received in the public schools of Delhi, his high
school course being taken at Simcoe. In 1901 he began
teaching school, and following this work for a time, later
entered the University of Toronto, from which he re-
ceived the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1910, and Bache-
lor of Laws in 1913. Finishing his studies at Osgoode
Hall Law School, he was called to the bar in the same
year, and since that time has carried on the practice of
law in Toronto very successfully, along general lines.
Fraternally Mr. Cook is a member of Beaches Lodge,
No. 473, Free and Accepted Masons, and politically is an
Independent. He attends the Methodist church.

Mr. Cook married, in Toronto, October 1, 1913,
Marguerite A. Benneas, of this city, and they have three

JOSEPH ERNEST SAMPSON— With Old W<
training in the field of art, Mr. Sampson, now of Toroi
has not only distinguished himself in his chosen wi
but has also applied his talent to eminently pract
purposes in elevating the standard of color work inc
mercial art. Mr. Sampson is a son of William Sampi
chief marine superintendent engineer of the Canat
Pacific railway, at London, England.

J. Ernest Sampson was bom in Liverpool, Engl:

July 11, 1887, and received his classical education in

Liverpool Institute, after which he took a course at

Liverpool School of Art. While at the latter institu

he received the National prize for figure drawing,

having determined to shape the course of career in

direction, he then entered the London School of

Later going to the Continent, he enjoyed the advan

of a course at Julien Academy, in Paris, where he s

the years 1910 and 1912, winning first prize for <

position and painting, and spending two years unde

celebrated Jean Paul Laurens. Meanwhile, in 1

Mr. Sampson came to Canada to assume charge o;

art department of Stone, Limited, well known 1

graphers, then, after finishing at Julien Academy

traveled for many months in Spain, Morocco, I

Austria, Germany and France, painting large canvs

Returning to Canada in 1914, Mr. Sampson bei

identified with the art department of Rolph, Cla

Stone, Limited. With this experience as a found

for his personal success, Mr. Sampson assisted in o

izing, in 1917, firm of Color-Craft, Limited, with 1

quarters in the Confederation Life building, being

self president of the concern. This company entere

field of advertising service, doing all forms of repr

tive art for advertising purposes, designing poster

high class advertising cards of all descriptions. In

this business was removed to No. 384 Yonge street, •

they have a large studio and spacious production di

ments. . ,, c

In connection with the above interest, Mr. bai
is secretary-treasurer of New-Tec, Limited, a compa
ganized to reproduce in oil paint reproductions foi
mercial and advertising purposes on a large scs
general use, this concern being for the exploitat
color processes which are covered by patents. Mr.
son is an acknowledged authority in his field, and
lecturer at the Ontario College, on the art of p^'
sign. He has contributed to many periodicals in C
the United States and England, on topics relat
illustration and design. Early in the period of the
World War Mr. Sampson designed the first pos
the Royal Air Force, which was very widely usee
cruiting campaigns, and also designed all the posi
the first Victory Loan Drive. Probably his mos

worthy work up to the present time is his large n
entitled. "November Eleven," a typical scene in 1
on Armistice Day (November 11, 1918.) This
he painted in 1919 for the war records of the CJ
Government, and it now hangs in the permanenl
tion in the archives of the Dominion Governmei
Sampson is a member of the Ontario Society of
of the Arts and Letters Club, and of the Sooi
Graphic Art. . _,

Mr. Sampson married, June 26. 1918. m 1
Ethel Gertrude Slee, and they have one da
Jeanne Ethel.

FREDERIC HILLARY, whose position as i i
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259

Poronto, -was bom in Warwickshire, England, July
1871.

[e received his early education at King Edward's
mmar School. After completing this course he en-
d the office of a chartered accountant in Birmingham,
land, at the same time taking an evening course
iccountancy at Mason's College, of Birmingham,
Te he passed his intermediate examinations. Com-
to America in 1908, Mr. Hillary spent one year in the
;es, after which he came to Toronto, and here became
iciated with Oscar Hudson & Company, accountants,
re he was engaged for six years. During that time
rose to the position of chief auditor of their stsff,
resigned in 1916 to establish his own office. This he
in April of that year, and since that date has handled
e responsibilities. He acts as auditor for many of the
e important business houses of Toronto, including
W. Patrick Company, Limited, the Farmer's Dairy,
Standard Stock and Mining Exchange, George A.
er, of Montreal, and others, and is auditor for many
le large creameries, butter manufacturers and dairies
verthe Dominion.

r. Hillary is a member of the Canadian Cost Accoun-
s' Association, of the Canadian Credit Men's
■iciation, and is vice-president of the Associated
ilic Accountants of Toronto. He is a director of the
Jmto Opticians, Limited, of the Brant Creameries,
ifted, and of the Orillia Creamery Company, Limited,
jernally, Mr. Hillary holds membership in Metropol-
L, Lodge, No. 542, Free and Accepted Masons, of
»nto. He is a member of the Bond Street Congrega-
ilil Church. His favorite recreation is fishing.

IIEDERICK LOUIS HEWES— Long experienced
isiness activities in the States, Frederick L. Hewes
m the past six years been connected with the Rubber-
tiompany in an executiva capacity, and has organized
e interests in Canada, bringing into being a prosper-
s.nd rapidly growing business. Mr. Hewes is a son
iwell and Mary Elizabeth (Drake) Hewes, both
tes of Lyme, New Hampshire. The father, who was
r July 28, 1834, is still living in his native town, but
s lother died in the year 1863.
F derick Louis Hewes was born in Lyme, New Hamp-
ir December 16, 1861, and his formal education
siractically limited to the public school course. At
e'ly age he began working with his father as a painter,
t|Or five months was with relatives in Westfield,
isichusetts, and there attended high school. At the
i ' twenty-two years he went to Westfield, where he
»d the paint and varnish establishment of his uncle,
f Hewes, as bookkeeper, also handling other re-
)tbilities about the office, and gaining thereby a
nrehensive training in business management. Re-
irig with his uncle for six years, he then purchased
I iisiness, which he carried forward for about six
iri Then, on account of his health, Mr. Hewes left
»jeld, and going to Springfield, Massachusetts, he
00 a branch establishment, dealing in paints, varn-
^rushes, etc., under the firm name of F. L. Hewes
Cjipany, Inc., Mr. Hewes being its president and
nifT. This interest he conducted for about five and
' ars, then established a jobbing business in the
in the same general field of activity, which he
■ 'I forward for about seventeen years. On May
1.6, Mr. Hewes became identified with the Rubber-
'^'"pany, and was immediately sent to Canada
the Canadian branch of their business. Loca-
ronto, and securing a small office in the Empire
he essayed the task of creating an efficient
• ;ul business organization. His success is appar-
uthe steady growth of the enterprise and in its

present flourishing condition. Beginning with only
a few assistants, Mr. Hewes has been the moving spirit
of it all, planning every step and personally supervising
the progress of the enterprise. They soon required larger
quarters, and on November 30, 1917, they removed to
No. 220 King street. West, where they occupied the
entire top floor of the building. Later they leased the
three-story building, where they are now located, at No.
3 Sullivan street. Here they manufacture a complete
line of brushes of all descriptions, and during the year
1921 did a business amounting to more than a quarter
of a million dollars. In 1920 the company bought a
desirable property at Gravenhurst, Ontario, and there-
on built a large, modern, concrete factory for the manu-
facture of wood handles. From this factory, in addition
to the work done at the Toronto plant, they ship one
carload of wood handles monthly to the parent plant,
which is located at Newark, New Jersey. From the
Toronto plant the company does more or less exporting,
and their business in Canada has grown to enormous
proportions. Mr. Hewes covers the Dominion twice
a year from the Maritime Provinces to Vancouver, Brit-
ish Columbia, at these intervals meeting the trade per-
sonally, the firm's own representatives travelling con-
stantly.

As the head of this growing concern, Mr. Hewes
stands among the prominent men of Toronto. He is a
member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and of the
Canadian Manufacturers' Association, serving on the
transportation committee of the latter body. Fraternally,
he holds membership in Roswell Lee Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and in
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also of
Springfield. He is a member of the Empire Club of Tor-
onto, and a member of the College Street Presbyterian
Church of this city, also a member of the Men's Club of
this church.

Mr. Hewes married (first) Harriet Ann Stark, who was
born in Lyme, New Hampshire, in 1860, and died in
1906, leaving three childien: Harriet Lucille, born March
31, 1888; Frederick Leland, born December 9, 1889,
now located in New York City and active in the con-
tracting business; and Lawrence Stark, born February
10, 1894, and now assistant superintendent with the
Rubberset Company, in Toronto; another child. Faith
Elizabeth, born May 30, 1885, died in October, 1898.
Mr. Hewes married (second) Emily May Findlay, the
ceremony taking place in Toronto, June 2, 1920. Mrs.
Emily May (Findlay) Hewes isa daughter of Alexander
and Martha (Webb) Findlay. Her father, who was
born in Canada, has for many years been in the civil
service, and is connected with the Toronto post office.
Her mother was born in England. The Hewes family
residence is at No. 346 Markham street, Toronto.

FREDERICK K. ROBINSON— A successful manu-
facturer and a man of wide experience in business affairs,
Mr. Robinson was born at St. Mary's, Perth county,
Ontario, August 26, 1872. He was educated in the
public schools and, at the age of fifteen, began work
as an office boy. He was engaged in clerical work for
ten years, during which time he was a persistent student
of business methods and affairs. At the end of this
period of practical training, Mr. Robinson, although
still a young man, was thoroughly well equipped for the
management of large and complicated business enter-
prises. He entered the general stores of A. Beattie &
Company, jobbers in dry goods, becoming general
manager for the firm, and, subsequently, became assoc-
iated with David Maxwell & Sons, dealers in farm imple-
ments, at St. Mary's. Mr. Robinson was purchasing
agent and assistant superintendent for the Maxwell

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finii. In" 1903 he moved to Toronto and became pur-
chasing agent and general salesmanager for the Dodge
Manufacturing Company. In 1916 he founded the Black
Diamond Coal Company, of which he is president, the
business of which he carries on in connection with the
manufacture of general machinery. Mr. Robinson
attends St. Ann's Anglican Church.

Mr. Robinson married, on August 10, 1907, Charlotte
Reid, daughter of John and Charlotte (Rogers) Reid,
of St. Mary's, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have
two children; Barbour Reid, who was born March 26,
1910; and Hope Gooding, who was born May 15, 1915.

FREDERICK G. CLARKE was at the head of the
Clarkeinterests in Toronto for about thirty-five years,
and while he occupied a position of importance in the
industrial circles of the city until his death in 1917, he
is missed from his accustomed places no less for personal
qualities of strength and worth than for practical leader-
ship. For nearly sixty years the name of Clarke has been
familiar to the manufacturing world of Ontario as a lead-
ing factor in the leather industry, and the third genera-
tion is now entering the field.

John Clarke, the founder of this house, was born in
Ireland, and came to Canada as a young man, locating in
Peterboro, Ontario. Beginning in a small way, he
established a business in the tanning and preparation of
leathers for the trade, with the rapid growth of the busi-
ness confining his attention to his specialty, sheep-skins.
He married Mary Russell, who was born at St. Andrews-
by-the-Sea, Scotland, and they were the parents of three
sons: Frederick G., of whom further; Alfied R., and
Charles E.

Frederick G. Clarke was born in Peterboro, Ontario,
in 1863, and received a limited, but thoroughly practical
education in the public schools of his native town.
At the age of fourteen years his assistance was required
in his father's leather works, and owing to the death of
his father in 1877, his formal education was at an end.
Interested from the first in the work of the plant, he
mastered the details of the business, first in the pro-
duction end, and then, as he grew to manhood, from the
point of view of the executive. Mr. Clarke, with his
eldest brother, Alfred R., succeeded to ownership, re-
maining in Peterboro until the eighties. At that time
he and his two brothers came to Toronto, and a com-
pany was organized, under the name of A. R. Clarke &
Company, leather manufacturers, the location a desirable
site on Eastern avenue. The business prospered, and
expanded broadly, and in 1901 Frederick G. and Charles
E. Clarke established a separate business, under the name
of Clarke & Clarke, on Christy street. The new firm
enjoyed unprecedented growth, their specialty being
sheep-skins, and became the largest sheepskin leather
manufacturers in Canada. Outgrowing their first
quarters, they erected a modern factory building, the
first re-inforced concrete building in the city of Toronto,
which is still the headquarters of the business. The
progress of the concern was uninterrupted until the
death of Frederick G. Clarke, which occurred on De-
cember 26, 1917. Only a few weeks later, in February,
1918, Charles E. Clarke died. Since their return from the
service Mrs. Clarke's two sons have entered the plant
to learn the business in its entirety and will eventually
take charge.

The death of both members of the firm of Clarke &
Clarke, within such a short space of time, caused wide
regret in business circles. Frederick G. Clarke had
attained more than ordinary prominence, was a member
of the Toronto Board of Trade, of the Canadian Manu-
facturers' Association, and of the Canadian Tanners'
Association. He was a man of unassuming spirit, but a

loyal supporter of all advance movements in :
of endeavor. He was a member of the Methodist
Frederick G. Clarke married Emma L. Rice, c
of Rev. Dr. Rice, a minister of the Methodist
formerly of Toronto, and Fannie (Starr) Rice, w
of an old family of Nova Scotia. Their two s
Norman Dwight, who was born in Toronto, an(
his second year at the University of Toronto i
enlisted in the Princess Patricia Regiment for
in the World War, was wounded in 1917, and i
home in 1918; and Leighton Starr, also born in *]
who enlisted, while attending the University
with the Signal Corps, on his eighteenth birthda;
and served until the close of the war.

GEORGE POWELL PRICE— At the head
John Price Brick Company, Ltd., which was fou
his father in 1875, and having been almost exc
occupied in the manufacture of building mater
his boyhood days, George P. Price is a leading 1
the Canadian business world. He was born at 1
August 16, 1875, son of John and Jane (Powell
John Price died May 27, 1916, Charles Price,
son of John Price, is associated with Mr. Prici
management of the Price Company, and holds tl
of vice-president.

George P. Price received his education in thi
schools of Toronto. Destined as he was to folio-
father's footsteps, he entered the field of businei
early age and began an intensive study of the r
employed in the manufacture of brick. He filled
subordinate positions in his father's plant, thus at
a practical knowledge of production. As time
and his knowledge of the business increased, he o
positions of greater importance, and upon the i
his father in 1916, became president of the co
Under his direction the business has prospered,
day, more than ever, it occupies an enviable pos
the ranks of Canadian industry.

Mr. Price belongs to the Masonic order, being
ber of St. John's Lodge, No. 75, Free and A
Masons, and holds membership in the Inde
Order of Foresters. He is an active membei
Methodist church, and a Liberal in politics.

Mr. Price married, on June 28, 1899, Emma
daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Vandervoor
Mrs. Price's mother was a descendant of the ol
family of Vandervoort, which came to America
Netherlandsintheearlydays. Mrs. Price died Sei i
26, 1918. Mr. Price has six children: Albert I i
Harold Powell Price, twins, who were born , v
1900; Isabell Mildred Price, who was bom . n
1902; Louisa Jane Price, who was born June 1
Edith Emma Price, who was born April 17, 1 f;
John George Price, who was born January 16, 1! .
family residence is at No. 100 Greenwood avem

W. GRANT NOBLE— A representative o m
family, Mr. Noble was born in the vicinity of ' be
Northumberland county, Ontario, son of Jo) h
Catherine (Stickles) Noble. Being a country y,
Noble naturally turned to agriculture for em y
and the greater part of his youth was spent ou oo]
the work of general farming. In the autumn ' 1
however, he came to East Toronto and founc mp
ment as a clerk in a retail drug store. He m itai
this connection for five years, and then becam jji
clerk in the establishment of Lyman Brothers, lOW
druggists. After spending three years as a jui r Q
Mr. Noble was promoted to the position of ivel
salesman for the firm in Western Ontario. In 1 ?!*
the firm was reorganized, Mr. Noble became a.' itM

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261

jnaging director. His opportunities for acquiring a
igh knowledge of the wholesale drug business were
yr increased by reason of his new position, and for
od of years he devoted himself to a study of new
nproved methods of marketing. Finally, in the
of 1919, he became a member of the firm of Lyman
ers and two years later was appointed managing
3T of the business, a position he still holds.
Noble is a member of the Methodist church. He
;s to the Masonic order, a member of St. Andrew's

No. 16, Free and Accepted Masons, and holds
ership in the Lake Shore Country Club. He is a
er of the Board of Trade of Toronto. His chief
tion is lawn bowling.

Noble married, in July, 1892, Fannie Brooks,
ter of James and Sarah (Richardson) Brooks,
•onto. Mrs. Noble's mother is a descendant of the
t family of Richardson, of Yorkshire, England,
nd Mrs. Noble have one son, Wilfred Noble, who
orn in January, 1897. He is connected with his
'sfirm.

FHUR ALBERT MACDONALD— For more
light years identified with the legal profession in
ito, Mr. Macdonald is also active in social and
itdvance. He is a son of John Arthur and Edith
(Gaudiche) Macdonald, and his father, who was
11 Toronto, has for many years been prominent in
r business. His mother, who was born in England,
ilay 28, 1910. Arthur A. Macdonald is a nephew
ilate E. A. Macdonald, former mayor of Toronto.
I Macdonald was born in Toronto, June 10, 1889,
h early studies were pursued in the public schools
i*;ity and East Toronto High School. Entering the
S>f Mr. E. W. J. Owens, K.C., in 1905, he served
sntil 1914, completing his studies at Osgoode Hall

chool. Called to the bar on February 6, 1914,

ucdonald was thereafter Mr. Owens' partner for
:;irs, then in 1916 became a partner in the firm
itton, Macdonald & Denton. With offices in the
iiig Arcade, this firm is taking rank with the
b: in the legal profession in Ontario,
r Macdonald is a member of the Canadian Bar
'■*ir,n, is recording secretary of the Ontario Bar
n, and is a member of the York County Law

'1 >n, and politically supports the Conservative
y He is a member of the "Toronto Board of Trade,
isictive in the work of the Young Men's Christian
iction; is a member of the board of management
h Broadview Association, and chairman of the
■'iial committee. For seventeen years he has
mber of the Danforth Avenue Baptist Church,

. various offices.

r. Macdonald married, in Chatham, Ontario,
iy Lillian Barfoot, daughter of Samuel Rookes
■ho has been postmaster of Chatham for more
years. Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald have two
: ohn Barfoot, and Gordon Samuel. The family
le t No. 1527 Dufferin street, Toronto.

3I<J BELL JARDINE— Through his position

-r'tRry of the Toronto Harbor Commission, Mr.

iteaiing a very practical part in the develop-

ihe natural advantages of the city along the

frit. Mr. Jardine is of Scotch-Canadian descent,

faily coming to Toronto in 1858, but removing

ye:s later to Hespeler, Ontario. He is a son of

re^andLovena (Limpert) Jardine, now residents of

"'■ The elder Mr. Jardine is a member of A. B.

Company, Limited, manufacturing machinists,

. duct comprising machinists', blacksmiths' and

sr lakers' tools.

John Bell Jardine was born in Hespeler, Ontario, May
17, 1885, and received his elementary education in the
public schools of his native place. Early entering the
business world, he continued his education through the
medium of night schools, and constant evening study,
and has not yet laid aside the habit of study, keeping m
close touch with the advance of the times. Beginning
life as an office boy, at the age of fourteen years, courses
in stenography and bookkeeping during his free hours
fitted him for positions in these lines of activity, and his
next step was to become associated with the Carborun-
dum Company, of Niagara Falls, Ontario, in the capacity
of commercial traveller. An attractive opportunity in the
lumber business in the great Northwest led him to
further valuable experience, then for three years and a
half he was in a retail hardware office at Calgary.
Returning East in 1914, Mr. Jardine then entered
the office of the Harbor Commission, as stenographer,
later rising to the position of secretary to Mr. E. L.
Cousins, chief engineer of the commission, and in
December, 1918, Mr. Jardine was made secretary of the
commission. This commission is doing a broadly con-
structive work along the water front, greatly increasing
the value of the property not improved in that section
by reclaiming and filling in land on the harbor front,
creating the possibility of future factory sites which will
be of inestimable value to the city. In social and fraternal
circles Mr. Jardine is well known, being a member of
Clifton Lodge, No. 254, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons; G. R. C, of Niagara Falls, Ontario; and of the
Humber Valley Golf Club, of Toronto. His favorite
recreations are hunting and fishine.

On January 30, 1915, Mr. Jardine married, in Toronto,
Elizabeth Berry, daughter of J. R. Berry, of Lambton
Mills, Ontario, and they are the parents of two children,
a daughter and a son: Frances Lovena and Wallace Bell.

SAMUEL JAMES DICKSON— Of broad significance
to the civic advance of Toronto is that body of deter-
mined and rarely capable men in whose hands the safety
of the public is entrusted. As chief constable of the police
force of Toronto, Samuel James Dickson is making his-
tory, and the story of his reorganization of the force and
his leadership of the men with whom he served in the
ranks, is a story of increased efficiency and that unity
of purpose and ideals which is based on mutual respect
and confidence.

Chief Dickson is universally known in Toronto as the
"man who had risen from the ranks." He was born near
Belfast, Ireland, November 1, 1867, and is a son of James
and Jane (Taylor) Dickson, farming people from that
section, both now deceased, who for many years lived
near Toronto. Crossing the ocean with his parents as a
child of four years, Mr. Dickson was educated in Au-
burn, New York, where the family first settled. With
their removal to Toronto in 1880, he completed his
studies in the schools of this city, the home being out near
Unionville. After a few years' employment at such work
as he was able to command, Mr. Dickson, at the age of
twenty-three years, was appointed to the police force of
Toronto. The traditions of the force did not hold out to
the young man any promise of his ultimate achieveinent,
but he won his way upward through the sterling qualities,
which are now determining his success. His first appoint-
ment received in 1890, he served for thirty years in the
ranks, and in this long and faithful service learned by
daily contact with problems of the force the practical
methods with which he is now revolutionizing this de-
partment of the city government. Chief Dickson's
appointment to the head of the department safeguarding
a city of 600,000 people, and the second wealthiest city
in the Dominion, came at a time when an unprecedented

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"crime wave" had burst upon the city of Toronto and was
constantly gathering force. But the new chief was no
theorist, no figurehead. Unhesitatingly he grappled with
conditions, which he knew from the experience of long
years face to face with dangers against which the force
was but poorly equipped. His first demand was for more
men, and was partially met by the city council. One after
another he inaugurated improvements in the working
conditions, so to speak, of the patrolmen, changes in the
uniforms which increased the comfort of the men and
protected their health, thereby increasing their efficiency
as well. The old type of revolver, designed perhaps
sixty-five years ago, was replaced with a modern weapon.
The mounted service was increased twenty-five per cent,
thus diminishing to a marked degree the lawlessness
which had been gaining ground in the outlying districts.
High speed cars were placed at all stations and at head-
quarters, with a result that escape, even with a good
start, is a matter of uncertainty to a criminal, and
sufficiently so to encourage him to think twice before he
acts. The equipment of the entire force with stop-watch-
es now discourages motor speeding, and the equipment
of motorcycles with sidecars for use in wet weather is
demonstrating that it is worth while to protect the effic-
ient, experienced officer, if only from an economic point
of view. With Mr. Dickson's appointment, questions
arose regarding the possibility of his possessing adminis-
trative ability, and the judgment to handle and govern
the men among whom he had served. These questions
were answered aptly in a recent exhaustive review of the
Toronto police department's chief in the "National
Police Journal," in part as follows:

Effldency in the department has been greatly Increased by the
splendid team work done by the detective department. * * * This
spirit of co-operation permeates the entire force. Directly traceable
to harmonious working together was the recovei-y last year of more
tlian one and a half million dollars" worth of lost and stolen property.
Harmony alx)unds in the force today, simply because the men in
every department have implicit confidence in the new Chief. Most
of them have had their eyes on him for many years. They know that
if he seems to make stem demands upon them, it is becau'^e his long
experience has taught him the wisdom of each step he takes.

Mr. Dickson married, in Toronto, on October 2,
1893, Mary E. Kirton, of Whitevail, Ontario, and they
have one son. Garnet T. Dickson. The family reside at
No. 52 Hazelton avenue, and attend the Presbyterian
church.

HERBERT PETERS— Member of the firm of Peters-
Duncan, Limited, and one of leading fruit merchants of
Toronto, Mr. Peters was born in that city, October 10,
1866. He received his early education in the public
schools of Toronto and, at the age of thirteen, began to
work for the firm of Tushinghara & Sons, swing manu-
facturers, whose place of business was on Adelaide street.
West. During the two years that Mr. Peters spent in this
position his duties consisted in stripping the bark off
posts and in performing odd tasks of general labor around
the shop. He left Tushingham's when he was fifteen
years old, and became an assistant to a fruit merchant,
John Lucas, whose place of business was in the district
where St. Lawrence Market now stands. While he was
in this position, Mr. Peters acquired a good knowledge
of the fruit business. He saved his money and presently
bought a horse and wagon and began to peddle fruit.
Unfortunately this venture, which at first promised to be
very successful, ended in a financial failure, owing to an
unprofitable investment, and in consequence, Mr.
Peters was obliged to give up street selling. He set out
to look for a position and had the good fortune to be
engaged at Cleghorn's, a wholesale fruit and retail
house on Yonge street. Here Mr. Peters set to work,
with characteristic energy, to retrieve his fortunes. He

saved his money, as before, and presently had suff
funds to start a business of his own. His first estal
ment was on Colborne street. As his business incre
the premises proved inadequate, and he moved
better location across the street, buying the pro
which had formerly been occupied by J. J. Walsh
remained at this address until 1898, when he purcl
the present place of business, at No. 88 Front si
corner of West Market. Mr. Peters' second vei
in the fruit and produce business has thus been ren
ably successful and he now owns the largest and
equipped wholesale fruit establishment in the ci
Toronto.

Mr. Peters' first independent business venture
begun in 1890 and operations were conducted unde
own name until March, 1919, when the firm of Pe
Duncan, Limited, was incorporated. In 1905 he
established a branch at North Bay, Ontario, and o
in Sudbury and Cobalt, Ontario, building warehous
these cities for handling his stocks. These brar
were continued until 1916, when pressure of busine
the Toronto headquarters caused him to dispose of tl
In addition to his connections in the fruit business,
Peters is financially interested in local motion pic
theatres. He is a member of the Board of Trade, and
public-spirited citizen, takes a great interest in all ma
pertaining to civic welfare and the advanceraen
Toronto. His clubs are the Canadian and Lakesl
Golf and Country. He finds his favorite recreatio
lawn bowling. He is a communicant of the Angl
church.

Mr. Peters married, in 1913, Catherine Harris, dai
ter of Patrick and Ellen (Cassidy) Harris; theyhav
children.

W. WATNEY PARKER was born in Lon.
England, October 29, 1882, son of Henry and E
(Wallbridge) Parker. He was educated in Londo
the United Westminster School. At the age of seven
his father articled him as an apprentice to W. F. Stai
a manufacturing optician, of London. An active
ambitious student, he made the most of his opport
ties, and during the eight years of his connection
Mr. Stanley, acquired a thorough knowledge o
branches of the optical business. He was prom
from one position to another until he finally becami
of the refracting opticians of the Stanley plant, whe
remained until 1907, then came to Toronto. He
immediately engaged by the Culverhouse Of
Company, and spent ten years in the service ot
firm. Mr. Parker then established himself in bu.=
as an independent optician at No. 15 Richmond si
East, his present address.

Mr. Parker is a member of the Timothy Eaton M« •
ial Church. He belongs to the Kiwanis Club, the T ;
to Canoe Club, and the Independent Order of '■
Fellows.

Mr. Parker married, on June 3, 1914, Ella !
Mosdell, and they are the parents of one son,
Mosdell Parker, who was born April 1, 1915.

HENRY HAGUE DAVIS— In the foremost ra i
the younger barristers of Toronto is Henry H. I *
who has practiced in this city continuously since 1.
and is also an Examiner in the Faculty of Law i *
University of Toronto.

Of English descent, the family of Mr. Davis ha-' f
in Canada for over a century, his grandfather, *
Davis, having been born near New Dublin in •
county, Ontario, on July 25, 1825, and long pron »
as one of the early merchants of that section. W J
Henry Davis, eldest son of Ralph Davis, and fall f^

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y H. Davis, was also born in Leeds county on Jan-

19, 1852, and for more than forty years was en-
i in mercantile activities in Brockville, Ontario,
'ing on tiie business with his father and his brother
: Davis, under the firm name of R. Davis & Sons,
am Henry Davis was a leader in church work and in
leipal affairs in the town of Brockville, a man of
i influence in the community, and his death on
mber 18, 1917, was a source of regret to many circles
hich he had long been a welcome member. He
ied Eliza Dowsley, daughter of the late George
sley of Brockville, on November 9, 1881.
inry Hague Davis was born in Brockville, Ontario,
;mber 10, 1885, and his early education was ac-
id in the public and high schools of his native place,
ring the University of Toronto in 1903, he re-
d his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1907, with first

honours and gold medal in Political Science,
for one year thereafter was Mackenzie Fellow in
ical Science on the staff at the University of Toronto,
iceived his master's degree from the same institution
•09, and two years later, also from the same uni-
ty, his degree of Bachelor of Laws. Taking up the
I of law in 1908 at Osgoode Hall Law School, he
called to the bar on May 19, 1911, and became a
ber of the firm of Kilmer, Irving & Davis, with
s at No. 10 Adelaide street, East. This legal firm
eading one, handling an extensive general practice
■nuch counsel and corporation work. Mr. Davis'

on as Examiner in the Faculty of Law in the Uni-
!y of Toronto is a definite appraisal of his standing
le profession. He is (1922) the president of the
' ers. Club of Toronto, a member of the Canadian
'Association, of the Ontario Bar Association and of

ork County Law Association, and politically is a
iTvative. Mr. Davis is a member of the Albany
A The Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Scarborough
-and Country Club, The Lake Shore Country
ii and of The Aero Club of Canada. He is a promin-

lember of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and is
sent (1922) of the Toronto Alumni Club of that
iiational fraternity. He is a member of the Church
Egland, a lay delegate to synod of the Diocese of
tiio and a member of the board of trustees of Wy-
it^oUege, Toronto, and is active in the work of the
iri.

"DMAS EZRA WASHINGTON— For thirty-five
r.active in real estate and in building in Toronto,
• Vashington, though well over seventy years of
, iill goes to business with the snap and enthusiasm of
o> g man. He is a descendant of Lawrence Washing-
. .n uncle of General George Washington, first
«i2nt of the United States.

it<hen Washington, father of Thomas Ezra Washing-

. as born in Westmoreland, England, in 1813, and

fieto Canada with his father in 1828. Stephen

'S'lgton married Jane Coleman, late of Cornwall,

1. in 1834, and the young couple settled in the

' of Darlington, Durham county, near Bowman-

^■iien almost unbroken forest. Here the subject

in sketch was born, September 23, 1848, the fifth

o;i family of seven sons and three daughters. A

m, on which was a sawmill, afforded healthy

'"r all; the eight-hour day had not then been

thirteen years of age "T.E.," as he was called,

, Sit to feed the cattle at the far barn. It was a

ly, succeeding several days thawing, and in

'" 'ng to cross on the ice, instead of taking the mill

•vas suddenly plunged into deep water. Being a

immer he grabbed the ice, got partly on it.

but it broke, and a second time he was plunged into the
icy water. The ice broke a second time, and, making
a third and desperate attempt, he succeeded in crawling
upon the ice and making his way to shore. When he
reached home his clothes were frozen stiff as boards.
A day in bed, and he was not much the worse for the
perilous adventure.

Mr. Washington received his education in the public
school, the high school at Bowmanville, and took a
special course at Victoria College. In 1874 he married
Maria Hagerman, daughter of Nicholas and Jane
(Glew) Hagerman, of the township of Markham, and
for thirteen years he worked the farm on which the
mill and pond has been, though both have now disap-
peared. He was superintendent of the Sunday school at
Zion for several years, and prominent in neighborhood
affairs. The farm being badly broken, and six children
having come to the home, the outlook for them did not
seem good, so, in 1887, he sold the farm and moved to
Toronto. Having had some experience in building, he
at once started building houses, and later opened a
real estate office as well, making a careful study of real
estate in every particular, and, carrying into business
the homely virtues of integrity and fair dealing, his
services were soon sought by the public as valuator,
arbitrator and executor. A typical instance of the buyer's
confidence in Mr. Washington may be given. Mrs. S.,
a widow, bought a house from him in 1902; four years
later she bought one for her daughter; three years after
she bought a house for another daughter; and five years
later she returned and bought the fourth house, this one
for herself, as she was marrying a second time.

Mr. Washington has the utmost faith in Toronto, a
city of homes, a center of finance, a great productive
and distributing center, with cheap and unlimited power,
and a magnificent waterfront. An ardent Canadian, he
has unbounded faith in Canada. He has several times
crossed the Continent, has seen much of the country,
and visited most all the towns and cities of Canada,
both east and west. Intensely anxious for the fullest
possible development of Canada's stupendous resources,
he firmly believes that industrial production of every
kind must go forward with agricultural production, each
being the handmaid and the indispensable ally of the
other. As only twenty per cent, of Canada is suitable
for agriculture, and eight per cent, of the country forest,
mineral or fish producing, the industrial production, must
eventually overshadow that of agricultural production.

Mr. Washington is a Conservative in politics, a
Methodist in religion, a teetotaler, never having tasted
liquor or used tobacco. He is a ready speaker, and has
written many articles on local and national questions.
Mr. and Mrs. Washington enjoy a delightful home life,
surrounded by their children and grandchildren, and a
wide circle of friends. They are active members of
Trinity Methodist Church, and socially, of the Durham
Club. Mr. Washington, while not wealthy, has a very
comfortable income. Their seven children are: Stella
J., principal's assistant, Essex street school, Toronto;
Llewellyn H., assistant manager, Bradstreet's, Winni-
peg; Marion Augusta, wife of S. H. Gibbons, a merchant
of Toronto; Leonard St. Clair, with T. Eaton Company,
Toronto; Rhilda Arina, wife of Professor Coleman, of
Spokane; Thomas Waldemar, a merchant of Toronto,
served four years overseas; and Gwendolyn Victoria,
wife of Dr. Robson Walkerville, Ontario.

HARRY BROUGHTON HOUSSER— The son of a

well known business man of Toronto, Mr. Housser seems
to have inherited a special talent and aptitude for finan-
cial affairs. He was born at Winnipeg, March 10, 1885,
son of John H. and Mary (Broughton) Housser. Mr.

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Housser's mother was a native of Branttord. His father,
who was born at Beamsville, Ontario, was formerly
a director and secretary of the Massey-Harns Company
of Toronto; he died at Toronto in November, 1914.

Harry B. Housser received his early education in the
public schools and St. Andrew's College, Toronto.
He was a student at the University of Toronto during
the years 1901 to 1903, and in 1904 began his business
career by forming a connection with the Massey-Harns
Company of which, at the time, his father was a director
and secretary. During the first year of his connection
with this company, Mr. Housser worked his way through
the various departments in the factory. When he had
thus acquired a thorough knowledge of production
methods, he was transferred to the business office of
the company, where for the next three years he was
engaged in departmental work. In 1907 he left the
Massey-Harris Company in order to become assistant
to the general manager of the International Marine
Signal Company at Ottawa. This new position suited
him admirably. The company's engineering projects
are not confined to Canada but extend all over the
world, and it was necessary for Mr. Housser to make
many journeys to different countries where work was
in progress. In 1911, after four years in the company's
service, he relinquished his position in order to become
manager of the Canada Bond Corporation. In 1912 he
left this company and took over the management of the
bond department of Amelius Jarvis & Company, Ltd.,
which position he continued to fill with complete success
until 1918, when he resigned and established the firm
of Housser, Wood & Company. This firm specializes
in Canadian Government and Municipal bonds, and is
one of the leading financial companies of Toronto.

During the World War Mr. Housser took an active
part in the Government's Victory Loan campaigns and
for two successive years was the leading district chair-
man.

Mr. Housser is a member of the Methodist church.
He belongs to the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and
the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York City, and
is a member of the advisory board of the Old Colony
Club. He also holds membership in the Toronto Skating
Club; the University Club; the National Club; the
Lambton Golf Club, and the Royal Canadian Yacht
Club.

Mr. Housser married, on November 4, 1908, Lucile
Graham, daughter of Dr. and Mary Jane (Aikens)
Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Housser have one son, John
Graham, who was born August 14, 1914.

CHARLES E. ABBS— A member of the Toronto
firm of A. E. Ames & Company, Mr. Abbs was born
at Port Perry, Ontario, October 1, 1883, son of George
and Emma (Paxton) Abbs. His parents established
their residence at Toronto when Mr. Abbs was two years
old, and the city has been his home ever since. Educated
in the public schools and the Harbord Collegiate In-
stitute, he specialized in accountancy and financial
methods. He entered the field of business as a junior
clerk for Wilkes, Westwood & Company, and remained
with them for two years. His next association was with
the house of J. D. King & Company, remaining with this
concern for a year and a half, then, in 1902, entered A. E.
Ames & Company as an assistant auditor. In 1911 he
was admitted to partnership, and has continued as a
member of the firm to the present time.

A keen and progressive man of affairs, Mr. Abbs
is a member of many clubs, and is very much interested
in the social life of the city. All movements tending
towards civic betterment find in him a loyal and en-
thusiastic supporter, and in his understanding of and

scrupulous regard for the high standing of Toronto,
is one of the city's foremost citizens. He holds memb
ship in the National Club, the Lambton Golf Club, t
Scarborough Golf Club, the Royal Canadian Yac
Club, the Canadian Club, the Empire Club, the Strolli
Club, and the Commonwealth Club. His princi]
recreation is golf. In religious faith Mr. Abbs beloi
to the Methodist church, and is a regular attendant
St. Paul's Methodist Church.

On November 11, 1914, he married Helen Paul. M
Abbs died in June, 1917, leaving one daughter, Hel
Margaret, who was born October 1, 1916.

G. TEMPLE McMURRICH— In the insurance woi
in Ontario the name of McMurrich has long been one
significance, and the present head of the business I
so many years carried on under this name is G. Temi
McMurrich, son of the founder. Mr. McMurrich is
son of George and Minnie Gentle (Drummond) W
Murrich, residents of Toronto for many years. I
father was diiector of the Western Assurance Compar
and his grandfather, Hon. John McMurrich was pre
dent of the Western Assurance Company at the time
his death.

Mr. McMurrich was born in Toronto, April 3, 181
Attending first the public schools of his native city,
took a course at the Upper Canada College, after whi
he entered upon his career as an employee of the W(
tern Assurance Company, doing general office work. E
maining with this concern for nine years, Mr. M
Murrich rose to a position of responsibility, andwi
this experience, at the end of that time, became a mei
ber of firm of Geo. McMurrich Sons, Limited. Thisco
cern represents a group of the leading insurance comps
ies of England, Canada, and the United States, and al
handles a general brokerage business, their interei
being very extensive, and their standing in this fi(
of the highest.

Widely connected socially, Mr. McMurrich is a mei
ber of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Nation
Victoria and Summit clubs, and the Toronto Hunt Cli
He finds his favorite relaxation in golf, and apprecia
all out-door sports. He is a member of St. Andrei
Church on King street.

Mr. McMurrich married Annie A. McKee, daugh
of G. W. McKee, manager of the Canadian Bank
Commerce, at Woodstock, Ontario. Mr. and M
McMurrich are the parents of two children: Geo:
Donald, born March 21, 1907; and Jean, born Februi
3, 1913. I

ARTHUR HILLYARD BIRMINGHAM— All

Mr.Birmingham'sactivitieshavebroughthimintima
in touch with the public interests from the time of
first reportorial work on the "Toronto News" to
present discharge of the duties of the general mana
ship of the Province of Ontario Dispensaries. He
native of Toronto, born April 12, 1877, son of Roherti
Mary Birmingham. His advanced studies were I
sued in Upper Canada College and Toronto Univen
and in 1901 he became a member of the staff of
"Toronto News." In 1907 he was appointed C
servative organizer for Toronto, and in 1914 his i
of responsibility in party work was broadened to ind
the entire Province. He resigned from this office in 1
to accept appointment as secretary and treasurer of
Province of Ontario Dispensaries, and in 1920 wasra
general manager. Mr. Birmingham has served as
retary of the Liberal-Conservative Association of
tario, and in all of his identifications with political or?
izations has been known not alone as party man but

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n striving for the general good, irrespective of the
e whence it comes.

•. Birmingham has long been interested in all
s of athletic sports, principally hockey, and in 1890
jresident of St. George's Hockey Club, in the same
served as president of the Toronto Hockey Associa-
Lacrosse has also been a favorite recreation.
I a member of the Albany Club, Cameron, L.O.L.,
Lndrew's, No. 16, Ancient Free and Accepted
ms, and of the Western Golf and Country Club
ttends St. Paul's Church of England.
•. Birmingham married, September 18, 1913, Mary
ys Reesor, daughter of Captain Robert Reesor.

.BERT ROY KINNEAR is a son of Sarah Ann
cy) Kinnear and the late Thomas Kinnear, founder
5 business known as Thomas Kinnear & Company,
>sale grocers and importers, of Toronto, Peterbor-
. Gait, and Oshawa.

y Kinnear, as he is commonly known, was born
ronto, May 20, 1890. He was educated in Toronto,
g graduated successively from the following in-
lions: Model School, Harbord Street Collegiate
iute. University of Toronto, and the law school at
)de Hall. At the university, his faculty was arts;
I liege, University College; and his class, that which
:ated in the year 1914. His degree is Bachelor of
I After completing his course at the law school, he
illed to the Ontario bar and sworn in as a solicitor.
')me time he was engaged as a junior barrister and
tior with law firms in Toronto, but, in August, 1919,
tmed his own office for the practice of his profession
i. 43 Adelaide street. East, Toronto. On September
.!0, he moved to more commodious offices in the
«ior Life building, 36 Toronto street, Toronto, which
sH occupies.

fis a graduate member of Hart House, University of
'cto, and a member of the following: The Board of
i( of the city of Toronto, the University Club of
■<to, and the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club. He is a
rer of Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, and is
iTied, residing with his mother and sister at No.
Sidina road, Toronto.

KRMAN A. ARMSTRONG— Head of an organi-
0 of engineers and architects bearing his name, Mr.
(iTong holds notable place in his profession in the
■niion. His experience includes activity in several
h principal cities of the United States, and in 1918
rtjrned to Toronto, where earlier in his career he

>ent three years.

T' Armstrong was born in Queenston, Ontario,

t^nber 2, 1882, and obtained his early education

til grammar and high schools of Niagara Falls,

ab, completing his studies in the Toronto Tech-

il chool. His connection with Toronto's active life

ajin 1900, and for three years he was draftsman in

eploy of J. W. Siddall, after which he was em-

n several cities of the United States, including

k, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. During this

combined close study and observation of the

litectural achievements with his professional

1 in 1918 he returned to Toronto, soon after-

med an organization now known as N. A.

ig Company, Ltd. This concern, specializing

;nneering and architectural lines, has built up a

e ientele and high reputation, a part of its activity

ing the designing and supervision of a large

•tf architectural, as well as industrial buildings

■^.iiut the Province of Ontario.

Ir Armstrong is a member of the KiwanisClub of

i'n>, and finds his most enjoyable recreation in

bowling and all out-of-door sports. He is a member
of the Methodist church.

He married, on November 25, 1909, Imilda Jane
Gould, and they are the parents of: William G., born
January 5, 1911; and Norman A. Jr., born May 6, 1917.
The family home is on the north east corner of Willard
and Colbeck avenues. '

LUMSDEN CUMMINGS— As the head of a prom-
inent engineering and contracting concern of Toronto,
Mr. Cummings stands in that large group of progressive
rnen whose constructive activities are improving the
city, and extending its boundaries. Mr. Cummings is the
son of Charles Carlton Cummings, who was born in
Ottawa, and came to Toronto in 1907, to take charge of
the Slater Shoe Company, as local manager. In 1910,
upon the completion of the Lumsden building, Charles
C. Cummings became its manager, and was thus active
until his death, which occurred in February, 1919.
He married Catherine Lumsden, daughter of Alexander
Lumsden, of Ottawa.

Lumsden Cummings was born in Ottawa, Ontario,
July 20, 1896, and was educated in the public schools of
Ottawa and 'Toronto, also in the University schools of
Toronto. In the fall of 1915 he left school to enlist in the
Canadian army, and for one year was connected with the
Amry Service Corps. In the fall of 1916 he was trans-
ferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He served during the
period of the war, with the rank of captain, and received
his honorable discharge from the active service in the
spring of 1919, but continues on the special reserve of
officers. Upon his return to Toronto Mr. Cummings
took over the management of the Lumsden building,
succeeding his father, then in the summer of the same
year entered the field of highway contracting. In this
business he was successful from the beginning, and soon
had a numbei of large motor trucks always busy. Doing
business under his own name for many months, he then
organized the present corporation in January, 1921,
under the name of the Lumsden Engineering & Trans-
port Company, Ltd. They are doing an extensive busi-
ness in highway paving, and specialize in cement con-
crete work in this field.

In the world of out-door sports in Toronto Mr. Cum-
mings is well known. He is a director of the Ontario
Motor League, and is a member of the Scarboro Golf
Club.

Mr. Cummings married, in Toronto, on October 16,
1918, Bessie Irving, daughter of T. C. Irving of Toronto.,
They reside at the St. Charles Court Apartments, and
attend the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM TYRRELL— With lifelong experience in
the retail distribution of books, Mr. Tyrrell has gained
a position of enviable repute in the business world of
Toronto, and is widely known throughout the Province
of Ontario. He is a son of Edward and Maria (Newton)
Tyrrell, both natives of England, and both now deceased.
His father was born in Wymondham, Norfolk, and his
mother in Devonshire, but they came to Canada in the
prime of life, and settled at St. Catharines, Ontario,
remaining in Canada thereafter.

William Tyrrell was born in Romford, England, De-
cember 23, 1866. Educated in the public schools of St.
Catharines, Ontario, and also the collegiate institute
there, he entered business shortly after leaving school.
Of a literary temperament, and with tastes cultivated
under some of the best educators of the day, his choice of
an occupation was definitely made with his first employ-
ment, which was with Hart & Company, booksellers,
of Toronto. He was with them for some years as junior
clerk, then was made manager of their retail store

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Serving in that capacity for five years, Mr. Tyrrell then
bought out the firm, and the name was changed to Wm.
Tyrrell & Company, Ltd., continuing thus until the pres-
ent time. It has now nearly completed twenty-eight
years of history under Mr. Tyrrell's ownership, and has
become known throughout the Dominion as one of the
foremost enterprises of its kind.

In various branches of organized advance, Mr. Tyr-
rell is active. He is a member, and former president, of
the Booksellers' Association of Canada, is a member of
the Board of Trade of Toronto, and of the Yonge and
Bloor Business Association, being treasurer of the latter
organization. In his more personal interests his tastes
are revealed, as he is a member of the Arts and Letters
Club, The Toronto Art Gallery, the Empire Club, and
the Thistledown Golf and Country Club. He is a member
of Grace Church on the Hill, and president (1921-1922)
of the Men's Club of this church.

Mr. Tyrrell married, in 1894, Margaret J. Leckie,
who was born in Toronto. Their son, John Leckie, was
born November 12, 1899, in Toronto, and was educated
at Upper Canada College, which he left to join the
Officers' Training Corps in 1918.

ALFRED F. TEWKESBURY was born in London,
England, in 1881, and there grew to manhood, receiving
a thoroughly practical education in his native country.
In 1904 he came to Toronto, and for about six years was
employed by various concerns in the manufacture of
glass in dijfferent parts of the Dominion. In 1910, form-
ing a partnership with Henry Hyams, Mr. Tewkesbury
established the Excelsior Plate Glass Company, Ltd.,
which has a prosperous history. Starting on Yonge street
in small headquarters, the business was removed four
years later to a four-story factory building which they
purchased at Nos. 189-191 Queen street, East, extending
through to Briton street, and having a floor space of
20,000 square feet. Here they have since developed an
extensive interest, manufacturing mirrors and art glass
for churches and residences, meeting the requirements of
all classes of trade. In the year 1920 Mr. Hyams dis-
posed of his share in the firm to Major Grover and Cap-
tain Grover, who are now identified with Mr. Tewkes-
bury under the same firm name. The concern employes
about thirty men.

Fraternally, Mr. Tewkesbury holds membership with
the Free and Accepted Masons, and the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and he is a member of the Toronto
Board of Trade.

Mr. Tewkesbury married, in 1906, Eva Cridland, and
they have one child, William N., born August 31, 1912.
The family resides at No. 14 Bowden street, and attends
the Church of England.

HENRY STANLEY SWEATMAN— One of the lead-
ing names in the insurance world of Toronto is that of
Henry Stanley Sweatman, who for eleven years has been
identified with firm of Burruss & Sweatman, Limited.,
and is now president of the concern. Mr. Sweatman
comes of a very prominent family and is a son of the late
Archbishop Arthur Sweatman, of the Anglican church,
primate of all Canada, who was a resident of Toronto
at the time of his death.

Henry S. Sweatman was bom in Woodstock, Ontario,
March 23, 1878, and his education was received in the
Toronto Church School. His first business position
was with the Manchester Fire Insurance Company, with
which concern he remained for a period of five years,
afterwards becoming an inspector for the Norwich Union
Fire Insurance Society. Thus engaged until April
14, 1911, Mr. Sweatman on that date became associated
with Grayson Burruss in a partnership, under name

of Burruss & Sweatman, Limited, Mr. Burruss being pr
dent of the concern and Mr. Sweatman vice-presidi
secretary and treasurer. The death of Mr. Burr'
which occurred in the year 1916, brought abou
reorganization of the concern, Mr. Sweatman becom
president, and Percy S. Grant, who at that time '
received into the firm, vice-president and treasu:
The business still goes forward very successfully, i
with offices at No. 14 Wellington street. East, the fi
act as general agents and brokers for the North-\V
Fire Insurance Company of Winnipeg, Manito
the Providence-Washington Insurance Company
Providence, Rhode Island; the Protectors Und
writers' branch of the Phoenix Company of Hartfo
Connecticut; the Western Assurance Company
Toronto; the British and Canadian Underwriters'
the Norwich Union of England; and the Agricultu
Insurance Company of Watertown, New York.

Mr. Sweatman is a member of the Toronto Insurai
Conference, and of the Toronto Board of Trade. He
president of the Strollers' Club, and is a member of t
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, yachting being his favor
recreation. He is a member of Grace Church (Anglicai
and when at his summer home at Centre Island atten
St. Andrew's Church.

PERCY STEVENS GRANT— In the econon
security of the people of Ontario, Mr. Grant is beari
a part as one of the aggressive and progressive men in t
insurance business. He has been identified with t
firm of Burruss & Sweatman, Limited, since the death
its late president, Grayson Burruss, in the office >
vice-president and treasurer.

Mr. Grant was born in Toronto, December 24, 188
and received a practical education in the public and hi|
schools of this city. With the end of his school days I
immediately made his start in the world of insuram
first becoming connected with the Toronto office
the North British & Mercantile Insurance Compan
This was in 1898, and for six years he remained with t
same concern. He then entered the employ of Rideo
& Strickland as office manager, later going to the T(
onto Insurance and Vessel Agency. In 1912 Mr. Gra
entered the field branch of the insurance busipe
going on road for Robert Hampson & Son, Limitt
in the capacity of inspector for the Insurance Compa
of North America, and the Providence-Washingt
Insurance Company. Mr. Grant became a member of t
firm of Burruss & Sweatman, Limited., in 1916, andtl
affiliation extensively broadened his activities in t
insurance field. Under the management of Mr. Swe;
man, now president of the concern, whose life is review
in the preceding sketch, Barruss.& Sweatman, Limite
are representing in Canada some of leading insurar
companies of the world, including: the North-W
Fire Insurance Company, of Winnipeg; the Providen
Washington Company, of Providence, Rhode Islai
the Protectors' Underwriters, a branch of the wor
famous Phoenix Company, of Hartford, Connectlc
the Agricultural Insurance Company, of Watertoi
New York; the British and Canadian Underwriters
the Norwich Union, of Norwich, England; and i
Western Assurance Company of 'Toronto.

Mr. Grant is a member of the Toronto Board of Tra
and fraternally holds membership in St. Andrew's Lod
Free and Accepted Masons, and Antiquity Chap'
Royal Arch Masons. He chooses outdoor recreations
his leisure hours, and is a member of the Lakeview G
Club. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

LOUIS MICHAEL SINGER— In Toronto, his ho
from boyhood, where he obtained his general and i

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fessional education, Mr. Singer has di:ected his work in
the law and has come into a position of responsibility
in public and private affairs.

He was born in Austria, May 1, 1885, and after
coming to Toronto attended the public schools, and the
Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, entering Osgoode
Hall Law School for his professional training, being
graduated in 1908, at which time he received the gold
n.pdal and other high scholastic honors. Establishing at
in practice, he has followed this along general lines,
.Sizing in commercial, bankruptcj', and company
.iiv,-. Mr. Singer is a Conservative in political faith and
'rom 1914 to 1917 represented his Ward upon the Board
5f Aldermen. He fraternizes with his fellows in the
Masonic order, holding membeiship in Mount Sinai
l.odge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and in
VIount Sinai Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. His career
las been one of useful service in the law and in civic
iffairs, and by his colleagues and associates he is re-
rvected for excellent qualities of good citizenship.

"-. Singer married, in Toronto, in 1911, Bessie
na Pullan, of Toronto, a graduate of the medical

..uvl of the University of Toronto. They are the
larents of three children: Burrell M., Ralph M., and
Jueenie S.

, WILLIAM HELLIWELL CLARKSON— Among the

irogressive young men of Toronto who are taking a
'foadly practical pait in the development of the city
anted William H. Clarkson, whose offices in the
-ior Life building aie the center of much construct-
. c activity. Mr. Clarkson is a son of George H. and
Jertrude (Lambe) Clarkson. His father was born in

■ ironto, and has for many years been identified with the

sale drug business. He is now president of the
r's Dye Works, Ltd., leaders in this field of business

.vor in Ontario, and very prominent throughout

Dominion.
« ilHam Helliwell Clarkson was bom in Toronto, May
P, 1896. He received his education in the Model School
f Toronto and the Oakwood Collegiate Institute, and
iter completing his studies entered the employ of the
'chols Chemical Company, of Toronto, as an industrial

:st. At the end of three years he resigned fiom his

,on here to enlist for service in France, then, after
J return from the World War, was with the same con-
^rn for six months. Mr. Clarkson then became associa-
"d with Arthur A. Bemmer, as financial real estate
;ents, with offices in the Confederation Life building,
his partnership continued until Februar>', 1921, when
>on its dissolution. Mr. Clarkson established the
fsent business, under the name of William H. Clark-

-.; Company, with offices at No. 101 Excelsior Life

.:ng, following the same general lines of advance,

-ancial agents. He has, however, given more attention

■ the real estate branch, and in association with S. B.
■reen is extensively interested in residential construc-
')n work. They jointly own several verj- attractive
isidential sections in the suburbs of Toronto, which
ley are rapidly developing, including Austin Terrace,
•istin Crescent, Braemore Gardens, and the Lambert
/jartraent Hotel.

The military record of Mr. Clarkson began with his

' :ment in the "Queen's Own Rifles," (Second Regi-

in 1914. He was commissioned lieutenant in

■'n 9th Mississauga Horse, and was attached to the

Mississaugai Battalion. Going overseas in March

16, he was transferred to the Canadian Field Artil-

!>y , and served with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces

i France until May, 1919. He was then discharged from

t» active service, with the rank of acting captain, and

LstOl captain of the Toronto Scottish Regiment. He

is a member of the Canadian Military Institute. Social-
ly, Mr. Clarkson holds membership in the Royal Cana-
dian Yacht Club, the Canadian Club, and the Toronto
Hunt Club, and he is a member of the Church of the
Redeemer.

Mr. Clarkson married, in May, 1920, Gladys Eliza-
beth Anderson, of Toronto, who was born February 18,
1899, and is a daughter of George Anderson. Her father
is widely prominent in the business world of Canada
as president of the Anderson-Macbeth Company of
Toronto. Her mother, who was a native of Hamilton,
Ontario, is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson have
one son, William George, born March 17, 1921.

WILLIAM HERBERT BROWNE— At the head of
one of the oldest professional organizations in the city
of Toronto, if not in the Province of Ontario, William
Herbert Browne is following the family tradition estab-
lished nearly ninety years ago. John Owensworth
Browne, Mr. Browne's grandfather, came to Canada
from London, England, in 1834, and locating in Toronto,
established himself as a land surveyor. His son, Harry
John Browne, later joined him in the business, eventual-
ly, William .-Ubert Browne, another son, and father of
William Herbert, also becoming associated with the
founder. William Albert Browne was at the head of the
firm for many years, even until his death, which occurred
in the year 1912.

William Herbert Browne was bom in Toronto, June
6, 1884, and his early education was received in the
public and high schools of his native city. Preparing
for his professional career in the office of his father, he
received his commission from the Ontario government
as land surveyor, in 1910. Only two years later the death
of his father left him at the head of the firm, but the
name has since continued as formerly, W. A. & W. H.
Browne. The constant increase of the business led Mr.
Browne to receive into partnership, in 1913, Edward
Cavell, of this citj-, and the personnel of the concern con-
tinues the same at the present time.

Mr. Browne is a member of the Ontario Land Sur-
veyor Association, and politically is a Conservative.
Fraternally he is well knowTi, being a member of Geor-
gina Lodge, No. 343, Free and Accepted Masons of
King Solomon's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and
of Toronto Lodge of Perfection. He finds his favorite
recreation in out-door sports, and is a life member of
the Toronto Canoe Club. He resides on Pricefield road,
Toronto, and is afiUiated with the Anglican church.

ARCHIE SINCLAIR— With broad experience in the
business world and the native energy and judgment which
count for success, Mr. Sinclair has built up in Toronto a
growing concern in one of the modem fields of manu-
facture, and is taking his place with the enterprising and
progressive manufacturers of the day. Mr. Sinclair
is a son of James and Julia (Elder) Sinclair. His father
was a native of Scotland, and was a sailor by occupation,
following the sea until his death in 1919. The mother,
who was also bom in Scotland, died in 1921.

Archie Sinclair was born in Scotiand, October 6,
1876. After his early education in the public schools of
his native land, he crossed the Atlantic and located in
the United States, taking a course at business college
in Chicago, Illinois. He then entered the employ of the
New York Central railroad, in clerical capacity, even-
tually becoming assistant to the vice-president, and was
thus engaged for a period of twelve years. Thereafter
coming to Toronto, Mr. Sinclair founded the present
business. Under the name of the Clements Manufactur-
ing Company, Ltd., he began the manufacture of a
line of vacuum cleaners, at No. 78 Duchess street, Toron-

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to, where he is still located. This was in 1913, and these
household necessities, which are known as the Cadillac
deaners, have gained a secure foothold on the Canadian
market. The business is steadily developing, and Mr.
Sinclair's prospects for the future are excellent As
secretary, treasurer and general manager of this con-
cern he governs the policies and directs the course of the
business. There are about twenty workmen employed
at the plant, and with an office force of four members
they keep a number of salesmen on the road constantly.
Mr. Sinclair is highly esteemed in the trade, and is a
member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association.

Fraternally, Mr. Sinclair is a well known member of
the Free and Accepted Masons, holding membership in
all the York Rite bodies, also in Rameses Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
He is a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Toronto
Canoe Club, and of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Sinclair married, in 1902, Jessie Mackenzie, who
was bom in Edinburgh, Scotland, and their four children
are: Julia Alexina, William Archie, Lillian Jessie, and
Donald James.

ARTHUR E. PRACK— A native of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, Mr. Prack came to Toronto in 1910 as a
representative of the firm of Bernard H. Prack, engineers
and architects, and, finding in this city professional
opportunities and congenial relations, qualified as a
Canadian citizen in 1918. Mr. Prack was born in 1892,
son of Andrew Prack.

Mr. Prack obtained his professional education in the
Carnegie Institute of Technology, of Pittsburgh , Pennsyl-
vania, and in 1910 came to this city in the interests of
the Bernard H. Prack organization, of which he is now

President and managing director. "The Prack Company
as executed many engineering and architectural con-
tracts and commissions in this section of Canada, and the
uniform high quality of its work has won it deservedly
eminent position among Canadian firms of this special
field. Mr. Prack has proved his technical and admini-
strative ability in its large affairs, and is widely known in
his profession. He is a member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers, is a thirty-second degree Mason; and
a member of the Ontario Club, Toronto Tennis Club,
Rosedale Golf Club, Weston Golf Club, and the Hamil-
ton Golf and Country Club. He finds his chief recreation
in golf, and in his leisure time can usually be found upon
the links of one of his clubs.

Mr. Prack married, April 9, 1919, Eleanor Virginia
Long, daughter of J. L. Long, of Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania. Mr. and Mrs. Prack have one child, Marjorie,
bom February 16, 1921.

EDWARD RICHARD LEWIS— In the leather
trade in Canada the wholesale house of Edward R. Lewis
& Company is well known, and during the decade in
which Mr. Lewis has operated independently in this
field of endeavor he has won his way to an assured
position in the trade. Mr. Lewis is of English ancestry,
and is a son of Alfred James Lewis, who was born in
Herefordshire, England. He was a mason and builder
by trade, but served in the British navy for a period
of five years, in the capacity of sick berth steward. He
then came to Canada, bringing his young bride with
him, and here followed his trade until his death, which
occurred in 1911. He married Mary Anne Elderton, who
was born in London, England, and still survives him,
at the age of eighty-four years.

Edward Richard Lewis was bom in Barrie, Ontario,
August 23, 1877. Receiving a thoroughly practical
education in the public schools of his native place, he
then entered the world of men and affairs. His first

business position was with Marrin & Company, of Bi
and in this connection he learned the decorating busii
remaining for four years. For two years thereafter
Lewis was engaged in various mercantile establishm
as clerk, then came to Toronto. Here he entered
employ of A. R. Clarke & Company, leading tannei
Ontario, and was associated with this concern foi
years. For a similar period he was identified with
firm of H. B. Johnston & Company, along the same
of business, and at the end of that time resigned f
their employ to enter the field for himself. "This wj
1912, and under his own name Mr. Lewis establis
the present interest, which has enjoyed a steady groi
He is also identified with the Phoenix Leather Compi
of Toronto, as a director.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. L
is fraternally connected with the Free and Acce]
Masons and the Royal Arch Masons, and he affili
with the Anglican church.

Mr. Lewis married, in 1903, Alice Maud Bennet
Toronto, who was born September 23, 1881, and they
the parents of the following children: Gerald Vi(
born May 24, 1904; Frederick Gordon, born Januarj
1906; Earl Edward, born September 10, 1907, die^
1916; Ivy Alice, born April 30, 1909, Herbert Dal
born September 23, 1915, and Ethel May, born A
29, 1919.

WILLIAM WORTH PEARSE, B.Sc, C.E.— F

responsible and important professional connection
New York City, Mr. Pearse returned to his na
Toronto, and since 1914 has been associated with
municipal administration in offices of primary stam
in the public affairs. Mr. Pearse is a member of a far
to which Toronto has long been home; his grandfa
Benjamin Worth, of this city, was most of his Hi
successful and well known building contractor,
father, W. Martin Pearse, and mother, Elizabeth (Wo
Pearse, were residents of Toronto, although Mr. Pe
was born in Cobourg, Ontario, and did not come to
city until he was eighteen. He studied art for
years, then went into the marble business, whicl
continued until his death.

William Worth Pearse is a native of Toronto, 1
in 1872. His early education was obtained in the pi
schools, in the Wellesley School, and Jarvis Collef^
Institute from which he graduated. He took up
study of architecture under the late W. G. Storm,
in 1893 passed with honors the final examination ot
Ontario Association of Architects. Instead of imi
lately setting up an office in his chosen professioi
embarked upon the study of civil engineering in
Cooper Union Institute of New York City, from v,
he received the degree of Bachelor of Science, an'
further post-graduate work, won the degree of
Engineer. At this time he also was elected an asso
member of the American Society of Civil Engii
In 1893 he became vice-president and chief engint
the John Radley Company of New York City, anc i
for many years at the head of its large constni :
work. In 1914 the call of his native city was too s f
to resist longer, and, resigning his position in New i
he accepted the place of city architect of Toronto n
put in five hard, successful years in this office, f
December 9, 1919, he was appointed business adr i
trator and secretary-treasurer of the Board of E '->
tion, which position he now holds (1921).

Mr. Pearse married June 25, 1900, Mabel Redr ic
of New York City. They have had three chil a
William Redmond, born in New York, died at th li
of eight; Elizabeth, born in Toronto, died at the i '
four; and Helen, born in Toionto, died at the i <

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ree. Mr. and Mrs. Pearse attend St. Paul's Anglican
hurch.

CECIL GEORGE CLATWORTHY— Mr. Clat-
jrthy's contribution to the business of which he is now
esident and managing director, that of Clatworthy &
(n, Limited, has been in diverting its major operations in
are equipment from importing and retailing to manu-
cturing lines, a field in which it now holds high rank,
addition to important business connections Mr.
atworthy is widely acquainted in musical circles and

his musical work finds his most enjoyable relaxation
)m business affairs.

Cecil George Clatworthy, son of George and Kitty
awer) Clatworthy, was born in Toronto, April 30,
84. After attending the public schools of Toronto he
IS sent to England for the remainder of his general
ucation and was a student in the Wellington Grammar
hool at Somerset, returning to Toronto in 1900, and

once entering his father's business. This enterprise,
>ablished in 1896, was devoted to importing and
,ail operations in display fixtures, wax forms, and
ler forms of store equipment, and Mr. Clatworthy,

pressed with the opportunities in the manufacture
: these products, was responsible for the opening of
;rk in this field. This new departure proved the avenue
; success in a measure impossible under the old methods,
ii at the present time, the firm, which was incorpora-
• in 1908 as Clatworthy & Son, Limited, manufactures
ire than one thousand articles in common use in stores,
le first location of the company was at No. 46 Rich-
ind street, later at No. 38 Adelaide street. West,
il since 1910 at No. 161 King street, West. In addition
:> being general manager and vice president of this
) anization, Mr. Clatworthy is president of the Ad-
jitable Dress Form Company, Ltd., of Canada, a con-
;'n whose market is in part that of the house of Clat-
ikrthy, and which has recently established a branch
3ce at Oxford street, London, England.

le is a member of the Board of Trade of the city of
r-onto, of the Empire Club, and of the Canadian
^,nufacturer8' Association.

Ax. Clatworthy is a member of the Arts and Letters
[lb, and is serving as organist and choir master of the
Circh of St. Mary the Virgin, Anglican. Musical
itiy has long been a favorite pursuit.

^r. Clatworthy married Emily Hart, eldest daughter
Jrteverend Canon A. Hart.

;HARLES henry cope— in the field of the manu-
;a;uring jewelers Mr. Cope has made a marked success
ii now stands among the leaders, his plant in Toronto
:i;iing out a very choice line of goods. Mr. Cope's
fa.ily has long been resident in Toronto, and he is a son
jfBenjamin and Elizabeth (Konsman) Cope, who
w e both born in this city. The elder Mr. Cope was born
niarch, 1847, and has been associated with the widely-
«wn firm of Gunn & Company, Ltd., for forty-four
yers, during the greater part of that time as buyer.
n mother, who was born in October, 1852, died May
M 1914.

harles Henry Cope was bom in Toronto, July 1,
183. Receiving his early education in the public schools
)f he_ city, he completed his studies at the Harbord
Ctegiate Institute. His first business experience was
wii F. A. Parkington, a leading jeweler of the day, and
itihis connection Mr. Cope served his apprenticeship
to he trade, remaining in the employ of the firm for a
pCDd of nine years. In 1905 he entered business
^Himself, locating first at No. 11}^ Richmond street,
SV't, where he carried the business forward for three
'ess. The growth and development of the interest mak-

ing larger quarters imperative, he then removed to No.
51 Richmond street. East, where he is still located. He
manufacturers a general line of jewelry, of distinctive
styles and designs, but makes a specialty of signet rings,
in which line he leads the trade in the Dominion.

Fraternally, Mr. Cope is widely known, being a mem-
ber of John Ross Robinson Lodge, No. 545, Free and
Accepted Masons; Beaches Chapter, Royal Arch Mas-
ons; Geoffrey Preceptory, Knights Templar; Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite; and also Rameses Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He
is a member of the Old Colony Club, and of the Metho-
dist church.

Mr. Cope married, on January 2, 1905, Maud Chariotte
Smith, who was born in Toronto, May 17, 1884, and they
are the parents of two children: Euphrasia Vera, born
July 26, 1908; and Charles Henry, Jr., born February
12, 1916.

ALEXANDER THOM CRINGAN— Among the
prominent citizens of Toronto who have rendered dis-
tinguished service to the community is Alexander Thom
Cringan, who since 1885 has been wielding a wide in-
fluence in musical circles and in the field of musical in-
struction in the city.

Born in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, October 13,
1860, son of Robert Ellis and Janet (Thom) Cringan,
Mr. Cringan received his early education in the public
schools of his native city, and then began his professional
studies at the Tonic-Sol-Fa College, at London, England,
where he remained for a period of three years, from 1884
to 1887, graduating in the latter year with the degrees of
Graduate and Licentiate of the Tonic-Sol-Fa College.
In 1885 he came to Canada, returning to England for
the college term in 1886. He then began his professional
career in Toronto, continuing, in themeantime, his stud-
ies in the University of Toronto, from which he received
the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1899. He was direc-
tor of music in the public schools of Toronto from 1886
to 1901, which position he filled with such marked
ability that he was appointed teacher of music in the
Normal and Model schools in 1901. During this same
time, beginning in 1900, he was teacher of vocal music
in the Toronto Conservatory of Music. In addition to
the responsibilities of these important positions, he was
actively engaged in conducting various organizations of a
public character. He was choirmaster of the Central
Presbyterian Church of Toronto from 1887 to 1895; and
later choirmaster at Cooke's Presbyterian Church from
1895 to 1900. Besides all these regular connections and
activities, he has constantly had charge of the music at
all public celebrations and at innumerable special events
arranged by various organizations and institutions of the
city. When the Women's Christian Temperance Union
Convention was held in Toronto in 1897, he conducted
the music and was especially complimented by the late
Frances E. Willard; and when King George and Queen
Mary (then Duke and Duchess of York) came to Toronto
in 1901, Mr. Cringan conducted the chorus of 6,000
children which greeted the Royal pair upon their en-
trance into the city, being warmly commended by both
"for the excellence of the chorus." He conducted the
chorus of 1,000 at the opening of Massey Hall, in 1894,
and a chorus of 1,200 at the opening of the Parliament
buildings. He is also the author of numerous works in the
musical field, including: the "Canadian Music Course,"
the Educational Music Course," "Conservatory Sight
Singing Method," and "The Teacher's Handbook."
In addition to these original works, he has collected and
transcribed several hundred traditional melodies of the
Iroquois Indian, and has given lecture courses on that
and other musical subjects both in Canada and in Britain.

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He is a member of the Toronto Clef Club, of which he was
president in 1903-04, and fraternally, he is affiliated with
the Free and Accepted Masons, a member of St. Andrew's
Lodge. His religious affiliation is with the Presbyterian
church. "A thorough musician and an admirable teach-
er," he has been pronounced by competent critics, and as
such his influence during the neatly forty years of his
work in Toronto has been exceedingly great, and of in-
tiinsic value. In 1918 Mr. Cringan was appointed by the
Minister of Education as inspector of music in the
public and separate schools of Ontario. His capacity
in this work is to visit all schools in which music is
taught as an advisor and counsellor. His work carries
him throughout the entire Province of Ontario, from
Windsor in the South to Cochrane in the North. For the
past twelve years Mr. Cringan has been principal of the
summer school for teachers and supervisors of music.
The work is done solely by Mr. Cringan.

Mr. Cringan married, on August 18, 1882, Lillias
Waugh, third daughter of John and Agnes (Rennie)
Waugh, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and they are the
parents of a large family, nine sons and two daughters.
The family residence is at No. 1260 Broadview avenue,
Toronto.

CHARLES A. McARTHUR— Neil McArthur, senior
member of The McArthur Smith Company, was born
in the Isle of lona, in the Highlands of Scotland. He
came to Canada while quite young, and settled in the
township of Luther, county of Dufferin, where he taught
school and held office in the township council for over
fourteen years. Here he married Mary A. Erskine.who
was bojn in County Armagh, Ulster, Ireland. On De-
dember 5, 1863, Charles A. the eldest son was born, who
later became second member of the above company.

In 187-5 the family moved to Toronto, where Neil Mc-
Arthur entered into building operations, confining his
work to the erection of six and eight roomed private
dwellings, which were then, as now, in popular demand.
When Charles A. had completed his education, he
entered the employ of the then well known firm of
Boulton, Rolph & Brown, solicitors for the Imperial
Loan Company, where he obtained a practical knowledge
in the loan and real estate business, which, coupled with
considerable experience in bookkeeping in the produce
exchange. New York City, and with the T. Christie
Company, wholesale furriers, Toronto, fitted him for the
formation of the real estate business with his father.
In 1883 the business was organized under the name of
"The McArthur Smith Company," with headquarters at
the foot of Toronto street on King street, being a section
of the present King Edward Hotel site.

At this juncture. Major Charles Smith of Orangeville,
who possessed an intimate knowledge of buying and sell-
ing farm lands, was introduced as a partner into the firm,
and continued in that relation until moving to Moose
Jaw, where he has at the present time large holdings of
farm lands, etc. In 1900 the company moved to their

? resent place of business at the bank chambers. No. 34
'onge street, where they have carried on a successful
business for about twenty-two years. During this period
of nearly fifty years, the members of this firm have wit-
nessed many changes in their city, for example: in the
item of transportation, from the horse drawn sleigh with
pea-straw as a foot warmer, to the modern electrically
propelled and heated street car. These improvements
are important factors in the sale of outlying and suburban
properties. On March 3, 1920, the death occurred of the
senior member, Neil McArthur, at the age of seventy-
seven years. He had been elder and an active member of
St. Giles' Presbyterian Church, until he moved to Muir
avenue, in the West End. The present head of the

firm, Charles A., is like his father, a member and mj
ger in the Presbyterian church. He is associated with
following societies: Coronati Lodge, Masonic; C<
Queen City, Canadian Foresters; and No. 857, Qi
City Loyal Orange Association, also a member of
Canadian Club, practically since its inception.

Mr. McArthur married Charlotte Shaw, daughte
the late Richard Shaw, formerly of Bowmanville, Onta
They have two daughters: Sadie Irene, born June
1890, who is now wife of Lieutenant L. P. Newton,
Dorabel, born August 6, 1904.

JOHN M. BASCOM, whose long experience in
insurance business places him in the position of an autl
ity in this field of endeavor, comes of a family 1
prominent in Ontario in various commercial activil
and is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Moggric
Bascom. The elder Mr. Bascom was born in Uxbric
Ontario, and was for many years engaged in the c
service, following this line of effort until his recent de;
in 1921. The mother, who was born at Prince Alb
Ontario, is still living.

John M. Bascom was born in Toronto, April 9, If
Receiving his early education in the public schooli
the city, he completed his preparation for his careei
the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute. His first busit
association was with the Lancashire Fire Insurance Ci
pany, with which concern he remained for a period
five and one-half years. He then became connected v,
the Canadian Fire Underwriters' Association, where
gained a broadly compiehensive grasp of the insura
idea in its practical development throughout the Don
ion. In 1904 Mr. Bascom resigned from the association
accept the position of inspector for the North Brit
Mercantile Insurance Company, and was engaged v.
this concern for three years. His next step was into
own business as a member of the firm of Love, Hamil
& Bascom, which in 1909, with the reception of anot
paitner, became the present firm of Murphy, Love, Hi
ilton & Bascom. The business was established at No.
Toronto street, but with its steady growth and the nei
sity of more suitable quarters, was removed in 1914 to
Dominion Bank building, where it has since been loca
and now holds a foremost position in the insurance wo
The concern represents six leading insurance compai
Mr. Bascom, as one of the executives of this concern,
man of large business affairs. Socially, he holds mem
ship in the National Club and the Mississauga (
Club, and his chief recreative interest is indicated in
latter. He is a member of the Anglican church.

Mr. Bascom married, in 1903, Emily Heintzmar
Toronto, and they have two children: John H., 1
March 15, 1911, and Elizabeth Katherine, born Apr
1917.

ROBERT WILLIAM LOVE— In insurance cii
in Toronto Mr. Love is widely known, and his i i
experience in this business, first as an assistant and 1 i
as an executive, has carried him far and high in his ch' '
occupation. Mr. Love, while of Canadian birth, i f
Scottish descent, and is a son of Niel C. and Ma:
(Garbut) Love. "The father, who was born in Saltci
Scotland, is now deceased, and the mother, who ?
born in Yorkshire, England, died in 1920.

Robert William Love was born in Toronto, '
received his early education in the public schools o !
native city, attending the Model School, and later ta t
a course at the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute. Vi
still a young man he entered the offices of the Lancat
Fire Insurance Company, in Toronto, and was associ o
with this company for fifteen years, working up frc >
subordinate position to one of considerable respi i'

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He was, thereafter, engaged with the Royal
nee Company for two and a half years, but event-
uade this but a stepping stone to his present
ive activities. In 1907 he became a member of the
Love, Hamilton & Bascom, and two years later
use assumed its present name of Murphy, Love,
on * Bascom, with the acquisition of the senior
:. Doing business at No. 28 Toronto street until
hey then removed to the Dominion Bank building,
they are still located. They have enjoyed large
i, representing six of the leading insurance com-
in Ontario. Mr. Love's more personal interests
• membership in the Free and Accepted Masons,
ch order he holds the thirty-second degree, and
1 the Independent Order of Foresters. He is a
>r of the National and Empire clubs, and the Lake-
lolf and Country Club, is a member of the Toronto
of Trade, and of the Methodist church.

^N A. HARGRAFT— A member of the younger
ss fraternity of Ontario, Alan A. Hargraft was born
onto in the year 1895, son of John and Eva (Boyes)
aft. He received his education at the upper Canada
e, and the University School. After his graduation
2, he entered the Bank of Commerce and spent a
<r of years as a clerk in that institution. His posi-

the bank afforded him an opportunity to acquire
ough knowledge of banking methods. In 1914 he

p his position at the bank and entered the firm of
■ ift & Sons, Ltd., as a junior member. This firm, of

his father, the late John Hargraft, was the president

under, is one of the leading tobacco agencies of
no, and conducts a large wholesale business.

mpany was first established at Toronto in 1904
lanufacturer's agency. It was this company that put
Im's Bay Company Imperial Mixture before the
)i of Eastern Canada, and today it is the largest
n tin tobacco on the market. The Hargraft Com-
y'rom the time of its inception has been successful,

day the firm is a manufacturers' representative
;1 largest firms in the Dominion of Canada and the
tt States. The Company has oflnces in Montreal,
:so, and Los Angeles. Mr. John Hargraft, his father,

resident of the company until his death in 1917,

t G. Hargraft became president, with Alan A. as
-lesident and secretary-treasurer. The present
:e of the company are at No. 511 King street, East.
1 )15 Mr. Hargraft enlisted in the navy. He was
imsioned a lieutenant, and served with distinction
the years. In 1919, upon receiving his discharge, he
ir d to Toronto and resumed his work as a member
hrirm of Hargraft & Sons, Ltd. Mr. Hargraft is a
ntr of the Anglican church, is an ardent devotee of
, lid is an active member of the Lambton Golf
b.He also holds membership in the Royal Cana-
n acht Club.

)nictober 12, 1920, he married Dorothy Blackey, of
■010, and they have one son, John A. Hargraft. The
»il; residence is at No. 174 Northcliffe boulevard,
roo.

-E" IS SANAGAN ELSIE^At the head of an inter-
in concern producing an eminently practical special-
'Usie has won his way to the front ranks of the
uring world, and is well known as the head of the
K'ineering and Machine Company, Ltd., manu-
if heating equipment, etc. Mr. Elsie is a son of
nd Priscilla Ann (Sanagan) Elsie, and the family
in Canada for many years, both his parents
iieen born here, his father in Fingaul, Ontario,
i h| mother in Delaware, Ontario. The father was

active as a cooper until his death, which occurred in 1914,
and the mother still survives him.

Lewis Sanagan Elsie was born in Delaware, Ontario,
June 3, 1884. Educated in the public schools of his
native place, his first employment was with the London
Machinery and Tool Company, of London, Ontario, and
remaining there for a period of eighteen years, Mr.
Elsie worked up from apprentice to superintendent of
the plant. In 1919 he came to the city of Toronto to
enter the present field of manufacture under the name
above mentioned. Associating himself with Mr. H. H.
Angus, Mr. Elsie has acted as manager of production,
holding the offices of secretary and treasurer of the
company. With their plant located at No. 23 River street
they manufacture a variety of machinery, making a
specialty of hot water heating equipment, steam pumps,
and hot water circulating pumps. After a history covering
a period of only three years, the business is reaching a
very wide territory and holding a significant position
in its particular field.

By virtue of his connection with this enterprise, Mr.
Elsie is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers'
Association. Fraternally, he holds membership in
Queen City Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and he
is actively identified with the Young Men's Christian
Association on boys' work. He is a member of the Dan-
forth Methodist Church.

Mr. Elsie married, in 1907, Annetta Grace Hearts, of
Hamilton, Ontario, who was born September 11, 1882,
at Teeswater, Ontario. They have one child: Robert
Lemuel, born June 16, 1909. The family reside at No.
87 Chester avenue.

FREDERICK CHILDERHOUSE BURROUGHES

— For many years widely prominent in the business
world of Toronto, and always alert to the progress of the
times in every field of human endeavor, Frederick Chil-
derhouse Burroughes has left on the annals of his day
the mark of a man of high calibre. He was a son of Robert
and Mary (Childerhouse) Burroughes, who came to
Canada from Attleborough, England, in 1862, settling
in Ottawa, Ontario. Robert Burroughes was engaged
in those early years as a civil servant in the Crown Lands
Department, but when the Provincial Capital and
Parliament buildings were removed to Toronto he came
here with his family, where they still reside.

Frederick Childerhouse Burroughes was born in
Attleborough, England, May 21, 1856, and died in Toron-
to, May 24, 1917. Coming to Canada with his parents
as a boy, Mr. Burroughes acquired his early education
in the public schools of Ottawa, Ontario, later also,
upon the removal of the family to Toronto, he attended
the schools of this city. Attracted to a commercial career,
he secured employment with the furniture firm of Jacques
& Hayes, where he served a formal apprenticeship and
found the business broadly congenial. Mr. Burroughes
spent two years in Chicago, Illinois, familiarizing himself
with various departments of the furniture business under
different conditions, and with this additional equipment
returned to Ontario. Locating in Stratford, he took
over the management of the manufacturing and whole-
sale business of Campbell & Abram, of that place, and
was very successful in this responsible position. In 1887
Mr. Burroughes returned to Toronto, and, entering into
a partnership with Richard Potter, established a retail
furniture business at the corner of Queen and Portland
streets, where the Dominion Bank now stands. The en-
terprise prospered, and soon Mr. Burroughes purchased
the interests of his partner, and controlled the entire
business. Still ambitious, and unwilling to limit hie
activities even to this breadth, he bought out the firm
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in the furniture business. Shortly afterward the great
depression which became a matter of history in the
furniture trade threatened the very foundation of his
success, but Mr. Burroughes possessed the hardihood
and indomitable energy to win through the adverse
conditions, and these, together with his unfailing faith
in the future of the city, carried him forward to an assured
position in its business life. In 1907 the concern was in-
corporated as the F. C. Burroughes Furniture Company,
of which he became president. The rapidity of its
growth was marvelous, a modern store building of large
dimensions having been elected at Queen and Bathurst
streets, and a warehouse of great floor space being built
in 1912. In his passing, but a few years before the end of
the allotted span of life, he left, in this successful enter-
prise, a memorial greater and finer than any mausoleum,
a living part of the city in which he had so long resided.

In various interests of a less personal nature Mr.
Burroughes was always active. He was a member of the
Toronto Board of Trade, and politically was always a
Conservative, although never a candidate for public
office. Fraternally, he held membership in the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a member of the
Mississauga Golf Club, and his recreative interests also
included fishing and water sports. He was very fond of
travel, which became his chief pleasure in his later years.
In every relation his character was marked by the
strictest integrity and a high sense of honor, and he had
countless friends, some of the most loyal being among
his employees, of whom he was most considerate, many
remaining with him for years. Quiet and unassuming,
Mr. Burroughes was deeply interested in every advance
movement, and generously supported many worthy
benevolences. Among his business associates he was most
highly honored and esteemed, as well as among the
personal friends to whom his death was as the loss of a
brother, and in every circle which has known him his
memory will long be cherished. He was a consistent
member of Trinity Methodist Church of Toronto.

In 1885, in Stratford, Ontario, when his business in-
terests were there, Mr. Burroughes married Lucy
Eleanor Struthers, daughter of Robert Carlyle and Lucy
Ann (Stephens) Struthers. Her father came to Canada
from Scotland as a young man and became inspector of
the public schools of Northumberland, Ontario, then
later, for the last ten years of his life, was a general
merchant at Chatham, Kent county, Ontario. Mr. and
Mrs. Burroughes were the parents of two sons: Bert
Carlyle, now president of the F. C. Burroughes Furniture
Company, Ltd., who has always been associated with
his father in the furniture business; and Captain C.
Roy, a graduate of Toronto University, B.A., 1909,
who was called to the bar in 1912, although he has never
followed professional practice. He is now vice-president
of the F. C. Burroughes Furniture Company, Ltd., devot-
ing his time to this business. He took the officers'
training course in 1915, became adjutant of the 234th
Battalion, with the rank of lieutenant, and was sent
overseas. He returned to Canada at the time of his
father's death and then departed for the front as a mem-
ber of the 50th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary
Forces, serving until the close of the war, and being
gassed at Valenciennes, November 1, 1918. He is a
member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Scarboro
Golf Club, Toronto Skating Club, and lives at home.

THOMAS RALPH BARFORD— Trained in the

Mother Country in his chosen line of industrial effort,
and a highly skilled and practical artizan, Mr. Barford
is holding a position of responsibility as manager of the
Beaver Brass Manufacturing Company, Ltd., of Toronto.
Mr. Barford is of English nativity, and is a son of

Samuel and Rebecca (Robinson) Barford, both 1
Luton, Bedfordshire, England. His father was e
in a commercial business until his death, but the
is still living.

Thomas Ralph Barford was born in Luton, B
shire, England, February 9, 1872. Educated in th(
schools of his native place, he afterwards learr
trade of brass finishing and engineering and was
in this line of endeavor in England until 1911
he came to Canada, locating at once in Torontc
he became associated with the James Morrison
Company, where he wasengaged three years as m;
then was with J. J. McLaughlin for two years as fc
He then resigned from this position to accept a
one with the present company. In this connect!
Barford served as foreman for a period of six year
purchasing an interest in the company, becam
president of the concern and general mana
the plant. The Beaver Brass Manufacturini
pany, Ltd., was formed March 12, 1913, the (
partners being F. L. Burton, William D. Sar
and Edmund H. Edwards. With offices and
at No. 24 Adelaide street. West, the company i
propitious start, and through later developnit
quiring expansion, removed first to No. 83 R
street, and in 1921 to the present location, at >
King street, West. There was no change in tl
sonnel of the concern for about six years, then i
W. H. Wilson bought Mr. Sanderson's interest;
later William A. Quinn bought an interest, and i
Mr. Barford became financially interested, risin
foreman to vice-president and general manager
Burton has been president since the inception
enterprise, Mr. Quinn is now the secretary and
urer, and Mr. Wilson is a director. The companj
of the foremost in the city in the manufacture c
work, producing a general line.

In his personal interests Mr. Barford is frat
identified with the Sons of England, and pel
supports the Conservative party. He is a membe:
Presbyterian church, and active in the work
church.

Mr. Barford married, in 1897, Jessie Smith, w
born in Scotland, and they are the parents of thr
dren: George, Ralph Alexander, and Ivy Roseh

MAJOR CLAUDE SAVERY POTE— The pos

Major Pote in the Toronto community is that of
of-affairs who has made substantial contribution:
progress and prosperity of the city, and who, dui
period of the Great World War, rendered i
service recognized by high honors. He is a me
an old English family, son of Samuel Robert ani
(Savery) Pote.

Major Pote was born in Devonshire, Englai
17, 1880, and obtained his early education in
School in his native country, then becoming a »l
His increasing familiarity with real estate conditi
values early turned his attention to real estate bn
and the possibilities of development in the D
appealing to him, he came to Canada in 1902. He
became identified with the Canadian Casualty C< *
and after a short period with that concern pnte
association with the Standard Loan Compaiv
there from 1903 until 1907. At this time -
the management of the Dovercourt Land Built ,
Savings Company, Ltd., of Toronto, and while » '
organization sold the vast property known as L "'
Park, which is one of the finest real estate devel
in Canada, and at about the same time they
large pioneer development on St. Clair avenui
development preceded the street railway on '

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273

le. This activity was most important and led to
iter activities in this district. In 1922 Major Pote
associates organized the Toronto Real Estate
ice Corporation, Ltd., of which he is president and
ging director, a corporation organized to assist
idividual home builder. Major Pote was active
is work until the outbreak of World War with
oe.

ving served with the Yeomanry Cavalry in Eng-
he placed his training and military experience at
irvice of his adopted country and in 1915 joined the
dian Expeditionary Forces. He went overseas with
5th Battalion, later being transferred to the 20th
ilion, and served in France with great distinction,
ing the Military Cross after the engagement at the
le, September 15, 1916, in which he was wounded,
returning to Canada, Major Pote held many respon-
positions in connection with the recruiting work of
eriod and was appointed to the permanent court
al board.

er the signing of the armistice he returned to civil
esuming his connections in real estate and invest-
lines, with offlces in the Lumsden building, in
lership with Major W. T. Rogers, his present
|ate. Major Pote has been identified with the devel-
int of Vaughan Road Heights, at Eglinton avenue,
irgest operation of its class in the Toronto district,
I has been completed under his direction, and he has
een responsible in leading degree for the promotion
-•Master Heights, another important sub-division
•onto. Undue emphasis cannot be placed upon the
: of work of this kind to the city, conducted upon the
1 ilane Major Pote has consistently followed, for in

I me measure that private enterprises are dependent
iccess upon the vision, initiative, and energy of a

dividuals, so the growth and development of a city,
nxiraum of benefit is to be derived, must be planned

iiided by realtors animated no less by public spirit
ijy commercial considerations.

II or Pote's clubs are the Albany and Granite, and he
Jj' a member of the Canadian Military Institute,
itally, he endorses the Conservative party, but has
^sought public honors. His recreative interests
i^B motoring, riding, bowling and tennis. He is
lOiber of the Anglican church.

lor Pote married, in 1908, Helen Beatrice Horton,
j|lerich, Ontario, and they have two sons and two
■ers.

SN W. GOOCH— Of the manufacturing enter"
leiestablished in Toronto within recent years, one
;hjmost interesting is the Canadian Metal Window
i ^el Products Company, of which John W. Gooch is
h^d. Mr. Gooch is of English nativity, and is a son
^liam David and Janet (Cutter) Gooch, who
epth born in London, England. William D. Gooch
> ifnan of prominence in his day in London, a civil
iniT by profession, and for many years so widely
gl as a consulting engineer that his time was there-
copletely absorbed. He died in 1908, after an active
I yful life. The mother still survives him.
O'i W. Gooch was born in London, England, April
LSI. Receiving a practical education in the public
ooj of his native city, and choosing an industrial
[jeihan a professional career, he entered the employ
iuphreys, Limited, and was engaged with that con-
n f • four years. He was next associated for a similar
louith David Rowell, of Westminster, England, after
ichje became identified with the Cuttall Manufactur-

' '■'pany, of Braintree, England, the largest manu-

of steel sash and casements in the world.

1 ly with the latter concern for two years, Mr.

Gooch then came to Canada, and locating in Toronto, be-
came associated with the A. B. Ormsby Company, where
he remained until 1920. At that time he, with E. R.
Jacob, established the Canadian Metal Window and
Steel Products Company. The present personnel of the
company is John W. Gooch, president, E. R. Jacob,
director and general manager, and A. E. Griffiths, treas-
urer. With plant and head offices at No. 160 River street,
Toronto, the concern has become, it is understood, the
largest manufacturers of steel sash and casements in the
world, and the only one manufacturing steel sash in
Toronto at this time (1922). The enterprise is growing
rapidly, and is one of the promising industries of this
city. Mr. Gooch holds membership in the Canadian
Manufacturers' Association, and in the Toronto Board of
Trade. He is a member of the Sixty Club of Toronto,
and is a member of the Anglican church.

Mr. Gooch married, in 1911, Winifred Margaret
Griffiths, who was born in London, England, and they
have three children: Margaret D., Peter W., and Law-
rence Charles. The family home is at No. 50 Neville
Park boulevard.

VINCENT DAVID HARBINSON— Chartered ac-
countants, like physicians, get very close to the pulse
of a people. To them come the men of business for advice
or remedies, and just as the physician must bring to his
practice an understanding of human nature, as well as
of the structure of the body, so accountants must under-
stand the caprice and vagaries of the business world.

Harbinson & Allen, chartered accountants, at No.
72 Queen street. West, in the practice of their profession
throughout the Province, rank high, and this high stand-
ing is perhaps as much due to their knowledge of the
difficulties which lie behind business embarrassments,
as to their ability to bring harmony out of decidedly
chaotic conditions often confronting them.

Vincent David Harbinson, senior member of the firm
of Harbinson & Allen, was born at Manchester, England,
son of Robert John and Leah (Watmough) Harbinson.
He was educated at St. Michael's and All Angels School,
Professor Dodds Private School, and the Technical
College at Bradford, England. After leaving school he
was articled to a chartered accountant at Bradford. In
1913 he was admitted a member of the Institute of Char-
tered Accountants in England and Wales, and in the same
year he left England, for Canada, with Toronto as his
objective. There he became associated with the firm of
Clarkson, Gordon & Dilworth, chartered accountants,
and in 1914 became a member of the Ontario Institute of
Chartered Accountants. In 1919, just three years after
his arrival in Toronto, he organized the present firm.
He is a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church, West
Toronto, and is a member of the Empire Club of Toronto.

Mr. Harbinson married, in Toronto, in 1918, Ida
Irene Nobel of West Toronto. They have one son, Vin-
cent Nobel, and one daughter, Ida Kathleen. The
family reside at No. 199 Glendonwynne road.

THOMAS BAILEY SPEIGHT— In his lifelong ac-
tivities as land surveyor, Thomas Bailey Speight has
won a position of recognized prominence. He and Colonel
Van Nostrand are the two senior members of the firm
of Speight & Van Nostrand, formed in the year 1885.
Descended from old English ancestry, Mr. Speight is a
son of William and Ann (Bailey) Speight, both natives
of Bingley, England. Mr. Speight's parents came to
Canada in the year 1 868, and his father being a shoemaker
by trade has followed that occupation throughout his
career. He is now living at an advanced age, at Maple,
Ontario, and is practically retired from all activity, but
the mother died in the year 1913.

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

Thomas Bailey Speight was born in Bingley, York-
shire, England, February 8, 1859, and attended the
public schools of his native place. Coming with the
family to Canada in 1868, he lived at the new home in
Fisherville, Ontario, and was employed at farm work
until 1877. In that year he entered the employ of Silas
James, Dominion land surveyor and Provincial land
surveyor, as chairman. During the latter part of the
same year Mr. Speight came to Toronto and for a short
time was a student at the Model School. After leaving
school he passed the necessary preliminary examinations
and was articled to Mr. Silas James, at that time super-
intendent of York roads. Passing the examinations as
Ontario land surveyoi in 1881, he was within the year
accepted as a partner by Mr. James, his formei precep-
tor, and under the name of James & Speight this paitner-
ship endured for four years. Meanwhile, in November,
1882, Mr. Speight passed the examinations for Domin-
ion land surveyor, thus broadening the field of his
activities.

In 1885, upon the dissolution of the above partnership,
Mr. Speight became the head of the present firm of
Speight & Van Nostrand. Mr. Van Nostrand, whose
life is reviewed elsewhere in this work, is also a veteran
land surveyor of the Province and Dominion, and during
their association of thirty-seven years, the partners have
handled work of large significance in the city of Toronto,
in the Province of Ontario, and also throughout the Do-
minion, especially in Northern Ontario, where Mr.
Speight was engaged continuously for thirty-eight
seasons in the survey of new townships, timber limits,
base and exploration lines, the latter chiefly during the
past twenty years, for the Department of Lands, Forest
& Mines.

In the course of these various activities, Mr. Speight
won his way to a position of wide prominence in the pro-
fession. For many years a member of the Association of
Ontario Land Surveyors, he served for one year as pres-
ident of that body. He is now chairman of the council,
also chairman of the board of examiners, succeeding in
both these offices the late George B. Kirkpatrick, late
director of surveys of the Department of Lands & For-
ests of Ontario. Mr. Speight has been a member of the
board of examiners during the past twelve years. He is
a member of the Dominion Land Surveyors' Association,
and a member of the Toronto Board of Trade. Frater-
nally, Mr. Speight holds membership in Vaughan Lodge,
No. 54, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a charter
member of the Engineers' Club, is a member of the
Ontario Club, the Canadian Club, and of the Lake
Shore Country Club. Politically he supports the Liberal
Party, and he is a member of the Congregational church.

Mr. Speight married, at Maple, Ontario, on Novem-
ber 12, 1903, Jennie Phillips, of that place, and they now
reside at No. 64 Douglas drive, Toronto.

SAMUEL JOHN RUTHERFORD— As a young man
of nineteen years Mr. Rutherford joined the organiza-
tion of the Toronto Plate Glass Importing Company,
Ltd., three years after its establishment in 1886. From
the position of junior clerk, which he first occupied, he
was promoted to posts of increasing importance, and in
1918 succeeded to the presidency of this widely known
manufacturing and importing concern. Mr. Rutherford
is a native of Millbank, Perth county, Ontario, son of
William Rutherford, who died in 1886, and Eleanor
(Freeborn) Rutherford, now (1921) living at Los Angeles,
California. Both of his parents were natives of Ireland
and came to Ontario about 1833, settling first in Peter-
borough,. Ontario, shortly afterward moving to Mill-
bank. William Rutherford was a merchant and man-

ufacturer of the latter place, and for forty years
the office of postmaster.

Samuel John Rutherford was born in 1870, am
attending the Millbank public schools was a stud
a collegiate institute at Stratford, Ontario. Ir
he came to Toronto, and in 1889 entered the emj
the Toronto Plate Glass Importing Company, L
junior clerk. This business had been establisl
1886 for the manufacture of mirrors, stained ai
glass, and for the importation of window glasses,
1907 incorporation was made by Edwin Hill, it
president. At this time Mr. Rutherford was elec
the vice-presidency, and in 1918 he succeeded
presidency. The company employs about one hi
persons, finding a ready market for its manufactun
imported lines throughout the Dominion. Er
the Organization when it was in its infancy, Mr. R
ford has been identified with the successful de
ments that have made it the prosperous concert
and has contributed in large measure to its succef
is also a director of Malcolm & Hill, Ltd., of Kite
Ontario, manufacturers of high grade furniture.

Mr. Rutherford is a member of the Canadian 1
facturers' Association and the Board of Trade, his
memberships being in the Ontario Club, the Sc;
Golf Club, the Eastbourne Golf Club, of which 1
director, and the Canada Lawn Bowling Club. In p
he is a Conservative, and he and his family are me
of the Presbyterian church.

Samuel John Rutherford married, in 1902,
MacLaren, of Toronto, sister of the late A. F. Mac]
M.P. They are the parents of: Helen, William,
beth, John and Ruth.

ARTHUR FREDERICK WELLS— Head c

corporation, Wells & Gray, Limited, Arthur F. Wei!
tinned a connection with construction engineering
in 1906. Mr. Wells is a son of George Wells, wh(
from England about 1835 and settled in Essex c
Ontario, engaging in farming operations throughi
active years. His death occurred in 1885, and (
his wife, Elizabeth (Ure) Wells, a native of Essex c
in 1889. Arthur Frederick Wells was born in
county, Ontario, in 1880, and after attendini
schools and Windsor Collegiate Institute, was gra
from the School of Science of the University of T
with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1904. :
1904 to 1906 he was engaged in engineering work '
ious kinds, principally at Niagara Falls, and i I
he made his entrance into construction lines as a r ;
of the firm of the Concrete Engineering & Const i
Company. In 1909 this concern was merged w
Bishop Construction Company, and in 1910 Mi ii
withdrew from the latter organization and forr,
firm of Wells & Gray, Limited, with John V. Or: f
president. Mr. Gray withdrew from the firm i !
and since that time Mr. Wells has conducted *
tensive operations. The Company's field is i"
construction, principally of industrial buildings, (i
business has been transacted throughout the P ii
A force of from one hundred and fifty to two hunc ii
fifty men are employed in the operations of the c( »
and since 1913 a branch office has been maint; ii
Windsor. The work of the firm has included a f
buildings of the Ford Motor Company's plant '
Ontario; the Ford plant at London, Ontario; tl
national Harvester Company's plant at Chath
tario; the Fairbanks-Morse building, Torontc
0-Lite Company's plant at Toronto; Yong'
Subway for the Canadian Pacific Railway C' !
the Canadian Pacific railway viaduct crossin 1'
voir Park ravine; the Kelsey Wheel Company's «'

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dsor; the Ideal Fence and Spring Company's plant,
dsor; The Harris Abattoir Company's additions to
main plant, Toronto; the Swift-Canadian cold storage
;house, office building and Fertilizer building, several
dings for Walker's Sons, Limited, at Walkerville,
ario, Canadian Pacific railway stations at North
idale and Guelph, Ontario, the Toronto Transpor-
)n Commission's barns on Danforth avenue, Toronto,

numerous school buildings, including the Windsor
egiate Institute. Mr. Wells, who occupies a position
irominence in his business, is a member of the En-
ers' Club, the Mississauga Golf Club, the Essex
nty Golf Club, and fraternizes with Mississauga
ge, No. 524, of the Masonic order. In politics he is a
servative, and his religious affiliation is with Trinity
glican) Church, of Port Credit, Ontario, where the
ily resides.

Ir. Wells married, in Sandwich, Ontario, in 1908,
bara Spiers, daughter of John Spiers, of Sandwich,
ario. They are the parents of: Isabel, Florence,

Barbara.

\NDFORD F. SMITH— With a professional ex-
3nce that includes a term of practice in New York

, and a military record extending over a period of
iity-three years in peace and war, Mr. Smith has
is in the Toronto community as a successful architect,
::iber of the firm of McGiffen & Smith, at No. 57
en street. West,
i.ndford F. Smith was born in Peterborough, Ontar-

1 May, 1874, and there attended public and private
bis, following technical studies in the school of
i*ce for one year. For five years after the completion

s formal education he was a student in the offices
\e firm of Strickland & Symond, architects, and then
r wo years was associated with architects in New
3;. City. Returning to Toronto he was from 1902 to
1 associated in partnership with Acton Bond, in the
nof Bond & Smith. In September, 1919, the firm of
ciffen & Smith was organized, and Mr. Smith's
e nt professional activities are as a member thereof.
rSmith is a member of the Toronto Association of
•citects, and has made for himself a responsible place

is calling.

&■. Smith's long military career began with his en-
tosnt in 1898, and his subsequent appointment as
unant in the Governor-General's body guard. The
It eak of the World War found him upon the rolls of
e anadian Expeditionary Forces, and in 1915 he went
'eeas with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, in command

t'. 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, being {transferred

nrch, 1916, to the Cavalry branch (Canadian Light

or). He participated in much of the heaviest fighting

tl war, twice mentioned in dispatches, and wears the

iion of the Distinguished Service Order. In

•19, he returned to Canada and now holds the

colonel, in command of the First Mounted

Toronto. Colonel Smith has numerous fraternal

il connections in the city, affiliating with Ashlar

Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and his

'■mberships are in the Toronto Hunt Club, and

ional Club. He is a communicant of the Anglican

irried, in Ottawa, in September, 1905, Breymann
, of that city, and they are the parents of one
,Lor, Elizabeth. The family home is "Silverwood,"
edlrd Park.

head, but through the loyal and efficient cooperation o(
those whom he chose for posts of importance and respon-
sibility. For thirty-three years Thomas William Miller
was at the head of a large department of the house of
Eaton, directing in this position a unit, in itself larger
than the great majority of independent enterprises,
of the organization to which he gave devoted allegiance.
Mr. Miller was associated with many forms of religious
and charitable work in his city, had numerous social
and fraternal affiliations, and enjoyed high standing in
his community. His work finished, the record thereof is
placed in the history of the home of his adoption.

Thomas William Miller was born in Bonlea, County of
Tipperary, Ireland, December 30, 1868. He obtained
a common school education in his native land, and be-
came a clerk in the postal service prior to his coming
to Canada in 1887. He settled in Petrolia, Ontario, re-
maining there for a year as a clerk in the grocery store of
H. W. Lancy, coming to Toronto when his employer's
business was sold. In this city he joined the staff of
the Timothy Eaton Company, Ltd., as a sales clerk and
from the first made rapid progress in the Eaton organiza-
tion. Recognition of his abilities and capacities brought
him to the office of buyer and manager for the ladies'
white wear department, and he made a journey abroad
each year for purchases in the European markets. For
more than a quarter of a century he was in charge of this
department, managing its affairs in such manner as to
gain the confidence and regard of the noted merchants
with whom he was associated, and so administering the
business of his special province that it ranked high among
the departments of the store in earning capacity.

Mr. Miller was a member of Zetland Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons, and also held membership in the
Canadian Order of Foresters. He was a member of the
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the College Heights
Study Club, and found his most enjoyable recreations in
lawn bowling and motoring. He was first a member and
envelope steward of the Dunn Avenue Methodist
Church, and later was a communicant of the Timothy
Eaton Memorial Church (Methodist). In this latter
congregation he was a member of its first committee,
was the first and only recording steward of the church
until his death, and at its founding was associate super-
intendent of the Sunday school. His deep religious con-
victions inspired a steady flow of charitable gifts, quietly
made, and he was widely known for his generosity to
those to whom fortune had proved unkind.

Mr. Miller married, in 1895, Mary Louise Boynton, of
Prince Albert, Ontario, daughter of Robert Boynton, a
farmer of that place. They were the parents of three
children: Edith, Elva, and Arthur Boynton, deceased.
Mr. Miller's death occurred October 21, 1921, when he
had reached an age that frequently marked but the
prime of life. The accounting that he was able to render
for that span of years which had been granted to him was
one in which those who follow him may take just pride,
for his duty guided him at every turn, and it is as a man
who lived righteously and effectively that he is remem-
bered.

TDMAS WILLIAM MILLER— The Timothy Eat-
orinization of Toronto attained its present command-
i Fice in the Canadian commercial world not alone
roih the enterprise and business sagacity of its

FRANK BARBER — An organization of Dominion-
wide reputation in bridge building and in all forms of
municipal engineering and construction is Frank Barber
& Associates, Limited. Mr. Barber, president and
managing director, holds one of the foremost places in
his field in Canada, and, according to a list of concrete
bridges over sixty feet in span, published in the "Cana-
dian Engineer" and the "Contract Record," said to be
complete to the end of 1918, he has designed and super-
vised about one-third of the bridges in this list.

276

THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

Mr. Barber was born at Milton, Ontario, December 27,
1875, son of James and Sarah (Harrison) Barber. He
received his preparatory education in the public sahools
of his native district, going from the Dunnville High
School to Mount Allison University, later entering the
School of Practical Science, at the University of Toron-
to. He then took a special course in mathematics at the
University of Toronto upon the completion of which he
became an apprentice under the late James McDougal,
formerly York county engineer and expert in electric
railways. In 1908 he established in practice alone, and
the following yeai, 1909, formed a partnership with
C. R. Young, under the firm name of Barber & Young.
This connection was maintained until 1911, when Mr.
Young became professor of structural engineering on the
faculty of applied science at the University of Toronto.
After a time, Mr. Barber again formed a partnership,
this time taking R. O. Wynne-Roberts and H. L. Sey-
mour as his associates, under the firm name of Barber,
Wynne-Roberts & Seymour, and in January, 1922, the
concern was incorporated as Frank Barber & Associates,
Limited, which is now the largest organization of its
kind in Canada.

Mr. Barber has designed and supervised the first
open spandrel arch bridge in the country, located at
Weston, Ontario, in 1909; the Oakville concrete viaduct,
which is four hundred and seventy-six feet long, in 1910;
and the Ashburnham bridge, Peterborough, which is over
one thousand feet in length of concrete, in eleven arch
spans, and the main river span of this, two hundred and
thirty- five feet clear, is exceeded by only seven in America.
Mr. Barber also planned and was in charge of the con-
struction of sixteen of the first twenty concrete trusses
erected in Canada, the Middle Road Bridge between the
counties of York and Peel being the second of its kind
constructed in America. The firm are engineers for
York county and for Haldimand county, consulting
engineers for Simcoe county; engineers for the townships
of York, Vaughan, Etobicoke, King, Bruce, and many
others, and for the towns of t)unnville, Paris, Weston,
and various other towns. He is a member of the Con-
crete Institute of England, the Engineering Institute of
Canada, and of the Town Planning Institute of Canada.

Mr. Barber is the active head of the structural de-
partment in his firm; R. O. Wynne-Roberts, vice-
president, has special charge of sewers and water works;
H. L. Seymour, secretary, is responsible for town plan-
ning and surveying; James McAdam, one of the direc-
tors, is at the head of the department on roadways,
and James Boulter, of the architectural department; and
W. C. Lumbeis, treasurer, is office manager. Branch
offices are maintained at Dunnville, Chatham, and Long
Branch.

Mr. Barber is a rtiember of the Engineers' Club of
Toronto, the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, and
Mississauga Golf and Country Club, and the Thornhill
Golf and Country Club. Fraternally, he is affiliated with
Ashlar Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Barber
wisely finds time for those recreations which provide
at once pleasure and health-recuperating opportunities.
He is devoted to aquatic sports, especially swimming
and canoeing. His home is at No. 202 Glen road, Toron-
to.

Mr. Barber married, in October, 1908, Ida Treadgold,
daughter of George and Elizabeth Treadgold, of Beeton,
Ontario, and they are the parents of two sons and one
daughter: De Lury, Donald, and Elizabeth.

GORDON DRAPER— As a chartered accountant,
with offices in the Royal Bank building, in Toronto,
Gordon Draper is a familiar figure in the business life of
the city. Mr. Draper's family originally came from

England, and he is a son of George and Louisa (Fo
Draper, both natives of Ontario.

Gordon Draper was born in Toronto, June 9, :
and was educated in the public schools of the city
Harbord Collegiate Institute. His first experieni
accounting was with P. S. Ross & Sons, chartered ace
tants, where he was employed for three and one
years. He then went to Montreal with the same
remaining for one year. Returning to Toronto in :
Mr. Draper entered the employ of Oscar Huds(
Company, and from June, 1918, to July 1, 1920, ^
partner in that firm. On that date he opened his pr
office, and has since become well established ir
profession. He is a member of the Institute of Chaii
Accountants of Ontario, having entered that boc
June, 1918, but his business takes him into the U:
States as well as into all parts of the Province of
tario. He is a member of High Park Lodge, Free
Accepted Masons.

On September 20, 1917, Mr. Draper married, in T(
to. Ruby Hazel Smith, of this city. They reside at
11 Fairview avenue, and attend the Baptist chur(

GEORGE O. COALES was born in Bucking!
shire, England, October 31, 1875, son of A. J. and A
(Oliver) Coales. He was educated at various schools,
public and private, in England. At the age of eighte*
became an apprentice in the establishment of a po^
manufacturer. When the four years of his apprer
ship came to an end, Mr. Coales decided to try his
in a new country. Canada, with her fresh and beau
lands, vigorous young cities, and boundless oppor
ties, beckoned him. Leaving home, he made his
to Montreal. There he soon found employment witl
firm of S. Carsley & Company, owners of a depart:
store. He maintained this connection for six years
then became Canadian representative for Grimw:
Ltd., manufacturers of pottery, of Stoke-on-Trent,
land. In 1903 he came to Toronto as the representi
of this firm. During the years that followed Mr. C'
traveled incessantly, making many trips from Newfc
land to Vancouver in his company's interest. He i
aged to do this while maintaining his oflice at Toi
and attending to the exacting details of manager
Few companies have ever found a representative at
so eneigetic and painstaking and so gifted with ge
business ability as Mr. Coales. Under his centre
Canadian business of Grimwades has increased in
ume from $22,000 a year to $350,000, and these
may be taken as one measure of Mr. Coales' achii

In religious faith, Mr. Coales is a member of the
of England. He is a Mason, and belongs to the Bi
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is a Foresi
holds membership in the Kiwanis Club, also the Si
Club. Mr. Coales is also a member of the Csi
Association of British Manufacturers and their
resentatives, and he is an active member of the
of Trade of "Toronto. He finds his piincipal recreat
boating and is also an ardent lover of fishing.

On June 12, 1909, Mr. Coales mairied Mildred > ^
daughter of C. B. and Bertha (Robinson) Gross. I
and Mrs. Coales have three children: Jessie, wh ■'
born January 20, 1910; Jean, who was born 0 "'
30, 1912; and Helen, who was born May 10, 191'

ARTHUR TROLLOPE WILGRESS— Borr 3«

cember 28, 1866, at Sheeiness, on the Kentish n '
England, Mr. Wilgress, second son of Georgp
oline (Boulton) Wilgress, came to Canada witi
ents at the age of seven years and has been a
of the Dominion ever since. After preparatory
tion in Cobourg he completed his education at

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nada College. Leaving the college in 1884, he read law
[lobourg for a year or so, then instead of joining the bar,
entered the Bank of Toronto, in which he spent five
irs. Leaving the Bank of Toronto, he spent five years in
vate banking at Clarksburg, Giey county, and in 1895,
I chased the Brockville "Times." In the course of twenty
jts of active journalism, Mr. Wilgress was elected a
raber of the Town Council and served in that capacity
m 1910 to 1914. He was a member of the Brockville Col-
iate Institute Board for five years, president of the
ildren's Aid Society for the year 1913, and served as
/ernor of the Brockville General Hospital for five
us. In 1915 Mr. Wilgress was appointed King's
nter for Ontario, and in 1921 was appointed legislative
rarian for the Province.

Mr. Wilgress had always been interested in such
reations as cricket, riding, golf, camping, curling, and
!atricals. In religious faith, Mr. Wilgress is a member
the Anglican church. He is a member of the Albany
lb, St. George's Society, and the Sons of England,
iternally he is a Mason; in politics, a Conservative,
vir. Wilgress married Meta Carleton Acheson, daugh-
of George Acheson, of Tandragee, Ireland. Mr. and
s. Wilgress had one son, George K. K. Wilgress, who
;3 born January 25, 1895, and who enlisted at the out-
ak of the World War in the 21st Battalion of the
liadian Expeditionary Forces. Lieutenant George K.
IWilgress, who was mentioned in dispatches, went into
lion at Ypres and was killed there November 27, 1915.
i and Mrs. Wilgress also have a daughter, Norah
"fUope Wilgress, who was born November 11, 1906.

Florence Winifred Noice, and they have one child, Nor-
man Edward.

lORMAN A. CRAIG— One of the successful funeral

iictors of the day in Toronto is Norman A. Craig,

lifse headquarters at No. 1255 Queen street. West,

P unusually handsome and complete. Mr. Craig is a

0| of Andrew M. and Eliza (Kay) Craig, his father

ring been a prominent undertaker in 'Toronto for

lay years. His mother's family have also been long

edent in this city, and a member of the Kay family

s blished the first brass foundry in the city of Toronto.

orman A. Craig was born in Toronto, January 8,

8), and attended the public schools of the city. Early

nring the business world, he was first employed as a

as boy, then was active as a salesman with various

O'erns. He learned the undertaking business with his

aier, but at the time decided not to follow it permanent-

y,and accepted an offer from the National Casket

^apany, becoming a member of their sales staff.

^^ntually, however, in 1907, Mr. Craig entered the

in-rtaking business, establishing an independent inter-

st He has been very successful, and now has a very

"•"■iTous business, occupying a iDuilding 42 x 122 feet

nsions, two stories and basement. His furnishings

;uipment are most complete, and of the most

id modern type. He has a spacious reception room

liee, chapel, show rooms and stock rooms, dres-

oms, etc., and a complete motor equipment of the

models. His location was originally the home of

Am Lynn, one time mayor of Parkdale, and thus a

historic interest. The plant is valued at $50,000.

irnally, Mr. Craig holds the thirty-second degree

Masonic order, and is a member of the Indepen-

'rder of Odd Fellows. His choice of recreative

!s includes travel, bowling and golf, and he is a

!• of the Lake View Golf Club, Parkdale Bowling

nd Parkdale Canoe Club. He has motored to

listant points in the Provinces, and also in the

He is a member of the Canadian Embalmers'

■tion.

Craig married, in Toronto, on February 15, 1905,

ROSS JOHN CRAIG— The name of Craig has lone
been well known in mortuary activities in Toronto, and
is still one of the leading names in this field of endeavor.
Ross John Craig, the present head of the old firm, is the
son of Andrew M. Craig, its founder, and long a prom-
inent funeral director in this city, who married Eliza
Kay, a member of the family who established the first
brass foundry in Toronto.

Ross John Craig was born in Toronto, May 12, 1881,
and was educated in the public schools of his native city.
Learning the undertaking business with his father, who
is now retired, Mr. Craig established his own business
just before the Great World War. He was the only
funeral director in Toronto to leave his business for the
purpose of enlisting. He volunteered for service over-
seas, and was commissioned captain, but to get into
action early he allowed his commission to revert to that
of lieutenant. He went to France in 1917 and continued
in the service in that country until March, 1918, then,
after his discharge, returned to Toronto and resumed his
business. He has a fine plant and very complete equip-
ment, show rooms, stock rooms, morgue and parlors, all
under one roof, also reception rooms, offices and resi-
dence. The building is 25 x 130 feet, two stories and base-
ment, arranged to meet the needs of his work and modem
in every way. He has a very fine motor equipment, and
is achieving definite success in his chosen profession.

Mr. Craig is a member of the Canadian Embalmers'
Association, and fraternally holds membership witli the
Free and Accepted Masons and the Orangemen. He is a
charter member of the Parkdale Canoe Club, is a member
of the High Park Bowling Club, and counts among his
favorite recreations fishing and motor touring. His
only son, Ewart Ross Craig, is in school at the present
time (1922).

WILLIAM HENRY NESBITT, who is widely in-
terested in the mercantile and industrial activities of
Toronto, has won his way to his present position through
his own efforts, and is a son of Robert E. and Emma
(Stuart) Nesbitt, both of Irish descent, his father having
been throughout his lifetime a Baptist minister. The
father died in 1894, and the mother survived him for a
period of thirteen years, passing away in 1907.

William Henry Nesbitt was born in North Scriba, near
Oswego, New York, August 4, 1887, and his early edu-
cation was received in the public schools of the United
States. His grammar school course was completed in
Burford, Ontario, after which he attended business
college at Hamilton, Ontario. Mr. Nesbitt's first busi-
ness position was with D. D. Hawthorne & Company, of
Toronto, whose employ he entered in 1902, remaining
with them for two years. He then became identified with
the Canadian General Electric Company, Ltd., in the
capacity of stenographer, and his rise has been steady.
In 1907 he became secretary to the president, who also
was general manager at that time, the late Senator
NichoUs, and filled this position until 1921. Meanwhile,
in January of 1913, Mr. Nesbitt was appointed assis-
tant secretary of this concern, the Canadian General
Electric Company, and in June of 1919 was elected
secretary. In connection with this, his principal business
interest, Mr. Nesbitt is also secretary of the Canadian
Allis-Chalmers, Limited, secretary and director of the
Canadian Radio Corporation, and is secretary and direc-
tor of the Canadian "Tungsten Lamp Company, Ltd.

In political affiliation, Mr. Nesbitt is aligned with the
Conservative party. He is a member of the Engineers
Club, Parkdale Canoe Club and the Weston Golf Club,

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also the Humber Valley Golf Club. He has long been
deeply interested in social activities for young men, and
for a number of years served as secretary of the Baptist
Young Men's Union, being a member of the Baptist
church.

Mr. Nesbitt married, in Toronto, on July 5, 1910,
Gertrude Franks, daughter of Henry Franks, of this
city, and they have two children: Stuart Ross, born in
1914; and Audrey, born in 1921. They reside at No. 156
Pacific avenue, Toronto.

NEIL WILKINSON RENWICK— As secretary of
the Dominion Fire Insurance Company, with head
offices at Toronto, Mr. Renwick stands in the front
rank in this branch of economic advance. Mr. Renwick
is a son of Dr. Herbert W. Renwick, a graduate of the
universities of Toronto and Edinburgh, and long a suc-
cessful physician of Orono, Ontario, now deceased. Dr.
Renwick married Christine Wilkinson, who was born in
Clark township, Ontario, in 1847, and died in 1917.
She was a daughter of Captain Wilkinson, widely prom-
inent in fresh water transportation on the Great Lakes.

Neil Wilkinson Renwick was born in Orono, Ontario,
February 11, 1878, and received his early education
in the public schools of his native town, then completed
his studies at the Ottawa High School. His first business
position was with John Culbert & Son, then a well known
insurance firm of Ottawa, where he remained for nine
years. Coming to Toronto in 1904, Mr. Renwick acted
as inspector for various fire insurance companies through-
out Canada, being thus engaged for three years. In
1907, with the organization of the Dominion Fire In-
surance Company, Mr. Renwick was made secretary of
the concern. This company has had a remarkable growth
and is one of the prosperous companies in this field.
The total assets for the first year amounted to $157,773,
then the assets totaled the sum of $978,485 in 1920.
Meanwhile the scope of the business was broadened
materially in 1912, being awarded the Canadian territory
for the Northwestern National Insurance Company, and
also for the National Ben Franklin Insurance Company
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Among insurance circles
in Canada Mr. Renwick holds a position of broad prom-
inence as one of the active managers of this interest.

Mr. Renwick is associated in his insurance activities
with Lieutenant-Colonel Robert F. Massie, D.S.O.,
and during the war the company devoted a generous
part of their spacious offices for recruiting purposes,
and more than 2,100 men passed through their offices
for different artillery units in Kingston.

Mr. Renwick married, in Ottawa, in 1905, Myrtle
McVeigh, daughter of Thomas and Emma (Poapst)
McVeigh, of Ottawa, Ontario.

JOHN LEYS GOODERHAM— From the work along
professional lines in chemistry that occupied him from
graduation from college in 1911 until 1919, Mr. Gooder-
ham turned to business activities, and as president of the
Hardy Cartage Company, Ltd., is the head of a large and
prosperous enterprise developed along distinctive lines
into one of the largest in its field in Canada. Mr. Gooder-
ham has other business interests in the district, but has
given the greater part of his time and effort to the up-
building of the Hardy organization.

Mr. Gooderham is a son of William G. Gooderham,
prominent capitalist and president of the Bank of Toron-
to and was born in Toronto, July 2, 1888. He was educa-
ted in Upper Canada College and the University of
Toronto, receiving his degree in science in 1911, having
made chemistry his principal course, and upon gradua-
tion he entered the Gooderham & Worts distillery as
•asistant chemist. In 1916 he became second chemist-

in-charge of the British Acetones, Ltd., manufactur(
acetone, used in the manufacture of high-exploi
and this company discontinuing manufacture afte
close of the war, Mr. Gooderham entered the H
Cartage Company as a partner. This company
founded by George Hardy in 1907 as a teaming busi
contracting for the haulage of stone and other mat(
used in road work. In 1920 incorporation was mai
the Hardy Cartage Company, Ltd., of which
Gooderham is president, G. E. Gooderham vice-presi
Major G. M. Alexander, M.C., secretary and treas
and George Hardy managing director.

The Hardy Cartage Company, Ltd., now ow
fleet of twenty motor trucks, maintains its own ii
shops and yards, occupying fifty thousand square fe
ground, and with this extensive motor equipment 1
place among the principal concerns in their line in C
da, having originated motor haulage on a contract
in the Dominion. The company has fulfilled
haulage contracts for the city of Toronto, the Provi
Highways Department, A. E. Jupp, builder of the '
ona Highway, and the Toronto Transportation (
mission, as well as many other large contracts fo
dividuals and organizations of prominence. The <
pany has replaced its teams with motor trucks, ai
well embarked upon a progressive and wisely pla
policy of expansion. In addition to his official d
in this organization, Mr. Gooderham serves as a din
of the Canadian Shale Company, Ltd.

Mr. Gooderham is a member of the Toronto I
Club, Toronto Golf Club, Rosedale Golf Club,
University Club, the Toronto Garrison Badmi
Club, and the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, and
takes recreation in motoring. He is a communicai
St. James' Anglican Cathedral.

Mr. Gooderham married Olive Buchanan, dauf
of J. 0. Buchanan, of Buchanan, Seagran & Comp
Ltd. They are the parents of Peter and James.

FREDERICK GOODMAN HAYNES— Of the yc

er men now active in the insurance world of Ontario
Haynes is one of the most noteworthy figures,
only ordinary advantages, he has attained an impo
position of broad executive responsibility throug)
own efforts. Mr. Haynes is a son of Charles and t
(Cottrell) Haynes, long of Toronto. The father was
in London, England, May 18, 1850, and retired
business activity many years ago, passing aws
Toronto on February 25, 1917. 'The mother was
in Shrewsbury, England, and died when the son '
mere lad.

Frederick Goodman Haynes was bom in Toi t
Ontario, June 18, 1891, and his education was Hi (
to the public school course in this city. At the a
sixteen years he entered the employ of the British 1 ~
ican Insurance Company, on Scott street, in the cai
of junior clerk, and there remained for about two
In 1909 he became identified with the General Aci
Insurance Company of Canada, in the accountii
partment. In this connection Mr. Haynes rose stf
and in the decade during which he was associatet
this concern, became manager of the automobil
monthly accident and sickness departments. Th
1919, he was approached by the Canadian Surety n
pany, who at that time were seeking a manager fo: le:
Ontario Branch Office, and this position Mr. E w
accepted, and still fills. The concern was formerly li te
at No. 26 Wellington street, East, but its growth tb
Dominion has been rapid, and with the necessity ' ei
pansion, they removed to No. 15 Wellington street asj
to their present commodious offices. They han *
kinds of casualty insurance, automobile, burglar; Db

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{, plate glass, etc., also guarantee business, and Mr.
mes has in his charge the appointing of agents and
ction of the company's business in general through-
Ontario. They now have agents in all the important
ns and cities. While still a young man, Mr. Haynes

leading figure in insurance circles in the Province
intario, his experience and exhaustive study, particu-
y along automobile casualty lines, placing him in the
tion of an authority in the field, being one of the first
irance men in Canada to underwrite this important
nch of insurance.

\ civic and social interests Mr. Haynes is prominent,
tically a Conservative, he is a worker, rather than a
ler, in those matters which have to do with the wel-

of the people, sharing in all the World War activities,
ing on Red Cross committees, etc. He is a member
he Toronto Board of Trade. Fraternally, he holds
abership in High Park Lodge, Free and Accepted
ions, and he is a member of the Insurance Institute,

of the Lions Club, being a director of the latter.
s a member of the Anglican church.
'.r. Haynes married, in Toronto, in 1916, Florence
le, who was born in this city and is a daughter of
1 and Mary A. Doyle. They have one son, Frederick
1 Charles, born February 25, 1918. The family
le in their own house at No. 30 Bain avenue, Toronto.

I CHARD FRANKLIN REID— In the manufacture
)tical goods Mr. Reid is holding a position of prom-
ice as general manager of the Consolidated Optical
) pany, a position attained by a long climb over the
i of experience, aided by ceaseless study in the prin-
)s which apply to this profession,
•iming of sturdy North-of-Ireland stock long in
uda, Mr. Reid is a son of Richard Oshore Reid,
1 was born in Prince Edward County, Ontario, in
I, and died in 1918. He was a merchant tailor by
cpation, and followed his trade until his death. He
JJied Mary Findlay, who was born in 1856 and still
rves him, residing in Toronto.
Ichard F. Reid was born in Toronto, March 17, 1883,
ceceiving his early education in the public schools of
. atharines, he later entered St. Catharines' CoUeg-
)t-nstitute, from which he was graduated in the class
'01. His first business experience was with W. G.
ajee, retail jeweler and optician; he spent six years of
K' in this connection, learning the optical business.
107 Mr. Reid became identified with Cohen Brothers,
tied, manufacturers of optical goods, located at No.
delaide street. West. Beginning in a subordinate
P ity, he rose steadily until he filled the position of
ie^lerk. During this period he made a thorough study
tl science of optometry. In connection with his busi-
isictivities Mr. Reid, for a time, taught optometry
rcghout the Dominion. In 1909 he was active in the
:a branch of the business at Winnipeg, Manitoba,
tUhe Winnipeg Optical Company. Following this
l»ence Mr. Reid became associated with the Con-
icted Company, which was formed by the merger of
'hi Brothers, the Montreal Optical Company and the
)nnion Optical Company, of Toronto. He acted as
in;er for various branches of the concern at Van-
uv for a time, then, for two years, as western mana-
r, t Winnipeg. Returning to Toronto in the spring
U5, he becarne general manager of this wide-reaching
" "ition, which office he still holds. This concern has
■rge factory at No. 400 Richmond street, West,
iliey carry on the manufacture of optical sup-
lessmploying one hundred and fifty men. They also
jkia variety of scientific instruments, and do an ex-
rt usiness throughout the world. This is understood
b<;he largest concern of its kind in the British Em-

pire, and has ten branches, extending from St. John
New Brunswick, to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Fraternally, Mr. Reid holds the thirty-second degree
in the Masonic order; he is a member of the Toronto
Lodge of Perfection, of the Scottish Rite bodies, and
also a member of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Toronto Board of
Trade, and politically supports the Conservative party.
He is a well known member of the Rotary Club, and holds
membership in the Baptist church.

Mr. Reid married, in Toronto, in 1913, Lena C. Moore,
who was born in Smith Falls, Ontario, but has spent the
greater part of her life in Toronto. They reside at No.
11 Douglas Drive.

HAROLD ROWLATT— A broad student of econo-
mics, and long experienced in his chosen field of account-
ancy, Harold Rowlatt is a prominent figure in the busi-
ness world of Toronto. He is a son of John and Ada
Bessie Rowlatt, who were born in England, the elder
Mr. Rowlatt having been during his lifetime connected
with the Mint, at Birmingham, England.

Harold Rowlatt was born in Birmingham, and educa-
ted in the schools of that city. Coming to Canada as a
young man in 1899, Mr. Rowlatt was identified for several
years with Toronto accountants, thereby gaining high
standing in the financial circles of this city, and in 1909
he established his own office, doing general accountancy
work, and handling the interests of some of the foremost
industrial and commercial concerns of Ontario. He now
stands among the leading citizens of Toronto. A member
of the Public Accountants Association, Mr. Rowlatt
supports the Conservative party in all matters of public
import; his social connections include membership in
the Commonwealth Club, and he is a member of the
Anglican church.

Mr. Rowlatt married, in 1906, at Islington, Henrietta
Campbell, daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Campbell.
They are the parents of one daughter and one son:
Eleanore and John Campbell. The family home is at
No. 28 Rosehill road, Toronto.

ELDON YOUNG HUTCHISON— As a progressive
funeral director of Toronto, Mr. Hutchison is finding
professional success and bearing a part in the general
welfare. He is a son of Joseph William and Eleanor
(Scott) Hutchison, his father having been for many
years a carpenter in Toronto.

Mr. Hutchison was born in Shelburne, Ontario,
Canada, September 9, 1883, and his first school atten-
dance was in a mission school. Later he attended the
Brant Street Public School in Toronto, but at the age
of thirteen years entered the world of men and affairs,
being first employed as handy boy by the N. L. Piper
Railway Supply Company. Ambitious to advance, he
prepared for the undertaking business by private study,
and in 1903 borrowed six hundred dollars, with which,
added to his savings, he purchased an interest in the
business of Turner & Porter, then well known in this
field. On December 1, 1908, Mr. Hutchison established
his own business independently, and has since been very
successful. Removing to his present quarters on March
1, 1916, he now has spacious and attractive rooms,
completely equipped in an up-to-date manner, and
is doing a very extensive business.

Fraternally, Mr. Hutchison is prominent in the
Masonic order, and is a member of the Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Indepen-
dent Order of Foresters, in which latter order he has
been through various chairs. He enjoys hunting and
fishing and is an expert trapshooter; is a member of the

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Lake Shore Country Club and the Thistle Bowling Club.
He is a member of the Queen Street Methodist Church,
in which his family has long been prominent, his father
being a member of the board of trustees.

LOUIS V. RORKE — A distinguished member of the
engineering profession, now and for some time past
director of surveys for the government of Ontario, Mr.
Rorke was born at CoUingwood, Grey county, Ontario,
February 9, 1865, son of Thomas J. and Sarah (Richard-
son) Rorke.

Mr. Rorke's elementary education was obtained in the
public schools and Pickering College, then, having de-
cided to take up hislifework in engineering and surveying,
he entered the CoUingwood Collegiate Institute, and
afterward the School of Practical Science, University of
Toronto.

In 1887, Mr. Rorke passed the preliminary examina-
tion prescribed for Provincial land surveyors and en-
tered upon a three-year term of apprenticeship with
Elihu Stewart, Provincial land surveyor of CoUingwood.
When his apprenticeship came to an end, Mr. Rorke
took the final examination and received his commission
to practice as a Provincial surveyor. The following year
he was commissioned to practice as a Dominion land
gurveyor. His first engagements took him to North Bay
and Sudbury, Ontario, where he was engaged in general
practice of timber, mining and land surveys. In 1892 he
was appointed resident engineer of the North Bay
Water Works Installation. In 1894 he became con-
sulting and designing engineer of the Sudbury Water
and Sewerage System. Thereafter, Mr. Rorke spent
several years in private practice. In 1900 he was given
charge of a mining exploration party that went to Hudson
Bay. In 1903 he was engaged by the Grand Trunk rail-
way to make right-of-way surveys. From 1904 to 1909
he was engaged in making township surveys for the
Provincial Government in Northern Ontario. Upon the
conclusion of this task, the government made him assis-
tant surveyor of the Department of Lands, Mines, and
Forests. In 1916 he was appointed acting director of
surveys for the government in that department, and in
1917 he received his final appointment as director of
that extensive and important branch of the work of the
Provincial Government, which also includes the ad-
ministration of the water powers of Northern Ontario.

Mr. Rorke is a member of the Lake-of-the-Woods
Control Board, and serves as secretary of the Ontario
Lands Surveyors' Association. He is a member of the
Geographic Board of Canada, and an ex-president of the
Engineers' Club of Toronto. He is a member of Nickel
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Sudbury, Ontario,
of which he is a past master. In religious faith, Mr.
Rorke is an adherent of the Church of England. He
finds his chief recreation in golf, and is an active member
of the Scarborough Golf Club.

Mr. Rorke married, on February 17, 1898, Maud C.
Killaly, daughter of John S. and Mary (Carman) Killaly.
Mr. and Mrs. Rorke have one son, Louis Cedric Killaly
Rorke, who was bom July 31, 1904.

HENRY OSMOND GLOVER— Henry O. Glover,
head of Henry Glover & Company, public accountants
and auditors of Toronto, has been a resident of Toronto
since 1905, and has become closely identified with many
business and civic interests during that period. He is a
■on of Major Henry W. Glover and Hannah E. (Osmond)
Glover. Major Henry W. Glover, whose death occurred
in 1920, had been forty-two years in the English army,
rising to the rank of major from that of private and par-
ticipating in the Soudan, the South African Campaign,
and the World War.

Henry O. Glover was born in Dublin, Ireland, Ju
1886 and after education in English schools cai
Toronto. Expertly trained in accounting, in 19
capitalized this equipment in the organization of ]
Glover & Company, whose accounting and au
business has assumed generous proportions. Th(
has received commissions from many of the most
inent commercial, financial, and industrial organiz
of the district, and has built up a personnel eflRciei
dependable.

Mr. Glover entered the Canadian army, at thi
break of war with Germany, and held the rank o
tenant in the local 109th Regiment. Mr. Glovi
Mason in fraternal affiliation, holding members]
Ashlar Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, and is i
member of the central Young Men's Christian Ai
tion, and Board of Trade.

He married, in Toronto, in 1908, Mabel Strach
Kingston, and they are the parents of three
William, Henry and John, and two daughters:
and Dorothy. Mr. and Mrs. Glover are members
Presbyterian church, and the family residence is
12 Barton avenue.

ARTHUR WELCH— For over a quarter of i
tury Arthur Welch has been one of Toronto's
enterprising business men. A builder in this the he:
home city of the Province since 1885, and active
of his own business since 1896, malces him ind
citizen to whom Toronto may point with pridt
valuable asset and worthy of the patronage si
given.

Arthur Welch was born near London, England
3, 1868, son of George and Anna Welch. George
was a builder in England, but in 1870 he left his
town for Canada, and settled in Toronto where h
tinued to follow his trade. There Arthur Welch
learned to handle the tools of the trade and,
seventeen years old, after he had finished his f
education in the public schools of Toronto he i
work in earnest to become a builder on his o
count and for eleven years was employed by one
prominent building firms of the Province. In 1
opened a shop of his own, was immediately sue
and in normal times he regularly employs from t
five to thirty-five men. Besides his building busi
manufactures warehouse, store, and office fi
these products having a wide sale throughout t
minion.

When he was nineteen years old, in 1887, he joi
Canadian army, and for twelve years he conti
member of the "Queen's Own Rifles" and hi
rank of color sergeant. Early in the war he gave
unsparingly to the work of the Citizens Military T ■
Association in Canada. In 1916 he was ap i
lieutenant in the Canadian Militia, attended ( i
school, and on April 1st of the same year joined t? C
Regiment of Canada. His previous training, his n
standing of the needs of the country at that t
period, and his ability as a speaker, made him m\ li
in the work of recruiting men for service and for vi
months he did exceUent work in recruiting and 1 if
the 204th Unit up to its full strength. On Mi n
1917, he went overseas with the 204th Regimen «
in command of 100 Company, with rank of iti
served in England three months, then retu i
Canada and continued to serve until the end of '

Mr. Welch is a member of the Masonic on
affiliated with the Beaches Lodge and Beaches ( >
He is also a mamber of the Canadian order ";
Fellows. Mr. Welch is a conmiunicant of the V :lii
church and keenly interested in its various acti ies

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married, in Toronto, Martha Mcllroy of that city,
reside at No. 127 Waverly road.

MES HENRY MACKENZIE— Of Scotch ances-

Ir. Mackenzie was born at Drumbo, Oxford county,

io, in August, 1858, son of James and Eliza (Giles)

;enzie. He was educated in the public schools of

ibo, and Mount Forest, and entered the field of

ess at an early age by becoming a timekeeper fo

rien & Mackenzie, a firm of railroad contractors who

it that time engaged in extending the railroad from

it Forest to Teeswater. He afterwards entered the

ist's business as an apprentice employee of L. H.

ans, druggist, of Mount Forest. In 1876 he passed

fficial examinations prescribed for druggists, and

81, after five years of practical experience, he

to the village of Yorkville, now a part of Toronto,

litablished himself independently. After forty years

I erience in the drug business, if Mr. Mackenzie had

ince to re-live his life, he would probably elect to

1 it in the same way. He is now president of the

enzie-Seyler Company, Ltd., druggists, of Toron-

d it is a far cry from the day when he opened the

enzie drug store in the village of Yorkville, but the

ation of his chosen field of business has never lost

id upon him. E. G. Seyler, his partner, came into

lisiness in 1902, when the firm was incorporated.

iiddition to his other duties, Mr. Mackenzie fills

[ice of deputy collector of Inland Revenue, to which

n appointed in 1902, and spends many hours of the

( his desk in the custom house. A student of politics,

ilackenzie was president of the Reform Association

'(onto in the years 1899 and 1900.

J Mackenzie is a member of the Presbyterian church,

.!rves as chairman of the board of managers of

te road Presbyterian church. He is a Mason, and

Is to the York Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,

hh he is a past master. He finds his chief recreation

ti bowling and is one of the charter members of the

ta Lawn Bowling Club. In 1914 he was chair-

I the Dominion Bowling Tournament.

Mackenzie married on November 12, 1886,

ana Leys McCarter, daughter of John and Isa-

Leys) McCarter. Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie have

ughter, Grace Innes, who was born in 1889, and

ns, as follows: James Alexander, who was born in

iber, 1890, and attained the rank of lieutenant in

.nadian army; John Malcolm, born in October,

fenlisted in the Canadian army, 40th Battery, in

nd served overseas with the rank of sergeant, was

Jcked at the battle of Passchendale, and received

tharge in March, 1919; William Ross, born in Aug-

H, enlisted in the Canadian army, 85th Battery,

is assigned to duty in Vladivostok, Siberia, and

ged in June, 1919; and Albert Price, born in

1897, who graduated from the University of

D with the degree of Bachelor of Science, having

teed in mining engineering, and enlisted in the

7 Service Corps, but was prevented from going

us, having contracted blood poisoning in his right

,vhich he consequently lost, and was discharged

e Canadian army in December, 1918.

EITENANT-COLONEL KENRIC RUDOLPH-
VvRSHALL, C.M.G., D.S.O.— Bearing through
»vice in the field in the World War the rank that
om conferred upon his father in recognition of
Uished service in civil life, Lieutenant-Colonel
ibil's place in the business life of his city is as pres-
the Standard Fuel Company. Eldest son of
eint-Colonel Noel G. L. and Harriette Isabel

(Hogg) Marshall, he was born in Toronto, October 13,
lo80.

Kenric R. Marshall was educated in primary schools
and Upper Canada College, also taking a business college
S?"'^^" j^*' *^^ ^^® °^ nineteen years he entered the
standard Fuel Company, his father's major business
interest, and was promoted in 1904 to the assistant man-
agership, vice-president in 1906, and president in 1919
He IS also a director of the Dominion Automobile Com-
pany, Ltd., of Toronto, and the Standard Navigation
Company, and is president of the Down Town Associa-
tion of Toronto. He is a member of the Board of Trade
and in this body is a member of the committee repres-
enting that organization in the Canadian National
l!;Xhibition. Colonel Marshall, as member of the execu-
tive committee of the Canadian National Institute for
the Blind, has an important part in the large and valuable
work of this institution.

On the outbreak of the World War, Colonel Marshall
who was then a junior captain in the 48th Highlanders'
proceeded overseas with the 15th Battalion, but was
unable to accompany his unit to France owing to an
attack of pneumonia, contracted on Salisbury Plains
which rendered him unfit for general service for the
greater part of 1915, though he was able to perform light
duties in France and England for part of that year
In May, 1916, he was passed fit for duty, shortly after
being appointed staff captain to Brigadier-General Lord
Brooke's brigade in the newly-formed 4th Canadian
Division, and served under this officer until Lord Brooke
was wounded in September, 1916, and the 12th Cana-
dian Infantry Brigade came under the command of
Brigadier-General J. H. MacBrien, C. B. Colonel
Marshall served with General MacBrien through the
battle of the Somme, and for his part in this operation
received the Distinguished Service Order. In the early
part of 1917, he was promoted to the rank of major,
and given an appointment under Major-General Lipsett,
who commanded the 3rd Canadian Division. After some'
nine months' service with this distinguished commander
he was recommended as qualified to fill the appointment
of adjutant and quartermaster-general of a division,
and was subsequently promoted to that post in the 4th
Canadian Division under Major-General Sir David
Watson, K.C.B., and given the rank of lieutenant-colonel,
being one of the first officers who had not passed through
the Staff College at Camberley to become a first-grade
staff officer in the field. Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall
remained throughout the balance of the campaign in the
above capacity, receiving the C.M.G. for his part in
connection with the battles of 1918. He was mentioned
in despatches on three occasions. Upon demobilization he
was placed on special reserve with the rank of lieutenant-
colonel, and is now second in command of the 48th
Highlanders.

Colonel Marshall is fond of outdoor life, and his
favorite recreations are farming and polo. He is a member
of the Hunt Club, the National Club, Rosedale Golf
Club, the Military Institute, the Ontario Jockey Club
the Buffalo Club of Buffalo, and the Ranelagh Club of
London, England. He is captain of the Toronto Polo
Team. He is a member of the Anglican church, and a
Conservative in politics.

Colonel Marshall married, in Toronto, October 20,
1909, Janet Kirkland, daughter of Angus Kirkland.
They have one son, Peter Kirkland. The family home ii
at No. 97 Glen road, and the country home and farm
are at Dunbarton.

FREDERICK GARFIELD ROBERTS— In the field
of interior decoration Mr. Roberts is doing a large and
lucrative business, his entire career having been along

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this line of activity. He is a son of Jacob and Isabel
(Moote) Roberts, of American nativity, but long residents
of Ontario.

Frederick G. Roberts was born in the city of Port
Huron, Michigan, February 10, 1881. Through the re-
moval of the family to Peterboro, Ontario, in his infancy,
his education was begun in the public schools of that city,
and completed with the course at Peterboro High School.
Mr. Roberts then entered the employ of the firm of
Joseph McCausland & Sons, of Toronto, decorators' of
note, and served an apprenticeship with them, remaining
in this connection for nine years. He then struck out for
himself and established his present business, beginning
with a partner, under the firm name of Roberts & Hether-
ington, being thus engaged for two years. Then purchas-
ing the interest of his partner, Mr. Roberts carried the
business forward under the name of the Fred G. Roberts
Company, until 1915, when a limited company was
formed, the name becoming the Fred G. Roberts Com-
pany, Ltd. The course of the history of this business has
been one of continuous progress, and the company now
holds a leading position in this branch of endeavor.
Mr. Roberts, in addition to the Fred G. Roberts Com-
pany, Ltd., which is his principal interest, operates a
large stock farm at Streetsville, Ontario. He is also a
director of Foresters Hall, Limited.

Fraternally, Mr. Roberts is connected with the Cana-
dian Order of Foresters, and Loyal Orange Lodge. Find-
ing his chief recreation in farming, he is also interested
in all outdoor sports, sail boating, fishing and hunting,
and is a member of several clubs featuring these sports.
He has for years been a member of the Congregational
church, and is president of the ushers of the Bond Street
Church of Toronto, also secretary of the music commit-
tee and a member of the official board.

Mr. Roberts married, on May 23, 1900, Mary Hannah
Hetherington, daughter of John and Mary (Donaldson)
Hetherington, and they are the parents of three chil-
dren: Hazel May, born August 14, 1904; Fred Hether-
ington, born November 9, 1917; and Joyce Ilene, born
October 8, 1921.

LOUIS EARL DOWLING— Trained in the art of
civil engineering, of which there is perhaps no profession
more necessary to the promotion of harmonious living
conditions, Louis E. Dowling has, during the last seven-
teen years so well developed his skill that his present
high standing in Toronto engineering circles is indeed
well earned.

Louis E. Dowling was born at Marietta, Ohio, July
16, 1879, and was educated in the public schools of the
United States. After leaving school he was successively
employed by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, the
Pennsylvania railroad, and the New York Central
railroad at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1904 he entered
the employ of the city of Pittsburgh as a civil engineer
in the filteration department. The work of this de-
partment requires special qualifications and training
in engineering and that Mr. Dowling remained constant-
ly in the employ of the city for three years, or until 1917,
speaks for itself of his understanding of the work in
which he was engaged. In 1907 he became associated with
H. L. Kreusler, a prominent building contractor of
Pittsburgh, remaining with him until 1910, when he
became associated with Heinman, Henderson & Com-
pany, building contractors in the same city. In 1910
Heinman, Henderson & Company began the erection
of the factory for the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
Company in Toronto, and Mr. Dowling was sent to
Toronto to superintend the work of reinforced concrete
construction. Upon the completion of that plant in
1912, he decided to engage in business independently and

opened offices for himself at No. 167 Yonge street. H
devotes his entire working time to designing and buildin
factories and industrial plants. A few of the buildings h
has already designed and erected are: The United Dru;
Company's building, the Henry building, the Spadin;
building, the building of the Coleman Lamp Company
the Decalcomania Company's plant, and the buildini
of the Murray Printing Company.

Mr. Dowling is a member of the Canadian Associatioi
of building and construction industries. He is married
and has one son. Mr. Dowling resides at No. 21 Playte
boulevard.

HARRY L. GLENDENNING— Of Scotch ancestry
Mr. Glendenning was born at Mercer, Pennsylvania
October 15, 1875, son of Andrew J. and Mary (Leslie
Glendenning. He was educated in the public schools o
Pittsburgh, and at the age of eighteen years began hi
business career by entering a plumbing supply business
He has followed this particular branch of business eve
since. At the outset, he was employed as a salesman fo
the Bailey-Farrell Manufacturing Company, of Pitts
burgh, Pennsylvania. He resigned to become sale
manager of the Pittsburgh Supply Company. He spen
several years with this firm and then became a sales
man for the Chicago (Illinois) branch of the J. L. Moti
Iron Works Company, of New York.

In 1912 Mr. Glendenning came to Toronto as a sales-
man for James Robinson, dealer in plumbing supplies
After five years' service with this firm, he formed hh
present connection with the Standard Sanitary Manu-
facturing Company, of which he is local manager
Mr. Glendenning regards Toronto as his home, and
enters deeply into the business and social activities ol
the city.

In religious faith, Mr. Glendenning is a Presbyterian
He is a Mason, and belongs to the Scottish Rite. He is
also a Knight Templar. He finds his chief recreation ir
baseball and as an ardent lover of all outdoor sporte,
belongs to the High Park Lawn Bowling and Curlinf
Club. He also holds membership in the Rotary Club.

Mr. Glendenning married on September 22, 1903
Cornelia Reno, daughter of William and Esther (Mc
Donald) Reno, of Salem, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. (jlen-
denning have no children.

GEORGE WASHINGTON COYNE GRAHAM,

who is a successful funeral director of Toronto, comes
of old Canadian ancestry, the original Graham fam
homestead, of about four hundred acres, on whicl
several generations have lived, being still in the family
Richard Graham, Mr. Graham's father, was born oi
the homestead, and followed farming throughout hii
lifetime; he died September 15, 1920. He married Alio
Coyne, she, and also her father, being of Canadiar
birth. They were the parents of seven children: Johi
H., and R. G., who lived on the farm; William, a dentis
iu New York City; George W. C, of whom further
Maggie, Jennie, and Annie.

George W. C. Graham was born on the farm in Haltoi
county, Ontario, September 3, 1873, and received hi
education in the Ashgrove Public School. At an earl:
age he began working on the farm, soon taking a man'
place, and continued in farm work until he was twenty
eight years of age. In 1901 he began the study of funer.
directing and embalming, and served an apprenticeshij
in 1906 establishing his own business at Georgetow;
Ontario. Coming to Toronto on June 13, 1910, Mi
Graham entered the same business here, and has sine
built up a remarkable interest. He is always abreast (
the times, and in touch with every advance movemen
in his field of work, by study and the attending of 1«

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es relevant to it. Since the age of sixteen years he
I shaped his own course in life, and his success has
in his own.

Vs one of the prominent men in this field, Mr. Graham
1 member of the Canadian Embalmers' Association,
iternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted
isons, affiliating with Credit Lodge, No. 219; the
iependent Order of Odd Fellows, also of the En-
npment; of the Royal Templars, and the Cana-
n Order of Chosen Friends. He has been a member
the Methodist church for the past seventeen years,
finds his chief relaxation in his home, and besides his
idsome town house has a summer home at Lake Sim-
I. He greatly enjoys travel, and is well known in
vling circles.

VIr. Graham married, on June 1, 1904, Elvia Augusta
ines, also a native of Canada, whose father came to
ronto when there were but three brick buildings in the
lire city. Mr. and Mrs. Graham have two children:
i^hard Ebenezer, named for his two grandfathers; and
lia Amelia; both the children are in school.

"RANK J. PADBURY, who is the managing head of
I Toronto Welding Company, is bearing a very prac-
[il part in the mechanical world of the city, as an expert
modern processes of welding. Mr. Padbury is a son of
ihur Padbury, who was born in Streatham, England,
I removed to Croydon, in Surrey, where he was first
rjloyed as engineer at the local hospital, and later
!K up manufacturing interests. In 1918 Arthur Pad-
ly removed to Chelmsford, in Essex, where he began
b manufacture of motorcycles, and is thus successfully
caged at the present time. He married Elizabeth
I in, who was born in Dummow, Essex.

rank J. Padbury was born in Croydon, Surrey, Eng-
»1, in 1884, not long after the family became residents
f;hat place, and his education was acquired in the
ools of that community. In 1901 he entered the braz-
1, business there, following along that line for about
i' years. With the introduction of the new methods
f /elding it was but natural that he should reach out
n master the broader field opened by science, and with
R years experience in this field he came to Toronto,
1 912. Here he was employed at various plants for
bit a year, then in 1913 he founded the present busi-
*.. His success was immediate and permanent, and
di the growth of the business and the possibilities of
uher expansion, he received two partners into the
ir in 1921, viz., Harry Budgen and Charles Stewart.
Jier the name of the Toronto Welding Company,
hiconcern is doing an extensive business in oxy-acetyl-
n> welding, also in electric and thermit welding, the
luness reaching throughout the Province of Ontario,
riir plant is located at No. 19 and 21 Pearl street, Tor-
n .

jfore coming to Canada, Mr. Padbury married, in

^-'and, Annie Jessie Stewart, and they have two

ters: Lillian May and Phyllis Irene. The family

t on Caledonia road, and attend the Church of

iinand.

.)HN MOSSOP — As president and sales manager
if 1e old Canadian house of AUcock, Laight & Westwood,
^i Mossop heads an organization with leading repu-
at n in its field, fishing tackle, tracing connection in its
larsr years with S. Allcock & Company, Ltd., of
rlelitch, England, the largest and most famous firm
if i kind in the world, with which organization close
elilons are still maintained. Mr. Mossop's identification
vit Allcock, Laight & Westwood Company, Ltd.,
lati from 1912, and his official place from 1920.

Mr. Mossop was born in Toronto, April 2, 1883, of
English parentage, his family being owners of the Cum-
berland Estate, his relationship being traced direct to
Lord Beresford. He attended the public schools, com-
pleting studies equivalent to a high school course at
night. After school years were over he was employed
for three years in the factory of the Otto Higel Piano
Company, service which was followed by seven years
in the stock room of the Nordheimer organization, and
he was in charge of this department when he left this
company. The following seven years were passed with
Matthew Brothers, picture frame designers, and he
resigned to travel for the Ontario Fancy Goods Com-
pany, with whom he remained for a short time. In 1912
he began to travel in the interest of the firm of Allcock,
Laight & Westwood, requesting western territory,
for he had a great desire to visit this part of the country.
This business made an insistent appeal to him and he
studied its departments and possibilities closely. In
1920 he and J. B. Kennedy purchased the business of
the firm, Mr. Mossop becoming president and sale*
manager of the resulting organization, Mr. Kennedy
vice-president and managing director.

The business of Allcock, Laight & Westwood was
established in 1862 by Samuel Allcock, whose father,
Samuel Allcock, was the founder of S. Allcock & Com-
pany, Ltd., of Redditch, England, the largest manu-
facturers of fishing tackle in the world. The younger
Samuel Allcock inaugurated the Canadian branch
house, Mr. Westwood being sent from the head offices
to share in its management, the firm later becoming the
Allcock, Laight & Westwood Company, Ltd., as it has
continued ever since its purchase by Messrs. Mossop and
Kennedy. The firm carry the largest stock and assort-
ment of fishing tackle on the American Continent, and
their offices are headquarters for sportsmen over a
wide territory. S. Allcock & Company, Ltd., of Eng-
land, is the firm's chief source of supply, although a large
quantity of American-made goods are also handled.
A manufacturing department makes a popular line of
highclass fishing rods, and repairs are also made. Whole-
sale and retail operations, as well as some exporting, are
conducted, and anglers' equipment to the most minute
detail is marketed through the Toronto offices. Whether
the catch sought is the muskallonge or salmon of the
North, the tarpon or sailfish of the South, or any one of
the smaller inland waters, or sea fish, sportsmen of
Canada and the United States have found that the equip-
ment best designed for their purpose is obtainable from
"Allcock, Laight & Westwood Company, Ltd., and their
reputation for this branch of sporting goods is unrival-
led.

Mr. Mossop in tastes and inclinations is admirably
fitted tor the line of business he follows. He has long been
interested in out-door sports of all kinds, has managed
several baseball teams, has been a devotee of long dis-
tance running, and now gives most of his time free for
recreation to hunting and fishing. He is a member of
several fishing clubs, fraternizes with lodge and chapter
of the Masonic order, and is an active worker on be-
half of the Kiwanis Club. He is a Baptist in religious
faith, for several years was superintendent of the Sun-
day school of the Annette Street Baptist Church, pres-
ident of the Young People's Society of the Ossington
Avenue Baptist Church, and for two years was secre-
tary of the city executive committee of the Baptist
Young People's Union.

Mr. Mossop married (first) Margaret Humphrey,
and they were the parents of one child, Margaret.
Mr. Mossop married (second) Susie Bell, of Durham,
Ontario, and they have two children: Evelyn Clara and
Ruth Bell.

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ALEXANDER G. BROWN— In the manufacture of
pharmaceutical specialties for the medical profession,
Alexander G. Brown is holding a position among the
successful executives in the industrial world of Toronto.
Mr. Brown is a son of W. P. and Annie (Grant) Brown,
both natives of Acton, Ontario, who became residents of
Toronto in 1888. For some years W. P. Brown was iden-
tified with T. Eaton & Company, Ltd., as the manager
of their mail order department; he died in 1899.

Alexander G. Brown was born in Acton, Ontario, in
July, 1879, and was educated in the public schools of
Acton and Toronto, completing his studies at the On-
tario College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated
with the class of 1900, with the degree of Ph. M.B. from
the University of Toronto. For six years following his
graduation Mr. Brown was engaged in Toronto as a
retail druggist, then, in 1906, he became identified with
the Waterbury Chemical Company, Ltd., of Canada,
in the capacity of travelling salesman. This concern
produces various pharmaceutical specialties, their lead-
ing product being cod liver oil, which they manufacture
in large quantities, selling through their own repres-
entatives throughout the Dominion, and doing an ex-
tensive export business in Europe, Africa, India, and
Australia. In 1914 Mr. Brown was elected secretary
of this concern, and became its active manager. He has
been very successful in forwarding the progress of the
business.

Mr. Brown is a member of the Canadian Manufac-
turers' AMOciation, and politically holds Conservative
views. Fraternally, he is a member of Georgiana Lodge,
No. 343, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is a member
of the Granite Club. He is a member of the Methodist
church.

Mr. Brown married, in 1902, in Toronto, Daisy Cal-
lander, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and they have one
daughter, Margaret Louise. The family reside at No.
133 Indian road, Toronto.

WILLIAM ANDREW QUINN— Among the young
men who have recently entered upon executive activities
in the manufacturing world of Toronto is William A.
Quinn, who is secretary and treasurer of the Beaver Brass
Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Mr. Quinn comes
of Irish stock, but the family has long been identified
with the progress of the Dominion of Canada. He is a
son of Patrick and Ellen (McCallister) Quinn, and his
father, who was born in Stanleyville, Ontario, was
engaged in mining during the greater part of his life:
The mother was born in Bedford, Ontario, and is still
living.

WUliam Andrew Quinn was born in Stanleyville, On-
tario, July 30, 1901. He began his education in the
public schools of his native place, then spent two years
in the high school, and later attended the Peterboro
Business College, after which he entered the world of men
and affairs. His first position was with the Canadian
Northern railway, and he was next engaged with the
A. E. Ames Company, of Toronto, remaining only a
short time, however, with either concern. He then
became associated with his present company as a stock-
holder, and has since held the above-mentioned ofRce.
The Beaver Brass Manufacturing Company, Ltd., was
founded March 12, 1913, by F. L. Burton, William D.
Sanderson and Edmund H. Edwards, and was then lo-
cated at No. 24 Adelaide street. West. They later re-
moved to No. 83 Ryerson street, and in 1921, to gain
opportunity for further expansion, again removed to
No. 309 King street. West. The original partnership
endured until 1918, when W. H. Wilson purchased the
interest of William D. Sanderson, and is a director.
Purchasing an interest in 1919, Mr. Quinn was elected

to his present office, and the following year The
Ralph Barford also became a stock holder and ■
president. Mr. Burton has been president of the
cern ever since its organization, and Mr. Barford is
manager as well as vice-president. A sketch of
latter appears elsewhere in this work. The comj
manufactures a general line of brass goods and
leaders in this field in Toronto.

As a public-spirited citizen Mr. Quinn keeps in t<
with the general advance, and politically holds i
pendent views. He is a member of St. Michael's Ro
Catholic Church.

ARTHUR FREDERICK SPROTT— First as a

dent in Central Business College, and then as a part ov
and instructor in the same institution, Mr. Sprott c
into intimate acquaintance with the opportunities
possibilities awaiting a progressive, wisely-directed
book publishing house, specializing in commercial
technical books. The result of his ambitions and p
in this field is the Commercial Text Book Comp
publishers of shorthand and commercial publicat;
wholesale stationers, and Canadian wholesale agent
Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. Affiliated with this c
pahy is the Accountancy Book Publishing Comp
Ltd, distributors of text books covering accoiini
bookkeeping, cost accounting, banking, finance, e
omics and allied subjects. Mr. Sprott is not only
managing executive of these organizations, but is
author of several books on penmanship and o
methods, as well as collaborator on a two volume v
on accounting. A talented penman of national n
tation, Mr. Sprott has given his attention to the mi
f acture of a series of pens to meet the needs of discrii
ating teachers and writers, and Sprott's Pens bear
enthusiastic endorsements of the great majority of
leading perunen of the business colleges of Canada,
a field of almost boundless usefulness, Mr. Sprott
built up an organization rendering valuable and effic
service in aiding in the preparation of Canadian busi
men of today and tomorrow for the responsibilities
are and will be theirs.

Arthur Frederick Sprott was born at Osprey, (
county, Ontario, Canada, in January, 1877. He attei
the public schools in his birthplace and at Collingw
and completed his classical studies in the Universit
Toronto. He then took a course in Shaw's Busi
College at Toronto, subsequently becoming a memb
the faculty of that school, purchasing an interest i
administration and being elected secretary-treas
He continued his association with the institution
1906, when he sold his interest to Mr. Shaw. It
during this period that Mr. Sprott came into an appr
tion of the value of a Canadian publishing com]
specializing in text books for commercial and tech
schools, and his first venture in this line was a !
entitled "Penmanship With or Without A Teacl
This was followed by "Sprott's Metronomic Syste
Writing", his operations being conducted as the Com
cial Text Book Company. Mr. Sprott secured
Canadian Wholesale Agency for Isaac Pitman and !
and also secured Canadian rights of sale of other
able books on commercial subjects. During this tim
work as an author continued, and he wrote and
lished "Office Work Number One, or Actual Can;
Business Procedure," "Office Work Number T ,
and "Office Routine." This last named is the I:
accounting business practice for stenographers t
lished on the American Continent and provides fo i
shorthand students while in school exactly the kii o
work which will be met in business office. In 1919 '
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iration of a work named "Canadian Modern Accoun-
f." This is in two volumes, the first Mr. Sprott's
, the second prepared by Mr. Short. It has been
ted by the Institute of Charteied Accountants of
rio for their students' instruction courses, and by
!'oronto University, the Queens University of Kings-
and by many business colleges in Canada.

1918 Mr. Sprott purchased the business of the
untancy Book Publishing Company, and its man-
;ent is now directed by him in conjunction with the
mercial Text Book Company. This concern was
located at No. 3 Gerrard street. East, and since

has occupied the specially constructed building at
383 Church street. The Commercial Text Book
pany supplies all the needs of business college
■nts from a pen point to the books and stationery

and the catalogue of the company is a revelation
le number of aids to business preparation and
.gement that can be procured. Mr. Sprott is very
ently called upon to give expert evidence in our
s on disputed handwriting. He is an expert pen-
j and in addition to his writings on this subject has
I much to encourage good penmanship by the estab-
ents of the Sprott's Penmanship Gold Medal which
;ien annually to the best student writer in Canada.
t. Sprott is a member of the Toronto Board of
t;, and for the past ten years has been a member of
lucational committee of that organization. He is a
■jnaster of Harmony Lodge, Ancient Free and Accep-
rlasons, a past grand lodge officer and a member
;\ Scottish Rite. He is also a member of the Rotary
i' the Mississauga Golf Club, in which institution he
;jiirman of the house committee, and the Toronto
HB Club, of which he has been vice-commodore and
w a member of the executive committee. He is a
rjier of the Anglican church. He finds his greatest
ution and enjoyment in gardening and the care
i! flowers. Swimming and golf are his favorite forms
iircise.

4NRY RICHARD CHARLES BROADBRIDGE—

te manufacture of bicycles and automobiles Mr.
)i bridge is a pioneer, not only of his own locality
; ji the industry, and for more than fifteen years he
I j'en connected with automobile interests exclusively
;li garage business in Toronto.

H Broadbridge was born in London, England, in
vmber, 1864, and received a thoroughly practical
Ktion in the public schools of that city. As a young
nie entered the general engineering business, his
\\vis. including gas, hot water, etc., but soon the
Pi of the business broadened to include the manu-
tve of bicycles and tricycles, which for a time com-
njd his entire attention. With the first commercial
id^tion of automobiles in France, in 1895, Mr.
^abridge went to Paris and became associated with
' Jver Company, of that city, having charge of the
a' department. Remaining there until 1899, he
uied to London and went into the bicycle and auto-
b.- business, being very successful. In 1906 he dis-
leiof his interests in London, and coming to Canada
atj in Toronto, and established his present business
th city. He does a general repair business, and his
g cperience, under various conditions and in the Old
>rl centers of the automobile industry, has given him
«')rthy success. He does a very large business, his
fiage coming from every part of the Toronto dis-
■t. Mr. Broadbridge is a member of the Retail Mer-
in' Association, and fraternally holds membership
otGeorge Lodge, No. 367, Free and Accepted Ma-
13, Iso in the Sons of England, being past president

of York Lodge. He is a member of the Church of Eng-
land.

In London, England, Mr. Broadbridge married Mar-
tha Rosena Schorah, of that city, and their four chil-
dren are as follows: Herbert, who is engaged with his
father in business; William, who is connected with the
J. P. Holden Rubber Company; Elsie; and Henry, with
the Canadian National Carbon Company. The family
reside at No. 769 Euclid avenue.

JULIUS ALEXANDER HUMPHREY— For more
than forty-five years a resident of Toronto, and active
in the industrial and business progress of the city, Mr.
Humphrey stands among the representative men whose
success has been a matter of personal achievement, and
at the same time of broad usefulness to the city. Mr.
Humphrey is a descendant of the old English family of
that name, and his father, Edmund Humphrey, was a
Canadian by birth and rearing, while by occupation a
pattern-maker and wheelwright. He married Louise
Meyerhoffer, who was born in Buffalo, New York.

Mr. Humphrey was born in Woodby, Ontario, August
25, 1858, and received a limited education in the public
schools of his native town. Early learning the trade
of making watch cases, he came to Toronto at the age
of eighteen years, and was for thirty years active in this
line of manufacture. While still retaining his interest
in the above business Mr. Humphrey established, in
1900, the undertaking and funeral directing business,
of which he has since been the head. Selling out the
watch case factory in 1914, he built the present modern
plant, which is one of the most complete of its kind in the
city. With a street front of Gothic design, the building
has show rooms, stock rooms, mortuary chapel and every
convenience and comfort for his patronage, also the
most modern equipment for the work done. Under the
same roof is an eight room residence, and a spacious
garage houses his fine motor equipment. In 1910 Mr.
Humphrey received into partnership his son, Albert
Ernest Humphrey, the firm name then becoming J. A.
Humphrey & Son. The concern is one of the leaders in
this field, commanding an extensive and high class
patronage.

In various interests of a social and recreative nature
Mr. Humphrey has long been active. He is a life mem-
ber of St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 16, Free and Accepted
Masons, and a life member of Antiquity Royal Arch
Chapter, and has been a member of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen for a period of thirty years, of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows for thirty-five years,
and of the Canadian Order of Foresters for twenty years.
He is also a member of the Woodmen of the World, of
the Loyal Orange Lodge, of the Home Circle, and also
of the Eastern Star, in which many honors have been
conferred upon him, and of which he is past patron.
Politically, he is a Tory. In his younger days Mr.
Humphrey was fond of hunting, fishing and bowling.
He still bowls, but his chief recreation is travel, and he
has seen many interesting and famous places. His
lectures on his travels, which he is occasionally induced
to give, are awaited by his lodges with eager anticipation,
and are very popular. Some ot his subjects have been
Florida, California, the Grand Canyon, and other noted
points in both the United States and Canada.

Mr. Humphrey married, on September 29, 1881,
Martha Ashby, of Toronto, and they are the parents
of five children, all educated in the Toronto schools:
Charles Edmund, who married Stella Charters, and has
one child, Mary Louise; Frederick Alexander, single;
Hazel Martha Bell, the wife of S. F. Walsh, their only
child being a daughter, Martha; Albert Ernest, who
learned the undertaking business with his father, and

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also throueh study in the States, and is now his father's
Dartner married Florence Mix. and has one son. Thomas
Knde?; Ind Olive Christine, the wife of John Brown-
tag, theh^ only child being a daughter. Barbara.

THOMAS ADOLPH PURCELL-A inember of
the Purcell family of Montreal. Mr. P»«-cell came to
Toronto six years ago as branch manager of the Cana-
I^A^bltos Company Ltd. Mr. P"<=ell is of S-^otc^
ancestry, the son of Thomas H. and Nettie Purcell,
tTwSborn at Montreal in the year 1886. His father
who still lives at Montreal, has been connected with the
Canadian Starch Company. Ltd., for many years. Mr.
Purcell's mother died while he was young.

Mr Purcell was educated in the pubhc schools ot
Montreal, and in 1902 joined the Canadian AsbestM
Company. Ltd.. as a junior clerk. He rose rapidlj^,
passing through all the different branches of the busi-
ness, and in 1916. when the company ratablished an
offic4 at Toronto, he was sent to the city to take charge
of it Mr. Purcell's office was located on King street.
East, until May, 1920, when the newer premis^ of the
Canadian Asbestos Company, Ltd., were opened at No.
60 Front street. Mr. Purcell has had an unusual career.
Although still a young man. he has had twenty years of
business experience, and all of it has been gained in the
service of one firm. Under his management the Toronto
office of the firm has prospered. It carri^ a large stock
of asbestos and engineers' supplies of the high^t quality
and is generally regarded as the headquarters for mater-
ials of this description. , , ,. . i. t

Mr Purcell is a member of the Anglican church. In
politics he is a Conservative. He is an active member
of the Board of Trade of Toronto, and takes a great
interest in all matters pertaining to civic advancement.
In March, 1909, Mr. Purcell married, at Montreal,
Edyth Lindsay. Mr. and Mrs. Purcell have one son,
Kenneth T., who was born February 19, 1911.

HERBERT BRECKENRIDGE— Entering the em-
ploy of the Dominion Envelopes & Cartons, Limited, as a
bookkeeper, Mr. Breckenridge advanced to his present
place, secretary and treasurer, within five years, and as
one of the officials of the company has borne a full share
of the labor and responsibility involved in placing this
organization in the position of pre-eminence ithol^inits
field. Mr. Breckenridge has been identified with Toron-
to from childhood and is intimately associated with the
best interests of the city.

Mr. Breckenridge is a son of James Breckenridge, who
died in 1877. and Agnes (Alexander) Breckenridge. who
died in 1914. After the death of the father, the mother
brought her family of ten children, of whom Herbert
Breckenridge is the youngest, to Toronto, where they
grew to mature years. Herbert Breckenridge was born in
Streetsville, Ontario, August 27, 1876. When he was two
years of age Toronto became the family home, and here
he attended the public schools. His business career be-
gan in 1893 in the employ of S. F. McKinnon & Com-
pany, and after several years with this concern he
became associated with Gillespie, Ansley & Dixon. In
1910 he resigned from this connection and became a
bookkeeper with the Dominion Envelopes & Cartons,
Ltd. He was given positions of increasing responsibility.
and about 1915 was elected secretary, treasurer, and a
director of the corporation. Dominion Envelopes &
Cartons. Limited, are the largest manufacturers of printed
envelopes and cartons in Canada, and the company opi-
ates the most modem plant of its kind in either the
Dominion or the States. Its output is one million envel-
opes daily, which find a local market, and they also
export to England, while the volume of cartons manufac-

tured is equal to the outputof the next three com J
firms. The line of paper bags and folding boxes is liu
made equal in quality and comparative quantity fc
major lines manufactured. In addition to this
Breckenridge is vice-president and director of
Regal Paper Box Company, Ltd., director, seer
and treasurer of the Canadian Irrigation,Limited, dirt
secretary and treasurer of the Multigraphing Let

Printing Company. ^. . ^i. n ^■

Mr Breckenridge is a member of the Canadian
Lake Shore Country Club, and the Parkdale Canoe
Through the membership of the company he is ac(
the Board of Trade and the Canadian Manufac
Association. In politics he is a Conservative, and
ligious faith a Presbyterian. He married, in To
September 20 .1911 .Evelyn Kinnear, of this cit>

WILLIAM HERBERT ALDERSON— Manager

Ontario division of Gutta Percha and Rubber, Lii
with head offices of his division in Toronto, ha
been active in civic and commercial affairs in th
He has been treasurer and president (1921) of the
of Trade, and has, during his connection with the
interests, been numbered among her progressiv
ward-looking citizens.

William Herbert Alderson, son of William and

(Hayden) Alderson, was born in Saxon. Pennsyi

June 26. 1873. His family moved to Canada dun

boyhood, and he obtained his education in the

schools of Montreal. His first employment v

office boy for the Grand Trunk railway in Toronto

1887 to 1891, and he then became timekeeper wi

Gutta Percha and Rubber. Limited, spending abo

years in various capacities in the factory. *c

years, thereafter, he was in the warehouse, his m

and application winning him an opportunity foi

on the road in 1899. He traveled in Ontario te

with excellent success and in 1907 was promoted

managership of the Ontario division of the butt

cha and Rubber, Limited. ,^. ^ ^ , , . ,

Mr Aldersonhas maintained highstandardsin t.

trict, and has directed its affairs in the growth a

pansion that have attracted favorable notice. He fc

president of the Rotary Club of Toronto, and,

viously stated, has given much time and effort

work of the Board of Trade. In 1919-20 he was

man of the Canadian Advisory Committee f

International Association of Rotary clubs, and

chairman of the 1924 convention committee <

organization, this committee giving earnest con

tion to Toronto's strong claims for the conven

1924 From 1915 to 1920 Mr. Alderson was vici

man of the Social Service Commission of t"*

Toronto, and is now a director of the Toronto n

Bureau. He is a member of the Canadian Manufa

Association and since 1909 has been active on

committees. The period of the Worid War foun

devoted supporter of all forms of government

and social service work, and he gave especial se

the Red Cross. Mr. Alderson's clubs are the r

Canoe and the Engineers; and he fraternizes ^

Masonic order. In religious faith he is a Pr«b.

Mr. Alderson married, October 19, 1906, Jea

well, daughter of David Caldwell, of Toronto.

home is at No. 10 Glen-Avon road.

THOMAS ALVA CASE— As treasurer and
manager of the Toronto Pottery Company, witi
in the Temple building, Mr. Case holds a p<»
prominence in business circles here. -The Case fan
Irish origin and was one of the first to settle ir

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287

ty, Ontario. Mr. Case is a son of Adam S. and
e (Peirce) Case.

lomas Alva Case was born in Hensall, Ontario,
ber 29, 1883, and through the removal of the
ly to Michigan, his early education was received
e public schools of Sault Ste. Marie, in that State,
ing to Toronto in 1898 he entered the Jarvis Street
igiate Institute, from which he was graduated in the
of 1903. For a time thereafter Mr. Case was active
commission salesman in the line of men's furnishings,
ling the eastern Provinces. Late in the year 1904
ecame associated with the Toronto Pottery Com-
' in the capacity of salesman, and his rise with this
em has been steady. He became sales manager in
, then general manager in 1910, and in 1916 he was
ed treasurer of the company. This firm was estab-
d in 1903, and has enjoyed a remarkable growth,
aroducts being placed on the market by their own
?sentatives. They do an extensive business through-
Canada and Newfoundland, and are the Canadian
!sentatives of the Robinson Clay Products Com-
, of Akron, Ohio, the largest manufacturers of clay
ucts in the United States. Mr. Case has en-
charge of the Canadian interests of the concern,
s a member of the Toronto Board of Trade.
I 1915 Mr. Case received his commission as lieu-
iit in the 9th Mississauga Horse Regiment, and
^d until 1919, but was not sent overseas, his duties
i; those of an instructor in Canada. He is still a
jber of the Officers' Reserve Corps, and is a member
te Military Institute. His social connections include
ijbership in the Rotary Club and the Scarboro Golf
4 he is a charter member of the Knights of
liibus, and amemberof the Roman Catholic church.
V. Case married, in Victoria, British Columbia, on
«ry 9, 1918, Marguerite McLennon, of Honolulu,
qhey reside at No. 619 Avenue road.

F:EDERICK MATTHEWS NORRIS— In an in-

eing and somewhat unusual line of manufacture

emck M. Norris, of Toronto, is making a marked

ciss as business manager for the Hardie Cut Glass

iilmny of this city. His broad business experience

te Civil Service has given him the practical ability

lil is counting for steady and permanent advance.

rNorris is a son of Charles and Jane (Matthews)

Ks,. His father was born in Mere, England, in 1833,

d^as active as a farmer until his death, which occurred

118, at the age of eighty-five years. The mother,

iQvas also born in Mere, in 1835, died in 1914.

Fderick M. Norris was born in York county, On-

ri' October 11, 1870. Receiving his early education in

e >blic schools of this section, he completed his prepar-

iolfor his career at the Collegiate Institute in Owen

u\, Ontario. He went direct from school into the

-^' rvice, and was engaged in the customs depart-

■- many years, from 1897 until 1913. At various

was stationed at Ottawa and Toronto, and

i e last five years of the above period he seived

(lian customs agent at Chicago, Illinois. In

>• Norris went to Oakville, Ontario, where he

^nme property, and was more or less interested

■al estate development of that section, residing

iUe until 1918. He then came to Toronto to

he office of business manager for the Hardie Cut

impany, which he still successfully fills. This

was founded in 1917 by W. H. Hardie and

lombe, and in 1917 was purchased by J. S.

<>! Toronto, but the original name has been re-

ntil the present time. They make a general

' ut glass tableware of very exclusive and artistic

i^iSp, Mr Norris acting as business manager and Mr.

Hardie as production manager. Mr. Norris keeps in
touch also with the general advance, civic, social and
fraternal, supports the Liberal party, is a member of the
Canadian Order of Foresters, and of the Methodist
church.

Mr. Norris married, in 1911, Anna Tobey, of Chatham,
Ontario, who was born April 2, 1878, and they have one
son, Reginald Frederick, born November 24, 1911, now
attending the public schools of Toronto.

COLIN EDWARD BURGESS, who stands at the
head of the Hopkins-Burgess, Funeral Directors, has
won success in the field in which he was placed by cir-
cumstances. He is the third generation of this branch
of the Burgess family born in Canada, and is a son of
Colin and Edna (Taylor) Burgess.

Born in the city of Toronto, November 22, 1875,
Mr. Burgess first attended McGill's Private School,
then took a course at the Upper Canada College. En-
tering Trinity University, he took up the study of med-
icine, but his father's death compelled him to relinquish
his studies. While at the University he was engaged dur-
ing his spare time in the employ of the late Alex Millard,
a well known funeral director. Gaining a comprehensive
insight into the undertaking profession through his
activities in this connection, Mr. Burgess, realizing
the advantage of his unfinished medical education, be-
came associated with the Edward Hopkins Burial Com-
pany. This was a long established business, having
been founded in April, 1885. Having gone through
various hands, it was eventually conducted for some years
by Edward Hopkins, and in 1914 Mr. Burgess purchased
the business from Mr. Hopkins, and has since conducted
it under the name of Hopkins-Burgess, Funeral Directors.
It is now housed in a very beautiful Gothic building of
modem construction, designed especially for the purpose,
and equipped with every approved appliance and device
for the successful carrying forward of this branch of
endeavor. The offices, reception rooms, chapel, etc., are
all richly furnished, and in keeping with the dignity of the
purposes to which they are devoted. Mr. Burgess'
success in this profession places him among the leading
men of the city.

Fraternally, Mr. Burgess holds membership in the
Masonic order. His chief recreation is bowling, in which
sport he is a most successful amateur, and he is a mem-
ber of the Canada Lawn Bowling Club.

Mr. Burgess married, on June 7, 1906, May Eddy,
of Toronto, and their only child, Colin Melvin, died at
the age of five years.

JOSEPH CHARLES WEST— With broad experience
in business affairs, Joseph C. West, secretary-treasurer of
J. Muldoon, Limited, is taking pan in one of the most
practical lines of endeavor in the business world of Toron-
to. Mr. West is a son of Joseph and Maria West, both
deceased.

Mr. West was born in Reading, England, in March,
1870, and was educated in the public schools of his
native city. Upon attaining his majority he came to
Canada, locating in Toronto, and was here first employed
by the T. W. Barber Coal Company, with which concern
he remained for eleven years. For eight years thereafter
he was in the employ of Bell Brothers, prominent brick
manufacturers of this city, then in 1910 became associa-
ted with Mr. Muldoon in the present business. First
serving in the capacity of accountant, Mr. West entered
the firm upon its incorporation in the year 1913, when he
was elected secretary and treasurer of the concern.
This business was founded in 1896 by James Muldoon,
and from the first was a successful enterprise, early taking
a leading position in the field of builders' supplies. Two

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years after the incorporation the concern branched out,
and has since also dealt in coal. They are one of the
largest concerns in their field in the city of Toronto.

In the fraternal world Mr. West is well known, being
a member and past master of Occident Lodge, No.
346, Free and Accepted Masons, also of the Sons of
England, and the Woodmen of the World. Politically
he is a Conservative, and he is a member of the Baptist
church.

Mr. West married, in Toronto, in January, 1894,
Hannah Maria Ellsworth, of this city, and they have two
sons: Joseph Henry, and George William. The family
residence is at No. 148 Howard Park avenue.

WILLIAM HOPE CARRUTHERS— One of the

most interesting manufacturing establishments in Toron-
to, and one vitally connected with the health and wel-
fare of the public, is the plant of the Ideal Bread Com-
pany, Ltd., a fine, modern, six-storj- structure, which
might fittingly be denominated the Temple of Clean
Food. William Hope Carruthers, who stands at the
head of this prosperous business, has built it himself
from a small beginning, in less than a decade and a
half. Mr. Carruthers comes of Irish ancestry, in direct
line, his mother being English, and he is a son of Thomas
and Amy (Hope) Carruthers. The father, who died in
1898, came to Ontario at an early age, and settled in
Whitby, later removing to Uxbridge, both in Ontario
county. He was a fanner by occupation.

William Hope Carruthers was born in Whitby, On-
tario, November 29, 1872, and with the removal of the
family to Uxbridge, attended the township schools
there. Coming to Toronto in 1894, he attended the
Central Business College, and in the following year be-
came identified with Naismith & Company, Ltd., a
prominent firm of bakers, with which he was engaged
in the sales department. He continued with the same
firm in the same department for a period of thirteen
years. In 1908 Mr. Carruthers founded the present
business on the site of the present handsome building.
The first plant was a remodeled residence with bake-
rooms attached, but "ideals" of the concern were the
same — a perfect product, turned out under perfect con-
ditions, and upon this foundation has been built the
success of the "Ideal" bread. In 1908 the business was
done with three wagons, and the firm now operates
one hundred and twenty-five wagons. From the ware-
houses, of which there are three, to the hands of the cus-
tomers, every device and every devisable method is
employed to make the company's slogan a fact — "Ideal
Bread from an Ideal Plant." With flour from a well
ventilated stock room, the loaves are prepared by the
most expert workers, only the finest materials being
used, and absolute cleanliness prevailing in every
operation. They are baked for thirty-five minutes
at a temperature of from 450 to 550 degrees Farenheit.
The great Ideal Travelling Ovens, with a capacity of
three thousand loaves per hour each, have become famil-
iar to the purchasing public through the company's post-
er advertisements, so also are the company's great
service trucks, with a capacity of 4,000 loaves each,
which carry Ideal bread to the various sub-stations, and
which bear the poster of "The Loaf that Stopped Mother
Baking." Two hundred and fifty people are employed
in the various departments of this business organization,
the company's attitude toward them bringing out their
best and most loyal co-operation. It is Mr. Carruthers'
idea that the most important element in any enterprise
IS the human factor, and the most cordial relations are
sustained between employers and employees, a large
social room being set apart in the building for the use
of the latter. In 1919, with the opening of the new wing.

the salesmen presented the company with a banc
clock, which was installed over the main entrance
great building, and included in the presentation a<
was the following:

This gift is in acknowledgement of tlie fair treatment w
received iieretofore and we hope that it will mark time ;or
years to come during which the same pleasing conditions will e

As the head of this important interest, Mr. Cam
is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, a
the Canadian Manufactureis' Association, and polii
he supports the Conservative party. His more pe
interests include membership in the Rotary Club ai
Canadian Club, and he is a member of the Metl
church.

Mr. Carruthers married, in Toronto, on April 4,
Sarah Broughton, of Erin, Wellington county, Or
who died February 27, 1907, leaving two daug
Ruth Hope, and Beatrice May. The family homi
No. 90 Muir avenue. Mr. Carruthers' younger br
Charles Stewart Carruthers, whose life is also rev
in this work, is associated with him in the above
ness.

GEORGE LAWSON — With many years of pra
experience behind him, George Lawson, of Toror
now standing at the head of production as mana
the Craig-Cowan Glove Company, Ltd., of this
Mr. Lawson is of Scottish birth, and was thefirst
family to leave the old country. He is a son of G
and Margaret (McFedries) Lawson, both nati\
Scotland (Ayrshire county), his father engaged a
engineer until his death, which occurred in 1888.
mother still survives him.

George Lawson was born in Ayrshire, Sco
January 17, 1868, and received his education i
national schools and collegiate institute of Edinl
Influenced in some degree by his interest in his ff
work, he took up civil engineering, but was thi
gaged for only about two years, prefening other 1:
endeavor. Thereafter, he entered the employ of )
& Higgensbottom, where he continued for five y<
an accountant. At the end of that time Mr. L
came to America, locating first in the United Sta
Gloversville, New York, where he was engaged f(
years in the glove business. Then coming to Acton,
rio he was employed for three years by W. H. S'
Son Company, of that place, for two years in the fi
and the last year on the road. Coming to Toroi
became identified with the A. R. Clark Glove Cor
two years later going to Kitchener, Ontario, w?
was with the Brown & Erb Glove Company fo;
years. Then Mr. Lawson accepted the manager
the Sovereign Glove & Robe Company, which i
he successfully filled for a period of eight yea;
1915 he came to Toronto to accept the mana; ■
of the Craig-Cowan Glove Company's plant, ;
still thus engaged, the product of the plant beinf i
ingmen's gloves. Fraternally, Mr. Lawson hold: i'
bership in the Woodmen of the World, and he k «
touch with the general advance. He is a membe: :'
Baptist church.

Mr. Lawson married, in 1898, Jennie McPhi ^
was born in Guelph, Scotland, and is now livin

CLAYTON SMITH CORSON— With a u

that includes, in addition to thorough traini i
experience in the shoe trade, military service ii o
Africa during the Boer War, Mr. Corson has m b
way to a post of importance in the business worl' f
Dominion. He was born in Toronto, May 13, 18 '
after a grammar school education, entered upon t P
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in business life. His day began at four-thirty in the
ling at that period of his career, and after delivering
spapers he reported at eight o'clock as messenger-
for the wholesale shoe jobbing firm of Garside &
te, a concern now out of business.
, 1901 and 1902 he saw service in the Canadian
mted Rifles in South Africa during the Boer War and
four times wounded during the course of his en-
lent. Returning to Toronto, he resumed service with
J. D. King Company, shoe manufacturers, and
lined in this employ until 1907. He then entered
Regal Shoe Company, Ltd., as salesman, covering
sntire Dominion in the course of his work for this

In 1920 Mr. Corson formed the Corson Shoe Com-
' of Canada, Ltd., purchasing the Canadian rights
he manufacture of Regal shoes. He is in full con-
with tljis enterprise, which is located in the Cowan
ling, at Sterling road, with an equipment of the

modern and complete shoe manufacturing ma-
-ry in Canada. Men's and boy's high grade Goodyear
shoes are made and sold direct to the retail trade
ighout Canada, with an export trade to the British
, Indies. Twenty-six thousand square feet of day-
factory space aie occupied, an average of one hun-

and twenty-five men are employed, and the cut-
is six hundred pairs of shoes daily, with a capacity
me hundred pairs. Mr. Corson has developed his
less along progressive lines, and through skilful
fiandising has brought his product into high favor
retailers and the purchasing public. He is a member
e Canadian Manufacturers' Association and the
rito Board of Trade. He fraternizes with the Ma-
c order, and is a member of the Methodist church,
[litical belief, he is a Conservative.
\. Corson married, in Toionto, in 1907, Bertha
t!rine Manning, daughter of Richard Y. and Phoebe
ole) Manning. Het father, who died in 1902, was
iiinent in business circles, head of the People's
I'ssale Supply Company. Mr. and Mrs. Corson are

arents of Clayton Richard, born March 10, 1910,
iiertha Catherine, born December 6, 1915.

^LLIAM GORE — With a long record of successful
ities in the field of engineering, William Gore is
v.olding a position of wide prominence in Toronto,
:i suiting engineer with Messrs. Nasmith & Storrie,
tli city. Mr. Gore is a native of England, and is a
. I, John and Mary Ann Gore, fanning people of that
iny.
Vliam Gore was born in King's Lynn, England, April

;71, and his early education was acquired in the
;i(!al schools of his native land. Covering inter-
ike courses at the King's Lynn Technical schools,
tkreafter entered the Central Technical College of

'ty and Guilds of London Institute, and in due
rs was graduated as associate of same. From
'8 ntil 1892 Mr. Gore served as engineering appren-
' i the Highgate Iron Works, of King's Lynn, after
ic: for about a year, he acted as engineering assistant
tbsame plant, this experience being previous to his
rs at the above college. After his graduation, in
'6,klr. Gore became chief engineering designer of the
st-n Electric Company's plant at North Woolwich
I iter about a year in this connection he was assoc-
!dir about two years with Dr. G.F. Deacon, and then
h If Alexander Binnie, both of Westminster, England,
■iv engineer, covering a period of thirteen years. Mr.
re len, in 1912, came to Toronto, and immediately
iM an association with the John ver Mehr Engineer-

Cnpany of this city, as consulting engineer, which
tn.ed for a period of seven years. He then became
ntisd with Messrs. Nasmith & Storrie, of Toronto,

with whom he is still engaged, in an active way, as con-
sulting engineer. His work is widely recognized in
Canada, and he stands among the leaders in his pro-
fession.

A member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of
London, England, Mr. Gore is also a member of the
Engineering Institute of Canada, of the American
Waterworks Association, and of the Royal Astronomical
Society of Canada. He is also a fellow of the City
and Guilds of London Institute, and is a member of the
Engineers' Club, of Toronto.

Mr. Gore married, on January 1, 1897, at King's
Lynn, England, Katie Daisley, daughter of John and
Jane Daisley, and they are the parents of one son, George
W. D. Gore. The family, who reside at "Bircholine",
Long Branch Park, Ontario, are identified with the
Anglican church.

JAMES ALBERT ROBERTSON MORICE— With

the traditions of railroading, the home atmosphere in
which he was reared, Mr. Morice entered the executive
branch of this business at the outset of his career, and
has followed the same general line of activity since, at-
taining a position of large responsibility. Mr. Morice is
a son of David Morice, who was born in Brantford, On-
tario, and began life as messenger boy in the employ of the
Grand Trunk railway. He worked his way through the
various departments of the offices, until at his retire-
ment he held the position of superintendent. He had
the distinction of having been with the Grand Trunk
railway for a full half-century, without being off the pay-
roll a single day. He married Farella Lowrey, who was
born in Brantford, Ontario, and died in the year 1919.

James Albert Robertson Morice was bom in Strat-
ford, Ontario, September 17, 1878. His early education
was received in the schools of his native place, and of
Niagara Falls, Ontario, and London, Ontario. He then
had the advantage of a commercial course at the British-
American Business College, of Toronto. Mr. Morice
then entered the offices of the Grand Trunk railway, on
June 2, 1896, and continued with the road until July
7, 1907, rising, during this period, from messenger boy
to clerk in the office of the general superintendent.
On July 8, 1907, Mr. Morice entered the employ of the
Canadian Pacific railway, as foreign freight contracting
agent, with which road he has remained ever since.
On March 15, 1919, he was made agent of the foreign
freight department, and on April 1, 1921, was made for-
eign freight agent, with full charge over the entire
Ontario district.

Mr. Morice married, in 1904, Kate MacDonald, of
Toronto, who was born September 13, 1880. They are
the parents of four children: Arthur Albert MacDonald,
Helen Alexandra, Dorothy Irene, and Beatrice Edna.
The family reside at No. 63 Wright avenue, and are
members of the Presbyterian church.

FRANCIS BERNARD MORROW— During a long
and active life Mr. Morrow has been well known in
Ontario, both in mercantile circles where his early years
were spent, and in the public service to which he has
devoted his time and energies for more than thirty-five
years. Mr. Morrow comes of sturdy Irish stock, his par-
ents being the Canadian pioneers of the family, and he
is a son of Francis and Ann (Keenan) Morrow. His
father was born in County Longford, Ireland, and as a
young man crossed the Atlantic, settling in Simcoe
county, Ontario, where he was actively engaged in farm-
ing until his death. The mother was born in County
"Tyrone, Ireland, and both are long since deceased.

Francis Bernard Morrow was born in Simcoe county,
Ontario, March 19, 1847. His early education was ac-

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quired in the public schools of the time, and he had the
advantage of a course at Molson & Wright's Business
College, in Toronto. Returning to Simcoe County
after finishing school, Mr. Morrow was identified with the
general store business there for a period of twenty years.
He then came to Toronto to accept a position as assis-
tant in the Tenth Division Court, and was thus engaged
until July 4, 1892. On that date he took up the duties of
assessor, to which office he had been elected, and he has
now faithfully carried forward the work of this exacting
position for a period of thirty years, still holding the
office. In his more personal interests Mr. Morrow is a
quiet, home-loving man, his chief relaxation being
in the comforts of the fireside. He is a member of the
Knighta of Columbus, and for the past twenty-five years
has been treasurer of the Society of St. Vincent de
Paul. He is a member of St. Helen's Roman Catholic
Church of Toronto.

Mr. Morrow married, on February 13, 1871, Mary Ann
Smith, who was born in the township of Vaughn, York
county, Ontario, and is also still living. They are the
parents of two sons: Aloysius T., and William J. The
family home is at No. 2 Morrow avenue, Toronto.

RICHARD ALEXANDER MITCHELL— In one of

the most exacting branches of transportation Mr.
Mitchell holds a position of broad responsibility, as
general agent of the Canadian National Express Com-
pany, and his record of forty years in the employ of
this same company gives him a rare equipment for the
handling of those affairs which come under his charge.
Mr. Mitchell is a son of James and Martha (Jones)
Mitchell, ^ho came to Canada from Ireland, and settled
in Toronto. The father died in 1880, having survived
his wife by twelve years, her death having occurred in
1868.

Richard A. Mitchell was born in Toronto, August 20,
1861 , and his education was received in the public schools
and the Model School of this city. His first business
position was in the capacity of clerk at the office of the
Canadian Express Company, taking up his duties in
this connection in April of 1882. Beginning at the
bottom he rose through the various departments, and
held the office of agent for many years. In 1920 he was
appointed general agent of the company, which office he
now ably fills.

In fraternal circles in Toronto Mr. Mitchell is well
known, being a member of the leading orders. He is a
life member of St. John's Lodge, No. 75, Free and
Accepted Masons, and also of the York Pioneers. He is
a member of the Loyal Orange Lodge, the Royal Arcan-
um, the Canadian Order of Foresters, the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, and of the Maccabees. He is a
member of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Mitchell married, in Toronto, Cora Van Tassel,
of this city, the ceremony taking place in August, 1901.
They reside at No. 90 Willcocks street, Toronto.

ROBERT S. WHITE— Born and reared in Toronto,
and trained for his work in a Toronto establishment, and
having spent his entire business life in the place, Mr.
White is a true son of the city. He owes little or nothing
to outside influences and his career shows that however
warm a welcome Toronto may extend to newcomers, she
does not neglect her own citizens, or forget those who have
always lived within her borders. Mr. White, son of John
and Elizabeth (Somerville) White, was born January
4, 1880.

He was educated in the public schools of the city,
and at the age of sixteen, entered the wholesale depart-
naent of the Cohen Brothers Optical Works as an appren-
tice. After completing his training, he spent sevenal

years with the firm, then turned his attention
manufacture of pianos, continuing in this busin
twelve years. It was always his intention to ret
optical work and this he did by entering the em]
the T. Eaton Company, Ltd., of Toronto, ren
for twelve years in their optical department. I
he severed connections with this firm and estal
himself as an independent optometrist on the pi
that bear his name on Yonge street.

THOMAS GEORGE McCONKEY— Holding
ing position in the insurance world of Canadi
McConkey is one of the widely known men of the
Toronto, as superintendent of the Canada Life Ass
Company. Mr. McConkey is a son of the late S
McConkey, formerly a prominent Canadian manu
er.

Thomas George McConkey was born in Mo
Province of Quebec, February 26, 1871, and receii
education in the public and high schools of his
city. Upon leaving school, he went to New Yorl
and there entered the field in which he has alway
active, life insurance. His first position was wi
New York Life Insurance Company, beginning
office, then later acting as salesman. With this expt
he came to Toronto in 1896 to take charge of the
dian branch office of the above concern, then
resigning, accepted the office of superintendent of as
for the North American Life Assurance Comps
Canada, continuing with this concern until 1911
then assumed the responsibilities of his present pi
at the head offices of the Canada Life Assurance
pany, in Toronto, as general superintendent i
company. The progress of the business is a fair ar
appraisal of the man who stands as its executive
Mr. McConkey was honorary president of the 1
writers' Association for a period of six years. He
member of the executive committee of the Life
dents' Association, of New York City, is a men
the executive committee of the Life Officers' Assoi
of Toronto, is a member of the Insurance Institu
of the Toronto Board of Trade.

During the World War Mr. McConkey wa
active in all drives and other endeavors, in supper
forces overseas, serving on executive committe
also as captain of teams in raising funds. In club
he is widely known, being a member of the Natio'
Victoria clubs of Toronto, the Scarboro Club, tht
Canadian Yacht Club, the Manitoba Club, of Wi .
the Detroit Club, of Detroit, Michigan, and the i
man's Club, at Calgary, Alberta. His favorite rel t
is golf, and he has been president of the Scarbo j
Club of Toronto since 1915. He is also a membe
Lambton Golf Club of Toronto, and holds membe il
St. Paul's Anglican Church.

Mr. McConkey married, in Montreal, May Ox! i
they have one son, George O. who was a lieutenar i'
Tank Battalion during the World War, and n
connected with the Canada Life Assurance Com y

ALBERT WILFRED CALDWELL— For mai

active in the business world, and for eightee -
holding executive positions, Albert W. Cald I
Toronto, has been the active head, since 1910 ' •
Wrought Iron Range Company of Canada, hoi' '
offices of general manager, secretary and ti
Coming of Scotch ancestry in direct line, a
English blood on the maternal side, Mr. Cald- 1
son of Thomas and Eliza (Kidd) Caldwell. Th i'
who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, came to
early in life, and was a pioneer of Orchard, Ontar: '•■'■
he was engaged until his death as a general ni bm

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le mother, who was born in Suffolk, England, is also
w deceased.

Albert Wilfred Caldwell was born in Orchard, Ontario,
arch 17, 1871, and first attended school in his native
vn. He completed his education at the Orangeville
llegiate Institute, then in 1886 came to Toronto. For
; next six years he was engaged with the Fletcher
mufacturing Company, of Toronto, producers of ba-
rs' supplies, in the capacity of salesman. In 1892 he
nt over to the George Sparrow Company, also as
esman, his scope in this connection including both
kers' supplies and hotel equipment. He was with this
ncern for a period of eight years, then in 1904 became
■ntified with the Wrought Iron Range Company of

Louis, as manager of their Toronto office, which
ndled their Canadian business. Mr. Caldwell was
•y successful in this activity, and saw the breadth of
aortunity in the future distribution of the products
the concern. In 1910 he organized the present cor-
-ation, and purchasing the Canadian interests of the
leern, has since gone forward with his present assoc-
3s, as an independent company. They manufacture
1 retail steel ranges and kitchen equipment for hotels
1 institutions, placing their product on the market
lough their own representatives, and their business
y reaches throughout the Dominion.
;«Ir. Caldwell is a member of the Canadian Manufac-
i,ers' Association, and is a member of the Downtown
ilociation, being a director of the latter body. Frater-
ly he holds membership in St. John's Lodge, No. 75,
i;ient FVee and Accepted Masons, a member of the
tependent Order of Foresters, and of the Loyal Orange
rtge. Politically he is a Conservative, but takes only
b citizen's interest in public affairs. His recreations
lude the out-door sports, and he is a member of the
"onto Canoe Club. He has for many years been
f iated with the Methodist church.

ilr. Caldwell married, in Toronto, in 1897, Nettie
Vther, of Toronto, and they have one son, Henry
ajies, a graduate of the School of Science. The family
4e is at No. 148 Beatrice street, Toronto.

OBERT DAWSON HARLING, who is among the
sjesentative citizens of Toronto, has for the past
wity-six years been the representative in Canada and
iihe United States of the Manchester Ship Canal
icipany, and the Manchester Liners, Limited.

r. Marling was born in Liverpool, England, in 1861,

3rof Mark and Agnes (Dawson) Harling. He received

ispreparatory education in the national schools of

isiative city, and then entered St. Mark's College, at

■hsea, England. Upon the completion of his college

otse he began his business career, becoming a steam-

lii freight broker in Liverpool, working with his

rcier, Thomas Harling. This connection he maintained

n 1896, when he came to Toronto as western freight

gftioT Elder, Dempster & Company, and other lines.

'1 lis capacity he was associated with various Atlantic

ip companies until 1899, since which time he

ii representative in Canada and the United States

- ,e Manchester Ship Canal Company, and the Man-

neler Liners, Limited. He has taken a deep interest in the

ir erance of the Manchester ship canal project, and

01 time to time has lectured upon that subject. Assoc-

if throughout the entire period of his active life with

an steamship freight business, he is an expert

iiie, and regarded as an authority on many sub-

nnected with the ocean transport business. As a

• ul business man, a public-spirited citizen, and an

1 friend and associate Mr. Harling is highly

1 among a very large circle of friends and assoc-

■v^' He is a member of the National Club, of Toronto,

of the Rotary Club, the Empire Club, and the Toronto
Board of Trade, and, in the earlier years of its existence,
was a member of the Traffic Club, of Chicago, Illinois.
His religious affiliation is with the Anglican church.

Mr. Harling married, on August 27, 1892, Eleanor
Roberts, daughter of the late John Roberts, chief cus-
toms inspector of Liverpool. Mr. and Mrs. Harling
were the parents of three children: 1. Kathleen Agnes.
2. Thomas Leslie, who went overseas with the 8th
C.M.R., with the rank of lieutenant, in October, 1915,
and was transferred to the 5th Canadian Mounted
Rifles after securing a field officer's certificate. He crossed
to Belgium in March, 1916, and was located in the Ypres
salient. During the great bombardment that took place
on the first and second of June, 1916, he received wounds
in Maple Copse, from which he died June 2, 1916, and
was buried in the Transport Farm Cemetery. 3. Robert
Stanley.

HORACE LLEWELLYN SEYMOUR— In the con-
stant growth and development of the civic centers which
go to make up the bone and sinew of the Dominion of
Canada, such men as Horace Llewellyn Seymour, of
Toronto, are a vital influence. Through his professional
activities Mr. Seymour has become very widely known
in Canada, and is as widely sought as consulting engineer,
especially along the line of town planning and kindred
projects. Mr. Seymour is a Canadian by birth, but
comes of English and Welsh stock, and is a son of William
Frederick and Emma Louise (Wooden) Seymour.

Mr. Seymour was born in Burford, Ontario, June 11,
1882, and after the usual preliminary studies in his
native town, took up his professional preparations at the
Faculty of Applied Science of the University of Toronto,
from which he was graduated in 1903, obtaining the de-
gree of Bachelor of Applied Science in 1913, later re-
ceiving the degree of Civil Engineer from the same
institution. Mr. Seymour's first professional experience
was with the topographical surveys branch of the office
of the surveyor general of Canada, at Ottawa, and he
was identified with this office from the time of his grad-
uation until 1907. For seven years thereafter he was
engaged in municipal engineering and surveying in Wes-
tern Canada, carrying on a general practice along this
line at many points all over the great areas where towns
have sprung up almost over night, and have transformed
the wilderness of a generation ago into a group of thriving
and progressive Provinces. In 1915 Mr. Seymour became
identified with the Dominion government once more
as assistant to Thomas Adams, the leading federal town
planning and housing adviser, with whom he was associa-
ted until the formation of the firm of Barber, Wynne,
Roberts & Seymour, consulting engineers, which is now
Frank Barber & Associates, Limited. With offices at No.
40 Jarvis street, Toronto, this concern is handling large
interests, Mr. Seymour giving especial attention to the
special field of activity in which he has gained such
extensive experience.

A recognized authority on this subject, Mr. Seymour's
writings on topics relating to engineering, especially in
regard to town planning, have had wide circulation in the
technical press. He is also the author of "Appendix A."
in "Rural Planning and Development," by "Thomas Ad-
ams. Mr. Seymour is a member of the Royal Canadian
Institute, the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, the Association of Dominion Land Surveyors,
the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, the Ontario
Town Planning and Housing Conference, the National
Conference on City Planning, and the Town Planning
Institute of Canada, of which he was recently elected a
councillor, and is an associate member of the Engineering
Institute of Canada. He is a member of the Downtown

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Association of Toronto, and is a graduate member of
Hart House, University of Toronto. He finds recreative
interest in out-door sports, and is a member of the
Rusholme Tennis Club. Politically he holds Progressive
convictions, and his religious faith is that of the Uni-
tarian.

Mr. Seymour married, in Ottawa, Ontario, on De-
cember 8, 1913, Julia Leggo Campbell, daughter of A.
C. Campbell, editor of "Hansard," House of Commons,
Ottawa; and they have three children: Ann Ayton,
David Llewellyn, and Marion. The family reside in
Weston, Ontario.

CHARLES MOORE RICKETTS— A pioneer in the
automobile industry in Canada, Mr. Ricketts is now one
of the leaders in the distribution of motor cars, being at
the head of the McLaughlin interests in Toronto. Mr.
Ricketts is a son of John and Jane (Moore) Ricketts, both
born in England, his father being a stationary and marine
engineer.

Charles M. Ricketts was born in Quebec, Canada,
September 26, 1874. Until the age of twelve years he
attended the public schools of Muskoka, then, with the
removal of the family to Toronto, he completed his
studies in the educational institutions of this city.
First entering business as a watchmaker, he was engaged
in this work for six years, and at the age of twenty-one
years, established his own jewelry establishment on
Queen street. He engaged in this business for about
two years, then sold it to accept the position of general
manager for the Evans & Dodge Bicycle Company, which
had been located on the same street for a number of
years. Not long afterward the National Cycle and
Auto Company took over the interests of this concern,
Mr. Ricketts being interested in the merger and re-
maining with them. This company was the first to
introduce the steam Locomobile into Canada. Later
the company was bought out and reorganized as the
Canada Cycle and Motor Company, and located on
King street. In 1901 Mr. Ricketts was made manager of
the automobile department, which for years was the
headquarters for a number of American-made cars, which
they distributed throughout the Dominion. Still later,
this company built the Russell car, a two-cylinder op-
posed type car, which became quickly popular and
reached a large sale. To handle the distribution of this
car to better advantage the auto department was organ-
ized as the Russell Motor Car Company, and Mr.
Ricketts was made manager for the Toronto division,
and continued in this capacity, developing a very large
and wide-reaching business. In 1915 Mr. Ricketts
severed his connection with the above concern to become
manager of the Toronto office of the McLaughlin Motor
Car Company, Ltd. This is an old manufacturing con-
cern, with plants at Walkerville and Oshawa, Ontario.
Organized about 1872 for the manufacture of
carriages, this concern was among the first to begin the
manufacture of automobiles in Canada and now stands
among the foremost concerns in this field, manufactur-
ing general motor products and the most popular car in
the Dominion of Canada, the McLaughlin-Buick.
With a thorough mechanical knowledge of the product
which he is handling, Mr. Ricketts is filling his position
with the breadth of efficiency which counts far for
success. He is a director of the Toronto Automobile
Trade Association, and of the Ontario Motor League,
and is a member of the Board of Trade.

Mr. Ricketts married Ada Moore of Toronto, and they
have four children: Edna, Norman Charles, Charles
Moore, and Hazel. The family home is at No. 28 Sussex
»venue, Toronto.

DANIEL MITCHELL SORENSON— Represe

tive of the Ford Organization in Toronto, distiib
of Ford motor cars and supplies, and maintainli
service department for owners of this make of aut<
bile, Mr. Sorenson is widely known in the city,
in the trade and among the general public. Ford
are in themselves splendid salesmen, but the numbi
concerns producing cars that are classed as compet
is upon the increase, and to maintain the standard
average set by the Toronto agency means thought
effort, which have been supplied by Mr. Sorenson
marked success. He is a son of Christian Sorer
deceased, long a railroad contractor of Windsor.

Daniel Mitchell Sorenson was born near Wine
Essex county, Ontario, July 8, 1888, and received
early education in the public schools of his native p
completing his studies at the Amherstburg High Sc
in May, 1906. His first position was in the Ford M
Car Company's plant at Walkerville, Ontario, and
was later transferred for a time to the Detroit plan
1908 coming to the Toronto woiks as superinten(
remaining in that capacity for three years. In
he formed the Toronto Taxi-cab & Garage Company,
locating at No. 54 Jarvis street, and filling the o
of president and general manager. Conducting ar
to-date garage and automobile livery, he also des
supplies and accessories of every kind. In 1916, whe
Ford Motor Car Company discontinued the ret;
of their product, Mr. Sorenson established an agenc
the Ford cars, discontinued the automobile livery I
ness as outlined above, and changed the firm name 1 1
Toronto Motor Car Company, Ltd. In 1918 hej
an addition to the original plant, making that bufl
his service station, and removed the salesrooin3
offices of the concern to the building next door, ai
52 Jarvis street. The concern employs a total of se^
people, and handles Ford sales, service and su i
exclusively.

By way of relaxation Mr. Sorenson chooses ou
interests, and is particularly fond of hunting and fi
He is a member of St. Augustine's Anglican CI
He married, in Toronto, Winifred Alice Eddowe
they have one daughter, Margaret, and one son. D

JAMES DONALD CRAIG— Prominent in a:i
tive capacity in Toronto, as managing director
derson Pearcy & Company, Ltd., James D. (
bearing a very practical part in the general iidw
the distribution of Pearcy's Hillcrest Paints. M :■
is a son of Donald Craig, at one time a manufai :
elevators in Toronto.

James Donald Craig was born in Toronto, A u ,
1877, and was educated in the public schools of na-
tive city. His first employment was with Brad eet'i
in the capacity of office boy, and he remained w tbi
concern for eleven years, rising to a position of Mter
responsibility. In 1903 he became identified witl 'tui-
erson Pearcy & Company, as an accountant, If r 1*
coming secretary and treasurer, and eventually r
the position of managing director of the concer;
derson Pearcy & Company, Ltd., was establi
Pearcy & Stewart, dealing in paints, oils and
glass, entirely at wholesale, their location then bt
136 Bay street. Some time later the firm na
changed to Sanderson Pearcy & Company,
1907 a limited company was formed, when t'
took its present form. In recent years changes ha
place in the business, the death of Mr. Sandersoi
occurring on August 9, 1917. In July of the f
year the company's large warehouse on Adelai'
was destroyed by fire, which brought about the
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2 Van Home street, a fine modern building which
e company erected, containing 40,000 square feet of
or space. Here they employ forty people, having
gun the manufacture of paints in the new building,
io manufacturing a number of paint products. They
irket the paints under the name of Pearcy's Hillcrest
lints, and the other products are put up under the
ide mark, "Hillcrest." Their product is distributed
rough the retail hardware merchants throughout the
^minion of Canada. They also deal in dry colors,
ndow glass and cutlery, which they import from the
lited Kingdom and Belgium.

As the managing head of the above business Mr.
aig is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers'
soeiation, the Toronto Board of Trade, the Canadian
int. Oil & Varnish Association, and of the Paint, Oil
Varnish Club of Toronto, in which he is a member of
! executive committee. In his younger days Mr.
aig served in the "Queen's Own Rifles," (Second
giment). He is a member of the Lake Shore Country
lb, and his chief recreation is motoring. He isamem-
• of the Eglington Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Craig married Kathleen Isabella McCurdy, and
■y have three children: John, Benjamin, and Jean.

^EVON BABAYAN — Born under Turkish oppression
it a witness of its horrors, from which he made a nar-
V escape, Levon Babayan has for more than twenty-
i; years been a resident of Canada, nearly all of that
iie of Toronto. He has meanwhile attained a position of
we prominence in mercantile circles, and has achieved
i-eworthy success as a dealer in oriental rugs and art
nsures in great variety.

Ar. Babayan was born in Brusa, near Constantino-
>\ Turkey, January 15, 1876, and is a son of John and
3Sk Babayan, his father having been a prominent
lirister in Constantinople. Receiving his early edu-
aon in his native place, Mr. Babayan there studied
inenian, Turkish, Arabic and French, then when he
ji seventeen years of age the family removed to
'■istantinople and he entered the College of Con-
tatinople, where in connection with the regular course,
ifitudied English, and was graduated at the age of
Wity years. In the autumn following his graduation
1J6), occuired the fearful massacre of the Armenians
ijAbdul Hamid II., which shocked the civilized world
n has gone down in history as an ineradicable blot on
h honor of Turkey. Mr. Babayan witnessed the
lOrors of this time, seeing five thousand Armenians
I'dered on the streets of Constantinople, his own
stpe being almost a miracle. Fleeing from the "Great
lassin", as William Gladstone named Abdul Hamid,
I- Mr. Babayan came to Canada, locating first in
fitreal. Having brought with him a meagre stock of
•rntal rugs, he opened a small store, and began his
uness career at once. His business grew rapidly and
eiiade many friends among his influential patronage.
tacted to Toronto, he soon determined to remove to
•licity, and in the spring of 1897, he opened a store at
c225 Yonge street, carrying Oriental rugs and Far
a objects of intrinsic or artistic value, constantly
rcfiening the scope of his operations. Mr. Babayan's
Of was the only store in the city stocked exclusively
0 the Orient, and commanded wide attention. He
;i offered a space for the display of his stock in the
1 ore of T. Eaton & Company, Mr. Eaton person-
king a deep interest in Mr. 6abayan, buying a
JWer of the finest rugs and introducing him among his
IMS. Later, being advised by his patrons to reopen his
s independently, Mr. Babayan did so, locating at
King street. East, and doing business under the
" of L. Babayan & Company. In the course of time

he received a partner, Paul Courian, the firm name then
becoming Courian, Babayan & Company, Mr. Babayan,
however, retaining absolute charge of the business in all
its branches. Eventually removing to No. 34 King street,
where he is now located, Mr. Babayan again became sole
owner of the business, and through traveling salesmen
his name has become known throughout Canada in
connection with Oriental rugs. He counts among his
friends and customers such personages as Sir William
Van Horn, and many other noted art collectors, and this
patronage has given him a leading position in his chosen
field of activity. He keeps his stock replenished by fre-
quent trips in person, back to the Orient, also through
established buying agents in Persia, Turkey and India.
In fact Mr. Babayan is handling a very extensive busi-
ness, both wholesale and retail, undoubtedly the largest
of its kind in the Dominion of Canada.

The foregoing interests, however, have not been
allowed to absorb all of Mr. Babayan's time and atten-
tion. He has never ceased to keep in touch with the pro-
gress of his fellow-countrymen, and has given lavishly of
his time and means on every occasion of an appeal for
Armenian relief. He has organized and has been secre-
tary of the Armenian Relief Committee of Canada, and
is the representative in Canada of the Armenian National
Society. A personal tour of investigation by Mr. Babayan
among the oppressed Armenians brought this work more
closely to the attention of interested philanthropists of
Canada, and was reported in the "Toronto Globe,"
shortly after Mr. Babayan's return in September, 1921,
as follows:

Assurance that Canada is to be distinctively identified with the
Armenian relief woric by the money wUch Ceinadian citizens have
subscribed, is given by Mr. L. Babayan. secretary of the Armen-
an Relief Committee of Canada, who ha-s just returned to this city
after a visit to Turkey. He states that the Canadian fimds are
being utilized for the purchase of a former Grand Vizier's Con.stantin-
ople residence, which will be remodelled a.s an orphanage and wliich
will corLstitute a permanent memorial to the pail which I lie citizens
of the Dominion have tal<en in assisting the race which has been so
persistently i)ersecut<Ki on account of its reUgion.

"Mr Balxiyan on his tour came merely upon the aftermath of the
ruthless Turkish oppression, which con-sisted principally of the
thousands of orphans left destitute and parentloss by the campaign
of the Mahomraedans. In Constantinople alone he found five
thousand orphans, while upon the estate of the Bosphorous of a
former Turkish Grandee, he foimd hundreds more wno had been
sheltered there by the relief organization of the Lord Mayor of
Ijondon.

"The relief agencies have, Mr. Babayan states, performed miracles
of economy in the administration of the all too limited funds that
have been placed at their disposal. The utmost in results for the
minimimi in expenditure has been followtxl, and the strictest business
methods have been observed in distributing tlie funds.

"Mr. Babayan finds Britain to be the dominating and restraining
influence in the Turkish situation. Although nominally poUre<i by
Italian troops, Con.stautinople is really induce<i to tear tlio indignity
of foreign supervision by a wholesome fear of Britain, which is render-
ed all the more compelling by the presence in the harbor of thirty-
five British warships with their guns constantly trained on the Siil-
tan's peilace.

In the various organizations of his adopted country
Mr. Babayan is well known. He is a member of the
Free and Accepted Masons, and through his business
position he holds membership in the Toronto Board of
Trade and in the Retail Merchants' Association, and is
also a member of the Oriental Rug Importers of New
York. He has for many years been a member of St.
Paul's Anglican Church.

Mr. Babayan married, September 15, 1912, in London,
England, Perouz Benlian, of that city. Mrs. Babayan has
also been actively interested in Armenian relief work,
as well as other Canadian charitable relief drives and
campaigns. On 1917-18 she organized in Toronto, two
tag days which were most liberally supported by the
public, realizing $30,000, which money was used for the
relief of starving Armenians. Mrs. Babayan is known to
have a talent for dramatic singing. Their home is at
No. 39 Whitney avenue, Rosedale.

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GEORGE W. CRUISE— As the head of the roofing
firm of Cruise Brothers, of Toronto, George W. Cruise
is bearing a very practical part in the general welfare.
Mr. Cruise is a son of William and Elizabeth Cruise, of
London, Ontario.

Mr. Cruise was born in London, Ontario, June 27,
1876, and was educated in the schools of his native
place. Assisting his father on the farm from the early
age of twelve years, he came to Toronto at sixteen, and
at once entered the express business. Beginning in a
small way he did general hauling, conducting a steadily
increasing business for about three years. He then went
into the coal and wood business, and for five years
was very successful. This he made the stepping stone
to his present occupation, and for more than twenty years
he has done an important business in contracting roofing.
He has been very successful, and has become one of
the leaders in his field of activity.

In the public life of the city Mr. Cruise has long
been interested, and was elected alderman from the
Eighth Ward on January 1, 1921. Fraternally he holds
membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Maccabees,
and is also a member of the Loyal Orange Lodge.

Mr. Cruise married (first) Maud Griffith, of Hasper,
Ontario, who died in 1899, leaving two children: William,
and Gladys. Remarried (second) in 1906, Clara Williams,
of Toronto.

GEORGE ANGUS DAVIDSON is a representative
in the Canadian paper industry, of a family long resident
in the Dominion, where it was founded by William
Davidson, the pioneer ancestor, who came from Aberdeen,
Scotland. William Davidson's son, Joseph Davidson, was
of the first generation of the line born on this side of the
Atlantic. George Lancaster Davidson, second son of
Joseph, was born in Como, Province of Quebec, Canada,
and was for thirty years an engineer on the Grand Trunk
railway. He married Martha Parsons.

George Angus Davidson, son of George Lancaster
and Martha (Parsons) Davidson, was born in Hudson,
in the parish of Como, county of Vaudreuil, Piovince
of Quebec, June 15, 1879. Toronto soon afterward be-
came the family home and he began his education in the
public schools attending the Norway school, No. 20,
S. S. York county, and later in the village of East
Toronto. He was a student in the Jarvis Street
Collegiate Institute for one year, after which he entered
the business world, his first position being with Robert
Walker & Sons, with whom he remained foi two yeais
as parcel boy. Subsequently he became associated with
the wholesale dry goods house of John MacDonald &
Company, Ltd., and was with that concern for about
six years, during which time he acquired a familiarity
with the business that formed the foundation of a thor-
ough commercial education. He went through many
departments, including dress goods and cotton goods,
and also for a considerable time had charge of the silk
department. Mr. Davidson then became identified with
the firm of Joseph Simpson & Sons, manufacturers of
knit goods, in the capacity of travelling salesman, re-
signing from this position to become the Canadian
representative of several French manufacturers, covering
the entire Dominion in association with Mr. W. B.
Hurd, of Montreal.

In the fall of 1913, Mr. Davidson abandoned his in-
terests as manufacturers' agent to accept the sales-
managership of the Howard Smith Paper Mills, Limited.
This concern had been organized the year before, and
Mr. Davidson, having transactions with the company,
and the favorable impression he had made upon its offic-
ials resulted in an offer for his services in its executive
force. The head offices of the company were then located

at No. 138 McGill street, Montreal, and Mr. Davidson
remained in that city until 1915, when the sales de-
partment was removed to Toronto, a more central
location. The first office here was at No. 124 Richmond
street. West, then was later removed to No. 120 Bay
street, eventually, in January, 1920, being establisheo
in the Royal Bank building, its present location. The
Howaid Smith Paper Mills, Limited, produce and sell high
grade rag, bond, ledger, writing, book and lithographic
papers to wholesale paper merchants, manufacturint
stationers, the lithographic trade and allied printinf
industries, all placed on the market under the trade
mark "Beaver S." Mr. Davidson has charge of al
Canadian sales and exports, with the export depart
ment in the head offices of Montreal, the product goin
to all parts of the world. The company has mills i
Beauharnois, Quebec, Crabtree Mills, Quebec, an
Cornwall, Ontario. "They also have a large pulp mi
at Cornwall, manufacturing for their own requiremen
with a capacity of sixty-five tons of bleached sulphi'
pulp per day, the combined capacity of paper amoun
ing to one hundred tons per day. The company is capita
ized at $10,000,000, and owns large timber areas on tl
Gaspe Peninsula, in Quebec. This immense industri
organization has been developed in less than a sing
decade, having been founded late in the year 1912.
feature of their progi ess is the provision which they ha-
made for the comfort and well-being of their employee
in the building of model homes and clubs, and the pr
vision of social and entertainment features.

Mr. Davidson holds membership in the Canadii
Manufacturers' Association, the Canadian Pulp a:
Paper Association, the salesmen's section of the pap
industry of the American Pulp and Paper Associatii
and the Toronto Board of Trade. During the Woi 1
War Mr. Davidson labored tirelessly to advance t
various loan and Red Cross activities. He was foimei
a member of the "Queen's Own Rifles," (Second Re:
ment). His more personal interests include members!
in the Free and Accepted Masons, the Empire and Car.
dian clubs, Mississauga, Oakville and Humber Vi "
Golf clubs, and the North Lake Fish and Game Gil
his chief recreations are a fishing trip, or a round or t
of golf.

Mr. Davidson married Mary E. Tabilcock, of Ton
to, and they have one son, R. Eiic, now a student
Ridley College.

JAMES MULDOON— Standing back of the world
construction in Toronto, James Muldoon has achie'
a definite success in the distribution of builders' suppl
and for nearly seven years has also handled coal. 1
Muldoon is a son of William and Elizabeth Muldo
both now deceased. The father, throughout his lifeti
was engaged in farming.

James Muldoon was born in Ireland, in County
maugh, in March, 1868. Receiving his education in
national schools of his native land, he came to Tore
in 1886, and for the first ten years of his residence 1
was employed by various dealers in builders' supp
In 1 896 he went into business under his own name, foil
ing the same line of activity as that in which his ex
ience had been gained. The growth of the enteri
was steady and permanent, and in 1913 the business -
incorporated, Mr. Muldoon becoming president of
company, and received into the firm as secretary-ti
urer, Joseph C. West, who had been for a number of y
in his employ, and a review of whose life is found
where in this work. Under the name of J. Muld
Limited, the concern has become one of the largei '
the city in this line of business. Their offices, with bj
sive yards and warehouse, are situated at Nos. 161

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"'!;'.ir avenue, and they also have a large branch yard

. 80-90 Perth avenue. The coal business, which

iilded to their other line in 1915, has also become

irimportant interest.

Ir. Muldoon is a member of the Lumbermen's

■ ' Bureau, and politically endorses the Conservative

He is a member of the Howard Park Methodist

'1 .

Illy, 1892, Mr. Muldoon married (first) Frances
Raymond, daughter of Hiram Raymond of Lea-
n, Ontario, and she died in December, 1911, leaving
lighter, Ella Elizabeth. He married (second) Sarah
se Harris of Nashville, Tennessee, in 1912, and
> side at No. 215 Howard Park avenue.

DSEPH F. HEFFRON— At the head of the Mac-

le -Evans Glass Company, Ltd., Joseph F. Heffron,

if oronto, is a representative man of the day. He was

~ 'n Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Michael

1. of Pittsburgh, retired.

iih F. Heffron was born January 13, 1889, and
icated in the public and high schools of Sewickley,
irb of that city, and the Carnegie Institute of
logy, in Pittsburgh, where he studied architec-
For one year following his graduation he was
I'd with Rultan & Russell, architects of Pitts-
then for a time acted as teller at the Diamond
al Bank. During 1909-10, Mr. Heffron was in the
: States Marine Corps, after which he entered the
of the Macbeth-Evans Glass Company, Ltd.,
<l)urgh, as a salesman, traveling out of the city.
- he was sent to Toronto, in the capacity of sales-
nen in 1914 he was placed in charge of the Cana-
■;mch of the concern in Toronto. This office was
: inl911, under the name of the Macbeth-Evans
Ompany, Ltd., being located at No. 86 King street,
aid distributes at wholesale, illuminating glass and
ire for industrial purposes. In 1912 the sales-
and office were removed to No. 162 Bay street,
sent location. With warehouses at No. 27 Front
they are doing a very extensive business, new
IS having been opened in Winnipeg and Mon-
1 order to facilitate the handling of the constantly
Ing volume of business.

mber of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Heffron

Ids membership in the Illuminating Engineering

of Canada, and the Electric Club. He is a mem-

the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and of

e philosophical Society of the United States. His

i^ecreation is reading, along scientific lines, and he is

fHle writer, contributing frequently to industrial

ujals. Fraternally he affiliates with St. Andrew's

No. 16, Free and Accepted Masons.

. Heffron married, in 1912, Mary J. Krecht, of

lajira Falls, New York, and they have two children:

«h G. and Marion J.

VkLLIAM CROFTON WARBURTON— With long
ptience in automobile sales, William C. Warburton
afaining broad success as a distributor of Ford motor
■SI Toronto.

^.. Warburton was born in Port Byron, New York,

ir 24, 1886, and received his education in the public

iii^h schools of Tarrytown, New York. His first

rnent was with the Maxwell Automobile Com-

at their Tarrytown factory, where he remained

^period of three years. He was then sent to their

irh office at Atlanta, Georgia, where he remained

I ral years, after which, in 1910, he came to Canada

ablished the Maxwell Agency for Toronto, of

.V lie was manager for three years. He then became

oftted with the Ford Motor Company, as salesman

of their Toronto distributing office. After one year in
this position Mr. Warburton was made manager of the
maritime Provinces for the Ford cars, holding that
position until 1916, when the Ford Motor Company
discontinued the retailing of their product.

He then returned to Toronto, and forming a partner-
ship with A. G. McDonald, under the name of McDonald
& Warburton, entered upon the handling of Ford cars
in this city. With an advantageous location "•■ No.
466 Bathurst street, they made an excellent beginning,
and in the winter of 1918, Mr. Warburton bought out
his partner, continuing the business under his own
name. In the spring of 1919 he removed to his present
spacious quarters, at No. 670 Bloor street, where his
service station and sales rooms occupy a floor space of
18,000 square feet. In this same year a limited company
was formed, and the concern now bears the name of
W. C. Warburton & Company, Ltd. The constant
growth of the business is measuring his success and the
future is most promising. A member of the automobile
section of the Retail Merchants' Association of Toronto,
Mr. Warburton takes little leisure from the demands of
his business, his chief relaxation being an occasional
fishing trip.

Mr. Warburton married, in Toronto, Ina Jackson, of
this city, and they have three children: Doreen, Louise,
and Dorothy.

LESLIE LANGMUIR GRABILL— In transportation
matters in Canada the name of Leslie L. Grabill carries
its own significance, Mr. Grabill having been connected
with the baggage department of the Grand Trunk rail-
way for twenty-five years, rising in that period to his
present office as general baggage agent of the Grand
Trunk system. Mr. Grabill is descended from one of the
old Dutch families of the State of Pennsylvania, of which
a pioneer group came to Canada about 1778, settling in
Waterloo county, Ontario. There they became promin-
ent in agricultural and constructive occupations, John
Grabill, Mr. Grabill's father, throughout his lifetime
having been engaged as blacksmith and carriage builder
at Walkerton, Ontario, his active career having covered
a period of fifty years. He married Anna Liebler, and
both are now deceased.

Leslie Langmuir Grabill, fourteenth child of the
above, was born in Walkerton, Ontario, February 6,
1878, and received his education in the public schools of
his native place. Entering commercial life in his thir-
teenth year, he was thus engaged until 1897, when he
became identified with the Grand Trunk service at
Montreal, in the capacity of freight porter. He was soon
transferred to the baggage department, still in Mon-
treal, and rose from one position to another, each_ in-
volving greater responsibilities than the previous
one. In 1907 Mr. Grabill was transferred to Toronto, to
assume the duties of chief clerk of the general baggage
department, then on January 1, 1909, he was appointed
assistant general baggage agent. He was appointed to
his present position as general baggage agent on August
1, 1918, and has successfully met the problems, which in
the intervening years have constantly presented to this
department new and perplexing conditions. His standing
in transportation circles is well appraised by his election
a few years ago to the executive committee of the Amer-
ican Association of General Baggage Agents.

Fraternally Mr. Grabill holds membership in Trans-
portation Lodge, No. 583, Free and Accepted Masons, in
which body he fills the office of treasurer; a member of
the Canadian Club, of which organization he is also
treasurer: chairman of the boaid of management of
the Broadview Young Men's Christian Association; and
a member of the Metropolitan Board of the association.

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serving on the executive committee. He is past president
of the Men's Association of the Broadview Presbyterian
Church, and formerly served as vice-chaiiman of the
committee of management. Politically he is an Inde-
pendent.

Mr. Grabill married, in Montreal, February 14, 1901,
Jennie A. Kyle, of New York State, and they have three
sons: Dayton L^lie, John Douglas, and William Kyle.
The family resides at No. 28 Fairview boulevard.

FREDERICK ALFRED HARRIS was born at
Toronto, March 31, 1882, son of Charles R. and Mary
(Hilliard) Harris. His father was a native of Cow Honey-
born, England, where he was born September 3, 1859, son
of Thomas and Ann (Halford) Harris. In his early years
he devoted himself to agriculture, but tiring of this, he
turned to various pursuits in an effort to find a con-
genial occupation and one in which his ability could be
utilized to the best advantage. At one time he held a
good position as an engineei , but this was not the ideal
occupation he was endeavoring to find. About 1880
he came to Toronto and founded the dairy business which
bears his name. Mary (Hilliard) Harris, whom he mar-
ried at Toronto, was the mother of four children: Fred-
erick A., of whom further; Harry, Walter, and Leonard
R. Mr. Harris was uniformly successful in his business
life at Toronto. By energy and perseverance he built
up a substantial business, and left his family well pro-
vided for. He died May 7, 1920.

Frederick A. Harris, the eldest son of Charles R.
Harris and Mary (Hilliard) Harris, received his education
in the public schools of Toronto. An active and am-
bitious boy, at the early age of fifteen years he decided
to become a wage-earner and found a position in a book
bindery. He found this business agreeable and so a-
quired the trade. For the next fifteen years he continued
to follow it as an occupation, but at the end of this period
he decided to become associated with his father in the
management of the Hairis & Sons Dairy. When his father
died he became the manager of the dairy, a position that
requires all his time, the business having reached ex-
tensive proportions. His brothers, Harry, Walter, and
Leonard R., are also active in the business.

Mr. Hairis is a member of the College Street Metho-
dist Church. He is a Mason, and also belongs to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Sons of England,
and the Loyal Orange Lodge.

Mr. Harris married, on June 14, 1904, Viola B. Baird,
daughter of Thomas and Jeannette (Young) Baird. Mr.
and Mrs. Harris have one son, Frederick Earl Harris,
who was born April 25, 1907. The family reside at No.
17 Wyndham street.

GEORGE ERLE O'BRIEN— Formeriy a newspaper
editor and now actively associated with one of the
largest co-operative associations of Canada, Mr. O'Brien
is well known throughout the Dominion. He is a native
of Beaver River, Yarmouth county, Nova Scotia,
born April 29, 1890. Hereceivedhisearly education in the
public schools of that Province, then proceeded to McGill
University, Montreal, Quebec, and graduated therefrom
in 1913, with degree of Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture.
Mr. O'Brien as-sumed the editorship of the "Nova
Scotia," of Halifax, soon after his graduation.
He directed the affairs of this newspaper with entire success
for a period of two years, then entered the Department
of Agriculture of the Dominion of Canada, where for
two years he was a close student of all matters concerning
agricultural affairs in Canada. This experience has since
proved invaluable to him. In 1918 he was selected by the
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, Limited, to act as
secretary and treasurer of their organization, and in

1920 was appointed general manager in additio
other duties. Mr. O'Brien is a member of the Toi
Board of Trade. He attends the Methodist church,
holds membership in the Weston Golf Club and ir
Lake Shore Country Club.

Mr. O'Brien married, on July 31, 1918, Hilda Dt
Tait, daughter of R. C. and Minnie (Evans) '
of Shediac, New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien
one child: Mary Tait O'Brien, who was born Ocl
13, 1919. The family residence is at No. 43 Fo
road.

CLARENCE GEORGE BOWKER, who holi
responsible position as general superintendent of
Ontario lines of the Grand Trunk railway, is of En
descent, and is a son of George W. and Rachael (Fl
Bowker, residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Bowker was born in Medford, New Jersey, i
21, 1871, and attended the public and high schoo
Philadelphia, supplementing his formal education w
special course in telegraphy. In 1888 he entered
employ of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, ir
capacity of telegraph operator, then later had some i
tical experience over the lines as brakeman, with
same road. His advancement was steady, his next pr(
tion placing him in the position of agent, then he be(
train dispatcher. Going West in 1896, Mr. Bowkei
came identified with the Santa Fe railroad as I
dispatcher at Los Vegas and Albuquerque, New Me
Returning East about a year later, he was with the
high Valley railroad, at Buffalo, New York, in the ca
ity of train dispatcher, remaining there for about
years. In May, 1899, he came to Canada, to take ur
duties of train dispatcher with the Grand Trunk rail'
at London, Ontario. Transferred to Durand , M ichiga
1902, he was again transferred in 1905, to Stratford,
tario, there acting as chief train dispatcher. Rising st
ily, his next step upward was his appointment in 1
as assistant superintendent, at London, Ontario, 1
two years later followed his appointment to the su
intendency of the St. Thomas division. This led hin
1913, to the appointment as general superintenden
Eastern lines at Montreal, then, in 1918, he was tr
f erred to Toronto to assume his present position as ger
superintendent of all Grand Trunk lines in Ontario.
Bowker has charge of the lines west and north of Tore
to the St. Clair and Detroit riveis, and to the N
Bay and Georgian Bay points in Ontario, his resp(
bilities including the oversight of all transportation
maintenance matters.

A number of years ago Mr. Bowker became a nati
ized citizen of the Dominion of Canada, in poll
affairs being an Independent. He is a member of
Commonwealth Club, the Royal Canadian Yacht '
and the Lakeview Golf Club, and fraternally 1
membership in the Knights of Columbus.

Mr. Bowker married, in Shamokin, Pennsylvani
1892, Margaret MuUin, of that city, and they
three daughters and one son: Merlyn, a graduate n
Marion, an instructor on the pianoforte; Margaret, '
Donald, the two younger children being in school,
family residence is at No. 648 Huron avenue, and J
are members of the Roman Catholic church.

A. JAMES MYLREA— A native Manxman, :
educated in the United States, Mr. Mylrea's associ '
with Toronto interests dates to 1911, and his sf
branch of the insurance business has been sprink
risks, that being his department as a member of the
of Reed, Shaw & McNaught. He was born in Castlei
Isle of Man, May 25, 1889, son of Philip C. and Eliz;
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Man, his mother born in Ulverston, England, the lattter
irviving to the present time (1922). Philip C. Mylrea
as associated with the Western Electric Company of
hicago as carpenter and special policeman until his

■ath in August, 1918.

Brought to the United States in his youth, his educa-
■nn was obtained in the public schools of Chicago, Illin-
uid Crane Institute of Technology, his business career
liing with the Commonwealth Edison Company.
, ler a short time he came to Toronto, becoming an
i^pector in the sprinklered risk department of the
Unadian Fire Underwriters' Association, taking charge

< this department in 1914. He resigned in 1918 to form

< association with the firm of Reed, Shaw & McNaught,
i charge of the sprinklered risk department, in 1920
ling admitted to partnership in the firm. This organiza-
t'n is prominent in the Canadian insurance field, its
cerations dating to 1872, the present firm composed
c Colonel Le Grand Reed, George B. Shaw, Charles B.
IcNaught, T. L. Armstrong, O. T. Lyon, H. M. de
^ies, W. J. Chapman, and Mr. Mylrea. The firm at the
I?sent time are representatives for Canada of the
Jarine Insurance Company, Ltd., of England, the
Iitional Surety Company of New York, and the Lloyd
lite Glass Insurance Company of New York. They are
gieral agents for the Province of Ontario of the Pacific
Cast Fire Insurance Company of Vancouver, British
(lumbia; the Century Insurance Company, Ltd., of
Sitland ; the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsyl-
viia, of Philadelphia; the Delaware Underwriters'
Epartment of the Westchester Fire Insurance Company
oPhiladelphia; the National Benefits Assurance Com-
ply, Ltd., of London, England; the Tokio Marine and
Fe Insurance Company, of Japan; and the Fidelity
ai Casualty Insurance Company of New York. They
a. general agents for the Toronto district of the Liver-
p)l & London & Globe Insurance Company, of England;
t) Mercantile Fire Insurance Company of Toronto, the
Cnnecticut Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, the
Nrthern Assurance Company, Ltd., of England, the
G-be UnderwTiters' Agency of New York, and the
Qjensland Fire Insurance Company of Sydney, New
Sfth Wales, Australia. Mr. Mylrea, in devoting an

.'Ptic attention to the affairs of his special sphere of
rm's interests, has built up a department that holds
.. : rank in the organization.

Ir. Mylrea fraternizes with the Masonic order, hold-
in membership in Riverdale Lodge and in all bodies of
th Scottish Rite, including the thirty-second degree.
H is a communicant of the Methodist church, and his
cl»s are: the Engineers', Strollers', Brier Golf and Coun-
tr. Municipal Golf, and Empire.

ESS LLEWELLYN APPLEGATH is widely known

" ' istern Canada as a leading hat merchant, having

irty years been located in Toronto, and eighteen

in Montreal, and the circle of acquaintances made

"ictical associations is equalled by that gained

. h enthusiastic participation in athletic and sport-
terests. He is a wintei resident of Los Angeles,
rnia, where he has the tiiple attractions of financial

'^ts, many friends, and escape from the Northern

- Llewellyn Applegath was born in Alton, Hamp-
Kngland, February 21, 1869, and as a child was
ht to Canada by his parents. His father, L. J.
Kath, was a hatter during his active years and is
iving in Toronto (1922). Mr. Applegath was
ted in Toronto public schools, and obtained his
mployment with J. M. Hamilton & Company, on
1 oje street, in the retail drygoods trade, as an appren-
ict Subsequently, he went to Buffalo with Adams,

Meldrum & Anderson, retail drygoods merchants, then
returned to Toronto and soon afterwards entered the
department store of Robert Simpson & Company, as
clerk. Service with Caldecott, Burton & Spence, whole-
sale drygoods merchants, followed, and from this assoc-
iation he went with his father, in retail hat dealings.

On September 28, 1893, Mr. Applegath was an organ-
izer of the partnership of Applegath & Harbottle, retail
hat merchants, with a store at No. 89 Yonge street, and
in the following year he purchased Mr. Harbottle's
interest, continuing operations as "Jess Applegath." In
May, 1905, he had extended his operations by the open-
ing of the store on St. Catharine's street, Montreal, and
in May, 1917, he occupied half of the store at No. 280
Yonge street, taking over the entire property in May,
1922. Mr. Applegath is the exclusive agent for the
Battersby English hats, handles only the higher grades
of this line, and is known as one of the largest retail
hatters of Canada.

Mr. Applegath has entered allied fields of business as
well as others more remote from the calling in which he
has spent the greater part of his active years, and among
his other activities he is a director of the Globe Petroleum
Corporation, of Los Angeles, California.

Mr. Applegath is remembered as a former loyal
supporter of the Toronto Baseball Club, serving as an
officer and diiector for nine years, in 1901 and 1902 served
as vice-president, and as president in 1903. In the last-
named year he was a delegate to the National Association
of Baseball Leagues Convention at Diamond Park,
St. Louis, Missouri. He has in the past given a great
deal of time to the breeding and training of horses and
ponies for exhibition purposes, and was a director of
the Open-air Horse Show in 1904, 1905, 1906, a director
of the Spring Horse Show of 1906, held at the armories,
and director of the Horse Breedeis' Association in 1905
and 1906. His knowledge of horses and his appreciation
of the fine points which distinguish the highly trained
thoroughbred was attested by his choice for judge of the
Open-air Horse Show in 1905. Golfing has largely re-
placed his identification with the tan-bark ring and in
this sport he finds his principal recreation. He is a
member of the Mississauga Golf Club, the Royal Cana-
dian Bicycle Club, the Ontario Jockey Club, theScar-
boro, Golf and Country Club, the Lake View Club, the
Ontario Club, the Montreal Athletic Club, the Los
Angeles Golf and Country Club, and the Los Angeles
Athletic Club. His religious beliefs are Anglican, and
he is a member of St. Paul's Church.

Mr. Applegath married Florence Charlotte Jackman,
daughter of Captain Henry Jackman, and they are
the parents of: Hilda Wray, who married Dr. Lome
Cook; and Grace Charlotte Edith.

THOMAS DALE — Having gained experience, in
early life, along an unusual line of manufacture, Thomas
Dale, of Toronto, has for the past decade carried on a
similar business independently. Mr. Dale is a son of
George and Hannah (Saniger) Dale, natives of England,
but long residents of Toronto.

Thomas Dale was bom in Birmingham, England,
February 16, 1864. He was seven years of age when he
came with his parents to Canada, and the family settling
in Toronto, he received his education in the public and
high schools of this city. His first business experience
was with the Piddington Book Store, where he was
engaged for a time as a clerk. He then became identified
with A. S. Richardson & Company, who were pioneers
in Canada in the manufacture of wax forms and display
fixtures of various kinds. Here Mr. Dale gained the
practical knowledge and experience which have since
carried him to success. He was with the above firm until

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the death of Mr. Richardson, which occurred in 1910,
then continued as manager of the business for about two
years. In 1912 Mr. Dale became actively engaged in the
manufacture of a similar line of goods for himself, and the
enterprise he then established has become one of the
important interests in this field in Toronto today, and
indeed in the Dominion. The plant was first located on
Front street. East, but was later removed to No. 86
York street, where it still remains.

Broadly interested in all civic and industrial advance,
Mr. Dale finds leisure, however, for few activities out-
side his business. He is a member of Doric Lodge, No.
473, Free and Accepted Masons, of Toronto, and is a
member of the Baptist church.

Mr. Dale married Emma Defoe, daughter of William
Defoe, of Belleville, Ontario, in the year 1887, and
they are the parents of two children: Lena, and Hilda.

GEORGE EDGAR GOODERHAM— One of the

largest and most successful automobile agencies is that
of George E. Gooderham, distributor of Studebaker cars.
Mr. Gooderham is a son of W. G. Gooderham, of the
firm of Gooderham & Worts, and a prominent banker of
Toronto.

Mr. Gooderham was bom in Toronto, September 12,
1879, and was educated at Ridley College, at St. Cather-
ine's, thereafter taking a course in mining engineering
at the Toronto School of Science, covering one year.
He then entered the firm of Gooderham & Worts, dis-
tillers, in 1898, in the capacity of clerk in the office, and
was thus engaged until 1906. At that time he took over
the management of the "York Springs," manufacturing
and bottling aerated beverages and mineral waters, con-
tinuing in this business for eleven years. In 1917 Mr.
Gooderham took the agency for the Chevrolet cars
in the Toronto district, later also for the Studebaker cars,
operating under the name of G. E. Gooderham & Com-
pany. The first location of this concern was on Yonge
street, but in March, 1919, Mr. Gooderham built a new
service station, with spacious salesrooms and offices
at No. 99 Richmond street, West. This building contains
a floor space of 46,000 square feet, and is modernly
equipped in every way, even having the latest devices
for changing the foul air, sprinklers and all obtainable
equipment for preserving the health and comfort of the
employees as well as for the advancement of the business.
In 1920 Mr. Gooderham relinquished his interest in the
Chevrolet, and the Studebaker has since commanded his
entire time and attention. Although this is a compara-
tively new concern, it is among the leaders in the auto-
mobile world of Toronto.

In connection with the above, his principal interest,
Mr. Gooderham is extensively connected with the busi-
ness activities of this city. He is a director of the Do-
minion of Canada Guarantee, Accident and Insurance
Company, of O'Keefe's Brewery, and of the Oriental
Textile Company of Oshawa, Ontario. He is a member
of the Automobile Dealers' Association. Socially Mr.
Gooderham is widely known, being a member of the
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, of the Lake Shore Country
Club, of the Rosedale Golf Club, and the Toronto Hunt
Club. He has always been a member of St. Paul s
Anglican Church.

Mr. Gooderham married Emilie Frances Paterson,
daughter of J. F. Paterson, a leading banker of Fergus,
Ontario, and they have one daughter and two sons:
Ellen Florence, George William, Frederick Dal ton.

EMIL DEUBER— The family of which Mr. Deuber
is a member is of Swiss ancestry, his parents coming to
the United States from Switzerland and settling first
in Missouri, later moving to Pennsylvania. In Pitts-

burgh, Pennsylvania, Mr. Deuber obtained his tech
training, and since 1905 his interests have been Cana(
As vice-president and factory manager of the Cana
Optical Company Ltd., the largest concern in its fie
the Dominion, he is widely known in business cii
He has numerous other associations in Toronto, bus
and fraternal, and is active in charitable work.

Mr. Deuber was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylv:
October 12, 1873, was educated in the public schoo
his native city, and then, at the age of seventeen, ent
the Westinghouse Electrical Works at Pittsburgh.
Deuber utilized his spare time by taking course
architecture and drafting, and machinery designin
all descriptions. He rose steadily, working in vai
departments of the Westinghouse business at Pittsbi
until he finally became a foreman. In 1905 he
appointed foreman of the Westinghouse Electrical P
at Hamilton, Ontario.

Mr. Deuber, a keen student, had at intermec
stages of his career devoted a great deal of time to
study of optical dies and the machinery and gei
practice of the optical business. As a result of thi
organized at Toronto, in May, 1915, the Arrow Op
Company. This company was afterwards dissolved
the business was le-organized under the name of
Canadian Optical Company, Ltd., of which he is i
president and factory manager. This company owns
only plant in Canada which manufactures optical gi
from raw materials, and its product bears compari
for quality and dependability, with that of any con
in its field.

Mr. Deuber holds the thirty-second degree in
Masonic order, affiliating with Dondoran Lodge,
475, Free and Accepted Masons, and Rameses Ten
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shi
He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and
Independent Order of Foiesters of America. His chi
is the Lutheran, and he is a member of the Swiss Clul

Mr. Deuber married, in Pittsburgh, February
1903, Mary Doll, a native of Germany, and they are
parents of one child, Hermine Deuber, born in Ma
1905. The family residence is at No. 187 Spadina ave:

JOSEPH MOORE WALLER— Of English b
and ancestry, Mr. Waller was born in Suffolk, Jam
12, 1875, son of George Henry and Charlotte S. (Mo
Waller. His parents came to Toronto when he was a1
ten years old and his education was completed in
public schools of the city; the Parkdale Collei
Institute and the British American Business College.

After his graduation from high school, Mr. W
entered the mercantile field and spent twenty-i
years in business pursuits connected therewith.
1910 he commenced business as a real estate and
vestment broker. A natural understanding of land
land values, a faculty for quick appraisal, and a kee
sight into the conditions controlling the real estate
ket in Toionto, soon put him abreast of many
dealers, and in the past twelve years he has establ
something of a record as an independent buyer
seller of Toronto real estate. He is a membe
the Toronto Real Estate Board, and as siuli
served on the arbitration board, the appraisal I
and other committees of that oiganization. Heisi
respected among real estate men for his sound
ment and conservative methods. In January,
Mr. Waller was elected president of the Ronces »
Business Men's Association.

Mr. Waller is a member of the Anglican chu; '
belongs to the Young Men's Christian Associa.;
takes an active part in all the activities conneim
that organization. He is a life member of the 1

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299

|i>e Club, and belongs to the High Park Lawn Bowling
p. Although he follows all the out-door sports of the
^with keen interest, he finds his chief recreation in
jTJnR.

] iiarried (first) Alma Merner, in 1900. Mrs. Waller

October, 1910, leaving a son, Frank Merner

who was born April 6, 1902. On June 25, 1918,

- Jler married (second) Ann Munro, daughter of

and Margaret (Cuthbert) Munro. Mr. and Mrs.

i.ave one daughter, Joanne Waller, who was born

. er 5, 1919.

JiHN BISSLAND ROBERTSON— Identified with

■ -if the business activity of Toronto in the capacity

ired accountant, Mr. Robertson holds an assured

in the business world of Ontario. He is a son

ales and Catherine Jane (Bissland) Robertson,

Scotch parentage. The father came to Toronto

. and throughout his lifetime was a building con-

tmt is now deceased.

B. Robertson was born in Toronto, May 23,
d his early education was secured in the public
of the city, followed by a course at the Jarvis
DUegiate Institute. He was later graduated from
University, class of 1903, with the degree of
r of Arts. Meanwhile, beginning in 1899, Mr
-on was in the employ of the Dominion Bank, at
>, remaining until 1905, in the capacity of account-
1906 he became associated with the Mackenzie-
1 iiterests, as chief accountant and assistant con-
■cmaining with this organization until he formed
tnership of Robertson, Robinson & Company,
id Accountants. This fiim later became Robert-
iiinson, Armstrong & Company, establishing their
n 1913. Mr. Robertson became a member of the
1' of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1914.
|il6 until 1919, inclusive, he had charge of the
nig and auditing section of the Canadian Bank-
-ociation course at Queen's University. His firm
^^ branches at Hamilton, Ontario, at Montreal,
at Winnipeg, Manitoba, and at Cleveland, Ohio.
rction with his activities as outlined above, Mr.
■ in serves as trustee in bankruptcy. He has
ited articles to financial journals on cost account-
financial subjects. He recently completed a work
accounting, principals and application. He is an
ry on income tax matters in both Canada and the
States.

chairman of the Select Committee appointed

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario

ove the courses of instruction for students in ac-

:g given by Queen's University under authority

tj Institute.

F'temally, Mr. Robertson is a member of Ashlar
No. 211, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a
- of the Royal Canadian, Yacht Club, the Ontario
fi the Old Colony CIuId, and is a member and
of the Lake Shore Country Club. He is affiliated
f Presbyterian church.

Robertson married, in Toronto, February 28,
iary Cadenhead, of Fergus, Ontario, and they
e son, John Keefer Bissland Robertson. The
lome is on Dunvegan road.

J«HN ARMSTRONG— Born and brought up in
""o, Mr. Armstrong has contributed his share to
uilding of the city and has made a name for
as one of Toronto's progressive citizens. He was
tober 12, 1882, son of William and Alicia (David-
nstrong, both of Irish ancestry.
Armstrong was entered as a pupil of the public
at an early age and completed his course with

credit. From the public schools he proceeded to a busi-
ness college and acquired a fundamental knowledge
of commercial methods. He had no intention of entering
the clerical field in the business world, his chief interest
pointing toward type faces and the art of printing. Not-
withstanding offers that appeared more advantageous
at the time, he became an apprentice to the printing
firm of E. Barber & Company, of Toronto, and learned
the printer's trade. He left the Barber Company and
entered the employ of the Toronto "Globe," spending
eleven years in the service of this newspaper. In 1907
he retired from the "Globe" in order to establish a
printing house of his own. A master of his craft, he
has developed a business that reflects his individuality,
and some of the most prominent buyers of printing are
numbered among his patrons. In the general work of a
printing house, the opportunity to become a De Vinne
seldom presents itself, but the ideal of good printing
remains the same the world over, and for the attain-
ment of this ideal Mr. Armstrong has worked long and
hard.

Mr. Armstrong finds his chief recreation in motoring.
He is interested in the highways and in all matters
connected with civic improvement and social welfare in
Toronto. He is a member of the Yonge Street Methodist
Church. Fraternally, he is a member of the York Lodge,
No. 156, Free and Accepted Masons. He also holds
membership in the Loyal Orange Lodge, and the Royal
Arcanum, a member of Maple Leaf Council.

Mr. Armstrong married Mary Thomson, daughter of
Allan and Nina (Pi est) Thomson, and they are the
parents of five children: Alicia, Allan, Nina, William, and
Donald.

ADOLPH FRANK DORENWEND— At the head of
a long established and successful business interest, com-
prising hair goods and toilet accessories, Adolph F.
Dorenwend is giving to this enterprise the elegance and
distinction which places it among the highest class of
personal service organizations.

Mr. Dorenwend is a son of Hildebert and Isabell
(Robinson) Dorenwend, and his father was for many
years very piominent in the business which was his life
work. He founded the firm of H. Dorenwend in 1865, with
offices at No. 105 Yonge street, doing hair dressing and
the making up of hair goods principally in the beginning,
but gradually developing a thriving business in the
manufactuie of toilet pomades and lotions, and the re-
tailing of toilet accessories.

Adolph Frank Dorenwend was born in Toronto, June
4, 1895, and receiving his early education in the Toronto
Model School, he thereafter attended St. Andrew's
College, and the University of Toronto. Upon the com-
pletion of his education in 1916, Mr. Dorenwend immed-
iately became associated with the Dorenwend Company
of Toronto, Ltd., shortly after being received into the
firm by his father. With the exception of the interrup-
tion occasioned by the great World War, when he
served in the 71st Battery, Canadian Expeditionary
Forces, he has been active in the business continuously
since. Upon the death of his father in September, 1920,
Mr. Dorenwend took entire charge of the affairs of the
concern. In March, 1922, a revision of the departments of
the business took place and at that time the show rooms
were removed to No. 156 Yonge street. This is one of the
most modern establishments in Canada as to equipment,
methods, and the scope of its activity, in fact in every
regard. Their methods for making up hair goods includes
certain patents of their own, and their standards of
perfection are much appreciated by those who require
accessories of this kind. The Dorenwend institutions
have become very popular, and their hair pieces and

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toilet requisites are considered of the finest. The business
extends throughout the Dominion of Canada, and espec-
isd facilities for mail order business are maintained in
their Toronto office. Mr. Dorenwend is a member of the
Toronto Board of Trade. His chief relaxation from
business he finds in music, and he is a member of the
Anglican church.

In March, 1922, Mr. Dorenwend was united in mar-
riage to Annie Laurie MacDonald, of Toronto.

WALTER BLACK— One of the representative busi-
ness men of Toronto is Walter Black, chief Toronto
agent for the Canadian Fire Insurance Company and
for the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, who
is also closely connected with the Reed, Shaw & Mc-
Naught Company and with various other concerns. He
is well known as a leader in the insurance field in Toronto,
being a specialist in his line.

Mr. Black was born in Prince Edward county, On-
tario, July 5, 1882, the son of Daniel Black, who also
was born in Prince Edward county, where he was en-
gaged in farming until his death. May 17, 1898, and of
Hannah (Sprung) Black, who was born in Hastings
county, Ontario, February 5, 1854, and died May 20,
1889. He attended the public schools of his native
district and then took a special course at Shaw's Business
College. When his school training was completed, he
began his business career in the office of the Canadian
Fire Insuran e Company of Toronto, remaining in the
office for two years and th^n becoming one of their
special agents, in which capacity he still serves in addi-
tion to an independent insurance brokerage business
which he established in 1907. Mr. Black has been
notably successful in this venture and since that time
has continued to build up a very large and important
clientele. The insurance business has been his lifework.
The family from which Mr. Black is descended is of very
old Scotch lineage, the early settlers of the name being
among the United Empire Loyalists, who were the first
settlers of Prince Edward county.

Fraternally, Mr. Black is affiliated with Georgina
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is a member
of the High Park Bowling and Curling Club, and the
Thistledown Golf and Country Club. His religious affilia-
tion is with the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Black married, on June 10, 1907, Edith Maud
Turner, who was born in Huron county, Ontario, daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. John Turner, and they are the parents
of two sons: Walter Donald, born April 13, 1910, and
Charles Gordon, born August 5, 1921.

HIRAM BURDETTE CLARK— Among the younger
men who are holding executive positions of large respon-
sibility in Toronto is Hiram Burdette Clark, who became
identified with the Mathews Steamship Company nearly
eight years ago, and is now secretary and treasurer
of the concern. Mr. Clark is an American by birth, and
is a son of Hyde H. and Catherine Patience (Drew)
Clark. His father, who was born in Syracuse, New
York, in 1857, is retired, and the mother, who is a native
of Oshawa, Ontario, was born July 31, 1859.

Hiram Burdette Clark was born in Dubuque, Iowa,
April 19, 1890, and his education was begun in the public
schools of his native city. Coming to Toronto with his
parents in 1900, he covered the high school course here,
being graduated in the class of 1908, later entering the
University of Toronto, from which he was graduated in
1914, with the degree ot Bachelor of Arts. Shortly there-
after, Mr. Clark became identified with the Mathews
Steamship Company as their representative at Port
Colborne, Ontario. Later he traveled for the same
concern, covering the entire Great Lakes district. He

was thus engaged when the United States entered
great World War, and in June of 1918 he erJisted.
signed to the Officers' Training School (artillery)
Camp Taylor, Kentucky, the entire period of his sen
was at that camp, as the armistice followed in the I
He was mustered out in December of the same year :
returned to the employ of the same concern. At this ti
he became active in the offices of the Mathews Stes
ship Company, then in the Board of Trade building, i
in May of the following year he was made secret
and treasurer of the company, still serving in this cap:
ty. The company owns about fifteen bulk freight
which operate on the Great Lakas. In September
1921 the offices of the concern were removed to
Canadian Pacific Railway building, where they are r
located.

Mr. Clark takes little leisure from his business inters
but keeps in touch with the general advance. Politica
he is a Conservative; and he is a member of the Bl
Street Presbyterian Church.

JOHN ANDREW McFEETERS— Making a 1
long specialty of dairying through the coramen
branch, the creamery, John A. McFeeters, of Toronto
one of the leading men in this field in Ontario, and
identified in an executive capacity, with creamery c
porations throughout the Province. He is a son of Da
and Hannah (Honey) McFeeters, his father the forr
owner of the McFeeters homestead near Bowmanvi
Ontario. David McFeeters died in 1898, his wife hav
passed away in 1879.

John A. McFeeters was born in Bowmanville, (
tario, July 2, 1872. He completed public school st«
with graduation from Bowmanville High School, tt
entered Petersborough Business College, finishing
1894, going thence to the Agricultural College at Guel]
there finishing with graduation, class of 1897. He
remained at the home farm all these years, but in :
having decided upon his life work he began a coursi
study and work in the creamery business. In 1899 ^
McFeeters went to Saskatchewan in the interests of i
Canadian Government, and after executing his eo
missions there, returned to Guelph, where he became
instructor in the dairy department of the Ontario A{
cultural College. In 1904 Mr. McFeeters began thebi
ness operations which he has since broadly extended,
forming with John McQuaker, the Owen Sound Crea
ery at Owen Sound, Ontario. After managing the 0»
Sound Creamery until 1911, Mr. McFeeters, seeking
enlarge his business came to Toronto and organi'
the "Toronto Creamery Company, Ltd., which has
come a large and prosperous enterprise, the seci
largest creamery in Ontario. Mr. McQuaker is mana
of the Owen Sound Creamery, and president of the Tor
to Creamery Company, Mr. McFeeters being secret;
treasurer and managing director of the latter compj
The business of the Toronto Creamery Company, L
located at Nos. 9-11 Church street, is the manufaetur
butter and its sale in wholesale quantities. The am
output is about one million pounds, the cream being
tained from more than two thousand farms through
Ontario. The plant employs about thirty hands
modernly equipped with cold storage and pasteuri;
departments, and all appliances for sanitary bu
making. The output is sold principally in Toronto,
some butter is exported to the British Isles. The 0
Sound Creamery is smaller, but is one of the oldes
Ontario. About fifteen people are employed there
the plant is modernly equipped.

Mr. McFeeters is president of the Owen Sound Crt
ery; secretary-treasurer, and manager of the Tor
Creamery Company, Ltd; president of the Vi

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lery Company of Ottawa; president of the Orillia
lery, and president of the Manitoba Creamery
any of Winnipeg. He is an ex-president of the
iian Creamery Association of Ontario; director of
ntario Corporation Dairy Products, Limited, and
iber of the Toronto Board of Trade,
politics, Mr. McFeeters is an Independent Con-
ive, and in religious faith, a Presbyterian, attend-
>er Park Church of that faith. He is affiliated with
Lodge, P>ee and Accepted Masons, and with the
bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite,
ubs are the Kiwanis, and Oakwood Bowling and

Z-

McFeeters married, in 1903, at Guelph, Ontario,
Linton, daughter of Adam Linton, a large soap

'acturer of Guelph. Mr. and Mrs. McFeeters are
nts of three children: Dorothy Isabell, born
1904; John Archibald, born January, 1909;

d Linton, born October, 1914. The family residence

No. 17 Lonsdale road, Toronto.

5RGE F. ELLIOTT has, since 1919, been at the
of an independent business enterprise of novel
, that of a manufacturer's agent, combining the
andising of staple commodities and the rendering
eflBcient, essential service to shippers, the extent
Elliott concern including Canada and the United
. Prior to this time he had compiled an honorable
■y record in service on two fronts of the World

rge F. Elliott is a son of George Edward Elliott, a

of Ingersoll, Ontario, who follows farming opera-

and Isabella (Forbes) Elliott, born in Tamersford,

o. Mr. Elliott established his present business

tl fall of 1919, canying a general line of shipping

in-'upplies, and offering advisory service in shipping

sportation connections. His is the only firm of

in Toronto, and numbers among its patrons many

r-iier commercial organizations of the city, among

( Goodyear Tire Company, the Dunlop Tire

y. and the Timothy Eaton Company, all of

ii)mit their more difficult shipping problems to

")tt concern.

Elliott's military record began with his enlist-

.iiuary 1, 1915, in the Seventh Canadian Mount-

s, of London, Ontario, with which he served

' fall of 1915, when he was commissioned lieu-

iii the Canadian Army Service Corps. Until

.. , 1916, he saw duty in this capacity, and in

16, was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps,

iTward leaving for duty in Egypt. He returned

ia in June, 1917, and then went to the western

France, being wounded at Passchendaele, and

valided to Canada in December of that year.

Table discharge was received in May, 1918, with

of flying officer.

I'.Iliott is a member of the Masonic order, the

f Trade, and the Orient Club, of London, On-

He is highly regarded in the community where

^ ilustry, ability and perception of a commercial

«diave won him successful position. He is a com-

uniint of the Methodist church.

M: Elliott married, in 1918, Eva Owen, of Delaware,

ntao.

'^^RY ALLEN NEWMAN— The fact that com-
- accustom themselves so easily to civic benefits
jf the chief reasons why their origin is frequently
St E:ht of and only diligent search reveals their source.
0 Erry Allen Newman, with the able assistance of his
-wiker, John R. MacNicol, thanks from the citizens of
3Toa is due for their success in bringing about im-

provement in transportation facilities throughout the
city and making possible the free delivery of express,
freight, etc., within the city limits or any extension.

Harry Allen Newman was bom at Dunville, On-
tario, June 9, 1887, son of Richard and Susan Adelaide
Newman. Richard Newman was for many years a resi-
dent of Dunville, where he was engaged in the whole-
sale and retail shoe business. His death occurred
in September, 1918, at the age of seventy years.

Harry Newman received his early education at the
public schools of Dunville Collegiate Institute. After
his graduation he entered Osgoode Hall Law School at
Toronto, graduating in 1911, and was called to the bar
in the same year. He immediately began practice as a
member of the firm of Rowan, Jones, Sommerville, New-
man & Hatten. While he has an extensive general
practice, his wide knowledge of business and civic opera-
tions has brought him in close touch with corporation
organLiation procedure, and he devotes the major por-
tion of his time to the incorporation and organization of
joint stock companies. Politically Mr. Newman is a
Conservative. He is a communicant of St. Michael's
and All Angels Church, and is actively affiliated with the
interests connected with the Diocese of Toronto, holding
office as trustee of the Anglican Club of the Toronto
Diocese, and also that of rector's warden at St. Michael's
and All Angels Church. Mr. Newman is a decidedly
"good mixer" and his capacity for work seems to be
inherent. This is perhaps nowhere more evident than in
the active personal interest he evinces in his association
and club affiliations. He is a member of the York County
Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association and the
Dominion Bar Association. He is honorary member and
director of the Equatic Club, a member of the Empire
Club, Engineers' Club of Toronto, the Alliance Club of
Toronto, and is first vice president of the International
Association of Lions Clubs.

Mr. Newman married, February 16, 1915, Margaret
Ridley FoUensbee, of Toronto. They have two sons:
Harry FoUensbee and Robert Stevenson. Mr. Newman's
town house is at No. 26 Northcliffe boulevard, and his
country house is at Lakeview, Dunbarton.

JOHN RUDOLPH HAGELIN— One of the sub-
stantial business men of Toronto is John Rudolph
Hagelin, of the Carswell Construction Company, Ltd.,
of Toronto, who, though he has been in business for
himself but a short time, is already well known among
business men of the city and is conducting a successful
and steadily increasing business.

Mr. Hagelin was born in Jonkoping, Sweden, August
29, 1887, son of Charles W. Hagelin, a native of Jonkoping,
Sweden, who was engaged in the manufacture of metal
furniture until his death in 1907, and of Sophia Hagelin,
also born in Jonkoping, Sweden, who died in 1890. He
came to this country with his parents when he was a
child, receiving his education in the public schools of
Jamestown, New York, and in the Armour Institute,
in Chicago, Illinois. Upon the completion of his educa-
tion, he entered the construction field, and was in the
employ of various construction concerns until 1919,
when he became a partner in the Carswell Construction
Company, Ltd, of Toronto. Since that time he has continued
to engage in business for himself in this connection and
is steadily increasing the volume of business handled
by the firm. The Carswell Construction Company,
Ltd., is engaged in a general line of construction work,
and though it has been located in Toronto only since
1919, has, in three years, made for itself a place among
the substantial business concerns of the city. Mr. Hagelin
is highly esteemed among a large group of business
associates and personal friends, and is one of the younger

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men of Toronto's business world from whom much may
be expected.

Mr. Hagelin is a member of the Engineers' Club, of
the Weston Golf Club, of the Grand River Country Club,
and of the Canadian Club, and his religious affiliation is
with the Congregational church of Toronto.

GEORGE ALEXANDER STOKES— For upwards of
twenty-five years identified with the Grand Trunk rail-
road, George A. Stokes now holds the responsible posi-
tion of superintendent of Toronto terminals, achieving
his position entirely on the strength of his own record. Mr.
Stokes comes of North-of-Ireland descent, and is a son
of James and Rachel (McCurdy) Stokes, both parents
born in Canada. The father died in 1882, but the mother
is still living, and resides with her son.

Mr. Stokes was born in the township of Nassagaweya,
Halton county, Ontario, July 23, 1879, but the removal of
the family to Cargill, Ontario, in his infancy, placed his
school attendance in the institutions of that town.
Upon the completion of his education, Mr. Stokes was
active in the lumbering operations in Cargill and vicinity
until the year 1898. At that time entering the employ
of the Grand Trunk railroad, he was first at Owen
Sound, Ontario, as telegraph operator, having learned
telegraphy through private study. Transferred to
Listowel, Ontario, as operator, he remained there for
eighteen months, then for the next year and a half
acted as relieving operator and agent on the Stratford
Division of the road. From 1901 until 1907 Mr. Stokes
held the position of agent at, successively, Southampton,
Harriston, Wingham, Wiarton and Brantford, Ontario,
then for the next three and a half years he served as
train dispatcher at Stratford, Ontario. In November,
1910, he was made yard-master at the Don, and in
October, 1912, general yard-master at the Bathurst
street junction, Toronto, which position he held until
February, 1913, after which, until August of the same
year, he filled the office of superintendent of Toronto
terminals. His next step was to the office of division
agent on the Ontario lines of the Grand Trunk, then in
November, 1915, he was made superintendent of tunnel
terminals at Port Huron, Michigan, where he remained
until June, 1918. Tested in these numerous offices, and
proving himself a man of resource and efficiency, he was
then permanently appointed to his present position as
superintendent of Toronto terminals.

Mr. Stokes is prominent in the Masonic fraternity,
being a member of Transportation Lodge, No. 583, Free
and Accepted Masons; of Toronto Lodge of Perfection;
of Toronto Chapter, Rose Croix; of Hamilton Consistory,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and of Rameses Tem-
ple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
One of his favorite recreations is bowling, and he is a
member of the High Park Bowling and Curling Club
and the Toronto Canoe Club. Mr. Stokes is single,
and resides at Apartment No. 24, No. 102 Tyndall
avenue, Toronto.

CHARLES EAGLE GARRARD— Trained for his
career in the institutions of the Mother Country, Mr.
Garrard has long been associated with leading insurance
concerns in Canada, and for nearly five years has con-
ducted his own office as public accountant and auditor.

Mr. Garrard was born in Forest Gate, London, Eng-
land, and comes of a long line of tenant farmers there.
Receiving his early education from private schools under
a London university master, he took the Cambridge
University local examinations at the age of twelve years,
qualifying as associate of the university. For fifteen years
Mr. Garrard served as managing clerk and law account-
ant in England, then as cash accountant to an important

^ engineering firm in that country, after which he canii
Canada in 1907. Here he became identified with
Toronto office of the London & Lancashire Fire Assura
Company, but remained in this office for only at:
fifteen months, when he was transferred to the Lon
& Lancashire Guarantee and Accident Company,
here he remained until 1917. At that time Mr. Gan
established his present office in the Imperial Bank bii
ing, and has since won an assured position as pu
accountant and auditor, numbering among his cli(
many of the leading concerns of the day in Ontario.
During the great World War Mr. Garrard joi
the Home Guards, and was a member of the 1(1
Regiment. He is a member of the Sons of England,
charter member and secretary of Mount Sinai Lo
No. 522, Free and Accepted Masons, of Toronto, i
charter member and scribe of Mount Sinai Chapter,
212, Royal Arch Masons, also of Toronto. He
formerly (1896) provincial grand registrar of this oi
in Essex, England.

Mr. Garrard was married in England, and is a mein
of St. Stephen's Anglican Church of Toronto. He
sides at No. 209 Pearson avenue

CHARLES F. FELL— The manager of one of the ir
wide-reaching industrial enterprises in the Domiii
of Canada, Charles F. Fell has achieved this positior
the world of men and affairs through his own energy i
resourceful ambition. Mr. Fell is of American birth i
training, and is a son of Michael and Barbara (Kai
Fell, long residents of Detroit, Michigan.

Charles F. Fell was born in Detroit, June 26, 18
and attended the public schools of his native city, tl
took a practical course at business college. After a ;
years' experience he became associated with the pres
firm at their Detroit plant, in the capacity of jui
clerk, rising, however, year by year, and in 1906, when
Toronto plant was founded, Mr. Fell took over
management of the business at this branch. The Har
ton Carhartt Cotton Mills, Limited, is understood to be'
largest manufacturer of overalls in the world, t
makes all kinds of men's work garments, uniforms i
gloves — fills the clothing requirements of the work
man. Their Toronto factory and offices are located
No. 535 Queen street. East, and their business is di
throughout the Dominion, large distributing dep
being located at Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Vancom
British Columbia, also in Liverpool, England. In
States, besides the head factory and offices at Detr
are subsidiary plants at Atlanta, Georgia. An interest
feature of the Carhartt products is the fact that from
planting of the cotton seed to the distribution of
finished product, every operation is under direct C
hartt supervision. The concern owns a cotton plantat
of twelve hundred acres, in North Carolina, adjac
to their great cotton mills in that State, thus produc
by going back to the very beginnings, "the stablest
terial ever constructed for the purpose." The Carh
idea is the production of work garments worthy of
dignity and integrity of the worker, and this is
only an idea, but an ideal — the standard set by the h(
of this great concern, to which every department of
business must measure up. So closely is the etl
side of these interests interwoven with the mechai
side, that the concern was able to induce Edwin M
ham, the poet whose masterpiece, "The Man with
Hoe," gave him a distinctive position, to write a si
of sketches in appreciation of the workman in the vai '
branches of industrial progress. These writings the •
cern has published in a richly illustrated folder, '
which the artist also has caught the idea, which ma •

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808

ost be said to animate the producers of the Carhartt
(ods.

As the managing head of this concern in Toronto Mr.
!ll stands among the leaders in business circles in this
.;y. He is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers'
ssociation, and of the Toronto Board of Trade. Fra-
rnally he holds membership in the Free and Accepted
asons, and he is a member of the Rotary Club, and the
eston Golf Club, also of the Northern Community
•ub.

In 1911 Mr. Fell married, in Toronto, Ethel May
urray, daughter of the late George Murray, of the
im of G. & J. Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Fell have one
i.ughter, Barbara. The family reside at No. 15 Astley
renue, Toronto.

CHARLES MARSHALL HENDERSON— For many
;ars one of the leaders in his especial field of mercantile
ideavor, Charles M. Henderson, of Toronto, has
|i;en his name international significance. He is a
m of Andrew Henderson, who was born in Paisley,
,'otland, and came to Canada in 1841, settling in Toron-
1. Andrew Henderson established an auctioneer and
ineral commission business in this city in 1848, and was
■ry active along this line for thirty-two years, retiring
i 1876.

Charles Marshall Henderson was born in Toronto,
i;tober 9, 1848, and received his education in the public
ihools of the city. At the age of fifteen years he entered
Is father's employ, and continued with him, learning
le various phases of auctioneering as a business. Assoc-
iled with his father successfully until 1876, Mr. Hender-
m later, in 1880, established his own business along the
ime line of activity, locating at No. 4 King street, East.
!e received all the patronage which his father had
(joyed, handling a general auctioneer and commission
lisiness, under the firm name of C. M. Henderson &
Ompany. After a time he removed to No. 185 Yonge
reel, still later to the corner of Yonge and Shuter streets,
(entually, with the growth of the business, removing to
b present commodious quarters at No. 128 King street,
list. Mr. Henderson is considered a shrewd and sagac-
iis judge of business conditions, and he undoubtedly
Indies the most extensive interest of this nature in the
lovince of Ontario. He has conducted all the important
ties in the Province for the railways, the city tax sales
i! Toronto, custom house and express company sales
id is auctioneer for the Provincial, Federal and Im-
irial governments. In fact, he sells everything salable.

After forty-two years in business Mr. Henderson is
sil active and alert to all advance, as well as to the
fecial field in which he is a prominent figure. As a
jung man he was a member of the Queen's Own
Ifies. He now acknowledges to a hobby, which con-
futes his principal recreative interest — fine horses.

Mr. Henderson married, in Toronto, Nellie C. Cody,
'ie family reside at No. 200 Jarvis street.

JAMES KINGSBOROUGH HALL— Member of the
fm of the J. Bennett Company, Ltd., Mr. Hall, as a
linter and stationer, continues active in a business that
1 entered in youth. He is a native of Ayr, Ontario, son
( Robert and Margaret (Gladstone) Hall, both born in
Hinburgh, Scotland, his father a contractor until his
(ath in 1885, his mother surviving until 1891.

Mr. Hall was born September 28, 1871, and attended
snool in his birthplace, then learned the printer's trade
trough apprenticeship in the office of the Ayr "Record-
«" and "Monitory Times," where he remained as a
jarneyman for a period of ten years. The following
<iven years were spent with the firm of Grand & Toy,
Imited, wholesale stationers, and upon his resignation in

1917, he became associated with Jacob Bennett in the J.
Bennett Company, Ltd. This company transacts deal-
ing in printing and stationery along general lines, and
has built up a generous patronage in the city, to which
they render an efficient and valuable service. Mr.
Hall, during the half decade of his identification with this
concern, has devoted himself energetically to its interests,
and has made appreciable contribution to its progress
and growth. He is a member of the Knights of the
Maccabees.

Mr. Hall has one son, Frank Gladstone Hall, born
August 19, 1897, now associated with the Imperial Oil
Company in executive capacity.

THOMAS ALFRED CAIN— As managing director
of the Reo Motor Sales Company of Toronto, before
his death, Mr. Cain brought to that position a wide-
ly varied and eminently practical experience.

Mr. Cain was born in Kent, England, February 6,
1882, and was a son of Alfred and Susanna (Cooper) Cain,
the father a former wholesale nurseryman of England,
now a resident of Toronto, and retired. Acquiring his
formal education in the public schools of his native coun-
try, Mr. Cain, as a young man, was apprenticed to De-
Dion-Bouton Company, automobile manufacturers and
distributors, and was also with the Gardner-Serpollett
Company, automobile manufacturers, as an apprentice.
Coming to Toronto in 1903, Mr. Cain shortly afterwards
went to New York City, where he was in the employ
of the Renault Company for one year, then for a time
was with the Barber Marine Engine Company of Syra-
cuse, New York. Returning to Toronto in 1905, he en-
tered the plant of the Nichols Brothers Motor Boat
Company, in the capacity of superintendent, remaining
for two years. In 1907 he went to the York Radial Com-
pany, in charge of their motor truck department, re-
maining for one year, then for a year was interested in
mining in Cobalt, Ontario. Again returning to Toronto
in 1909, he was in charge of the Marine Construction
& Power Company for one year, after which he took
charge of the mechanical end of the Berna Motor &
Taxicab Company. In 1912 Mr. Cain became associated
with the Reo Company in a sales capacity, continuing
thus until March, 1915, when the Cain Motor Supplies
Company was organized, he being the head of this con-
cern. Various conditions brought about changes in the
organization early in its history, and its absorption by the
Auto Top & Equipment Company, which Mr. Cain
organized, then in October of the same year the present
company was formed, under the name of the Reo Motor
Sales Company, of which the personnel was as follows:
Andrew M. Heron, president, William A. Cain, secre-
tary and treasurer; Thomas A. Cain, general manager
and managing director. With office, show rooms and
service station at Nos. 593-595 Yonge street, this busi-
ness is one of the leading concerns in its field in Toronto,
and Mr. Cain's oversight, as a highly skilled mechanic,
was a guarantee of the standards upheld throughout all
the interests of the organization.

In connection with the enterprise outlined above
Mr. Cain was interested in various enterprises, being vice-
president of Peace River Petroleums, Limited, a director
of the Beaumont Gold Mines, Limited, and a director of
Nut Krust Bakeries, Limited. He was vice-president and a
director of Queen's Royal Hotel Company, Ltd., and
vice-president of the Peace River Drilling Company,
Ltd. He was a member of the Society of Automotive
Engineers, and fraternally held membership in St.
Andrew's Lodge, No. 16, Free and Accepted Masons,
St. Patrick's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, St. Geoffrey
de Aldemar Preceptory, and of Rameses Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Cain

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was elected a delegate to the Imperial Shrine Council at
San Francisco, California, June, 1922. He was also a
member of the Knights of Malta, and a life member of
St. George's Society. He held membership in the
Kiwanis Club. His favorite relaxation was in out-door
sports, and he was a membei of the Lakeshore Country Club,
and of the Toronto Motor Boat Club. He was a member
of the Church of England.

Mr. Cain married, in Cleveland, Ohio, October 10,
1918, Ruth Power Johnson, of Louisville, Kentucky, and
two children were born to them: Muriel and Peggy.

JOHN H. YOUNG — With long experience in respon-
sible positions in the field of accountancy, John H.
Young has for nearly twenty-five years held a leading
position in Toronto as a chartered accountant. Mr.
Young is a son of James and Lydia Young, and his
father was for many years a member of the firm of
Matthews Brothers.

Mr. Young was born and educated in Toronto, and
began his career with the firm of Smith & Fudger, in the
capacity of bookkeeper. Later, he was with Octavius
Newcomb & Company, and while in this connection held
the office of secretary and treasurer of the concern. In
June of 1898, Mr. Young secured a certificate as chartered
public accountant, and opened his own office to serve the
public in this capacity. In 1903 he was awarded a fellow-
ship degree in the Dominion Association of Chartered
Accountants, and in 1908 received the further honor of
the degree of Fellow of Chartered Accountants of On-
tario. Throughout his career he has done important work
in the Canadian Provinces, and also in many parts of
the United States. Mr. Young is a well known member
of the Empire Club, Summit Golf and Country Club,
and is a member of the Eglinton Methodist church.

Mr. Young married Elizabeth Baguley, formerly pub-
lic school teacher, in Peterborough, Ontario, a daughter of
J. J. Baguley; both she and her father were musicians of
note. Mrs. Young died in 1918.

EDWARD BUSSELL— When Mr. Bussell first came
to Toronto, the city had part in his plans only as a
stopping place on his way to another destination, but a
change in his plans and the opening of a favorable busi-
ness opportunity made him a resident, and for more than
thirty years he has been a member of its business frater-
nity and associated with its fraternal and social life. He
is a native of County Fermanagh, Ireland, son of Edward
Bussell, also a native of- that county, who followed the
pursuits of a gentleman farmer until his death in 1984.
Mr. Bussell's mother, Ann Jane (Haire) Bussell, was
bom in County Fermanagh, and died in 1886.

Edward Bussell was born April 28, 1864, and was
educated in private and national schools of his birth-
place, spending four years as an apprentice in general
mercantile lines in Ireland. In 1890 he started for Amer-
ica, going by way of Toronto, and eventually landing in
Chicago, nimois. He intended returning to Ireland, but
circumstances altered this decision and he came from
Chicago to Toronto in 1891, becoming a member of the
Timothy Eaton Company organization as a salesman
in the carpet and oilcloth department. Successive pro-
motions brought him to the managership of the furni-
ture department, one of the largest divisions of the great
Eaton organization, and this is his present interest. He
has made a distinctive place for himself in this noted
Toronto house, whose honored founder gave unhesitating
credit for his vast successes to the unwavering loyalty and
capable support of such men as Mr. Bussell.

Mr. Bussell fraternizes with Doric Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons; and St. Patrick's Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons, and he is also a member of the Loyal

Orange Lodge. His club is the Lake Shore Coui
and he is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade,
younger man he saw three years' service in the T
Royal Grenadiers. He is a member of the Baptist chi
Mr. Bussell married, in 1895, Margaret J. Irvine,
in County Fermanagh, Ireland. Their children

1. Edward I., who held the rank of lieutenant in
108th Canadian Infantry Regiment, later transfe
to the Royal Air Force, of England, participatiti
several battles on the Western Front. In 1918 he
honorably discharged with the rank of captain, bu
enlisted in the Flying Corps and is now in India (l!

2. Anna Margaret. 3. William F. The family resii
is at No. 99 Lyndhurst avenue.

TRACY DEAVIN LE MAY— Holding a pes
of prominence as city surveyor of Toronto, Mr. Le
stands among the leaders in his profession in Ont
He is a son of the late Edward and Mary Ann (Dei
Le May, his father having been an Englishman of 1
affairs, a member of the firm of W. H. and H. Le Ma
No. 67 Borough High street, London, South East, a i
servative politically, and a member of the Churc
England. He died November 22, 1918.

Mr. Le May was born at Ploggs Hall, Paddock W
Kent, England, in the year 1884. At the age of nine 3
he entered Tonbridge School, in Kent, where he stu
during the following seven years. Then having eh
his present profession, Mr. Le May spent four yea:
study along special lines, and in 1905 qualified as a ft
of the Surveyors' Institution of Great Britain and Irel
Meanwhile from 1901 until 1907, Mr. LeMay was
ployed as land agent and surveyor in London, Rei|
and Maidstone, England. Coming to Canada in i
he was employed as surveyor in Toronto, and in
was admitted as an Ontario land surveyor, the folio
year receiving his appointment as city surveyor of Tc
to. Elected in 1920 a member of the Engineering Insti
of Canada, he was also elected, in the following ye.
member of the Town Planning Institute of Canada,
is past president of the Association of Ontario I
Surveyors, having held that office in 1920, and in
was appointed a member of the board of examine)
this organization. In club circles Mr. Le May is
known, being a member of the Engineers' Club, of w
he was president in 1921, and being also a member 0
Toronto Canoe Club. He holds membership in
Anglican church.

Mr. LeMay married, on September 10, 1910, in C
Church, Montreal, Florence Muriel Fereday Pa
Mayne, who was born in Hartlebury, England,
1882. Mrs. Le May is a daughter of Harry and Flc
Gertrude (Fereday) Pagett-Mayne, her father beii
architect and surveyor. Mr. and Mrs. Le May havi
children: Florence Eleanor Mary, born in 1911; P!
Marcia, born in 1912; Roderick "Tracy Mayne, bo
1914; James Edward Talbot, born in 1916; and ^
Patricia, bom in 1921. The family resides at No
Briar Hill avenue.

JOHN HOMER BLACK— In railroad and elec
circles in Ontario the name of John Homer Bit
familiar as general manager of the Northern Ci
Power Company, with offices at No. 36 Toronto B
Toronto.

Mr. Black was born at Smith's Falls, Ontario,'
8, 1874, and is a son of Alexander and Margery (Ca
Black. Acquiring a high school education in his i
town, Mr. Black entered upon his first work as a t(
in Lanark county, in 1892, and followed this prof
for about three years. Then he became telegraph < '■'■
tor, agent and dispatcher, in the employ of the Car ■

She became auditor and assistant superintendent of

> Kingston & Pembrook railway, a subsidiary of the

.rdian Pacific, which offices he filled for a period of

cears. He then became connected with the Timis-

n iir & Northern Ontario railway, in the capacity of

' >;uperintendent, which position he filled until

I ii that year Mr. Black became identified with the

iriern Ontario Light & Power Company, as general

irger. and has been the active head of this concern

tlrough the reorganization in 1912 becoming gener-

■cr of the present company, the Northern Canada

ompany, generators and distributors of electric

!n connection with this, his principal interest,

i.ik has also been, since 1916, the managing direc-

• the Excelsior Life Insurance Company. He is a

■eoT of the Nipissing Mining Company and the

mkaming Pulp and Paper Company.

lithe various public and social interests Mr. Black

. !! known figure. He was a trustee of the Hailey-

; iu'h School, is a member of the National Engin-

., ociety, a member of the Free and Accepted Mas-

s, le Royal Arch Masons, the Knights Templar, and

■ icient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,

■ he Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a

of the National Club; Scarboro Golf and Coun-

, and of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, and

rite recreations include the out-door Sports, es-

shooting, fishing and curling. Politically his

Ills follow Independent lines, and he is an Angli-

i lack married on June 17, 1896, Elizabeth Mor-

Mghter of John Morrow, of Perth, Ontario, and

' the parents of one daughter. May. The family

' is at No. 172 University avenue, Toronto.

W& J. MITCHELL— For a quarter of a century

'r-i of W. & J. Mitchell has been one of the sub-

onterprises of Toronto. Founded in 1896 by

Mitchell, it has grown from small beginnings

\v it is engaged in the wholesale manufacture of

.;oods that finds a market in every corner of the

ri. On the death of William Mitchell, which

i inl919,thebusiness was reorganized, and James

I, nephew of William Mitchell, was made presi-

id the firm, now known as W. &. J. Mitchell,

, is steadily making further development under

iiagement.

Mitchell was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, in
i Ii! was educated in the schools of his native city
in fifteen years old came to Toronto. Eight
ter, when his uncle William founded the busi-
threw in his fortune with him and in true Scotch
marshalling all his ingenuity and initiative,
iay and night until success was assured. Among
les which the firm manufacture are, physicians,
ist watch straps, and other specialties, the busi-
p; fully equipped to keep abreast of the constant-
;ing styles in leather goods and high class novel-
Mitchell is a communicant of the Presbyterian
He is also a member of the Canadian Manu-
' Association. His home is at No. 228 Pearson

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HIBALD GRESLEY MILTON— In the field
rical engineering the name of A. G. Milton is
■.; widely familiar in Ontario. Mr. Milton, who is
ad of his business, which is conducted under his
•p, is of English birth, and is a son of Archibald
(I Milton, who was very prominent as an electri-
ciiiiieer, practicing in England, France, and the west

of Africa. His death occurred in 1889. He married
Sarah Knowles, who still survives him, and resides in
Harrogate, York county, England.

Archibald G. Milton was born in London, England,
June 12, 1885. His education was begun at the Scarboro
(England) Grammar School and continued at the
Northeastern Counties School at Barnard Castle,
England, after which he attended the Darlington Tech-
nical College, at Darlington, England. His first business
experience was in association with Harper Brothers, con-
sulting engineers of London, England, in the capacity
of assistant electrical engineer, with whom he was iden-
tified from 1905 until 1907, inclusive. Coming to Canada
in 1908, he was first connected with the Montreal Light,
Heat and Power Company, as electrical engineer, then in
1911 came to Toronto. Here he was with the Toronto
Electric Light Company, as power engineer for a short
period, then became associated with Chapman & Walker,
Limited, electrical engineers, as sales manager. Meanwhile,
for four months, in 1915, Mr. Milton served as inspector
of munitions for the government, then for eight months
was night superintendent of a local munitions plant. In
1916 he established his present business, and has since
carried forward a general practice in electrical engineer-
ing. In this connection he also acts as factory representa-
tive for George Ellison, of Birmingham, England, manu-
facturer of electrical switch gear, the Province of On-
tario comprising his territory. He also represents the
Schaefifer & Budenberg Manufacturing Company, of
Brooklyn, New York, manufacturers of scientific in-
struments. He is doing a constantly growing business,
and is taking a leading position in his field.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Milton
is closely in touch with all civic progress. Fraternally,
he holds membership in St. Alban's Lodge, No. 514,
Free and Accepted Masons, and Antiquity Chapter,
No. 91, Royal Arch Masons. For relaxation he turns to
out-of-door interests, and is a member of the Balmy
Beach Club, the Humber Valley Golf Club, and the
Cedar Brook Golf and Country Club. He holds member-
ship in the Anglican church.

Mr. Milton married, in Scarboro, England, on May
24, 1908, Julia Margaret Pegg, of Bishop Auckland,
Durham county, England, and they have three children:
Irene Margaret, Joan Evelyn and Gresley Enretia. The
family reside at No. 102 Spruce Hill road, Toronto.

EDGAR THOMAS DRIVER— With his training
in the head office of the concern in London, England, Mr.
Driver is carrying forward the interests of the British
Aluminum Company, Ltd., in Canada, their location
in Toronto being at No. 592 King street. West. Mr.
Driver is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Parker) Driver,
both natives of England. His father, who throughout his
lifetime was a solicitor in London, England, died in the
year 1919, but the mother is still living, and now (1922)
resides with her son in Toronto.

Edgar Thomas Driver was born in London, England,
May 29, 1890. His education included courses at St.
Dunstan's College, in London, at the Northampton
Engineering College, at London, from which he received
a diploma in electrical engineering, and at the London
University, from which he was graduated in the_ class
of 1911, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science.
The following year Mr. Driver formed his first business
association, becoming identified with the electrical de-
partment of the present concern in London, England,
where he continued until 1915. He then enlisted as
wireless officer in the Royal Flying Corps, with the rank
of lieutenant, and served in that capacity until after the
armistice, receiving his discharge from the service on
February 14, 1919. Returning to his concern, he was

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sent by the management, in May of 1919, to Toronto,
first as engineer for the company, then, in 1920, was made
manager of the Toronto office, which was established in
1910. The business of the British Aluminum Company,
Ltd., which is handled from the Toronto office, reaches
throughout Canada, and the product, the character of
which is implied by the name of the firm, is placed on
the market by the firm's own representatives. It is one
of the important business enterprises of the day in Toron-
to, and is constantly broadening the scope of its activities.

Mr. Driver is an associate member of the Institution
of Electrical Engineers of London, England, and is also
an associate of the American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers. He is a member of the National Electric Light
Association, of the Engineers' Club and of the Electrical
Club. He holds membership in St. John's Anglican
Church.

Mr. Driver married, in London, England, on May 3,
1917, Frances Major, of that city, and they have two
children: Gerald and Muriel. "The family home is at
No. 146 Wheeler avenue, Toronto.

WILLIAM HARRY RANDALL was born at Hartley,
Witney, England, December 30, 1866, son of W. J.
and Maria Gray (Bourne) Randall. When he was four
years old his parents moved to Toronto, and this city has
been his home ever since.

Mr. Randall received his preliminary education in the
public schools and then entered Dufferin School, where
his studies were completed. He entered upon his tech-
nical training by becoming an apprentice for W. and J.
G. Gray, general machinists. Mr. Randall served the
city for thirty-two years. In 1887 he was appointed gen-
eral machinist at the Toronto Water Works, subsequently
becoming the foreman of the meter and machine shops.
In 1902 he became superintendent of the section of
Water Distribution and continued to serve the city
in that capacity for seventeen years. During his term
in office two serious breaks in the intake pipe occurred,
the first in the bay, north of Hanlon's Point, and the
second happened on December 13, 1910. On February
7, 1911, more trouble was discovered. It was found that
four lengths of seventy-two inch steel pipe had been
washed from their piling, owing to a change in the bot-
tom of the lake. These pipes were one hundred and
sixty-five feet in length, and had steel flanges, with forty-
four one and one-quarter inch steel bolts. These were
sheared off. Mr. Randall was employed at the island in
charge of repairing this break, which took eight months'
time. He resigned this position in 1919 in order to
become managing director of the Neptune Meter
Company, Ltd. By reason of his high qualities and long
record of service to the city, Mr. Randall is held in
great esteem by his fellow-citizens of Toronto. Upon
his resigning his city position he was presented by the
City Council with six months' salary in appreciation
of his long service to the city.

In religious faith, Mr. Randall is a member of the
Church of England. He is a Mason, and belongs to York
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and to York Chap-
ter, Royal Arch Masons. He is a member of the Board
of Trade of Toronto, and the Rotary Club; the Cana-
dian Manufacturers' Association; the Burns Literary
Society; and St. George's Society, of which he is a life
member. He is also past supreme president (1914-16)
of the Sons of England Society of Canada. He finds his
recreation in all forms of outdoor sports and games.

Mr. Randall married, in January, 1886, Mary Eliza-
beth Scott, daughter of Thomas J. and Elizabeth (Rob-
inson) Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Randall have six children:
Ethel, Violet, Daisy, Hilda, Freda, and William T.,
Jr., the latter a veteran of the World War, having served

overseas as a member of the Sportsmen's Battalion
Battalion).

WILLIAM WRIGHT CANHAM— One of th

reaching mercantile activities of Toronto is the bi
of Wilson & Canham, Limited, importers and ship
furs, hides, wool, raw furs, etc., of which Mr. Ci
is vice-president and general manager.

Mr. Canham was born in Norwich, England, I
25, 1867, and is a son of William W. and Emma
Canham. His father died in 1881 and his mother ir
As a boy Mr. Canham attended the public sch
his native city, and first became identified wi
present line of business in England in 1883. After
fourteen years' experience in this field, with an E
concern, he founded the present business, in asso(
with George Henry Wilson in 1897. First as a pi
ship, they built up a very extensive business tl
their head office in England, and until 1907 Mr. C;
travelled in their interests throughout England ane
countries, on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1907 hi
to Toronto and established the business here, ai
also since made this city his place of residence. Tl
made great strides from the beginning of its act
here, and in 1910 the concern was incorporated,
import and ship skins, hides, wool and raw furs, t
in Canada, the United States, England, and all E
and also have branches in New Zealand and Aui
They have been located in the present building,
36 Wellington street, East, since 1915.

As a member of the Toronto Board of Trac
Canham bears a part in the general advanc(
politically he supports the Conservative party. I
member of the Albany Club, the Rotary Clu
Strollers Club, and the Summit Golf Club, an(
member of the Anglican church.

Mr. Canham married, in England, April 6, 1898,
Elizabeth Blakey of England, and they have
children: Ella Madeline; Kate Mary; and Ra;
Blakey. The family reside on Wells Hill avenue.

RALPH F. CARTER— In the office of seci
treasurer Ralph F. Carter is bearing a prominent
the progress of the Fesserton Timber Company
Of English ancestry, Mr. Carter is a son of Walter ^
Margaret (Robertson) Carter, and grandson of T
and Charlotte (Nebold) Carter, who came from (
try, England, and established the family on this s
ocean in the year 1862, locating in Deseronto, 0
Merchants by occupation in their native Ian
grandfather and father followed the same bra
activity here, and their sterling qualities won fo
a position of prominence in the community. Tl
well attested by the election of the grandfather
first town council of Deseronto. He died in 190i
having lived retired for several years.

Ralph F. Carter was born in Deseronto, No
18, 1883, and the family removing to Fesserton v
was still young, it was in the public schools of th
that he acquired his early education. A courso
Orillia Collegiate Institute completed his prep:
for the realities of life, and after several years coi
with the lumber business, he, with his father, :
of whom appears elsewhere in this work, fori
Fesserton Timber Company in 1907, at Fessert
tario. The older Mr. Carter was at that time exi
interested in saw-mill activities, and the manufr
staves and hoops. Together they came to To
1910, and opened the Toronto offices of the F <
Timber Company, Ltd. Since its inception the f
has held a leading position in the trade as manul
and wholesalers of lumber, lath, and shingles.

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307

arter, as secretary and treasurer, has charge of

rirchasing and financial departments of the business,
offices at 15 Toronto street, in this city, and mills
fugerdorf , Ontario, the concern is doing an important
s ess in both Canada and the United States.
9th scant leisure for any interests outside his busi-
igaffairs, Mr. Carter holds membership in the Em-
ejmd Canadian clubs, the Oakwood Lawn Bowling
drling Club and the Toronto Hunt Club. Politically
ilorses the Liberal party, and he is a member of the
adthy Eaton Memorial Church, having been for sever-
jars previous a member of the St. Clair Avenue
jtodist Church.

tJ.. Carter married, at Waldemar, Ontario, on June
, il4, Gladys B. Grosskurth, of a prominent family
aldemar, and they have one daughter, Mary
r jde. The family reside at No. 1 Bryce avenue,
rito, also having a fine summer home at Wasaga
as Georgian Bay.

UGH J. LOGAN — From office boy to superinten-

itif The J. L. Morrison Company in fourteen years,

)v what sturdy Scotch ancestry will do for a young

n md Hugh J. Logan did not fail to take good ad-

if this splendid inheritance.

born at Seaforth, Ontario, July 24, 1876, son of

i Jean Logan. Both of his parents were born

ud, and married in Canada. Full of the spirit

;n and a strong desire to begin their home life in

1 \\ World, they came early to Canada and settled

■•th, where John Logan engaged in the grain busi-

1 became a successful merchant and citizen.

i-;h was born, and until he was thirteen years of

ti'nded the local schools and we can believe that

tent demands of his teacher did not prevent this

in planning and dreaming of the time when he

:e his father, engage in business for himself.

■•■> his family moved to Toronto, and there he

the Queen Victoria and Parkdale Collegiate

Eager to get into business he applied for and

position as errand boy with The J. L. Morrison

, continuing with that company for fourteen

vancing through the various departments to the

of superintendent. In this splendid school of

■ there was little that he did not absorb, and

is dream of an independent business was realized

opened his present business under the name of

Ljan, at Sheppard street, where he engaged in

facture of printing and bookbinding machinery,

in the manufacture of paper box makers'

:■• and supplies. Later, he moved to Bay street,

10 occupied his present location at 114 Adelaide

fore he makes his headquarters, but he does not

is activities to the city, as he travels from

('oast keeping closely in touch with the re-

i s of his customers.

^'an is a Mason, a member of Rehoboam Lodge,
k's Chapter. He is also an active member of
Its of Pythias, and the Sons of Scotland. He
lied.

DIM

'. 'r.

RENWICK BELL is the only son of Rev.
Bell, M.A., who was born in Belfast, Ireland.

Bell came to Canada with his parents as a

i was educated in London, Ontario and Toronto.

IP a minister in the Presbyterian church, and

' in Ontario until his retirement in 1910. He

Maria Jane Clark, who was born in Pickering

and died in 1890.
;enwick Bell was born in Listowel, Ontario,
1882, and was educated in the schools of New-
He was with the Canadian Pacific railway in a

clerical capacity for one year, then with the Canadian
Bank of Commerce for five years, after which he be-
came associated with Business Systems, Limited, of which
he is at present secretary, treasurer and a director.

Enlisting as private in the Canadian army in 1914,
he joined the 127th Regiment as lieutenant. Going
overseas, he was transferred to the 72nd Regiment in
France. In 1917 he returned to Canada and resumed his
interrupted business, but is still on the Officers' Reserve
Corps, holding the rank of major. Mr. Bell is a member
of the Toronto Board of Trade, Ontario Club, the
Scarboro, Weston and Summit Golf clubs, and the
Purchasing Agents' Association. He is a Mason, and a
member of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Bell married, in 1912, Margaret Katherine Ellis,
only daughter of Peter B. Ellis, police magistrate, of
Toronto.

ARTHUR DUTHIE GORRIE— In the mercantile
activities of the city of Toronto the automobile holds a
conspicuous position, and Arthur D. Gorrie, as dis-
tributor of the car of the people, is one of the busy men
in this field. Mr. Gorrie is a son of James Gorrie, now
deceased, who was for thirty-three years connected with
Osgoode Hall, in Toronto.

Arthur Duthie Gorrie was born in Toronto, July 26,
1879, and received a practical education in the public and
high schools of the city. His first business experience
was in the capacity of clerk, and later he became identi-
fied with the distribution of the Remington and Under-
wood typewriters, as salesman. In 1910 Mr. Gorrie,
seeing the constantly widening possibilities of the auto-
mobile, entered his present field as salesman for the
Overland car. Later he became sales manager for the
Ford car in Toronto, having charge of this branch until
1916, when Mr. Ford closed all his own sales agencies.
At that time Mr. Gorrie took over the Toronto district
as agent, and for about four years was located at No.
251 Victoria street. In 1920 he completed his new
service station, salesroom and office building at Nos.
354-360 Victoria street. This building is four stories
in height, 100 x 125 in dimensions, containing 50,000
square feet of floor space, and eighty people are em-
ployed in the various departments of the business,
this being the largest Ford concern in this district.

In various public and fraternal activities, Mr. Gorrie
is broadly interested. He is a member of the Toronto
Board of Trade, and of the Good Roads Committee of
that body. He was formerly a member of the "Queen's
Own Rifles," and later quartermaster of the 9th Mississauga
Horse. Fraternally, Mr. Gorrie is a member of Harmony
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; of The St. Patrick
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Cyrene Preceptory^
and is a member of Rameses Temple Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and a Scottish Rite
Mason. He is also a member of McKinley Lodge, No.
275, Loyal Orange Lodge. He is a member of the Ontario
Club, the Lake Shore Country Club, Scarboro Golf
and Country Club, and of the Lawrence Park Bowling
Club, bowling on the green being his favorite relaxation.
He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Gorrie married, in Toronto, Sarah Crashley,
daughter of Thomas Crashley, retired, and they have one
daughter, Gertrude. The family resides in Toronto.

ROBERT A. STEWART— An artist who finds his
chief opportunity in the advertising field, Mr. Stewart
was born at Clinton, Ontario, in 1885, son of the Rev.
Alexander Stewart. His mother is a daughter of Pro-
fessor Gregg, of Knox College, Toronto.

Mr. Stewart received his education in the public
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ne^ iSyeaTwas associated with var ous Toronto
fr^sTllZ^yers. In 1914 he ^onn^^ Par nen^Vup with
Mr. Browne, and under the firm name of t>tewart &
Browne, established a commercial art studio f*- No. 57
Oueen street West, the firm's present location. Mr.
Stewart h^ been Wry successful as an independent
oroS oTaSising art, but his business represents
only one ph:^ of his activity as. an artist. In religious
faith, Mr. Stewart is a Presbytenan.

Mr Stpwart married, on October I, laio, n<i/*M
Rowland oTMonTreal. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have one
child.

WILLIAM BRABY— Widely experienced in both
the DrXction and wholesale distribution of paper
wItrSg having been gained in one of the important
Old WorW mills, William Braby h^ ^rTo'rontf wh^^l^
the Wilson-Munroe Company, Ltd., of J°™"*"' ^^°J^
sale distributors of paper, book-binders and box-makera
supplies. Mr. Braby is a son of George B. and Mary
rOallie^ Braby, his father being a resident of Edin-
burgh Scotland, and during his active career promm-
entln'tSurance business.. The ."lother is deceas«l.

William Braby was born in Edinburgh Scotland, in
1882 a^ received a thoroughly Prafical education in
the schools of his native city. As a lad of fourteen he
became identified with the paper, business, entenng em-
pfoy^f Andrew Whyte& Son, Lirmted, manufacturing and
wholesale stationers, and one of .the largest firms in Edin-
burgh in that field. Beginning in a subor^ate position
Mr Braby went through all the departments of both
Sduction and distribStion, and ^n .the twelve ye^
during which he was connected with that concern
Safned T comprehensive knowledge of the busings.
In 1908, when he severed his. connection with thw com-
pany Mr. Braby held the position of chief of the accoimt-
ancy 'department. Coming to Toronto at that time, Mr.
Braby be<Sme associat^ with . the Wiison-Munr^
Company Ltd., of this city, of which Edwin S. Munroe.
whSe Hfe fe reviewed elsewhere in this work, is presi-
denT In 1921 Mr. Braby was elected secretary of the
company and through all his activity as a member of
thSr^fo^ce has been% potent factor ^ their suc^s
This concern which is now located at Nos. 18-<iO IJun-
S^ str™w^ founded in 1896 by Mr Munroe and two
Ssociates It has become one of the leading whol^ale
organizations in Ontario in the field which it covers

Mr. Braby married, in Toronto, Laura McCallurn
dauehter of William McCallum, and they have three
chulren: George. Hilda, and Mary Tbe family r^ide
at No. 67 Gilmour avenue, and attend the Methodist
church.

GEORGE WILLIAM BROWN-The executive hjwd
of one of the leading f^rms.of Toronto of which Mr
Brown is general manager, is Cassidy ». Limited, He is a
son of George and Margaret Brown,. of Clinton Huron
county Ontario. His father was a pioneer of that sec-
don and for many years a justice of the peace m Huron

*^°Georite W. Brown was born and educated in Clin-
ton, and early entered the world of men and affairs
witfi the Gowans, Kent Company, Ltd., of Toronto.
He has held all positions with this concern, his first
step upward placing him on the sample room staff
as a salesman, after which he went on the road then
(or years was salesmanager, eventually becoming general
manager, the position he still fills. This is understood to

be the largest wholesale crockery house in the Domi
and the name of the firm is now Cassidy s Limited,
cessors to Gowans, Kent Company, Ltd. He is a i
ber of the Ontario Club. ^ . „ , ~ ,

Mr Brown married Gavma Gowans of Tor
daughter of the late John Gowans, and they have
children: Allan, now a practicing physician; I
w^fe of Alexander Peaslee, of Oak Park Illinoi
Clinton; and A. W. D. Brown G. Clinton
served with the rank of lieutenant in the 123rd Bat
in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, w^ woum
Passchendale, France, and was also gassed, after
he spent seven months in a hospital in England.
Brown lives out of the city on his farm, the place
known as "Netherfield."

MARSHALL HENRY. BROWN-A well I

figure in transportation circles m Ontario, Mr.

his for twenty years held the office of division 1

aSnt for the Canadian Pacific railway at Toronto

Brown is a son of Samuel and Hannah Brown, of

mond Hill, Ontario, where the father was a farrn^

for many years active in the general insurance busii

Marshall Henry Brown was born in Victoria S

Ontario, September 2, 1866, and received a b

practical education in the public schools of hB

place and the Toronto Collegiate Institute. Assist

Fi Sn the farm in .early life and also seUing

papers, the latter activity served to detemune th(

of his career at the outset. For two years he w

nloved in the office of the Richmond Hdl Libe

newspaper of the city which bears the same name^

he entered the office of Patterson Brothers, at Pat

L office boy, later becoming, bookkeeper, remam.r

this concern in all, for a period of four years. The

in 1886 Mr Brown came to Toronto, and became

ated with the Massey Manufacturing Company r

Massey-Harris Company as bookkeeper Or

later he entered the employ of the Canadian

railway, as clerk, soon being advanced to the c

chief derk of the district freight office at Detroit

gan ffis next step was the promotion to ch^f ch

Assistant freight traffic manager, at Toronto

was later transferred to Montreal as chief ck

freight traffic manager From Montreal Mr. Bro

returned to Detroit as district freight agent, then

w™ain transferred to Toronto this time as

freight agent, which office he still fills.

Broadly interested in every phase of public a
M^ Brown is a member of the Toronto Board^
and of the Toronto Transportation Club, m
he holds membership in the Free and Accepted
He is a member of the National Club, of tB'
Canadian Yacht Club^. and of the Mississau
and Country Club. His church affiliation is

^"lln^Browrmarried, on December 31 189|
Marsden of Detroit, and they have two '
Howard Marsden, and Rhoda. . Howard Marsde
enlisted in the Canadian army in October, 1915,
member of the 34th Battery went overseas mE
nf thP same vear In France he became a gunn
Trench Mo\or Battery, and .was taken prmner
2 1916 Kept a prisoner until the end of the wa
f^ansfened ?o three different Pl-es of detenti
with his release returned to Canada and to his n

FREDERICK BELL MYERS-Well ki

church cMes in Toronto, where for many yea
sung in the choir of St. Mary Magdalene s
located at Ulster and Manning avenues Mr. K
born at Prescott. Ontario, November 18, 187

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309

Alvin and Mary Ellen (Bell) Myers. His father,

associated with him in the conduct of his business,

30rn at Morrisburg, Ontario, June 14, 1846. Mr.

s' mother was born at Bell's Corners, near Morris-

in 1846, and died June 27, 1903.

'. Myers was educated in the public schools of

ott and at the Toronto High School. He proceeded

arvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts,

after three years of university training, ret-rned

')ronto and took up the study of embalming under

ilrt Jolliffe, a well known undertaker of the city.

! entered the service of Elib Myers and spent two

ris in travelling, teaching and demonstrating new

Biods throughout the United States. About the year

9 Mr. Myers returned to Toronto and became

iiger for the firm of H. Stone & Son, the well known

d takers of Toronto. He remained with this firm for

aiod of ten years and then spent a year at Winni-

■ In 1911 he bought out the business of a long-

Kshed firm in North Toronto and has conducted

Sicessfully ever since. Mr. Myers has a funeral parlor

d he most modern motor equipment. He employs

'•ices of two assistants, and his establishment is

iwn for the air of dignity and sympathy which

Is it.

Myers is a member of the Sanitarian Club of

,i 1. <i. In religious faith, he is a member of the Church

I gland. He is a Mason, a member of York Lodge,

). 56, Free and Accepted Masons, and also affiliated

' ' tropolitan Lodge No. 542. He is past master of

1 Lodge, No. 269, Loyal Orange Lodge, and also

cr of the Black Knights of Ireland, in which or-

m he holds all degrees up to the gold. He finds

: recreation in games and outdoor sports, and is an

;!id enthusiastic member of the North Toronto

Club, serving on the curling team of that or-

<m.

Myers married, on August 29, 1907, at Fort

. Ontario, Lillian H. McMahan, daughter of

id Annie (Mitchell) McMahon. Mrs. Myers'

as a division superintendent on the Government

and her mother was formerly a school teacher.

■ ,\ ers is a past noble grand of the Rebekahs, and

(sident of the Daughters and Maids of the

Benevolent Society. She holds membership in

imony Chapter of the Eastern Star, and is a

: of Eglinton True Blue Lodge, No. 347. Mr. and

'yers have two children: Alvin John, who was

i cember 2, 1910, and who is now (1922) a student

; t Clement's College; and Eleanor Margaret, who

as orn November 30, 1917.

GORGE ROBERT FAIRHEAD— As a member

t ' freight traffic force of the Canadian National

Mr. Fairhead is handling large responsibilities in

ion with the freight traffic department of that

An eminently practical man, Mr. Fairhead

r English ancestry, and is a son of Robert Charles

aes (Young) Fairhead, his father having been

cd with the Langmuir Manufacturing Company

i^.K street, West, for fully forty years.

Girge Robert Fairhead was born in Toronto, March

1?1. Acquiring his early education in the Parliament,

nd Wellesley public schools, he completed his

at the Harbord Collegiate Institute. Shortly

ishing school Mr. Fairhead entered the employ

irand Trunk railway, in a position of minor re-

Uity, but his rise has been steady, and continuing

' same road until 1902, he has always been in the

traffic department in Toronto. That year Mr.

'1 resigned his position with the Grand Trunk

, and entered the service of the old Canadian

Northern railway at Toronto. In 1910 he was transferred
to Hamilton, Ontario, as commercial agent of that
railway. He returned to Toronto in 1918, and upon the
amalgamation of the Intercolonial railway and the
Canadian Northern railway he assumed his present
position of division freight agent of the Canadian
National railway.

Mr. Fairhead is a member of Transportation and
Rehoboam lodges of Toronto, and Barton Lodge of
Hamilton, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and
holds membership in the Rotary Club of Toronto. He
has for years been a member of the Toronto Board of
Trade, and affiliates with the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Fairhead married, in Toronto, on February 7,
1911, Edith Ellen Jackson, daughter of Henry and
Margaret Jane (O'Connor) Jackson, and they have one
daughter, Edith Ruth, born November 5, 1911.

JAMES COCHRAN BLAIR— Taking a practical
part in the general advance, as manager of important
English interests in Canada, James C. Blair is becoming
well and favorably known in the city of Toronto. Mr.
Blair is a native of Scotland, and is a son of Thomas and
Elizabeth (Walker) Blair. His father was born in
Paisley, Scotland, in 1846, and was for many years
prominent in the contracting world in that section, being
active along this line until his death, which occurred
in 1916. The mother, who was born in Elderslie, Scot-
land, is still living.

James C. Blair was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Oc-
tober 15, 1889, and was educated in the public schools of
that city and in the technical college there. After
finishing college, Mr. Blair took up mechanical engineer-
ing with one of the leading firms of Glasgow in that
field of endeavor, and was thus engaged until 1919, when
he came to Canada to represent the Alfred Herbert
Company, Ltd., as their Canadian manager. This
company is one of the foremost concerns of England
in the field of machine tools. With Canadian offices at
No. 1 Jarvis street, Toronto, Mr. Blair, as their repre-
sentative, is commanding the attention of the business
world of Ontario and the Dominion. Mr. Blair is a
member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and fraternally
retains his connection with the Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of Glasgow, Scotland.

Mr. Blair married, in 1914, Edith Brierly, of Edin-
burgh, Scotland, and they have one son, James B.,
born in May, 1921.

ARTHUR J. HARDY was born at Nottingham,
England, September 30, 1882, son of James and Sarah
(Allen) Hardy. His parents came to Canada when he
was very young, and his entire life, with the exception
of the first two years, has been spent in Toronto.

Mr. Hardy received his education in the public
schools of the city. After his graduation from high school,
he entered the service of Jenkins & Hardy, being assigned
to the mailing department. Later he became a junior
clerk, and finally was promoted to the position of
manager of the auditing department. Besides acting in
this capacity for Jenkins & Hardy, Mr. Hardy is also a
member of the financial firm of James Hardy & Sons.

Mr. Hardy is a member of the Anglican church.
He belongs to the Royal Canadian Yacht Club; the
Muskoka Lakes Golf and Country Club; the Rusholme
Lawn Tennis Club; the National Club, and the Toronto
Canoe Club. He is unmarried.

JOHN WILSON— A resident of Canada for nearly
forty years, and during the entire time broadly active
in the business world, John Wilson stands among the
representative men of the day in that group of business

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executives forming a significant part of the commercial
life of the city of Toronto, where for the past twelve
years he has been the active member of the firm of Wilson
& Paterson, manufacturers' agents. Mr. Wilson is of
Scottish birth, and is a son of John Wilson, who was
born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1837, and was
active in his native country as a shoe merchant through-
out his lifetime; he died there in 1887. He married Ann
Massie, who also was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
in 1837, and still survives her husband.

John Wilson, subject of this review, was born in
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, November 10, 1863, and was
educated in the grammar and high schools there. En-
tering the business world at an early age, he was first
employed in a dry goods store, and was thus engaged
until 1883. At that time he came to Canada, and here
joined thestafif of Greenshields, Limited, of Montreal, with
which concern he continued for a period of twenty-seven
years, working up from the position of salesman to that
of representative for Ottawa, city and district. With this
comprehensive experience Mr. Wilson founded the pres-
ent business in 1910, receiving into partnership John
Paterson, of Montreal, Mr. Wilson acting as manager
of the company foi" Toronto. With offices in the Em-
pire building on Wellington street, West, this company
represents the foremost British manufacturers of woolens,
cottons and velvets.

Fraternally, Mr. Wilson is very prominent, and has
always been active in the Masonic order, now holding
the thirty-second degree. In 1901 he was district
deputy grand master of Ottawa district, and after coming
to Toronto became affiliated with Zetland Lodge, of this
city, of which he was made master in 1920. He is also
a member of Harcourt Lodge, of Toronto. Mr. Wilson
has always taken a keen interest in out-door sports, and
has for some years been a member of the Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, the Canada Lawn Bowling Club and the
Summit Golf Club, and is a director of the Canada Lawn
Bowling Club. He is a member of the Bloor Street
Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Wilson married, in 1888, Mary Paterson, of
Montreal, who was born May 20, 1867. They are the
parents of the following children: Arthur D., see sketch
following; William James, of further mention; Edith
Helen, born May 23, 1894, a graduate of Branksome
Hall, of Toronto, now at home; and John P., born July
14, 1904, now a student at the University Schools of
Toronto.

William James Wilson was born in August of 1892, and
after the completion of his elementary and preparatory
courses, entered McGill University, of Montreal, from
which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor
of Science. He had made a most promising beginning as
civil engineer when he enlisted with the 74th Battalion,
Canadian Infantry, for service in the great World War.
He was sent to FVance with the 2nd Canadian Mounted
Rifles, and was promoted to captain, then met his death
in action near Lens, France, on December 31, 1917.
He was a young man of fine character and rare promise,
and the news of his death brought deep sorrow to the
many circles of which he was a member.

ARTHUR DOUGLAS WILSON— Broadly represen-
tative of the younger group of business men of Canada,
Arthur D. Wilson, now of Toronto, has attained a posi-
tion of prominence in this city. Mr. Wilson comes of
Scottish ancestry, and is a grandson of John and Ann
(Massie) Wilson, and son of John and Mary (Paterson)
Wilson (see preceding sketch).

Arthur D. Wilson was born in Montreal, Quebec,
May 20, 1890. Receiving his early education in the
public schools of Ottawa, he also attended the Collegiate

Institute of that city, and with this thoroughly prai
preparation for his career, entered the employ ol
Canadian Railway Accident Insurance Company,
which concern he remained for a period of four y
At the end of that time Mr. Wilson came to Tor
and here became associated with his father in the
ness of which the latter is the head, the firm 1
manufacturers' agents, representing the leading mi
England which produce woolens, cottons and vel
the Toronto office handling the above interests in
district. Mr. Wilson is filling a responsible exec
position with this firm, and is looked upon as one o
coming men of Toronto.

Fraternally, Mr. Wilson is well known in the Ma:
order. He is a member of the Canadian Club, the I
dale Golf Club, and the Argonaut Rowing Club, sei
in the executive committee of the last-named orga
tion. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Wilson married, in 1917, Hazel M. Edmond
Toronto, who was born July 19, 1893, and is a dauj
of Charles E. and Amelia H. (Beatty) Edmonds,
father, who was born in Devonshire, England, is t
urer of the Christie-Brown Company. The mi
is a native of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have
children: Mary Patricia, born March 17, 1918;
Elizabeth Edmonds, born August 23, 1920.

JAMES LOGIE — A representative of a Scotch fa
long domiciled at Elgin, Scotland, Mr. Logie was
in the family home atElgin,July 25, 1863,sonofGe
and Margaret (McBain) Logie. His father, who i»
contractor and builder, was born at Fochabers, Mc
shire, in 1846, and died there. May 19, 1890.
Logic's mother, who is still living, was born at E
October 19, 1842.

Mr. Logie received his education in the public sd
of Elgin, and entered the field of business by becoi
an apprentice to a firm of paper manufacturers,
spent five years as an apprentice, then proceedei
Liverpool, England, where he obtained employmer
his chosen branch of business, and there spent the
eight years of his life. Foreseeing the coming import
of Canada as a source of wood pulp for paper, and ha
moreover, a great desire to see the Dominion, he
up his interests at Liverpool, and came to Ton
March 29, 1889.

Upon his arrival in the city, the firm of Barker,
& Company offered him a position as salesman,
accepted this offer and remained with the firm for
years. He then formed a connection with E. B. I
& Company, and remained with them for twent;
years as manager of their Toronto branch. Aftei
long term of service, during which the relations bet
himself and the firm were maintained with the ui i
cordiality and goodwill on both sides, Mr. Log i
signed and entered business for himself as manufact i
agent for the Canadian Paper Board Company.
1915 he has represented this company in Toronti
the Western Ontario district, with offices in the 'i
building, on Front street. West.

Although a true lover of Scotland, and as great < »
mirer of Burns as may be found in Canada, Mr. Ji
has never had reason to regret his emigration. i'
found a welcome awaiting him at Toronto, at
hard work and devotion to business, no less th
means of the thorough training he received in t'
country, he has made a secure place for himself
ranks of Canadian industry. An expert in all n W
relating to the manufacture of paper, it is to men M
peculiar ability that the forces behind the rising ''
dian industry must turn, and the fact that Car
now recognized as one of the important sources o '

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ft) justifies the long vision that brought this master
niufacturer of paper to her shores.
11 Logie is a member of the Eglinton Presbyterian

I. He is a Mason, a member of York Lodge; also
~ iccabee. He holds membership in the Commercial

its' Association of Canada, and belongs to the

0 Board of Trade.

l.ogiemarried.in 1890, Margaret E. Urquhart, who

rn at Ferintosh, Scotland, December 18, 1862.

:<i Mrs. Logie have four children: Margaret I.;
.. tl.; William, G. H., who enlisted for service with
64th Canadian Artillery in 1916. He was later
aferred to the Second Division Ammunition Corps,
adian army, and saw active service in France with
Corps, receiving his discharge in May, 1919; and
lys F. Logie.

!'ILLIAM FRANCIS GOFORTH— As the head of a
|em and constantly progressing manufacturing or-
|zation in Toronto, William F. Goforth is identi-
(with the industrial advance of this city. Mr. Goforth
son of William Stuart and Jane E. (Little) Goforth.
Bam Goforth was the first generation of this family
j in Canada, his father, who was a native of Hull,
land, died in 1915.

"illiam Francis Goforth was born near London,
>nirio, January 1, 1879, and his education was limited
attendance at the public schools of his native
When only fourteen years of age he entered the
-s world in the employ of John H. Chapman, then
i^oods merchant of London, and remained with
a period of nine years. Then in 1902 Mr. Goforth
1) Toronto, and entered the employ of E. & S.
ii , neckwear manufacturers, producing largely men's
etwear, and some women's apparel. In 1904 Mr.
'ro rth, in company with the late Mr. F. P. Evans, es-
"d for the Currie interests the new firm of Ladies'
Limited; in 1906 Messrs. Goforth and Evans
out their entire business holdings. This business
'.finally located at No. 77 York street, Toronto,
listed of the manufacture of ladies' neckwear on-
lloying but twenty operatives, and occupying
' wo thousand square feet of floor space. When the
s changed hands in 1906, it was removed to the
building, where they occupied a floor of about
i.usand square feet of space, and here they em-
one hundred people. A second removal, to No.
ilington street, gave them much larger quarters,
;h a largely increased staff of workers permitted
id expansion. This was in 1911, and in 1912 Mr.
w as removed by death. His loss was a great blow,
■ t h the necessary reorganization, Mr. Goforth con-
inid as president and managing director, and Mr.
">. . Haig assumed the duties of both secretary and
■IT. With their trained assistants they went
i, and in 1914 began the erection of their present
Iding at No. 563 College street. This modern six-
lilding was completed in the following year, and
mediately took possession. They now occupy the
luilding, employing normally about four hundred
>- people. They have a dining room where lunch
li to employees at cost, and they have rest rooms
ich a skilled nurse presides. They also carry group
ce for their male employees. They now manu-
silk and cotton waists, silk underwear and
neckwear, and handle, as jobbers, veiling, em-
ies and handkerchiefs. They have sixteen travel-
, . presentatives on the road, and sell throughout
He dominion.
A the head of this progressive organization Mr.
'i holds membership in the Canadian Manu-
re' Association, and in the Toronto Board of

Trade. In civic and other public interests Mr. Goforth
is deeply interested, and during the World War took
an active part in all drives and campaigns, serving on
many committees. He was one of the committee of
four to look after the dependents of soldiers, and he was
also in charge of motor transportation for returned sol-
diers. His more personal interests include membership
in the Free and Accepted Masons, in the Rotary Club,
of which he is a director, and active in boy's work, in the
National, Ontario and Canadian Clubs, and the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club. He is a director of the Scarboro
Golf Club, and at the present time is president of the
Ontario Motor League.

Mr. Goforth married, in 1906, in Toronto, Minna
Beasley Adams, of this city, and they have four chil-
dren: Earl, Walter, John, and Louise.

JOHN ALEXANDER MORRIS— Holding a prom-
inent position in one of the exacting branches of business
back of piano production, John Alexander Morris, of
Toronto, has won his way to success. Mr. Morris is a
son of William Morris, who was born in Lanark county,
Ontario, and was for many years a farmer in that section,
following agricultural pursuits until his retirement. He
married Lucinda Bradley, who was born in the Ottawa
district, Carleton county, Ontario, and died in 1910.

John Alexander Morris was born in Lanark county,
April 26, 1881, and received a thoroughly practical
education in the public schools of his native place.
His first employment was in a cheese factory, and he
was thus engaged for about five years, and afterward
was engaged as a clerk for two years in the same vicinity.
Determining then to direct the course of his career rather
than to allow the accident of circumstance to govern
his future, he came to Toronto, and entered the employ
of Carl Zeidler, a manufacturers' agent, specializing in
piano key ivories and ebony sharps. Mr. Morris gave
his best energies to the business, and made a special
study of the leading branch of the house, familiarizing
himself with the various conditions which control
or influence these commodities, and upon the death of
Mr. Zeidler, he purchased the agency business and
removed it to the present quarters at No. 28 Wellington
street. West. This was in the year 1919, and Mr. Morris
has since carried forward the interest very successfully,
acting as manufacturers' agent for various European
producers of piano supplies. He is highly esteemed in
the trade and also as a citizen. Mr. Morris is well known
fraternally as a member of the Canadian Order of For-
esters, and he is a member of the Dovercourt Road
Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Morris married, in 1908, Katie May Livingston,
who was born May 19, 1886, in Renfrew county, On-
tario, and they are the parents of one son: John Rae
Morris, born April 7, 1915.

WALTER JOHN BOLUS— The trade learned in his
youth formed the basis of Mr. Bolus' early business
operations, and the development of the enterprise
founded by him in 1892 is one of tht; principal interior
decorating firms of Eastern Canada, whose work has
won high appreciation and commendation. Mr. Bolus
has numerous other business connections in Toronto,
and is prominent in fraternal, social and religious life.

Mr. Bolus is an Englishman by birth, born in Blossom-
field, near Birmingham, August 9, 1867. After attending
the public schools of his birthplace, he accompanied his
parents to Canada, as a youth of seventeen years, in his
own home beginning to learn the painter's and decora-
tor's trade under competent instruction. Thereafter,
two years were spent with James Roach & Com-
pany, of . Detroit, Michigan, and upon returning to

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Toronto in 1891, he was employed at his trade for one
year before establishing independently in business.
His operations were conducted as W. J. Bolus, with head-
quarters on Major street, and the steady growth that
attended his operations from the first soon made larger
quarters necessary, which were found at No. 245 Yonge
street, where he purchased the entire building. At this
time the W. J. Bolus Company was organized, and in
1907 incorporation was made as the W. J. Bolus Com-
pany, Ltd. of which Mr. Bolus has since been president.
The next location was at No. 206 Victoria street, where
Mr. Bolus erected a three-story building to house the
firm's activities, the store, shop and storerooms being
there maintained until 1918, when removal to No. 318
Yonge street was made. Since that time Mr. Bolus has
purchased the interests of the other stockholders, has
acquired the Victoria street property, and is sole proprie-
tor of the enterprise. As interior decorators the com-
pany has gained wide reputation for a complete service
that has always proved eminently satisfactory. Among
the large number of churches, theatres, public buildings
and private residences in which their work is found are
the Timothy Eaton Memorial, Elm Street Methodist,
and Trinity Methodist churches, the Bank of Nova
Scotia, and the head office building of the Bell Telephone
Company. Mr. Bolus is, in addition to the business
that bears his name, vice-president and director of
Muirhead's, Limited, and directorof the Dominion Auto-
matic Transportation Company of Welland.

Mr. Bolus fraternizes with the Independent Order
of Foresters, and with lodge, chapter and preceptory
of the Masonic order, his memberships in St. Andrew's
Lodge of which he is a past master, Toronto Chapter,
and Cyrene Preceptory. He is a member of the Lake
Shore Country Club, and also an active member of the
Kiwanis Club. He is a Methodist in religious faith,
was formerly a member of the quarterly board of Trinity
Methodist Church, and is now secretary of the board of
trustees, church steward, and a member of the quarterly
board of the Timothy Eaton Memorial Churcli, offices
he has held since the congregation was organized. Mr.
Bolus was a member of the first committee appointed
to find a site for the Methodist church on the hill and
since that time has given devoted attention to this
work.

member of the Summit Golf Club, the Victoria Clu
and the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.

Mr. Young married, in 1911, Florence Somerville,
Toronto, who was born October 15, 1886. Mr. ai
Mrs. Young have two children: Mary Louise, who w
born January 9, 1915; and Charles Andrew, who w
born December 2, 1920.

BERTRAM EDWIN YOUNG— The son of an

English clergyman, Mr. Young was born at Bath, Somer-
set, England, on January 11, 1880. His parents, the
Rev. Charles J. and Louise (Steel) Young, were both
bom in London. Mr. Young's father, who was educated
at Cambridge University, retired in 1907, after a career
of great usefulness, and with Mrs. Young is now living
in retirement at Brighton, Ontario.

Coming to Canada with his parents in 1886, he was
entered as a pupil of the public schools at Lansdowne,
Ontario, and subsequently entered the schools of Brock-
ville. At Kingston and Brockville alike, he was a col-
legiate student. In 1898, when his education was com-
pleted, he came to Toronto.

In 1903 Mr. Young became associated with the Im-
perial Bank of Canada, beginning as a junior clerk and
working his way upward to various managerial positions.
In 1917 he became manager of the important Yonge and
Ann streets branch of the bank, and for the past five
years he has discharged the duties of this position with
great success. All told, he has been associated with the
Imperial Bank for nineteen years, and is widely known
among Canadian bankers.

Mr. Young is a member of the Anglican church. He
finds his chief recreation in golf and yachting, being a

HERBERT CHARLES AUSTEN— Of English pare
tage, although his family has long been domiciled
Canada, Mr. Austen was born at Toronto, September 5
1878, son of James and Julia Elizabeth (James) Auste
His father was born at London in the year 1860. Comi
to Toronto at an early age, he established himself
business as a civilian and military outfitter. About s
years ago, after a long and prosperous career as a ci
merchant, he retired from active participation in busins
a£Fairs. Mr. Austen's mother, like her husband, is
Londoner by birth.

Mr. Austen was educated in the public schools of t
city and at the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute. Ii
mediately after his graduation he accepted a juni
clerkship in the Toronto office of the Gutta Percha a
Rubber Company, Ltd. He entered the service of tl
firm in 1896 and remained with them for ten years.
1906 he formed an association with the Dunlop Tire a;
Rubber Company, Ltd., the pioneer manufacturers
pneumatic tubes and tires. He was a traveller for tl
firm in the territory of Toronto and vicinity for abo
nine years. In 1919 he was appointed district manager
the sales and service branch of the Dunlop Compar
with headquarters at No. 210 Victoria street. On M;
1, 1922, the company moved to No. 244 Booth aveni
Mr. Austen directs a large selling force from this offi
and manages an extensive business. He is a member
the Board of Trade of Toronto.

In religious faith, Mr. Austen is a Baptist. He is
Conservative in politics, and belongs to the Kiwai
Club, Ontario Club, and Orange Lodge, No. 140, Fi
and Accepted Masons, and Orient Lodge, of Toronto.

Mr. Austen married, at Toronto, Erma Edna Ei
daughter of Urias and Louise (Lang) Erb. Mrs. Austei
parents were both born at Kitchener, where they n(
live, and where Mrs. Austen was born. Mr. and M
Austen have four children: Douglas Charles, Rob«
James, Greta Louise, and Margaret Elizabeth.

FRANCIS ARTHUR HENDERSON— Since t

sixteenth century the Hendersons of Britain have play
well the game of life in callings widely varying. In Frs
cis Arthur Henderson, vice-president of Martin
Henderson, Limited, Toronto,is found a worthy membei
the family and it is a matter of record that he has i
failed in recognizing his share of the responsibility
keep the escutcheon bright and untarnished.

Francis Arthur Henderson was born in Port Per
May 21, 1884, only son of Charles Robert and M;
Henderson. Charles Robert Henderson was a gradu
of Oxford University, and a gentleman of many sterl
qualities. As a cricketer he held an enviable record
the 80's. He was elected to captain the all Canad
team which played the touring English eleven in 18
and was an all-round sportsman of note.

Francis Arthur Henderson attended the public schqi
of Toronto, coming to that city with his mother in Ifl
At the age of fourteen he entered the service ol the ToJ
to branch of Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co., where he reodi
his early business training, and with which concern"!
remained for several years. He severed his connect
with the mercantile agency in 1904 to join the staf
Messrs. N. L. Martin & Co., where he rose to the p
tion of manager, and in the year 1920 saw the incorpi -

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tn of the firm under the style of Martin & Henderson,
Imited, with Mr. Martin holding the position of pres-
imt and Mr. Henderson that of vice-president and
gneral manager.

Like his father, Francis Arthur Henderson is intensely
ierested in all out-door sports. He was one of the
c;anizers of that well known club, the Toronto Rugby
al Athletic Association, and held the position of hon-
oiry secretary when they won the senior hockey cham-
pflship of Eastern Canada in the years 1912-3 and 1913-
4 He is a member of the Summit Golf and Country
Cib, and a communicant of the Anglican church. Mr.
I-nderson is unmarried and resides on Dunbar road,
Sith Rosedale.

ROBERT P. BAKER, of Devonshire stock, was born
a London, Ontario, November 14, 1892, son of William
T and Julia (Hunt) Baker. His father, an electrical
eiineer by profession, was born in Devonshire, Eng-
Ifd, and came to Canada as a young man. Joining the
Lidon Electric Company, he established his home at
Lidon, and has spent the greater part of his career in
ti service of the company. Mr. Baker's mother, who
is Iso living (1922), was likewise born in England,
hi birthplace being Exeter, in Devonshire.

ir. Baker received his early education in the public

BCDols of London. Upon leaving school, he entered the

of:e of Cronyn & Betts, a firm of London solicitors. He

mierwent a thorough training as a law clerk and studied

lupting and conveyancing. After spending two and a

lars with the firm, Mr. Baker resigned his position

ler to accept a junior clerkship with the Huron &

Mortgage Corporation, of London. He found this

m agreeable, and maintained the connection for

years, when the firm recognized his fidelity to

ss and his ability to manage the company's affairs

'ding him to Edmonton, Alberta, as organizer and

.;er of a new branch of the business. He spent

lars at Edmonton and then returned to the head

of the company at London, as chief accountant.

years later he came to Toronto as the company's

inent manager. All of Mr. Baker's business ac-

s for the Huron & Erie Mortgage Company have

;^e pertained to the Canada Trust Company,

which the mortgage company is associated. A

..e;-minded and progressive man of affairs, Mr. Baker

s member of the Board of Trade of Toronto, and an

member of the Young Men's Club. He attends

' (thodist church of Toronto.

Baker married, in 1917, Madge Norris, of London,

'.0, who was bom July 17, 1894. They have no

lARRY CHARLES SEWELL— The son of a civil
or, who is a member of the Association of Civil
'■ers, of London, England, and himself an engineer
!", Mr. Sewell may be said to have been born in
edition. His father, Henry De Quincey Sewell,
irn at Constantinople, Turkey, and after receiving

hnical education in England proceeded to India,

he was engaged upon construction works of great
tude. Upon leaving India, he came to Canada and
i at Hamilton, Ontario. He married Caroline
who was born at Hamilton, and about 1889
it his family to Toronto. After practicing his
<ion for over thirty years at Toronto, Henry De

y Sewell has lately retired. Both he and Mrs.

are residents of Toronto.

Sewell was born at Hamilton, September 17,
and came to Toronto with his parents at a very
age. He was entered as a pupil at St. Alban's

Iral School at Toronto, and Trinity School,

Port Hope, and after completing his preliminary educa-
tion, proceeded to the University of Toronto, where he
spent several years as a special student in the School of
Science.

In 1909 Mr. Sewell began the practice of his profession
by engaging in railroad construction and location work.
He was engaged upon the transcontinental lines of the
Canadian Pacific railroad and other developments for
about three years, and in 1913 went to Cobalt, Ontario,
where he was engaged in building roads for the town-
ships of Coleman and Buck. During the same year Mr.
Sewell passed the prescribed examinations and was
licensed as an Ontario land surveyor. In 1914 Mr. Sewell
went into business as an independent engineer, locating
at 79 Adelaide street. East, his present address. "To a
large extent his practice consists of realty work, and he
has laid out many subdivisions. Mr. Sewell is a Mason,
and belongs to the Blue Lodge. He is married, and makes
his home in Toronto.

GORDON ROBERT DOUGLAS— A general mana-
ger of one of the largest firms of its kind at Toronto, Mr.
Douglas is in close touch with the business activities of
the Dominion, and is an authority on all matters per-
taining to construction work in which sheet metal and
metal roofing are employed.

Mr. Douglas was born at Toronto, January 4, 1885,
son of Thomas and Elizabeth Douglas. At an early age
he entered the business of Douglas Brothers, Limited, as
apprentice. This firm was founded in 1883 by Thomas
and John Douglas. After working as an apprentice for a
number of years, beginning in 1906, and utilizing his
spare time in the study of problems pertaining to his
work, Mr. Douglas rose rapidly, and finally attained
his present position as general manager of the company's
affairs. The firm also operates a branch plant at Mon-
treal. His firm was awarded the contract for the metal
work and roofing on St. James' Cathedral, the Parliament
buildings and City Hall at Toronto, and on the Do-
minion Parliament buildings at Ottawa.

Mr. Douglas belongs to the Masonic order, being a
member of Ashlar Lodge. His religious connection is
with the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Douglas married, in 1911, Ethel Dickson, daughter
of David Dickson. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas have no
children. They reside at No. 113 Lytton boulevard.

FRANK P. O'CONNOR— It is but the fulfilment of
an aim for unusual quaintness, for unique simplicity and
daintiness, born in the mind of Mr. F. P. O'Connor, that
now the good folks of Toronto, and of many other Cana-
dian cities can secure fresh, wholesome candies in any
of a chain of bright little modest shops. Mr. O'Connor's
foresight led him to produce for the lovers of dainty
confections, candy, so infinitely individual, so delicious
and wholesome as to assure a ready welcome wherever
they were sold, and at the same time to give the candies
a name truly symbolic of lofty ideals, simple sincerity,
and distinctly Canadian. Delving into the depths of
Canadian history, a name shone forth above all others
as prominently as does the evening star. About that
name, Laura Secord, there hangs a tale of heroic deeds,
of fearless loyalty, of Canadian esprit de corps. What
more fitting symbol could have been given to a superior
confection for exacting Canadian folk? What an ideal
to live up to! What a prestige!

Just a few short years ago Mr. O'Connor opened
the first Laura Secord Candy Shop — a welcome in-
novation of spotlessness and purity on Toronto's busiest
thoroughfare. As assuredly as it made a host of friends,
so did the next quaint shop, and the next. And by that
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necessitated a rapid expansion, and the name has spread
with increasing favor throughout the world. The
wholesome deliciousness of each candy, the unusual
freshness which at once mark Laura Secord Candies
inimitable and supremely good, thoroughly justify Mr.
O'Connor in naming the places where these candies are
made, "studios." For their making is truly an art which
hsls been brought to a degree of artistic perfection that
does justice to the name they bear.

Scattered throughout Toronto, Montreal, Quebec,
Ottawa, Hamilton, and other prominent centres of
population in the Dominion, Laura Secord Candy Shops
have countless friends who have long accepted Laura
Secord Candies as the standard by which all candies
must be judged. What could more eloquently express
the degree to which Mr. O'Connor has achieved his
aim; or by what token could the name of Laura Secord
be exalted more?

JOHN MacNEE JEFFREY —A native of Scotland,
educated in the institutions of his native land and also
holding a degree from a London college, Mr. Jeffrey has
made Toronto the scene of his professional activity in
architecture. He was born at Glasgow, Scotland, on
April 1, 1883, son of William and Jane (MacNee)
Jeffrey. He received his education at the Academy
of Glasgow, and at the Glasgow School of Art. He
holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts and is a registered
architect of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
When he had completed his professional training, Mr.
Jeffrey entered the field of architecture in Great Britain,
but in 1912 decided to make his future home in Canada.
He established himself professionally at Toronto in the
course of the year and is now one of the most widely
known among the younger architects of the Dominion.
It may be said of him that he has come to a secure place
in his profession and that he has made a substantial con-
tribution to the advancement of architecture. Although
his work has followed general lines, Mr. Jeffrey special-
izes in theatrical architecture. He is an exponent of the
latest and most approved methods in regard to stage
building, such as the revolving stage and the application
of the new lighting systems, and the Dominion theatres
that have been built according to his plans represent the
last word in modern construction. He has designed many
of the finest theatres in Canada, including the beautiful
new Palace Theatre at Toronto, and the Capital Thea-
tre at Victoria, B.C. In religious faith, Mr. Jeffrey is a
Christian Scientist.

Mr. Jeffrey married, in March, 1911, Mary Davidson,
daughter of William Davidson, of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey have five children: Mary, William,
Jean, John, and Allester. They reside at No. 156 Glen-
cairn avenue.

NELSON BERRILL COBBLEDICK— One of the
most prominent and successful funeral directors of
Toronto is Mr. Cobbledick, who for more than twenty
years has conducted his own establishment, first in
Brantford, and later in Toronto. Mr. Cobbledick is a
son of Joseph Cobbledick, who was born in Clark town-
ship, Durham county, Ontario, in 1850. The father has
for many years been a large wholesale dealer in grain
and seeds, and is now residing in Calgary, Alberta.
He married Catherine Jane Guest, who was born in
London Township, Ontario, and died when the son
Nelson was about fourteen years of age.

Nelson B. Cobbledick was born in Biddulph, Mid-
dlesex county, Ontario, April 2, 1877. Receiving his
early education in the public schools, he had the ad-
vantage of a course at Forest City Business College,
then for a few years was engaged with his father in the

grain and seed business. Eventually making a differi
choice of occupation, he studied embalming, and in IS
purchased the undertaking business theretofore ei
ducted by J. W. Pattison, in Brantford, Ontario. C(
tinuing this business until late in 1905, Mr. Cobbled
then sold out and coming to Toronto, in January, 19i
bought the undertaking business of the late Archib;
Hunter, located at the corner of Danforth and Mi
streets. This undertaking establishment has been c(
tinuously carried on since its founding, in 1885, when t
section of the city was known as East Toronto. Imm(
lately upon taking over the premises Mr. Cobbled;
began improvements, and has since kept in the fo
front of advance in his business. His funeral apartmei
are now furnished and equipped in the most approv
manner; he has four assistants and a fleet of seven mo:
cars. In 1909 he opened a branch office in the Bead
section, at No. 2068 Queen street. East, which he s
continues, the better to handle his steadily increasi
business. Mr. Cobbledick holds a high position in t
profession, is commanding a very high class of patrc
age, and is esteemed one of Toronto's representati
and successful men.

Politically Mr. Cobbledick supports the Conservati
party. In 1907 previous to the annexation of East Tore
to with the city, he served as a member of the council
East Toronto.

As past president of the Canadian Embalme
Association, Mr. Cobbledick is widely known amo:
the funeral directors of Ontario. He is now inspector
anatomy for the county of East York, treasurer of t
Ontario Funeral Service Association, and holds i
interest in the Sterling Casket Company, Ltd., being
director of the concern. Fraternally he holds membf
ship in the Free and Accepted Masons, is past coun
master of the Loyal Orange Lodge, and a member of tl
Black Knights of Ireland, No. 686, and is also a memb
of the Canadian Order of Foresters. He is a trustee
Hope Methodist Church.

Mr. Cobbledick married, in Bowmanville, Ontario,
1900, Irene Jewell, daughter of the late Isaac and Mai
(McCrea) Jewell, and they have three daughters: Ms
jory, Helen and June.

ROBERT J. HENDERSON was born at Toronto i
the year 1885, and was educated in the public schools
the city. After his graduation from high school, he e
tered the brokerage establishment of M. J. Cumminf
where he acquired his first knowledge of the stock mark
by serving as a marker on the board. In 1907 he l(
Mr. Cummings and established an automobile ageii
and business, which he carried on until 1915. Duri
this period he was the Canadian manager of the Oakla
Automobile Company, and acted as secretary-treasui
of the Oldsmobile Company of Canada. In 1915
disposed of his automobile interests and established
independent custom brokerage house at No. 64 Wellii
ton street. West, his present location. Mr. Renders
is a member of the Bloor Street Presbyterian Church.
is a Mason, and belongs to St. John's Chapter, Ro
Arch Masons.

Mr. Henderson married, in 1911, Evelyn Wendmi
They reside at No. 64 Braemore Gardens.

FRANK A. HALLMAN was born in New Yi
City, February 10, 1866, son of John and Eva (Allsha
Hallman. He received his education in the public schi
of New York City and at a private school in the si
place, and at the early age of sixteen years entered u
his business life by becoming apprenticed to a comp
engaged in the manufacture of silk braids. He ser
two years in this apprenticeship and then entered

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315

iron works of a firm engaged in the manufacture of iron

1 and steel fittings. He soon discovered the unsuitability

I of this employment and turned to the lighter and more

agreeable work of dressing and dyeing furs. He began

, his work in this field in the year 1886 and learned

the business during a four-year period of employment

1 with a firm of fur dressers and dyers in New York City.

I In 1890 Mr. Hallman decided to come to Canada,

1 where he obtained a position for general work at the

I establishment of Mr. Keller in Montreal. The following

year he came to Toronto and organized a miniature plant

for individual work in fur dressing and dyeing, and by

means of his indomitable energy and perseverance he

has since developed this small one-man business into a

large and prosperous concern, affording work to others

and supplying a market at home as well as one farther

afield. He is not the only fur dresser and dyer in Toronto,

but he is certainly the pioneer in his field, and thus

deserves great credit for his business faith and ability.

Mr. Hallman is a Catholic, and belongs to the Knights

of Columbus.

Mr. Hallman married, on August 17, 1891, Mary
Jane Seerj', of Montreal, who died on July 18, 1915.
Mr. Hallman has three children: Gloria, who was
bom at Toronto, June 25, 1892; Wallace, who was born
November 21, 1893; and Loretta, who was born Sep-
tember 4, 1895.

1 WILLIAM ARCHIBALD PORTER WOOD was
born at Peterborough, Ontario, February 3, 1874, son
of William and Alice (Porter) Wood. He received
his preliminary education in the public schools and
Collegiate Institute of Peterborough, then proceeded
to the University of Toronto, from which he graduated
with honors in 1896.

I Upon his graduation Mr. Wood went to Simcoe,
bntario, where he became mathematical master of the
Simcoe High School. A different way of using his math-
ematical ability presented itself to him, and in 1899 he
Entered the Canada Life Assurance Company, as a clerk
In the actuary's department, at their head office in Tor-
|)nto. This position was agreeable to him in every way,
ind his progress as a statistician justified the company
n their choice of him as an employee for one of the most
lifficult and exacting positions in their business. In
.904 Mr. Wood became the firm's assistant actuary,
md in 1912 he was appointed actuary, a position he has
leld ever since. Mr. Wood is an associate of the Institute
if Actuaries of Great Britain, and a fellow of the Ac-
uarial Society of America. In religious faith, Mr. Wood
k a Presbyterian. He holds membership in the Victoria
31ub; the National Club; and the Scarboro Golf Club;
is college fraternity is the Delta Epsilon.
Mr. Wood married, on August 1, 1904, Ida Catherine
Inderson, daughter of William D. and Jane (Brett)
knderson. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have three children:
Irehibald Anderson, who was born February 10, 1907;
v^illiam Bruce, who was born January 26, 1909; and
luth Katherine Porter, who was born August 5, 1912.

I MILL PELLATT — A conservative business man,

■ho owes his success to his own endeavors, and who

widely known for his activities in the Boy Scout

ivement, Mr. Pellatt was born at Toronto, November

?, 1873, son of Henry and Emma (Holland) Pellatt.

te received his education in the Model School of Toronto,

hd Ridley College, and, at about the age of twenty-

ae years, became a clerk in the office of the Imperial

tust Company. Not long afterwards, in 1894, he formed

connection with the Toronto Electric Light Company,

td. He first worked as a clerk, but as time passed he

as promoted to positions of greater importance,

later becoming treasurer. At present, he is head cashier
of the Toronto & Niagara Power Company, which is the
successor of the Toronto Electric Light Company, Ltd.

Mr. Pellatt is a member of the Board of "Trade of
Toronto. Some years ago, when the Boy Scout move-
ment was first inaugurated by Sir Robert Baden-
Powell in Toronto, Mr. Pellatt was one of the first to
see its advantages. He became an enthusiastic supporter
of the idea and has been a true and loyal friend of the
Boy Scouts ever since. At the present time, he is an
honorary scout master of the 23rd Toronto Troop,
and his name is well known among the Canadian scouts.
He is also a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht
Club, and his religious connection is as a member of the
Church of England.

Mr. Pellatt married, on October 6, 1909, Lucy Bower-
man, daughter of James Bowerman. Mr. and Mrs.
Pellatt have one child, Mary Katherine Pellatt, who was
born October 6, 1911. The family residence is at No.
47 Glenoairn avenue.

HENRY PERY R. TEMPLE— The work done in
electrical engineering by Mr. Temple was the medium
through which he originally became identified with the
dental supply business as the manufacturer of the
Dennison electric dental engine, the first of its kind
to be made in the Dominion. Now, as president of The
Ash-Temple Company, Ltd., with branches throughout
all the Provinces, he heads the largest dental supply
house in Canada.

Mr. Temple is a son of Robert Handcock Temple, a
native of Quebec, who for many years was a resident of
Toronto, conducting an extensive financial and mort-
gage business as R. H. Temple & Company. He was a
charter member of the Toronto Stock Exchange and was
its president for several years, holding a place of honor
and responsibility in the Toronto world of affairs.

Henry Pery R. Temple was born in Toronto, August
15, 1872, and after attending Jarvis Street Collegiate
Institute, was, for two years, a student in Trinity College.
He took up the study of electrical engineering, and after
association with the General Electric Company at
Schenectady, New York, was for one year employed by
the Victoria Electric and Railway Company, of Victoria,
British Columbia. Returning to his home city of Toron-
to about 1895, he engaged in the manufacture of the
Dennison electric dental engine, which, as previously
stated, was the first engine of its class to be produced
in Dominion shops. Mr. Temple's first place of business
was a small plant at No. 52 Adelaide street. West, where
his operations extended to the manufacture of dental
supplies, which were distributed on a wholesale basis.
In 1903 his business was merged with that of the Pattison
Dental Manufacturing Company of Montreal, under the
title of The Temple-Pattison Company, Ltd., Mr.
"Temple, president, and upon the completion of this
amalgamation additional space was acquired by moving
to No. 23 Richmond street. West. In 1904 the concern
secured Nos. 19 and 21 Richmond street. West, thus
doubling their floor space, and in 1907 further extension
followed by the purchase of the Herman Rea Dental
Depot, in London, Ontario, where a wholesale branch
was founded. The business of the International Dental
Manufacturing Company of Toronto was also taken
over by The Temple-Pattison Company, Ltd., and in
1906 a Manitoba branch was opened to meet the de-
mands of the Western trade. Branches in Calgary
and Vancouver followed in 1909, at Edmonton in 1912,
and in 1916 the company purchased the small depot
in Regina formerly conducted by Russell Smith, the firm
now having wholesale dental supply distributing stations
in all the Sovinces. The tremendous growth of the busi-

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ness caused the building, in December, 1913, of a modem
five-story brick building, 41 x 150 feet, at No. 243
College street, and here Mr. Temple directs the opera-
tions of the company, which is recognized as the largest
in its special field in Canada. On January 1, 1922, The
Temple-Pattison Co., Ltd., amalgamated with The
Claudius Ash Sons & Company (of Canada), a branch
of the oldest and best known manufacturing company
of London, England, under the name of The Ash-
Temple Company, Ltd., with Mr. Temple as president,
and branches were opened in Ottawa and Montreal.
Ninety persons are employed in the distribution of
Ash-Temple products, which are recognized as leaders
in the line of dental supplies, and which have had an
almost phenomenal rise into popular favor. Mr. Temple
has given himself without stint to the upbuilding of this
prosperous and widely known organization, and his
strong leadership has been the dominating factor in the
attainment of its present proud position.

Mr. Temple is a member of the Toronto Board of
Trade, the Lambton Golf Club, the Mississauga Golf
Club, the Eastbourne Golf Club, and the Victoria Curl-
ing and Skating Club. He is a communicant of St.
Paul's Anglican Church. His political faith is Conserva-
tive.

Mr. Temple married, in Toronto, June 6, 1900, Lillian
Louise Ridley, and they are the parents of: Constance
Louise, Edmond R., Marjorie Heu-de-Bourch, and
Isabel Ridley.

WILLIAM HODGSON ELLIS was born on Nov-
ember 23, 1845, at Holme Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire,
He was the eldest son of John Eimeo and Eliza (Hodgson)
Ellis. John Eimeo Ellis was a physician and the son of
Rev. William Ellis, a missionary to Madagascar and
the South Sea Islands, a writer and speaker of some
rote in his day. Eliza (Hodgson) Ellis was the only child
of Joseph Hodgson, whose family had long been settled
in Yorkshire from whence he moved to Derbyshire in
1837. In 1853 Holme Hall was sold to replace a large
simi of money taken by fraud by a trustee from an estate
of which Joseph Hodgson was the co-trustee. Mr.
Hodgson felt in honour bound to make good the loss
although it occurred through no fault of his, and having
settled the affair, sailed for America in 1854, John E.
Ellis with his wife, and son, aged nine, the subject of
this biography, accompanying him. They went first to
Illinois, where they took up farming near Bloomington.
Here they remained for six years. In 1860 they left
Illinois and came to Canada, and after two or three
years farming near Guelph, they came to Toronto in
1863, and here William H. Ellis lived till the end of his
life in 1920. Mr. Ellis had prepared for matriculation
at the Model Grammar School, and entered the uni-
versity in 1863.

In 1866 occurred the Fenian Raid and the volunteers
were called out for active service, among them the
University Company of the Queens Own Rifles,
in which Ellis was a lance corporal. They paraded at
half past four on the morning of June first, and left for
Port Colbome by boat later. The action at Ridgeway
■was fought the following day. The University Company
was far in advance of the rest of the troops and quite
close to the Fenians when, to their surprise and dismay,
the retreat was sounded. Some of them made a stand
behind a fence during the retirement, opened a brisk
fire upon the enemy, and for a time checked their
advance. They were too few, however, and were soon
dispersed. One of Ellis' comrades was at this moment
killed beside him and he stopped behind to see if he
could do anything for him; when satisfied that all was
over, he looked up and found himself alone. Seeing some

men whom he took to be the "Queen's Own" in an (
chard not far off, he went in that direction but vi
saluted with a volley. He attempted to fire his ri
but found he had forgotten to reload it, and at ti
moment was surrounded and taken prisoner. He w
kept under guard in a house for a few hours, where
gained the Fenians 'gratitude by dressing the wounds
one of them, and later in the day was marched to F(
Erie, the capture of which he witnessed.

Next morning the Fenians departed across the riv
When the last man embarked, their commander she
hands with the prisoners and told them they were fp
adding that he would be back soon with a larger fori
Ellis replied that he would find them better prepar
and so ended his adventures as a prisoner of war. Wi
characteristic generosity he never failed in telling t
story to repeat how kindly and considerately he v
treated, and how well disciplined the Fenians were.

In 1867 Ellis graduated in arts with the gold medal
natural science. During his university course he won t
following prizes and diplomas: 2nd year prize in chem
try; diplomas in chemistry, natural history, a:
mineralogy and geology; 3rd year prize in chemisti
diplomas in chemistry, botany, and zoology; 4th ye
prize in English verse, and English compositio
diplomas in natural history, mineralogy, and geology.

In 1865 he wrote the prize poem, a lyric, entitl
"Consider the Lilies." It may be read along with mai
other delightful verses, in a little volume called "Waysi:
Weeds," which some of his friends collected and publishi
in 1913.

In 1870 he graduated in medicine and went to Englai
to St. Thomas Hospital, where he remained for a ye
and some months, and passed the examination fortl
qualification of L.R.C.P.

In October, 1871, having returned to Canada, 1
became lecturer in chemistry in the medical facul^
Trinity College, and subsequently lecturer in chemisti
in Trinity College itself. He also lectured on chemisti
in the College of Technology. In 1878, on the openit
of the School of Practical Science, he became assistai
professor of chemistry, giving up his lectureships
Trinity College. In 1887 he became professor of applif
chemistry.

He was also public analyst for the Inland Reveni
Department for over thirty years, 1876-1907, and durii
that time also performed most of the analyses in crimir
cases in connection with the department of the attorn
general. This brought him into contact with the leadi
lawyers and judges of the day, and one and all becai
his warm friends and admirers. The experience th
gained gave to his lectures and laboratory instnicti
that touch of reality which is so potent an agent
arousing and retaining the interest of students.

No other circumstances threw into more promini
relief his outstanding qualities than the investigation
some suspected case of poisoning. No pains were
great, no precaution was too trivial when the laborati
examination was under way, and in the witness box
evidence was so clear, direct and unmistakable thai
was never shaken by counsel. In the course of his li
career Dr. Ellis was called upon to give advice upo
great variety of matters involving considerations
chemistry, and each of these received a careful ■
thorough study before an opinion was issued. L
after the matter appeared in the minds of his assist:
to be definitely settled by laboratory evidence, his
like of hasty judgments led him to pursue every c •
trail until he had thoroughly convinced himself ths '■
led nowhere. .

He was a member of the Advisory Food Board i '
his death, and also assay commissioner to the mint. '

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817

ectured on toxicology from 1892 to 1913. In 1907, when
;he School of Practical Science became officially what it
lad long been in practice, the faculty of applied science,
ind applied engineering, of the University of Toronto,
iVilliam Hodgson Ellis was made head of the department
)f chemistry of the university. He was a member of
nany learned societies: Fellow of the Institute of
!^hemistry, fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,
wice president of the Canadian Institute, president of
he Canadian section of the Society of Chemical Indus-
ry, LL. D. of McGill and Toronto universities, and
onorary member of the Engineering Institute of Can-
da. He was a member of the senate of the university
)r thirty years, and those with whom he sat in council
ither on the senate or on other meetings of faculties,
new that he would invariably take the broadest possible
lew of any problem. One of them has written: "His
jlleagues might split hairs by the hour, driven this way
nd that by every gust of feeling, while Ellis sat silent
nd absorbed. Then at the proper moment he would
ear up the whole situation in a few telling words;
3 had cracked the nut, thrown away the shell, and
•asped the kernel."

In 1909 he was sent as delegate from the Royal
)ciety of Canada to the celebration of the Darwin
entenary at Cambridge, in which the most distinguished

en of science from every part of the world took part.

In 1914, on the death of Principal Galbraith, Dr.
His became dean of the Faculty of Applied Science.

e held the office in troubled times, but in spite of ad-

ineing years he shouldered the load proudly and
• eerfully, guided the faculty in the perplexing ques-
ons of student life under war conditions, and initiated,
nong other things, the School of Engineering Research
nich has abundantly justified his foresight and energy.

During this period the Faculty of Applied Science also
liyed an important part in the plan of re-establishment
(the returned disabled soldier. As dean and as chairman
t the committee in charge of this activity of the faculty,
I'. Ellis' work was of great importance in the arrange-
rmt of various classes for the re-training of the men, and
ao the training of ward aides, more than three hundred
ad fifty girls from all over the Dominion being trained
t carry on the work of occupational therapy in the mili-
t y hospitals. Dr. Ellis' friendship among the medical
f ternity and his tactful judgment were of great assis-
tice in the early difficulties connected with this new
»rk, as were his strength and steadiness of attitude
nthe complications that arose as to the jurisdiction of
tl' Federal and Provincial authorities. On the termina-
tii of the war he resigned from all his university work.
El death occurred suddenly, in Muskoka, on August
2; 1920.

Villiam H. Ellis married, in 1875, Ellen Maude
»:kle, daughter of Charles Mickle, of Guelph, a grand-
s( of William Julius Mickle, the poet. They had three
cldren, a daughter, Ethel May, who married A. D.
C>oks, a barrister of Toronto, and two sons: Arthur
Wliam, B.A., M.B., M.R.C.P., who left the Rocke-
feir Institute, New York, at the outbreak of the war
toserve in the C.A.M.C, and was in charge of the
Ciadian Mobile Laboratory in France during 1917 and
Its, and, remaining in England after the war, is now
M3tant director of the Medical Unit of the London
Hpital; and Harold Hodgson Ellis, who after being
sejrely wounded at Ypres in 1916, and invalided home,
«eied for the last two years of the war on the personal
str of the minister of militia, and is now practising law
in Jttawa.

0 set down in black and white an account of those
ttia of character which made Dr. Ellis so much ad-
nud and beloved is a well nigh impossible task. He was

the fine flower of an ideal of education which aimed at
excellence not in one department of life only, but in
many; a scientist, a man of culture with a trained
appreciation of the beautiful in art and nature, a sports-
man and a gentleman. For his scientific attainments,
men admired him, but they loved him for the amazing
variety of his interests which made him an incomparable
friend and because they understood instinctively how
big and generous was the heart his kindly smile unveiled.
He was passionately fond of out-door life, and had a
wide and intimate knowledge of natural history. While
at the university he visited the Muskoka district, at
that time an almost virgin forest land, and having once
experienced the charm of the North country, every suc-
ceeding summer found his canoe in some part of that
noble heritage of the Canadian. He was an ardent
fisherman, and took the keenest interest in all the
intricacies of the art, and also in its literature from
Izaak Walton to the latest treatise on the dry fly. The
"Compleat Angler" was his familiar companion, and he
could quote from it at will. The scientific bent of his
mind was displayed in this connection in the establish-
ment of an empirical rule by which the weight of a brook
trout could be deduced from its length, the result of
years of experiment with specimens which he himself
had caught. Dr. Ellis was very fond of golf and played
at the Toronto Golf Club for many years. That he could
sketch excellently and had a talent for extemporizing
rapidly with pen or crayon is well known to all members
of the staff of the university whose annual dinners were
enlivened by a series of drawings executed while the art-
ist made a running explanation. These were always
novel and invariably humorous; usually some well known
topic of the day was treated in inimitable fashion. His
poetry, his pictures, his sports and in particular his
fishing, were his mental relaxation, and became bypaths
in which he delighted himself and his friends, and gained
strength for the hard and unceasing toil of his life work.
How successful that was may be judged by the fact
that at his death it was written of him: "He was recog-
nized not only as the head of his profession in Canada
but also as one of its most powerful influences for good."

His life was gentle and the elements

So mixed in liim that Nature might stand up.

And say to all the World, "This was a man."

JAMES COSGRAVE— At one time president of the
Cosgrave Brewery Company, but now president of its
once subsidiary but now independent company, the
Toronto Vinegar Works, James Cosgrave of Toronto,
Canada, has for seven years stood at the head of impor-
tant interests, and is now executive head of a branch of
the business with which he began his business career,
a lad of thirteen. He is a son of James and Catherine
Cosgrave, his father, of Irish birth, having settled in
Canada about 1830.

James Cosgrave, our subject, was born in Toronto,
April 13, 1866, and prepared for his career in the Separate
Schools and De la Salle Academy. In 1879 he entered
the employ of Cosgrave & Company, brewers, in the
capacity of junior clerk, and was engaged with that con-
cern for about seven years, rising during that period
to a position of greater responsibility. Cosgrave &
Company was founded in 1863 by Patrick Cosgrave, who
bought the West Toronto Brewery Company and admit-
ted his eldest son, John Cosgrave, to a partnership in
1871. In 1880 Lawrence J. Cosgrave, the founder's young-
est son, was admitted, forming the firm Cosgrav*
& Sons. Patrick Cosgrave died in 1881, and John Cos-
grave in 1894, Lawrence J. then succeeding to the presi-
dency, which wa'S then incorporated as the Cosgrave
Brewery Company, and at that time James Cosgrave,

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nephew of Patrick Cosgrave, the founder, was elected
secretary of the corporation, he having been, as stated,
with the firm since 1879, as shipping clerk, 1879-1883,
bookkeeper, 1883-1887, office manager, 1887-1894. In
1894 he was elected secretary of the company, continu-
ing in that capacity until the death of Lawrence J. Cos- \
grave in July, 1916, when James Cosgrave succeeded
him as president.

In 1917 the Simcoe street plant of the company was-'
remodeled and converted into a vinegar manufacturing
plant, operating as the Toronto Vinegar Works, Limited,
James Cosgrave, president. When this company was
fully organized, James Cosgrave resigned as president
of the Cosgrave Brewery Company and has devoted
himself to the interests of the vinegar works The plant
of the old company, at Queen and Niagara streets,
Toronto, is operated as the Cosgrave Export Company,
James Forbes Cosgrave, son of former president, Lawrence
J. Cosgrave, president. The business of the Toronto
Vinegar Works is the manufacture of Cosgrave's Malt
Vinegar, the plant having a capacity for using 200,000
bushels of malt annually, and elevators capable of stor-
ing 75,000 bushels. The vinegar made is sold through
brokers throughout the Dominion, the works only doing
a wholesale business.

The Toronto Vinegar Works, Limited , is an independent
corporation, and as its president and general manager,
James Cosgrave has placed the works among the well
established and prosperous manufacturing corporations
of the city of Toronto. Until recently a subsidiary of
the Cosgrave Brewery Company, the statement that
Mr. Cosgrave has spent his business life with the same
company is true, but with a very slight modification at
the present time (1922).

Mr. Cosgrave is also executor of the estate of Lawrence
J. Cosgrave; is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade,
the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and the On-
tario Jockey Club; is a Liberal in politics; and in re-
ligious creed a Roman Catholic. He resides at No. 60
Shuter street, Toronto, and is unmarried.

JAMES FORBES COSGRAVE— In the industrial
world of Toronto, James Forbes Cosgrave is well known.
He comes of Irish ancestry, his grandfather, Patrick
Joseph Cosgrave, having founded the family in Canada
in the year 1830. He also established the business of
which Mr. Cosgrave is now the head.

Lawrence Joseph Cosgrave, son of Patrick Joseph
Cosgrave, and the father of James F. Cosgrave, was born
in Toronto in 1852, and early became identified with the
business, taking the entire responsibility upon the death
of the founder, and in the course of his management
of the business, built the present large plant. His death
occurred on July 15, 1916. He married Katie E. Forbes,
who still survives him, residing in Toronto.

James Forbes Cosgrave, son of Lawrence Joseph
and Katie E. (Forbes) Cosgrave, was born in Toronto,
November 24, 1887, and was educated at Loyola Col-
lege, in Montreal, Quebec, completing his studies in
1903. At that time he became associated with his father
at the plant of the Cosgrave Brewery Company, Ltd.,
of which the latter was then the head. Beginning as
assistant brewmaster, Mr. Cosgrave worked through
the various departments, gaining a thorough familiarity
with the business, and in 1909 was appointed manager.
For twelve years Mr. Cosgrave ably filled this position,
then in March, 1921, with the change of the firm name
to the Cosgrave Export Brewery Company, Ltd., he was
elected president and general manager. This concern
produces ales, porters, and half-and-half, which is
disposed of largely in Quebec, and they employ in normal
times more than one hundred men.

By political convictions an Independent, Mr. Cosgr
takes no leading part in public affairs. His recreative
terests comprise out-door sports, and he is a membe
the Lambton Golf Club and a life-member of the
gonaut Rowing Club, under whose colors he won
sculling championship — junior intermediate and sen
of Canada in 1909. The following year, 1910, he ci
peted unsuccessfully for the Diamond Sculls, at Hen
England He belongs to the Roman Catholic churcl

Mr. Cosgrave married, in Toronto, on January
1912, Kathleen M. Lyon, daughter of George S. Lj
and they have two children : James Lyon and Lawre
Seymour. The home is at No. 44 Heath street. East
Toronto.

HENRY MORTIMER FINKLE— The law firm
Finkle & Pearlstein, with offices at No. 9 Richnu
street. East, is taking a position among the progresi
professional circles of Toronto. Mr. Finkle, the h
of the firm, is a son of Moses Finkle, a clergyn-
who came to Toronto about 1888, but is now retired fi
all professional activity, but still resides in this citj

Henry M. Finkle was born in Toronto, August
1893, and attended the public and high schools of i
city. Early choosing the profession of the law, ]
Finkle entered the University of Toronto for his i
course, and was graduated from that institution in
class of 1914, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, t
he entered Osgoode Hall Law School, and having finis
his professional studies, was called to the bar in Octol
1917. From December of that year until May, 1920, J
Finkle was connected with the Military Estates Direct
ate, at Ottawa, Ontario, under the direction of the jud
advocate general of the army, who was the head of 1
bureau. Mr. Finkle's duties in this connection were
attending to the military estates of deceased soldi
In 1920 he entered upon the general practice of the '.
in association with his present partner, Jacob Da
Pearlstein, a sketch of whom follows. Mr. Fin
resides at No. 54 Stephanie street, Toronto.

JACOB DAVID PEARLSTEIN, junior partner
the law firm of Finkle & Pearlstein, and a progres
member of the younger group of barristers in Toroi
is a son of David Pearlstein, a leading cigar manufad
er of Hamilton, Ontario.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, October 1, 1894, Ja
D. Pearlstein was five years of age when the far
removed to Hamilton, and there he attended the elen
tary schools and the high school. He determined upf
professional career, but knowing that the accompl
ment of his purpose depended largely upon himself
early took up remunerative employment. His
position was as cashier with the Great North-Wes
Railroad, and while filling this position Mr. Pearls
took up telegraphy as a side interest. Later he »'
for both the Canadian Pacific and the Great No
Western in the settlement of claims arising from ei
in telegraph messages. These activities carried they
man to the beginning of his higher education in i
University of Toronto. While pursuing his stu (
there, Mr. Pearlstein took a leading part in the s< i
and political life of the university. He was correspon f
and recording secretary of the Literary and Scier '
Society of University College, and his stand for eti
advance in the daily interests of the students was
ductive of permanent results, an instance, being <
fact that through his efforts the song, "Solomon U
was expunged from the books of the university. '
Pearlstein's professional studies were pursued at Osg i«
Hall Law School, and during his progress through •o
institutions he did special writing for the Toronto r s-

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Ders. He is still a special writer for the editorial de-
•tment of the Toronto "Daily Star." Having taken
Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Toronto,
I finishing his law course, Mr. Pearlstein was called
;he bar in 1919, and in 1920 entered upon the general
jctice of law in partnership with Henry Mortimer
kle, (see preceding sketch). The firm has made
sellent progress, and is constantly looking forward.
Ir. Pearlstein is a member of the Young Men's
brew Association, and is editor of the monthly publi-
ion of the association; also vice-president of the
'mg People's League of Toronto. He is unmarried.

•R. DONALD CHADWICK MacGREGOR—

r musical circles in Canada the name of Dr. Don-
1 Chadwick MacGregor is a familiar one, and his
aer as a vocalist has also carried his reputation into
tT lands. He is a son of the late Angus and Margaret
rl;Gregor. His father was well known in Scotland
T in Canada as an accountant and law-bookkeeper,
B was of Highland Scottish birth. His mother was born
a le North of Ireland, and was a member of the well-
rwi Chadwick family, a cousin being His Lordship, the
ulican Bishop of Derry, Very Rev. Doctor George
)ldwick.

r. MacGregor was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada,

u the family removing to Toronto in his fourth year,

16738 educated in the institutions of this city. Gifted

rii a baritone voice of unusual sweetness and range,

leias devoted his life to music. As soloist with His

klifesty's Royal Irish Guards' Band, of London, Eng-

ar, he toured from the Pacific to the Atlantic. He

Jstoured from coast to coast as soloist with the Jessie

kIsLachlin Company, of Glasgow, Scotland. Mean-

vh;, his interest in the musical life of Toronto has al-

Spen deep, and he organized the Victoria Choir,

h he was conductor for a period of ten years. A

irs ago he toured the United States at the head

own company, over the Chautauqua circuits,

is granted the degree of Doctor of Music, at

lijton, District of Columbia, in June, 1919.

MacGregor's political faith is a Conservative, and

i member of the Executive Committee of Ward

nservative Association, also of the Conservative

In 1916 he was elected to represent Ward Six

Toronto City Council and has served continuously

lat time, now (1922) being chairman of the com-

on property and representative of the city on the,,

of directors of the Toronto General Hospital.

'■, 1917, he was appointed justice of the peace by

tario Government and this office he now holds

fity of Toronto and county of York.

MacGregor is principal of the MacGregor Studios

; member of the executive of the Canadian Lyceum

tion. He is identified with the Canadian National

ion Association in the capacity of director. His

il affiliations are with the Masonic order, and he

•nber of Victoria Lodge, No. 474, Free and Accep-

sons; St. Patrick's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons;

y Dr. St. Aldemar Preeeptory, Knights Templar;

tmeses Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of

Stic Shrine. He is a member of the congregation

Victoria Presbyterian Church. In addition to the

ve interests outlined above, Dr. MacGregor has

tive in real estate lines, building and disposing

iderable city property, and has holdings in the

■ I'stern section of Toronto.

CKRLES WILLIAM NASH, biologist of the On-
Provincial Museum, Department of Education,
; urer on biology for the Farmers' Institute Bureau
ment of Agriculture, is well known and highly

esteemed both as a specialist in the field of natural
science and as a lecturer. He is doing a splendid work
in both of the departments with which he is identified.

Mr. Nash was born in Bognor, Sussex County, Eng-
land, August 15, 1848, son of William Henry and Louisa
Love (Hooper) Nash. He was educated in private
schools in England and on the Island of Jersey, and when
he reached his majority, came to Canada, arriving in
August, 1869. He first engaged in farming for a time and
then studied law, being admitted to practice in the
province ol Manitoba in 1883. Three years later, in 1887,
he returned to Ontario and from that time on has de-
voted himself exclusively to the study of biology. In
January, 1899, he began lecturing for the Farmers
Institute Bureau of the Department of Agriculture, and
this work he has continued to the present time. As
a lecturer and a humorist, as well as a scientist, he has
won an international reputation, and his lectures, which
are primarily planned for giving instruction, are so full of
interest and charm that his audiences do not always
realize that they are being instructed. The following
quotation is taken from the Toronto "Globe," published
February 6, 1910. "The address by C. W. Nash, natural-
ist, humorist, orator, and man of the world, was worth
driving many miles through the frosty air to hear . . .
His audience followed him with absorbed attention and
did not miss any of his lessons or a shade of his humour.
Instruction and entertainment were blended to perfec-
tion, and if the Farmers' Institute is blessed with any
more speakers of his calibre, the spread of invaluable
scientific knowledge in the country should be rapid."
The following also, from the Farmers' Institute Report,
gives a clear indication of the value of Mr. Nash's
work: "Mr. Nash has an international reputation in the
subjects that embrace natural history. He has long been
an authority on birds, and has written bulletins on this
subject both for the Department of Agriculture and the
Department of Education. He also deals with plant and
insect life as well as the rearing and breeding of domestic
animals. Some of his subjects are: "Chemistry of the
Soil," "How Plants Grow," "Breeding of Domestic
Animals," "Value of Our Birds," "Enemies of the
Wheat Plant," "Our Insect Pests," "Nature About the
Farm," and "The Enemies of the Pea Crop." In 1908
Mr. Nash presented to the Ontario Provincial Museum
his private collection of fishes, birds, mammals, etc.,
which contains more than one thousand specimens, and
in March, 1910, he was appointed biologist of that insti-
tution. 'That important position he has continued to
efficiently fill to the present time, and in both the agri-
cultural and the educational departments of the Province
of Ontario he has rendered invaluable service. He has
written many scientific works, all of which are illustrated
by himself in water colors. Among these are: "Birds
of Ontario," "Fishes of Ontario," "Mammals, Reptiles
and Bats of Ontario," "Birds of Ontario in Relation to
Agriculture," "Farm Forestry," "Passing of the Pig-
eons," "Voices of the Night," "Vertebrates of Ontario."
For many years Mr. Nash has contributed articles on
natural history to "The Farming World," and "The
Canadian Farm," and he was a frequent contributor to
"The Canadian Magazine," and other periodicals.

With all his professional interests and activities. Mr.
Nash has found time for fraternal and other affiliations.
He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons; a
life member of St. George's Society; a life member of the
Council of York Pioneers; a member of the Entomologi-
cal Society; Canadian Field Naturalists' Club; and a
life member of the Niagara Historical Society. His
religious affiliation is with the Anglican church.

On February 1.3, 1877, in the Church of St. George, at
St. Catharines, Ontario, Charles WilHam Nash married

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Harriette Burns Campbell, youngest daughter of Hon.
Edward Clark Campbell, first judge of the County Court
of the united counties of Lincoln, Welland, and Haldi-
mand. Judge Campbell was a son of Major Donald
Campbell, who served with General Brock at Niagara
In the War of 1812, and who died and was buried there
in old Fort George, and of Anne Isabel Burns, daughter of
the Rev. John Burns, who was the first Presbyterian
minister, and principal of the grammar school in the
Niagara district. Mr. and Mrs. Nash are the parents of
two children: Eleanor Emma, born in March, 1880,
who married Lome Lacey; and Isabella Louisa, born in
June, 1881, married H. Stanley Sweatman.

HARVEY OBEE, from his boyhood, has shown that
he had very definite ideas of his place in life, and to his
early training and his own splendid initiative his present
success, at only thirty years of age, may well be attri-
buted.

Harvey Obee was bom at Aurora, Ontario, Canada,
August 7, 1891. There he attended the public and high
schools, later entering Osgoode Hall Law School, grad-
uating in 1915. He was called to the bar in February of
the same year, immediately engaging in general civil
practice, and practiced alone until 1919, when he formed
a partnership with Ernest G. Black, Mr. Obee becoming
senior member of the firm. Mr. Obee is a member of the
Ontario Bar Association, and of the Anglican church.

Mr. Obee married, in August, 1915, Miss Elsie Iden-
den, of Toronto.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SIDNEY WILLING-
TON BAND — For nearly three decades identified with
the insurance business in Canada, Colonel Band is a
prominent figure in the world of economics and finance.
To a wider circle he is known as commander of the
Queen's Own Rifies (Second Regiment) during the latter
two years of the great World War. Colonel Band
is a son of William P. and Annie Groves (Tully) Band,
and grandson of the late Kivas Tully, a noted member
of the Imperial Service Order.

Colonel Band was born in Toronto, August 16, 1877.
His early education was received at the Sheldrake
Preparatory School, at Lakefield, Ontaiio, and he com-
pleted his studies at the Toronto Church School. His
first business experience was with the British-American
Assurance Company, at their Toronto oflSce, which he
entered in 1893, remaining with this concern for about
five years. In 1898 he became identified with the Nor-
wich Union Fire Insurance Company, and in this con-
nection acted as inspector for a similar period. He then
accepted his present position on the executive force of
the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, of
Baltimore, Maryland, as assistant general manager and
director of their Toronto office, which has the general
oversight of their business in the Dominion of Canada.
With offices in the Excelsior Life building, this concern
Is handling very large interests in Canada. Colonel
Band is also vice-president of the Fidelity Insurance
Company of Canada.

Colonel Band's long and honorable military record
began with his enlistment in 1894, in the Queen's Own
Rifles, (Second Regiment). He served as aide-de-
camp to Sir Oliver Mowat for two years (1909-11),
and with the outbreak of hostilities in Europe, volun-
teered for service overseas. With the early preparations
in Canada for participation in the great World War,
Colonel Band gave much time and effort to the work of
recruiting the 255th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary
Forces, was appointed second in command of the unit,
and in May, of 1917, went overseas, holding the rank of
lieutenant-colonel, to which he was promoted in May

of 1916. With his accession to this rank, Colonel
took command of one of the most noted regiments
Canadian army, of which he has now been a m
for twenty-eight years, and held command until N
1918.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and
Canadian Military Institute, Colonel Band's mor
sonal interests include membership in the T(
Club, the National Club, the Canadian Club, the E
Club, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the T(
Hunt Club, and the Rosedale Golf Club. His ch(
recreations is golf. He is an Anglican in religious
He resides at No. 95 Woodlawn Avenue, Toro

EDWARD STRACHAN COX— A name long
tified with the general advance in Canada, civic, fins
and social, is that of Edward Strachan Cox, wh
long be remembered as one ol the foremost citize
Toronto a generation ago. His death, since whi(
event a decade has now passed, removed from the
man whose influence for progress was felt far beyoi
confines of his native province, but the world is
for his having lived in it. Mr. Cox came of a I
which had long been prominent in the Dominior
was a son of Rev. Robert Gregory Cox, a clerg
of the Church of England, at Brampton, Ontari(

Edward S. (E. Strachan) Cox was born in Wellii
Ontario, February 2, 1849, and died in Toronto,
tember 4, 1912. As a young lad, he attended the
mar schools of Brampton, where the family residi
many years, and determining upon a mercantile c
he started out in life as a clerk with the Mercl
Bank at Brampton. In the early seventies he cai
Toronto and became associated with the firm of
eron & Cassels, leading stock brokers of that
and they organized the first electric light compa
Toronto. After a few years of practical expe;
Mr. Cox went into the brokerage business for hi
under the name of E. Strachan Cox. Receiving a p:
after a time, the name was changed to Cox & \
but eventually Mr. Worts withdrew from the fim
the earlier name was resumed. Mr. Cox gained i
position in financial circles, and for many years
leader in the financial affairs centering in "Toronto i
the Province of Ontario. At one time he was sec
of the Standard Stock Exchange.

A Conservative by political affiliation, it was ptj
but natural that Mr. Cox, in his mature years, _i]
be called upon to devote to the civic advance oft"
those abilities which had carried him forward to ]
success. He was elected to the City Council in 19
served through that and the following year. Dm
first year in the Council occurred the event which^
remembered as one of the notable occasions of th '
in Toronto, the visit of Their Royal Majesties
George V, and Queen Mary, then travelling
Duke and Duchess of York. Mr. Cox was made ch «
of the reception committee which had charge of
tensive preparations for the occasion and whit
vided for the comfort of the Royal party, and the
demonstrations in their honor.

Mr. Cox was a keen sportsman, and broadly int ''
in all outdoor sport; he organized the first baseba
in Toronto. He was one of the original member
Ontario Jockey Club, and long a member of the 1
Hunt Club. He was a member of the Albany ( ■
the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Toronto Cli ■
the Toronto Lacrosse Club, of which last-name
he was at one time president. Also an enthusiastic •
he took great delight in an occasional fishing tri)
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mce, and was for very many years a devout member of
■| Simon's Anglican Church.

Mr. Cox married Alice R. Worts, daughter of James
: and Sarah (Bright) Worts. Their only child, Evelyn,
jnow the wife of Colonel Boyd Magee, and has two
las: Desmond and Brian. Mrs. Cox still survives her

I band, and resides at the family home, at No. 8
;llesley place, Toronto.

'DR. ROWLAND BETTY ORR— For more than for-
t; years Dr. Rowland Betty Orr has been engaged in
idical and surgical practice and for more than three
i ades of that time he has been practicing in Toronto,
Liada. He is well known and highly esteemed both by
n professional associates and by his many patients, and
isaking care of a very large and important clientele.

)r. Orr was born in Kleinburg, York county, Ontario,
^.rch 16, 1852, son of William A. and Mary Ann (Car-
t/b On, both of whom came from Ireland, the former
Kving: in Toronto in 1822. Rowland Betty Orr re-
iired his early education in the public schools of his
n;ive district, and after completing his course in
Bmpton High School entered the University of Toron-
tcfrom which he was graduated in 1877 with a silver
•nial and the degree Bachelor of Medicine. He then
ued his studies and gained valuable experience in
urge's and St. Thomas's hospitals, London, Eng-

Bl, from which he was graduated in 1878, with the
ree L. S. A. London, England. After engaging in
sral practice for a short time, he was appointed sur-
gdi in the British East India Company passenger
ice to India via Suez Canal. Upon his return to
in the fall of 1880, he engaged in general prac-
in Maple, York county, where he continued until
. In that year he came to Toronto, and during the
! than thirty years which have passed since that
he has been engaged in various lines of professional
; there. Dr. Orr has always taken an active interest
iblic affairs. From 1888 to 1890 he was captain of the
Uth York Rangers. Politically, he is a Conservative,
m 1886 he was a candidate for the Ontario Legisla-
representing West York, but was defeated. In
hs was appointed director of the Ontario Provincial
which position he still holds, and he is the
ot the Archaeological Reports of the Ontario
tidal Museum, from 1911 to 1921 inclusive. He is
known in fraternal and club circles, being a member
( Masonic order, as well as other fraternal societies;
also a member of the Albany Club, and president
eCaer Howell Lawn Bowling Club. Among his other
ests he is president of the Ontario Historical Society;
man of the Library Board, Toronto; honorary vice-
dent of the International Congress of Americanists,
retary of the Ontario Archaeological Society.
Orr married, in October, 1880, at Toronto,
A. D. Neill, daughter of John Neill, of Dickey,
& Company, Toronto, and Elizabeth (Dickey)
both from Ireland, and they are the parents of
lildren: W. A. Orr (Captain), Military Cross;
Rowland Betty Arthur Orr; Mrs. D. Hardie;
G. P. Jackson; and Mrs. F. Edwards. All were
:oonin Maple, York County.

'■»RMAN LESLIE MARTIN— As sportsman, writer
nerous widely-read magazine articles on outing
's, and chartered accountant, Norman Leslie
I has, during his thirty-three years as a resident of

1, acquired an acquaintance and influence that
'■>; beyond his Province. He was born in Colchester,

county, England, November 4, 1876, son of
iiant-Colonel William Woodruff and Charlotte

Martin. Lieutenant-Colonel Martin was a native

of Lowestoft, Suffolk county, England, and has for years
been an officer of the British army.

Norman Leslie Martin received his early education
at Bournemouth, England, but when he was eleven years
of age he came to Toronto and here completed his edu-
cation in the schools of the city. After hLs graduation he
entered the employ of the firm of R. G. Dun & Company,
and for eleven years received excellent training there
under statistical experts. Few men have had better
opportunity for instruction and experience in the
field of their choice, and Mr. Martin has become a
recognized authority on financial matters. His assistance
has been frequently sought by those in charge of cam-
paigns where financial affairs need the oversight of an
experienced advisor. During the period of the war with
Germany he was treasurer for practically all the patriotic
and community campaigns, and has handled millions of
dollars.

Mr. Martin was appointed authorized trustee in
bankruptcy by the Dommion Government July 1, 1920.
As a chartered accountant in bankruptcy since 1902,
he is splendidly equipped by experience and practice
to act as advisor in difficult situations arising out of
unwise ventures in business. Mr. Martin assisted the
Dominion Government in drafting the Bankruptcy Act,
and has also written extensively for technical journals on
accountancy and bankruptcy work.

As Mr. Martin well knows how to work, he also knows
how to play, and he finds his greatest pleasure with his
family in out-of-doors sports. Goh, fishing, and hunting
hold a strong fascination for him, and he has shared his
pleasure in these sports with thousands of readers of
outing publications by the contribution of articles based
upon his own experiences in field, stream or woodland.
Mr. Martin is a member of the Albany Club, the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club, the Mississauga Golf Club, the
Summit Golf Club, and the Hartley Bay Hunt Club. He
is a member of the Masonic order, affiliating with
Georgina Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He is
also secretary ot the Canadian Paper Trade Association,
and treasurer of the Citizens' Repatriation League.
In politics, he is a Conservative. He is affiliated with the
Presbyterian church of Toronto.

Mr. Martin married Bessie Leo Walkinshaw, and they
have two daughters: Marjorie, and Audrey. His home
address is "Glenmore," Westmount Drive, Wychwood.

JOHN T. WHITE, K.C.— Among those public
officials who by tact, skill, and fair dealing have ren-
dered eminent service to the Province of Ontario is
John T. White, solicitor to the treasury for the Province
of Ontario, who has successfully achieved many difficult
feats in the delicate matter of adjusting and fairly eval-
uating taxable property.

Mr. White was born in Belleville, Ontario, July 3,
1875, and received his preliminary education in the
public schools of his native town, going from the high
school to Osgoode Hall, where he prepared for admission
to the bar. In 1894 he was called to the bar, and at once
began practice in Toronto. He was appointed King's
Counsel in 1921. Mr. White steadily built up an in-
creasingly large and important clientele, and a few
years ago was appointed solicitor to the treasury for the
Province of Ontario, a post requiring wide knowledge,
close acquaintance with financial conditions, keen dis-
cernment, and an unfailing desire for justice. Among the
numerous duties inherent with the office is the collection
of the corporation tax, and the collection of the various
other revenues of the Province. He has greatly increased
the revenues of the Province without making unfair ex-
actions, and this service has been an eminently valuable
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after the beginning of the World War, that a tax must be
imposed upon amusements, it was to Mr. White that the
officials turned for a wise, administrator, placing him in
charge of the difficult task of adjusting the multitudinous
problems of detail involved in a just and practicable
application of the law. This work he successfully accom-
plished to the satisfaction of his superiors and with a
surprisingly small minimum of dissatisfaction among
those who were taxed.

Mr. White is vice-president of the Mortgage Discount
and Finance Company, and a director of the Mikado
Consolidated Mines, and other companies. He is also
a member of the executive committee of the National
Tax Association of America. Politically Mr. White
is a Conservative. He resides at the Albany Club, of
which he is a member, and also is a member of the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club, the Rosedale Golf Club, the Vic-
toria Club, and the Mississauga Golf and Country Club.
His religious affiliation is with the Anglican church.

EDWARD CARMAN ROELOFSON— Broadly active
as ^n executive in the manufacturing world of Ontario,
Canada, Edward C. Roelofson, of Toronto, is the incum-
bent of numerous important official positions. Mr.
Roelofson's family has been in North America for five
generations, and he is a son of Emerson B. Roelofson,
long a resident of Gait, Ontario.

Mr. Roelofson was born in Gait, June 25, 1881, and
received his education in the public schools of his native
city. He served an apprenticeship as machinist with
Cowan & Company, of Gait, which covered a period
of five years, then became connected with the R. Mac-
Dougall Company, one of the leading concerns manu-
facturing machine tools, as foreman, a position he held
for three years. Mr. Roelofson then went to the United
States and, locating in Detroit, Michigan, entered auto-
mobile shops. Later he became superintendent of the
Stecker Electric and Machine Company, of Detroit,
remaining for two years, and subsequently was salesman
for the C. C. Warner Machinery Company, of Detroit,
for three years. In 1913 Mr. Roelofson came to Toronto
as Canadian manager for the Modern Machinery and
Engineering Company, with offices in the Canadian
Pacific Railway building. He represented this concern
for one year, then purchased the business, operating the
Canadian branch office of the Potter and Johnston Com-
pany, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, becoming the sole
Canadian representative of their machines. Meanwhile,
he also represented the Windsor Machine Company,
of Windsor. Vermont, manufacturers of automatic turn-
ing and milling machines. The business was incorporated
in February, 1916, as the Roelofson Machine and Tool
Company, Ltd., Mr. Roelofson becoming president and
general manager of the concern. With offices in the Roy-
al Bank building the business has rapidly increased. In
1917 the affiliation with the Windsor Machine Company
was dropped to enable Mr. Roelofson to concentrate
more time and attention. upon the Potter and Johnston.

In connection with this, his principal business in-
terest, Mr. Roelofson during the World War manu-
factured shells for the Imperial Munitions Board,
building a modem plant at Gait in 1916, and manufac-
turing 18-pound high explosive shells, 4.5" high explosive
shells, and 18-pound shrapnel shells; he disposed of this
plant in 1920. Mr. Roelofson is also interested in other
manufacturing enterprises, among others the Canadian
Lockers Company, Ltd., of which he was elected director
in 1915, in March, 1919, being elected president and
managing director of this company. The organization
owns patents on and operates a parcel checking system,
extensively used in railway stations and other public
places, and have general offices at No. 11 Wellington

street. East. Mr. Roelofson is president of the Bui
Realty Company, Ltd., which was organized in
1920, operating the Burnside building at the san-
dress; president and general manager of the Smo
Super-Heat Company, Ltd., owners of the Patii
super-heat settings for stationary tubular boilers
is president and manager of Lockers Equipment, Lir

Mr. Roelofson is a member of the Canadian ^
facturers' Association. He is a member of the Fre
Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Ode
lows, and of the Canadian Order of Foresters,
favorite recreation is motoring, and he is a meml
the Ontario Club, Parkdale Canoe Club, and Ru
mede Lawn Bowling Club. He is actively interesi
church work, being a member of the Runnymede
munity Church, and chairman of the board of man;

Mr. Roelofson married, in Gait, Ontario, Is;
M. Cairns, and they have three children: M:
Alfretta, Elizabeth Lenore, and Ruth Carman.

GORDON TAMBLYN— The merging of bu
inclinations and professional training has placec
Tamblyn at the head of the well known Toronto or(
ation, G. Tamblyn, Limited, operating a chain of higl
retail drug stores throughout the city. Mr. Tan:
a member of the Toronto business fraternity since
is a native of Bellwood, Ontario, born June 8,
son of Dr. T. J. Tamblyn.

Gordon Tamblyn was educated in Guelph Colli
Institute, the high school at Markham, and the Oi
College of Pharmacy at Toronto. His active career ;
in 1904, when he opened a drug store at the con
Queen street and Lee avenue, this establishment s(
as the foundation of the present chain of retail
stores operated under the title G . Tamblyn, Limited,
organization, built up through Mr. Tamblyn's ind
and practical command of his specialty, was incorpc
in 1909, with Mr. Tamblyn as president. The head (
of the company and its warehouse are at No. 120
mond street. West, and at the present time (
twenty-one drug stores are maintained in the
conducted along the most modern lines and offer
complete pharmaceutical service to the districts in '
they are located.

Mr. Tamblyn, who holds a prominent place ii
retail drug trade of the city, is a member of the Res
Golf Club and the Parkdale Canoe Club. His recres
are golf and motoring. His church is the Anglican
his political leanings are Conservative.

Mr. Tamblyn married, September 17, 1913,
B. Hurry, daughter of R. J. Hurry, of Owen Si
Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Tamblyn are the parents of
children: G. Ruth, Robert G., and Joan.

WILLIAM A. McLEAN, C.E.. O.L.S.— A

those citizens of the Province of Ontario, Canada
have taken an active part in the construction <
highways, none have rendered more valuable s
than has William Arthur McLean, deputy minis
highways for Ontario.

Born in Belmont, Ontario, July 11, 1871, son ol
Hugh and Margaret S. (McNaim) McLean, Willi
McLean received his education at IngersoU, at Stra
and at Toronto. In 1894, he then being a young :
twenty-three, he became a member of the staff
city engineer at St. Thomas. Two years later !
appointed assistant engineer of highways of Onta
1910 he was promoted to the responsible office o '
engineer of highways; commissioner of highways '
and in 1916 he was made deputy minister of hig
which office he is filling at the present time (1922
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built in Canada, erected at Massey, Ontario, in
and has been the leader in the work of improving
lighways of the Province of Ontario,
addition to his work in the construction of bridges
!, arches, etc., Mr. McLean has made large con-
tions to the literature of his profession. For thir-
years he was associate editor of the "Municipal
d," published at St. Thomas, the period of his
ce on the editorial staff being the years from 1900
13. He is the author of a large number of valuable
s on construction, including the following: "On-
Highway Reports;" "Ontario Government Bridge
fications, Standard for the Province," and the
iciples of Road Making," a manual for the Province,
has also written largely for technical magazines
ibjects relating to pavements, water supply, and
lie disposal. He represented the Province of On-
i in the International Road Congress held at Lon
1 England, in 1913, and is a member of numerous
iies and associations of engineers, including:

I ution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain); the
liian Society of Civil Engineers; the Association
(tario Land Surveyors; the American Roadbuilders'
*iation, of which he was elected president in 1914,
r the first Canadian to receive this honor. In 1914-

' was president of the Dominion Good Roads'
siiation, and throughout his career he has been a
triant and vital force for progress in the matter of
tt roads, which is so vital a necessity in the develop-
irtof the resources of all sections of the country.
itiso worthy a record for eminent service already
lifed, Mr. McLean is still in the prime of life and

a age when still fuller development of his powers
lyie expected, and to him the Province of Ontario

II )ntinue to be indebted for the blessings and bene-
j aich only serviceable highways can bring to any

LIUTENANT COLONEL ALAN JOSEPH Mc-

^LLAND — One of the prominent figures in Canadian

ility circles in recent years is Lieutenant-Colonel

cCisland, whose earlier military activities brought

m ) the crucial period of the great World War in

e ipaeity of a leader, and with the experience and

■"'Ije, as well as the natural ability, of leadership.

tion in civilian life is that of the executive of

iiirs, and he is widely known as secretary and

•aser of the Memorial Stained Glass Studios, an

I "tablished enterprise of Dominion-wide repute,

under the firm name of Robert McCausland,

■1 McCausland is a grandson of Joseph McCaus-
• founder of the studios, and a son of Robert
id (Paterson) McCausland, of Toronto. Robert
iand, an artist and designer of note throughout
inion, has long been the active, and is still the
head of the interest which bears his name, a
liroad ability, whose influence on the artistic
itic progress in Canada has been always toward
leals and their nobler interpretation to the

.1 McCausland was born in Toronto, Ontario,
lune 9, 1887. His education was received at the
Church School, and in 1905 he entered the

U)bert McCausland, Limited, which is conduct-
r the name of the Memorial Stained Glass
i'.stablished some seventy years ago by Joseph

!;ind. This is one of the earliest enterprises of

lire in Canada, and has always held a leading

both from the view-point of the artist and in a

ie sense. After ten years of experience with the

Colonel McCausland became secretary and

treasurer of the concern, succeeding his father, who at
that time became president. Here the younger man's
organizing and administrative ability was at once
apparent, and the subsequent progress and success of
the firm is in no small degree due to his activities.

From his earliest cognizance of public affairs. Colonel
Alan J. McCausland has comprehended the importance
of universal military training, and since his majority,
has been an earnest advocate of this principle, identify-
ing himself prominently with the militia movement m
Canada. Entering the Queen's Own Rifles (Second
Regiment), in 1903, at the age of sixteen years, he served
first in the ranks and later as an officer, until 1910,
when he was transferred to the 36th Peel Regiment.
Holding the rank of captain when conditions in Europe
precipitated war, he at once entered active service and
early won promotion to major, and soon thereafter to
his present rank of lieutenant-colonel. Colonel McCaus-
land was one of the principal forces in the organization
and training of the 74th Infantrj- Battalion, from Tor-
onto, going overseas with this unit in March of 1916.
On the other side of the Atlantic, for twenty-one months,
he commanded successively the 74th, the 71st and the
75th battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces,
seeing active service in the Ypres salient and in the
Vimy front. Appointed thereafter to command the 2nd
Depot Battalion of the 2nd Central Ontario Regiment,
Colonel McCausland returned to Canada in December
of 1917, and was retained in this connection until his
retirement, with rank, on the occasion of the demobili-
zation of June, 1919. Following the war, upon the re-
organization of the Canadian Militia, Colonel McCaus-
land reassumed command of his former unit, the Peel
Regiment, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Deeply
interested in the welfare and re-establishment of the
soldiers returning to civilian life, and appreciating the
vital significance of readjustment as an economic prob-
lem. Colonel McCausland gave largely of his time and
energies to this work, and was made president of the
Toronto Unit of the Army and Navy Veterans of Canada,
serving during the years of 1919-20. At the convention
of this association in Montreal in 1919, he was honored
by election to the first vice-presidency of the organiza-
tion for the Dominion. Always a Conservative in his
political convictions, Colonel McCausland is an earnest
advocate of the principles of this party, but has never
sought political honors. He is a fellow of the Canadian
Military Institute, and fraternally holds membership
in Zetland Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Toron-
to. His religious affiliation is with the Anglican church.
Colonel McCausland married, in Toronto, June 29,
1910, Ruth McKibbon, daughter of the late Dr. Louis
G. McKibbon, of Toronto. Mrs. McCausland died in
April of 1921, leaving three children: Marjorie Ruth,
born in 1911; Gordon Alan, born in 1914; and Norah,
bom in 1916. The family home is at No. 49 Regal road,
Toronto.

CHARLES BULLEY — As a well known manufactur-
er of brick in Toronto, Mr. Bulley is connected, though
remotely, with the work that occupied him at his entry
into active life as his father's associate in contracting and
brick-laying. He is a successful man of affairs of the
city, widely acquainted socially and fraternally, and
fills a place of responsibility in the community.

Charles Bulley was born in Toronto, March 4, 1874,
son of Josiah and Mary Jane (Morrey) Bulley, his
father a builder and contractor of this city. He attended
the public schools until his seventeenth year and then
entered his father's employ, continuing with the elder
man until 1895. Subsequently, as a journeyman brick-
layer he followed his trade in various places including.

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Collingwood and Guelph, Ontario, in 1885; Cleveland,
Mansfield, Ohio; and Chicago, Illinois, in 1896; and
Rat Portage, now Kenora, Ontario, in 1897-98-99. In
the last named place he established a contracting busi-
ness and upon returning to Toronto in 1900, made this
his line of work, following operations therein until 1913.

In May, 1910, Mr. BuUey was associated with Dr.
G. J. Steele in the organization of the Standard Brick
Company, Ltd., which purchased the brick manufactur-
ing business formerly conducted by the John E. Webb
Company. For three years thereafter Mr. Bulley shared
his time between his contracting business and his manu-
facturing interests, withdrawing from the former line
in 1913. The Standard Brick Company, Ltd., of which
Mr. Bulley is secretary, treasurer and director, is a
flourishing enterprise, shipping its products to all parts
of Ontario and Quebec, and is rated as one of the sub-
stantial business houses of the city. The plant which is
located on Greenwood avenue, Toronto, occupies twelve
acres, a thoroughly modern, efficient plant. They
make brick the year round with three kilns of 170,000
capacity each, or 12 million brick per year. The com-
pany manufacture a stock grade brick, and the quality
made in this section surpasses any made in Canada.

During the World War the company manufactured
bushings under the direction of the Imperial Munitions
Board, being one of the few firms engaged in this par-
ticular sphere of war work, these bushings used for six-
inch shells and also for replacement purposes. The
resources of the company were placed at the entire
disposal of the government, and no effort was spared
by its officials or employees to advance the common
cause.

Mr. Bulley, who has served the Builder's Exchange
aa president, has to his credit a large share in the develop-
ment of the Riverdale and other sections of the city, and
more than a hundred buildings, consisting of factories
schools, churches, dwellings, etc., were erected by him
He is a member of the Board of Trade and has many
social memberships, including those in the Rosedale
Golf Club, the Granite Club, St. Matthew's Bowling
Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Canadian Club, and the
Young Men's Christian Association. He fraternizes with
the Masonic order, has served Rehoboam Lodge, No.
5, as master, and is a member of St. Andrew's and St.
John's Chapter, also, member of Geoffrey Preceptory,
Knights Templar; and Rameses Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also affiliates with
theLoy^l Orange Lodge; Beaver Lodge, No. 911, of
which he is a past master. Independent Order of Odd
Fellows; and Cosmopolitan Court, Ancient Order of
Foresters. Mr. Bulley is a devotee of golf, curling and
bowling. He is a member of St. John's Presbyterian
Church.

Mr. Bulley married, January 21, 1903, Christina
Mcintosh, daughter of Gilbert J. Mcintosh, of Meaford,
Ontario. "Their residence is at No. 50 Rowanwood avenue.

J. PEERS WILSON— As vice-president of the Dixon-
Wilson Company, Ltd., of Toronto, Canada, Mr. Wilson
is an active executive of one of the foremost business
enterprises of this city, the firm being widely known as
manufacturers and importers of druggists' sundries. Mr.
Wilson is a son of Andrew and Alice Wilson, and his
father, who was bom in the North ot Ireland in 1838, was
for many years engaged in the grocery business in
Walkerton, Ontario. He died September 25, 1910, but
the mother survives him, and is now a resident of the
city of Toronto.

J. Peers Wilson was born in Walkerton, Ontario, June
24, 1876, and received his early education in the public
schools of his native place. He was graduated from the

Walkerton High School in the class of 1891, and th
after entered the University of Toronto, being gradu:
as a pharmacist in 1897. For three years following
graduation Mr. Wilson traveled for a Hamilton i
concern, then later, in 1903, became identified with
present house. This concern, formerly Griffiths-D
Company, at that time located at No. 166 Bay st
was later removed to No. 47 Simcoe street, when
firm name became Dixon-Wilson, Limited, with
Wilson's coming into the organization. "The bus!
was later removed to its present location, on the c(
of King street and Spadina avenue. As manufact
and importers of a great variety of druggists' sun(
they do a very extensive business, both wholesalf
retail. Mr. Wilson was treasurer of the concern
1910, when he was elected vice-president, but froi
earliest connection with the business he has been ;
in its management.

A Conservative by political affiliation, Mr. V
takes only the citizens' interest in public affairs, i
clubs reflect his tastes along recreative lines, bein i
Lakeview Golf and Country Club, the Rusholme i
Bowling Club, and the Lakeview CurUng Club. H i
member of the Anglican church.

Mr. Wilson married, at Holland Landing, Ob o
June 13, 1900, Margaret Maud West, daughter of G "
W. and Marian West, and they have one dau
Dolores Helen, bom May 7, 1907. The family homi
No. 32 Wychwood Park, Toronto.

GEORGE A. SMITH— Specializing in the r U'
facture of some of the most important of the ( f
day office necessities, George A. Smith, formerly »
president and superintendent of the Carrib C ot
Company, is now the active head of a thriving bu «
enterprise in Toronto known as the Black Diamom a-
bon Company. Mr. Smith is a son of Williar wl
Sarah (Johnson) Smith, and his father, who throt
his lifetime was a farmer in the county of Ha; i
Ontario, died in the year 1913.

George A. Smith was bom in the county of Ha: g>,
Ontario, March 15, 1869, and his school attendan m
divided between this section and the schools of He-
ville, Ontario. Entering the world of industry at ai rlj
age, his first position was with the Grand Trunk n ay,
at Belleville, as a call boy. He then went into the ip«,
his first work there being cleaning. From this w he
was promoted to fireman, then eventually beca an
engineer, in which capacity he served the same ros ora
period of seventeen years. In 1908 Mr. Smith left r oad
work, permanently, and coming to Toronto, v en-
gaged in various occupations in this city for abo line
years, then, in 1917, he established the present b' lesi
He learned the business in Rochester, New Yorl Mtb
Carrib Carbon Company, of that city, then pu: ased
all rights of manufacture in Canada and Newtov land
from that concern, and beginning in a small yi^
Toronto, he built up a large and constantly gro\ ? io*
terest. The concern manufactures carbon pai anil
typewriter ribbons, Mr. Smith holding and owri I the
formulae used, and their business extends thn tout
the Dominion, as well as a considerable export ( ieto
European countries. In November, 1922, he ; the
Carrib Carbon Company and began business at ■• Iw
Adelaide street. West, under the name of th Blaci
Diamond Carbon Company, for the manufa( re ol
carbon paper and ribbons. 'This business was fo m W
George A. Smith, James J. Merrick, and D lim*
Merrick.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Independent i ler
Odd Fellows, the American Order of Foresters, a ti
Order of Chosen Friends. He is a member of the '«"■

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325

hid of Locomotive Engineers, and the Brotherhood of
Icoraotive Firemen, and is also an Orangeman, a
nmber of Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 242, of Shannon-
vie, Ontario.

Vlr. Smith married, on August 20, 1891, in Belleville,
" :iI)Pth Soles, and they have three daughters: Flor-
Kathleen and Aletha. The family reside at No. 84
.^ijy avenue, Danforth Heights, Ontario, and attend
tl Baptist church, being prominent in the social and
bievolent activities of the church and the community.

VRTHUR KEMP JOHNSON— Among the younger
nn in the business world of Toronto, Canada, Mr.
Jmson is taking a significant place, his activities in
tl wholesale lumber market keeping him in touch with
tl constant growth and development of the city. In
h choice of occupation Mr. Johnson is following in
tl footsteps of his father, James Piearson Johnson, who
wi bom in Picton, Ontario, and followed the lumber
b iness the greater part of his life. He married Corinne
K-np, who was born in Brighton, Ontario, and died
E^ember 9, 1918.

.rthur Kemp Johnson was born in Brighton, Ontario,
Jiy 20, 1890, and was educated in the public and high
sools of Toronto. Immediately after leaving school
hientered the world of men and affairs in the employ
oihe Canadian General Electric Company, with which
cicem he remained for about four years. But having
alays felt a keen interest in the lumber business, and
bug more or less familiar with it through his father's
jo; experience, Mr. Johnson determined to become
iditified with this field of endeavor in a permanent
w. For about a year thereafter he was connected with
th Campbell & Johnson Lumber Company, wholesalers,
thi entered upon the present association with his
faier, under the firm name of J. P. Johnson & Son. They
ojrate at wholesale, and are handling large and in-
a-.singly important interests, the elder Mr. Johnson
st being at the head of the firm, but Arthur K. Johnson
IS cting as general manager, and bearing large respon-
aillities. Mr. Johnson is looked upon in the trade as one
ofhe coming men of the lumber world.

member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Johnson
ha few interests outside his business, but fraternally is
a lember of the Free and Accepted Masons. He identi-
fie himself with the work of St. Paul's Methodist
CI Tch, of which he is a member.

(r. Johnson married, in 1918, Laura Boyd, of Toron-
to and they have one daughter, Corinne Lillian, who
w^bom May 28, 1919.

LFRED HERBERT COX— Making real estate

opations his major interest, Mr. Cox, as vice-president

an director of the Provident Investment Company, has

bei intimately associated with many of the most im-

poant realty developments in Toronto in recent years.

Tf Provident Investment Company has to its credit

a l-ge number of popular and profitable sub-divisions,

110 ble among them the St. Andrew's Gardens, Stewart

M;,or, and the Danforth Woodbine and Kingsmont

■'"'Visions, and since 1906 Mr. Cox has held a part,

ingly important with the years, in this valuable

xtensive work.

r. Cox is a member of a well known Ontario family,

tniwas bom in Peterborough in 1885. He obtained his

'ion in the public schools and in 1899, a youth of

years, he came to Toronto. His first position was

umor clerk in the employ of the Central Canada

nd Savings Company, and it is interesting to note

- :as successful career has made him a director of the

corjany in which his active life began. In 1906 he

became associated with the Provident Investment Com-
pany as bookkeeper, and in 1915 was elected to his pres-
ent dual office, vice-president and managing director.
This concern was incorporated in Peterborough in 1893
by Senator Cox, Senator Jaffray, and other prominent
men of the day, as the Provident Investment & Mort-
gage Guarantee Corporation, Limited. Inl899thehead
office of the company was moved to Toronto, and its
title was changed to the Provident Investment Company.
While the company is a large holder of stocks and secur-
ities, its main activities in recent years have been direc-
ted to the handling of downtown business properties
and to the development of large blocks of land for home
building purposes. The Provident Investment Com-
pany's work in this field naturally led up to the sub-
division, laying out and improvement of properties, and
some of its work is seen in the St. Andrew's Gardens
section, a notable addition to Toronto's residential
district.

Probably the most important development that has
been worked out by the company is the Stewart Manor,
a property of eighty acres, extending from Queen street
to Kingston road, rising gradually all of this distance,
and overlooking Lake Ontario. The tract is well wood-
ed, and full advantage has been taken of the topography
in the building of fine crescent-shaped roads, the loca-
tion, in a ravine of three artificial Lakes fed from fresh
water springs, and the addition of the landscape en-
gineer's art to the prodigal gifts of nature. No pains or
expense in the adaptation of this beautiful spot to home
purposes have been spared by the company, which has
graded all roads, built all sidewalks, laid out attractive
drives and foot paths through a charming park, and, in
general, has done everything within human artistic
ability and ingenuity to make the manor ideal. Some-
what severe restrictions were placed on the property to
insure proper appreciation of the great work that has
there been done, many splendid homes having been
built by the company, and rapid disposition has been
made of sites therein. Even thus early in its existence,
Stewart Manor compares favorably with the older
and most noted residential districts of Toronto. The
company also handles, as trustees, the Danforth Wood-
bine sub-division, a new development for homes of the
middle class, and the Kingsmont sub-division is also
under the company's direction as trustees.

The Provident Investment Company under Mr. Cox's
leadership and management has built up a reputation
for work of special merit in the planning and disposition
of sub-divisions, and the company frequently receives
commissions from other towns and cities along this line.
Toronto has benefited largely through its progressive
and constructive methods, in which aggressiveness and
conservatism have been blended to the end that no
development has been handled under the company's
name which is not a credit to the community as well as
to the company. The field that Mr. Cox has chosen for
his life work is one of essential importance, for upon the
development of suitable home facilities, possible only
through the vision and initiative of such men as he, rest,
in large degree, the prosperity and welfare of the com-
munity. The company also handles a large amount of
central business property, and are among the foremost
realty dealers in Toronto.

In addition to the interests outlined above, Mr. Cox
is president of Cox & Best, Limited, president of the On-
tario Flexotile Products, Limited, and a director of the Tor-
onto Real Estate Board. His clubs are the National,
Mis.«issauga Golf and Country, and the Strollers.

He married, April 27, 1909, Miss Foley, of Toronto,
and they are the parents of four children : Alfred Aaron,
Clara E., Frank Gordon, and Harold Maynard.

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ERNEST W. KNOTT since 1900, has been associated
with the business known as J. W. Knott & Son, one of the
largest custom decorating concerns in Toronto, Canada,
of which he is now sole owner.

Ernest W. Knott was born in Toronto, Province of
Ontario, Canada, April 18, 1885, son of John W. and
Sarah A. (Hayden) Knott, the father being a native
of Toronto, born in 1857 in what was known as old
Yorkville, and the founder, in 1881, of the business now
known as that of J. W. Knott & Son. John W. Knott
was an active worker in the Bloor Street Baptist Church,
which he served as treasurer, senior deacon, superinten-
dent of the Sunday school, and vice-chairman of the
Baptist Church Extension Board.

Ernest W. Knott received his early education in the
public schools, and then entered the Jarvis Street
Collegiate School. In 1900 he began his apprenticeship
with his father, and later also took a course in ornamental
and relief decoration with one of the leading New York
firms. Upon the death of his father in 1913, he assumed
the proprietorship and control of the business, which is
located at No. 45 Charles street, and since that time he
has been most successfully engaged in painting and cus-
' tom decorating. The concern has grown to be one of the
largest of its kind in Toronto and is steadily increasing
in its scope.

Politically, Mr. Knott gives his support to the princi-
ples and the candidates of no single party, but
reserves to himself the right to cast his vote as seems
to him wisest and best, regardless of party affiliation.
Upon the outbreak of the World War he enlisted and
left Toronto as assistant adjutant of the 180th Sports-
men's Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, was
drafted to the 19th Battalion, and served as platoon and
company commander and as assistant adjutant in
France. He was present at all the major engagements
of the great offensive of 1918 in which the Canadian
forces took part, and returned to Toronto, May 24, 1919.
Upon his return to civilian life he resumed business and
has since continued efficiently in the interests of J. W.
Knott & Son.

Mr. Knott is a member of the Toronto Canoe and
Toronto Lacrosse clubs; manager and coach of the
Young Toronto Lacrosse Club since 1905; and was one
of the organizers and first secretary and treasurer of the
Ontario Lacrosse Association in 1911. He is always
ready to give assistance and support to any project
which seems to him to be wisely planned for the good
of the community, and he is well known and highly
esteemed not only as a successful business man but as
a progressive and public-spirited citizen as well. His
religious affiliation is with the Bloor Street Baptist
Church.

On March 31, 1919, at Rushden, Northamptonshire,
England, Ernest W. Knott married Grace Lillian (Clark)
Webb, daughter of Charles and Ellen (Perkins) Clark.
Charles Clark is a boot manufacturer, and is also a
pigeon fancier, known as the most successful owner of
racing pigeons in the British Isles. For several years
he has won the King's prize, and during the World
War he took his pigeons to France for service.

THOMAS JAMES PARSONS— The builder of a
prosperous stationery and advertising business, Mr.
Parsons directs the enterprise he founded in 1904. He
was bom in Toronto, October 16, 1879, son of Alfred
and Mary Ann (Loeman) Parsons.

Mr. Parsons received his preliminary education in the

Cublic schools of Toronto, and his aptitude for business
eing clearly marked, he entered a business college and
took a thorough business course. From 1896 to 1904 Mr.
Parsons was engaged in the employ of various firms, for
several years serving as a salesman throughout the Do-
minion. In 1904 he decided that the time had come for

him to establish himself in business independently, ;
accordingly, he opened a small warehouse and bej i
to carry on a business in commercial stationery ; j
advertising specialties. He paid marked attention to ■
quality of the goods he offered for sale and put into p
tice various methods of giving satisfaction to his i
tomers. His business prospered, and he was preser i
able to undertake to market a silver-plated pen, whicl •
imports from England, and put it on the market un •
the name of Parsons' Silver-plated Pen. The firm . j
deals in stationery, including a high grade English 1; .
ting paper. Mr. Parsons' business covers the er >
Dominion of Canada, and each year it has show i
marked increase. His business address is 3 Wellini i
Street East.

Mr. Parsons is a member of the Toronto Boar I
Trade, the Brighton Golf Club of Presqu'Isle P. ,
the St. Alban's Bowling Club, and fraternally bel s
to the Masonic order. His chief recreations are boa ;
and fishing, and he maintains a summer home at Pre '
Isle Point, Brighton, Ontario. In religious faith,
Parsons is a Methodist.

Mr. Parsons married, in April. 1913, Anna Skei :,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Skerritt, of Arthur, -
tario. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons have one daughter, H i.
The family residence is at 26 Rose Park Drive, M e
Park.

ALBERT HENRY COURTNEY PROCTOR a

been intimately connected with the business and s il
life of Toronto, Canada, for many years. A native o e
city, his whole business life has been spent here, ar n
the changes and improvements that have taken pla n
the municipality he has had a prominent part. He i
son of James Albert and Sarah .Jane (Ellis) Proctor, i
of whom are deceased. Mr. Proctor was a solicitor i
barrister and for many years the official arbitratorfo le
Province of Ontario, holding that office at the time ( ii
death.

.\lbert H. C. Proctor was bom in Toronto, Febr y
18, 1878, and after studying in the public schools o u
city, attended the Toronto Church School. He b iB
his business life early. His first situation was as a fk
with the Western .Assurance Company at Toronto id
he has been connected in one way or another wit! w
insurance business ever since. In 1902 and continui to
1908 he was in partnership with his brother. Jam E
Proctor, as insurance brokers, under the firm nai d
Proctor Brothers. In 1908 they amalgamated with F.
Jones, as Jones & Proctor Brothers, representin h«
Insurance Company of North America, of Philadel i«,
Pennsylvania, and after the retirement of Mr. iM
in 1914, the firm continued under the same name

On March 1, 1917, the company was reorganize- nd
incorporated as Jones & Proctor Brothers, Limiti «
Toronto, with A. H. C. Proctor as president. Amor h*
companies that this firm represents are: The Insti !<*
Company of North America, Canada Accident nd
Fire Assurance, Royal Scottish Insurance Coin ny,
Pacific Marine Insurance Company, Commercial ' iM
Assurance Company (Marine department), ani the
Patriotic Assurance Company, as well as the Am »»
Central Insurance Company. Mr. Proctor is also 'ro-
tary of the Westminster Realty Company, buildei ind
owners of the Westminster Hotel, at No. 240 "VB
street, Toronto. He served for five years with F im-
pany, of the Queen's 6wn Rifles. He is a commu »n'
of the Anglican church, in politics, a Conservativ He
is a member of the Toronto Club, Toronto Hunt ub,
Toronto Polo Club, Toronto Golf Club, and also the
Board of Trade.

Mr. Proctor married, at Toronto, June 16, >'»>•
Florence Kemp, daughter of the Hon. Sir Edward rap.

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327

llM.G., and they are the parents of: Albert Courtney,

^a Marne, and Edward D'Arcy.

EtWARD WILLANS—The insurance business has

nany years engaged the attention of able and

.r^^\ye business men in Ontario, and among those

\ e along this line is Edward Willans, who is

( in this general field, having handled insurance,

w form or another, for upward of thirty years. Mr.

ilns is a son of John Willans, who was born in Leeds,

iishire, England, and died in Ottawa, in 1916. He

for a considerable time prominent in that city as a

iibing contractor. John Willans married Sarah

liiworth, who died when their son Edward was a

Eward Willans was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng-

K.A.ugust 24, 186.3, and prepared for his career in the

u tional institutions of his native land. Coming to

iria in 1880, he located in Ottawa, Ontario, where for

n nber of years he was engaged in the work of the

)ig Men's Christian Association, in the capacity of

iiant secretary, and from 1890 to 1893 was secretary

t; Brock ville Young Men's Christian Association.

93 Mr. Willans entered the insurance field, re-

nig to England, as cashier for the Sun Life Insurance

many, of Canada, thereby having charge of this

mm's initial appearance in insurance circles there.

t«a year and a half he came back to Canada, and was

seated with the same concern at their Hamilton

in rio) office for about one year. Before the close of

e ear 1895, Mr. Willans dropped life insurance to

ccie identified with the Manufacturers' Accident

simce Company, at Toronto, in the claims' de-

rtent, which company later became the Dominion

tinada Accident Insurance Company, and Mr.

illis was made secretary; he continued with this con-

rnntil 1905. At that time Mr. Willans, resigning this

' (came associated with A. L. Davis, a Toronto

the founding of the Imperial Guarantee and

r Insurance Company of Canada, Mr. Davis

•I'sident, and Mr. Willans, secretary. Under the

ment of these experienced insurance executives

e Isiness soon reached a leading position in its field,

veig general casualty risks of all kinds and classes.

iie ?ad offices of the company were first located in the

mia Life building, remaining there until 1920, when

A th of the business made larger space an impera-

ssity. This was accomplished by removal to the

location on the fourth floor of the Imperial Life

i e building, at No. 20 Victoria street, Toronto.

'em has not been without its vicissitudes, but

^oblem has been promptly met and successfully

he growth of the business being steady from the

k'. Upon the death of Mr. Davis, which occurred

Mr. Willans became managing director, and this

irked a period of rapid expansion in the history

mpany. Branch offices were opened one after

until now the company is represented by thriv-

"hes at Winnipeg, Manitoba: Montreal, Calgary,

n, and New Brunswick; also Halifax and Yar-

Nova Scotia, and agents cover the entire Do-

10 many years Mr. Willans has been prominent in
'fioi insurance societies, and contributed many
ipei on phases of insurance, etc. He served as presi-
^t f the Insurance Institute of Toronto, 1907-08,
Id : vice-president of the International Casualty
ndCirriters, 1914-15. Broadly interested in all ad-
incthe took a leading part in all war activities, largely

collection with the organized efforts of the Rotary
lub,)f which he is an influential member. He is a
emfr of the Toronto Board of Trade, and of the

Ontario Club. He is a very active member of the Cen-
tennial Methodist Church, devoting much time to its
interests and serving as a member of tne oflicial board and
as a trustee.

Mr. Willans married, in Brockville, Ontario, in 1896,
Lillian Louise Collier, who was born in Brockville, and is
a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Morey) Collier,
Canadians by birth, the former long deceased. Mr. and
Mrs. Willans have two daughters: Ada Elizabeth, born
June 13, 1897; and Marian Louise, bom May 13, 1899.
Both the Misses Willans were active during the World
War as nurses on this side. The family residence is at
No. 78 Dewson street, Toronto.

WILLIAM J. BROWN— For more than thirty years
the business of W. J. Brown, engaged in upholstering of
the highest grade, has been located at No. 657 Yonge
street, Toronto, Canada, where a large and important
business has been built up, and where all kinds of the
highest grade upholstered furniture may be obtained.
The W. J. Brown designs are noted for their beauty and
their practicability, and custom-made living room furni-
ture is a specialty with them.

William J. Brown was born near Toronto, Canada,
January 5, 1869. son of Samuel and Mary E. (Mitchell)
Brown. He received his education in the public school
and then prepared for his present business by taking
courses in cutting, designing, and general upholstery
work. He served his apprenticeship with Foster &
Company, one of Toronto's oldest upholstering concerns,
and then went to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he
established a business of his own, which he successfully
conducted for a number of years. After a long and suc-
cessful experience in that city, he came to Toronto, and
established his present business, which, for more than
three decades, has been catering to the better class of
patrons in this city. As a designer of living room furni-
ture, Mr. Brown has shown ability of a high order, and in
both workmanship and material he permits the use of
nothing but the best. "Quality" is the keynote of every
department of his business, and the result is a product
which gives the highest satisfaction. Just at present
(1922) Mr. Brown is suffering from ill health, and his son,
H. Stanley Brown, and Mr. Brown's brother, Norman
F. Brown, are managing the business.

In addition to his responsibilities and activities in
the upholstering business, Mr. Brown is interested in
horticulture and fruit growing. He had a large con-
servatory built adjoining his home on the Lake Shore
Road, and he has established a large fruit farm in Cali-
fornia on the road between Los Angeles and the coast.
He is a Conservative in politics; a member of the Travel-
ers' Club of America: and his religious affiliation is with
the Congregational church. He is one of the oldest
parishioners of Olivet Congregational Church, and has
served as a member of its board of trustees for many
years.

Mr. Brown married, in 1892, at Manchester, New
Hampshire, Margaret Stanley, of English birth, and they
are the parents of one son , H . Stanley Brown, who as before
stated, is associated with his father in the upholstering
business.

JOHN AMBROSE BREEN— Holding a prominent
position in one of the exacting lines of business endeavor,
Mr. Breen is achieving marked success, and at the same
time serving the needs of the people as proprietor of a
well-located pharmacy in Toronto. Mr. Breen comes of a
well known family long in the Canadian Provinces, and
is a son of Edward Joseph and Mary (Kelley) Breen.
The elder Mr. Breen, who was born in the township
of McGillvary, Ontario, ia still active as a commission

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

broker, and the mother, who was bom at Arthur, On-
tario, is also still living.

John Ambrose Breen was born in the town of Arthur,
Ontario, August 19, 1881. His education was received in
the public and high schools of Uxbridge, Ontario, and
early making his choice of a profession, he served an
apprenticeship with Dr. Donald McGillvary and R. F.
Willis, at Uxbridge, eventually completing his prepara-
tions for the future with a course of two years' special
study at a college of pharmacy (1904-05.) Mr. Breen
was employed in the pharmacy of R. F. Willis, at Ux-
bridge, for a year and a half, then went to Port Hope,
Ontario, where for three years he was in the employ of
H. W. Mitchell. Then, in April of 1910, he came to Tor-
onto, to take over the business formerly conducted under
the firm name of the J. W. McDermid Drug Company.
He has since carried forward this enterprise under the
name of Breen's Pharmacy, developing the business ex-
tensively and broadening the scope of its usefulness to
the public. Located at the corner of Queen and Sher-
boume streets, Mr. Breen employs only the most thor-
oughly competent assistants: his methods are the most
highly approved, and he is giving the people the benefit
of down-to-the minute and efficient service. He is a mem-
ber of the Toronto Board of Trade, and fraternally is
identified with the Knights of Columbus and the Cathol-
ic Order of Foresters. His clubs are the Jockey Club,
of Ontario, and the Ontario Motor League, Inc. He is
a member of the Holy Name Roman Catholic Church.

Mr. Breen married, in 1906, Clara Maguire, of Ux-
bridge, who was born March 3, 1887, and they are the
parents of five children: Clara Margaret; Helen Gert-
rude; Mary Katherine; Patricia Elizabeth; and Mary
Anna, who died August 26, 1918, at the age of three and
one-half years.

ROBERT ALEXANDER BRYCE— In the field of
mining engineering and metallurgy Mr. Bryce is widely
known, both in Canada and in the United States. He
is a son of Alexander Bryce, who came from Scotland
and settled in Toronto in 1875, where for many years
he was active in the wholesale lumber business in assoc-
iation with a brother, under the name of Bryce Brothers,
then died, in 1893. Alexander Bryce married, in 1873,
Emaline Jane Hill, who was born in Toronto in 1851.

Robert A. Bryce was born in Toronto, January 26,
1881, and received his early education in the public and
private schools of this city. Thereafter entering Toronto
University, he was graduated from that institution in
the class of 1903. Following his graduation, Mr. Bryce
was engaged in mining in Mexico for about four years.
FVom 1907 until 1912 he was active as manager of various
mines in the Cobalt (Ontario) district, then, in the latter
year, established his own business, with offices at No. 8
Wellington street, East, Toronto. He has since won a
very ejctensive clientele as consulting engineer among
both Canadian and American mine owners, his activities
in this country, reaching throughout the Dominion,
being largely in gold, silver and non-metallic minerals
in which latter group he has specialized for the past few
years.

In his professional capacity, Mr. Bryce holds member-
ship in the American Mining and Metallurgical Insti-
tute, in the Canadian Mining and Metallurgical In-
stitute, and in the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy of
England, and is a member of the Engineers' Club of
Toronto. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Bryce married, in Toronto, in 1908, Edna Baxter,
of this city, and they have three children: Robert B.,
bom in 1910; Dorothy E., born in 1912; and .lohn D.,
bora in 1918. The family home is at No. 107 Indian road,
Toronto.

ROBERT WILSON KENNEY— A native son c
Toronto, Canada, Mr. Kenney was born in the cit;
May 8, 1884, son of Thomas B. and Matilda (Clendiii
ning) Kenney. On the maternal side, he is a descendan
of David Clendinning, an early citizen of Toronto, an
the first grand master of the Orange Lodge, of Canad:
This David Clendinning was Mrs. Kenney's great
grandfather. John Clendinning, owner oi the Cler
dinning Boat House, now the Toronto Ferry Companj
another of Mr. Kenney's maternal ancestors, bui'
the boat "Emma," which is mentioned in the city record
and old newspaper files as the first passenger boat thi
ever made regular trips to the Island. Mr. Kenney
grandfather, Robert Wilson Clendinning, was the pu
lisher of the "Leader," one of Toronto's first papei
and the first president of the Toronto Typographic
Union, being honorary president at the time of 1
death in 1913. His residence was on the site of t
South Side Presbyterian Church, at No. 140 Parliame
street.

After completing grade and high school studies
Toronto public schools, Robert W. Kenney became
apprentice with the Massey-Harris Company and learn
the moulder's trade. He served three years as an appri
tice, then for seven years continued with the same fi
as a jobbing and pattern moulder. He then becai
manager of the coal yards of William McGill & Co
pany, and remained there for a period of five yea
In 1915 he established the Kenney Coal Company,
No. 168-172 Van Home street, Toronto. As the prof
etor of an independent business, Mr. Kenney has t
with marked success. He deals in coal and wood, and
company has a reputation for reliability and tair deal
not excelled by that of many an older firm.

Mr. Kenney is a tenor singer of distinction, possess
a voice of great power and pathos that appeals m
effectively and pleasingly to the ear and soul of
listener, a voice one loves to remember. With t
voice, a pure tenor full and sweet and of splendid rai
goes an artistic instinct and a pleasing personality,
has had wide experience in both church and cow
work, having made several concert tours through
Canada and the United States, and has been sol
in some of Toronto's largest churches. He toured
Canadian Northwest for eight months with the Ruth ■
McDonald Concert Party and received many c
plimentary press notices.

In religious faith, he is a Presbyterian, and is alv •.
ready to render assistance to church programs i
community work. He is a member of the Masonic oi ,
affiliated with Shamrock Lodge, Free and Acce i
Masons, and Oxford Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, e
is also a member of the Loyal Orange Lodge, the Imp il
Lodge, and the Maple Leaf Black Lodge. Mr. Kei y
is unmarried, and resides at No. 172 Van Home st (■

HAROLD A. BYWATER— The entire active c: "■
of Harold A. Bywater up to the present time has '
associated with the designing business, and as a spec ^
in high grade upholstering and in the designing of •}
grade furniture he has made the name "Bywatf >
guarantee for excellence of quality and workmai if
and beauty of design.

Harold A. Bywater was bom in Lancashire, Eng lO
October 2, 1891, son of James A., formerly a railroa «f
manufacturer in England and now manager of a ^
large concern there, and Sarah (Abblett) Bywater H*
received his academic education in the public scho O'
his native district and prepared for his career as i^
signer by taking special courses in designing furr iK
He served an apprenticeship in Lancashire, Eni no.
and after following his profession successfully in "f

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829

land lor a number of years he then came to Canada,
n October, 1910, where he was employed with such
irms as the Henry Morgan Colonial House, in Mont-
•eal, the Murray-Kay Company, and the Thornton
5mith Company, of Toronto, where he engaged in
lesigning draperies, furniture, and upholstering. After
:aining experience he established a business of his
iwn, which is now located at No. 611 Yonge street
pecializing in high grade upholstering and in the de-
igning of high grade furniture. By travel and by special
ourses he has constantly enlarged his knowledge and
eveloped his artistic gifts as well as his skill as a crafts-
lan, and his business brings him into association with
lany of the most prominent citizens not only of Toronto
ut throughout the Dominion of Canada. He is the sole
wner of the business, and his skill and ability have
reatly increased its scope. During the Canadian Na-
ional Exposition at Toronto, Mr. Bywater had the honor
f receiving the personal commendation of the Prince of
fales, who while passing through the Process building
»pped at Mr. Bywater's booth where a number of
itumed soldiers were at work learning the trade of
pholstery with the H. A. Bywater concern. Without
ny formality the Prince grasped Mr. Bywater by the
and, shook it heartily and entered freely into conversa-
on concerning the work of the returned men and the
rogress they were making. Passing on to the men, he
ive a word of encouragement to each, and then was
,-esented with a handsome "Bywater" chair by the
Ijin. Dropping easily into the big chair, with arms rest-
ie on the sides and limbs outstretched, his Highness
iijoyed the relaxation for a time. "This is splendid,"
lid he. "What comfort! I only wish I could remain
Inger to enjoy it." On rising, the Prince expressed his
leasure at receiving the gift, which he highly prized,
i:d complimented Mr. Bywater' on both the design
id the comfort of his furniture. The chair was sent
1 St. James' Palace, England, and the Prince, when
(parting on his Indian tour, insisted on taking his
Irarite chair with him. Politically, Mr. Bywater casts
h vote independently, and his religious afRliation is
>th the Anglican church.

On June 15, 1911, in Montreal, Canada, Mr. Bywater
iirried Lillian Frances Lyons, daughter of Alfred and
linnie (Morris) Lyons, and they are the parents of the
flowing children: Lillian Ada, Harold Alfred, Dorothy
Aolet, Olive, and Daisy.

EMMA TERESA HENNESSEY— The proprietor of
aharming tea room on Yonge street, Toronto, and once
aociated with her brother in the management of the
I nnessey Drug Stores, Limited, Miss Hennessey has been
aesident of the city since 1911. She was born at Ham-
ilin, Ontario, daughter of the late Hugh Brian and Cath-
ene (Sullivan) Hennessey. Her father was well known in
buness circles, being engaged in the manufacture of
•J38, raults, and various other structures of iron.

n 1911 Miss Hennessey came to Toronto and at

tit time held the office of secretary and treasurer of the

Hnnessey Drug Stores, Limited. The company then owned

' operated a chain of drug stores in Toronto, and Ham-

1. Miss Hennessey is an unusual example of a cap-

and energetic business woman, occupying a position

' sponsibility with the utmost success. She is known

ijusiness circles throughout the city, and her judg-

mit in business matters is highly respected by all.

n December, 1918, Miss Hennessey opened the charm-

und exclusive tea room at No. 87 Yonge street, which

still conducts. With an instinctive appreciation of

value of daintiness and artistic furnishings in a tea

n, she has combined an extraordinary ability to

. lage and direct the affairs of the establishment in

such a way that the food served is of the very best and
most attractive kind. The cuisine is patterned upon the
best cosmopolitan standards, and the supplies are
abundant, so that whether a customer's order be large
or small, one is sure to go away satisfied and anxious
to return again at some other time. The number of
patrons who visit the tea room regularly is rapidly in-
creasing and it may be necessary before long for Miss
Hennessey to enlarge her establishment in order to
keep pace with the growing demand for service at the
tea room.

In religious faith Miss Hennessey is a Catholic. She
is a zealous worker for the advancement of the church,
and has organized no less than twenty-five reading
circles in connection with the church in Toronto. She
is an executive member of the Catholic Truth Society of
Canada, and holds the office of a director of the Rosary
Hall Association. Miss Hennessey is also an executive
member of the Daughters of Canada, in the work of
which she takes a great interest.

JOSEPH S. GRAHAM, M.D.— Following in the
profession that gave his father his field of life work, Dr.
Graham has been successfully engaged in medical prac-
tice in Toronto. He was bom at Toronto, June 3, 1880,
son of Dr. J. E. and Mary (Akins) Graham.

Dr. Graham attended the Model School in Toronto,
and continued his studies in Switzerland and Germany.
He was graduated from Upper Canada College, and has
the degree of Bachelor of Medicine. He is a Licentiate
of the Canadian College of Surgeons, and a Licentiate of
the Royal College of Physicians. His professional stand-
ing is high and he has acquired a large practice in Tor-
onto, where his active years have been spent. Dr.
Graham is a member of the Masonic order, and also
holds membership in the Yacht Club, the York Club,
and the Hunt Club of Toronto.

On May 2, 1906, Dr. Graham married Eleanor Boyd,
a daughter of former Chancellor Sir John Boyd. Dr.
and Mrs. Graham have four children: James, Elizabeth,
Allen, and Lucile.

HENRY CHADWICK SCHOLFIELD'S entrance
into Canadian industry was from the managership of the
Gnelph branch of the Dominion Bank, and since 1910
he has filled the vice-presidency of the Page-Hersey
Tubes, Limited. Numerous other business and industrial
connections give him place among the leaders of aflfairs
in the Province, and he continues in the performance of
substantial and valuable public service.

Mr. Scholfield is a son of Dr. William Scholfield, who
was born in England and came to Canada as a youth,
receiving his professional education at McGill University,
in Montreal. Practicing medicine in Toronto, he was
stricken down in the prime of life, and died in 1873. He
married Elizabeth Green, who was born in Ireland and
survived him for many years, her death occurring in 1908.

Henry Chadwick Scholfield was born in Lloydtown, in
North York, September 19, 1866, but received his edu-
cation in the Model School of Toronto. He was left
fatherless in childhood and thusearly encountering re-
sponsibility, in 1883, when seventeen years of age, he
entered the employ of the Dominion Bank, in Toronto,
first in a subordinate capacity, but rising through the
various departments until he carried large responsibili-
ties, finally becoming manager of the Guelph branch.
In 1910 he became identified with the Page-Hersey Tubes,
Limited, manufacturers of iron and steel, in the
capacity of vice-president. The offices of the company
are at No. 100 Church street, Toronto, the mills located
at Welland, Guelph, and Fort William, Ontario, and at
Cohoes, New York. He has since been active in the

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management of this concern, bringing to its work a long
experience in finance and firm grasp upon manufacturing
and marketing principle and practice. Mr. Scholfield
is interested in many other industrial and business
concerns, as follows: the Security Life Insurance Com-
pany, of which he is vice-president; the Niagara, Welland
& Ldike Erie Railway, of which he is president; and the
Cohoes Rolling Mills, of New York, of which he is vice-
president. For ten years he was president of the board
of trade at Guelph, Ontario, and during this period led
that organization in a constructive, progressive pro-
gram.

Politically Mr. Scholfield has always been a staunch
adherent to Conservative principles, and from 1911-
15 he served this party in the Ontario Legislature as
member from Guelph. In August, 1918, he became
chairman of the Soldiers' Settlement Board, and this
place he fills at the present time. The board is a Do-
minion appointment and has done splendid work in
placing returned soldiers on farms and in financing their
early operations. Mr. Scholfield has for years been a
member of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association
and of the Toronto Board of Trade. He is a member of
the Albany and National clubs, of Toronto, and of the
Summit Golf Club. His church affiliation is Anglican
and he is a member of St. James' Cathedral. In young
manhood he was extremely active in athletics, particular-
ly lacrosse, and he was a member of the team and pres-
ident of the Toronto Lacrosse Club in 1896. He was
also for a number of years president of the Dominion
Bowling Association, retiring in 1906.

Mr. Scholfield married, in Toronto, Zaidee Sutherland,
daughter of Dr. Sutherland. Mr. Scholfield died in 1920.
They had one son and daughter: Muriel, at home; and
John Douglas Price, who was born in Toronto and
educated at Upper Canada College. He enlisted
in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, later becoming
a member of the Royal Flying Corps, and was killed
while flying, in May, 1917. He had served in France,
then returned to England, where he met his death. The
family home is at No. 9 Highlands avenue, Toronto.

CHARLES B. PARKER, M.D.— The gold medalist
of the University of Toronto in 1909, Dr. Charies B.
Parker, as a member of the surgical staff of the Toronto
General Hospital, is well known in medical circles. He
was born in Toronto, January 16, 1884, son of Thomas
and Annie (Bemister) Parker.

Dr. Parker received his preliminary education in the
public schools and in Jarvis street Collegiate Institute.
He proceeded to Victoria College, from which he was
graduated in 1904 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
He studied medicine at the University of Toronto and
graduated in 1909 with the degree of Bachelor of Med-
icine. After graduation he became a member of the
interne staff of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, until
1910, and then went to Parry Sound, where he prac-
ticed for two years, returning to Toronto in 1913. In
June, 1917, he enlisted for service in the Canadian
Amy Medical Corps, and was seconded to the Royal
Air Force with the rank of captain, for special medical
duty. He served overseas until 1919, when he received
his discharge. At the present time he is a member of
the teaching staffs of the University of Toronto in the
Department of Surgery.

His fraternal connections are with the Ionic Lodge,
No. 25, Free and Accepted Masons, of Toronto.

On June 7, 1911, Dr. Parker married Margaret Ruth
White, of Ottawa, and they have three children : Annette,
bom in 1912, Margaret, bom in 1913, and Marjorie,
bom in 1916.

THOMAS MILBURN— Of the many prominent me
whose names appear on the permanent records of Oi
tario cities none have been more worthy of honor tha
Thomas Milburn, whose business and personal activitii
were widely beneficent a generation and more agi
his business well known, but the record of his kindly deet
written only in the hearts of those who were the objec
of his benevolence. Mr. Milburn was a son of Thomi
Milburn, a pioneer merchant of Toronto, whose generi
store, for many years located on King street, was know
as the "Beehive."

Thomas Milburn was born at the old family home c
King street, Toronto, September 26. 1837. He receive
his early education in the public schools of the tim
and later attended a commercial college. The earl
years of his career were spent with his father, but in 18(
he entered the proprietary medicine business in Acto;
Ontario, where he built up a very successful trade. Tl
growth and expansion of the business became so marks
that the founder deemed it advisable, later on, to remo\
to a larger community. Accordingly he transferred tl
business to Toronto in the year 1873, and established tl
firm of Milburn, Pearson & Bentley, continuing the san
line of manufacture under this partnership for a numb(
of years. With the dissolution of the partnership tl
business was continued under the name of T. Milbui
& Company, which eventually became the T. Milbui
Company, Ltd., under which name the interest is sti
in active operation, Mr. Milburn's sons being the office:
of the concern. During the latter part of his life M
Milburn acquired a very considerable interest in othi
manufacturing enterprises, was president for a numbi
of years of the Lappin Brake Shoe Company, of Ne
York, and was vice-president of the Foster-Milbur
Company, of Buffalo, New York.

In the various affairs of the city and Province M
Milburn took a deep, general interest, but he lived a ver
quiet life, and never sought leadership in either soci:
or civic progress. Politically he supported the Conserv
tive party. He was a member of the Canadian Order '
Foresters, and St. George's Society. For many years I
was a member and trustee of the Sherbourne Stre
Methodist Church, but later in life was a trustee of tl
Broadway Tabernacle, of which he was a member at t'
time of his death. He was a man of the broadest 83n
pathiea, and his charitable deeds were many, althoui
he never spoke of his benevolences, and they remain
unknown except as his beneficiaries declared them. I
death, which occurred on September 20, 1901, came a.'
shock to the many circles in which his name was kno^
and loved. He is still remembered among the ok
generation today as a man of rare dignity and wor
and his name will be cherished by those who knew h
as long as memory shall last.

Thomas Milburn married Mary J. Taylor, daughtei
John Taylor, of Gananoque, a manufacturer of ham
and saddlery. Their children are as follows: Thor
Edward, now president of the T. Milburn Compa
Ltd.; John Albert, a successful dentist of Los Ange
California; George, treasurer of the above concern; i
Oliver, a well known jeweler of Los Angeles.

HUBERT LORNE WATT— Beginning his active '■
in legal practice and later centering his endeavors in '
affairs of the Canada Life Assurance Company, of w' i
he was treasurer from 1904 until his death in 1913, '•
Watt gained a position of prominence in the final J
world of the Dominion. Efficiency and capability in '
discharge of responsible duties are capacities freque .v
found, but rarely are they combined with the plea ig
qualities of personality and the staunch attributf J>
character that endeared Hubert Lome Watt to hLs as t-

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58. Over the decade that has elapsed since his passing
ire stretches the memory of a cheery, happy, constant
ind, who put into the tasks of the day effort for the
[fare and enjoyment of others.

iubert Lome Watt was a son of Dr. Hugh Watt,

eased, a native of Fergus, Ontario, who was a well

)wn practicing physician of Fort Steele, British Colum-

. Mr. Watt was born in Meaford, Ontario, March

1871, and after a course in Upper Canada College

sued professional study in Law School at Osgoode

II. He was called to the bar in 1894, and became junior

mber of the law firm of Clark, Bowes, Hilton and

'ibey. in 1897 joining the investment department

l:he Canada Life Assurance Company. In 1904 he

lame treasurer of this company, and in this position

«ame nationally known as an expert appraiser of real

Bite and property values. His term of office was filled

1 endeavor that redounded to the prosperity and

[ress of his company, and by his associates, subor-

ktes and fellow officials their character and value

3 realized. Mr. Watt was also a director of the

ional Trust Company and of the Dominion Securities

ipany. He held membership in the law society,

srnized with the Masonic order in Ionic Lodge, and

clubs were the Toronto Hunt, National and Royal

adian Yacht.

r. Watt married Kathleen Mack, of St. Catharines.

(nrio, and they were the parents of: 1. Hugh Norman,

i~. natp of Upper Canada College, a student in McGill

>ity at the outbreak of the World War, served

.s with the McGill Siege Battery, and is now

!od with the Canada Life .Assurance Company.

rey, Hubert Lome Watt died in Toronto, May

!. His life record is that of a man who gave much

and who received from it bountifully in the

union, love and esteem of his family and friends.

ItED GREEN WORTS, now a chiropractic prac-

- of Toronto, Canada, was born July 2, 1866, in
age of Hillsburg, County of Wellington, Ontario.
. son of the late George Worts, who was born in

1, but came to Canada, and was the owner of
ind mills throughout Wellington county, Ontario.
■ rried Martha Jane Green, who was born in On-

G. Worts was educated in the public schools, in
Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario College of
icy and Toronto College of Chiropractic. After
rion from the Ontario College of Pharmacy Mr.

entered the retail drug business and spent
-one years in this line. He gave up the retail drug

"i and for eighteen years was engaged as travelling
ntative for a wholesale pharmaceutical house of
■>, calling on the retail druggists and physicians

out Western Ontario. He spent thirty-nine

all in the drug business, then became interested

"practic, a drugless method of healing disease.

-lied the course of training prescribed by the Tor-

•iropractic College, received authority to practice

- two years has been located professionally in
', his offices at No. 1536 Bloor street. West.
Worts is a member of the Reform party, the

of Pythias, Sons of England, and the Masonic

Worts married, in Toronto, October 12. 1892,

- Heron, of Toronto. Dr. and Mrs. Worts are the
of two daughters: Edna May McKennon, born
^to; and Ethel Grace, born in Parkhill, Widdle-

ounty, Ontario. The family home is No. 119
e street, Toronto.

CHARLES ALBERT DAVIES— As president and
general manager of the Davies Footwear Company,
Ltd., of Toronto, Canada, Charles A. Davies is con-
stantly in touch with business conditions throughout the
Dominion of Canada. Mr. Davies is a son of Evan
Davies, who was born in Wales, and came to Canada
about 1850, locating in Windsor, Ontario. He was a
merchant tailor throughout his entire lifetime. He
married Jane Rock Mason, who was born of English
parents in the South of Spain, on the Rock of Gibraltar.

Charles Albert Davies was born in Windsor, Ontario,
September 24, 1865, and while still a child removed with
his parents to Centerville, Michigan, where he was ed-
ucated in the public and high schools. Returning to
Canada in 1882, Mr. Davies was connected with the
wholesale shoe concern, William Griffith & Company, at
Hamilton, Ontario, for about five years. Coming to Tor-
onto in 1887, he became associated with the W. B. Ham-
ilton Shoe Company, Ltd., of this city, as their travelling
representative in Western Ontario, and remained with
them for eighteen years. In 1905 Mr. Davies established
himself independently in the same field, and has since
carried forward a constantly increasing business in the
wholesale distribution of footwear of all grades and
varieties. At the beginning the firm name was Boulter,
Davies & Company, and later, with the changes incident
to the passing of time, it became Blachford, Davies &
Company, Ltd., then, on January 1, 1920, the name be-
came the Davies Footwear Company, Ltd. The business
reaches into every part of the Dominion, their own
representatives placing their goods on the market.

This breadth of interest gives Mr. Davies a position
of prominence in the business world, and he is a member
of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and of the
Toronto Board of Trade. Fraternally he holds member-
ship in King Solomon Lodge, No. 32, Free and Accepted
Masons; and his clubs include the Empire, the National,
the Lambton Goll, the Ontario Jockey, and he is an
honorary member of the Toronto Cricket Club. He is
broadly interested in civic advance and in all social
progress. He is an attendant of St. Paul's Anglican
Church.

Mr. Davies married, in Toronto, on July 29, 1903,
Marie Ella Braddon, of this city, and they reside at No.
134 Glen road, Toronto.

WILLIAM J. MURRAY— For many years prom-
inent in various branches of business activity, William
J. Murray has for nearly two decades been at the head of
the Chapman Double Ball Bearing Company of Canada,
Ltd, of which he was the founder.

Mr. Murray was born in County Down, Ireland, Ap-
ril 5, 1849, and up to the age of thirteen years attended
the country schools of that section, then was brought to
Canada, and for three years attended the public schools
of Victoria county, Ontario. His first employment was
with a tanner, at Brooklyn, Ontario, where he became
thoroughly familiar with this business, and later bought
out his employer, carrying the business forward under
his own name. In 1890 the plant was entirely destroyed
by fire, and a total loss, thus necessitating a fresh start
under most discouraging conditions. Mr. Murray then
entered the insurance business as Toronto manager for a
New York insurance company, and followed this line of
endeavor for thirteen years. In 1903 he organized a com-
pany to manufacture the Chapman Double Ball Bearing
hangers, using widely known American patents. Some
few years later the Canadian company bought out the
American company, which was theretofore located in
Boston, removing the American branch to Buffalo, New
York. The principal product of this concern is trans-
mission bearings, and its success has been built up on the

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practical demonstration of the economy in power gained
by the elimination of friction. The foremost manufactur-
ers of both Canada and the United States are now fully
equipped with the Chapman hangers. The concern also
manufactures ball bearings for the Ford car front axles,
which are also used on the Chevrolet cars manufactured
in Canada.

During the World War the Canadian plant of this
company was devoted to the manufacture of shells for the
Imperial Munitions Board, and the Buffalo plant was
given over to the manufacture of plates for gun work.
The Toronto plant, which has a floor space of 30,000
square feet, is located at No. 339-351 Sorauren avenue,
and employs about two hundred and fifty people. The
Buffalo plant is similar in size, and employs a force
practically identical. The company has in operation a
bonus system which keeps production at a high mark,
each operative being expected to turn out a certain
amount of work, then receiving a bonus for all work
accomplished over this given amount. Mr. Murray, as
vice-president and managing director of this interest,
holds a leading position in the manufacturing world of
Ontario.

Mr. Murray is a member of the Canadian Manu-
facturers' Association, in which he has served as a mem-
ber of the executive committee for Ontario for a term,
and is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade. His
chief recreative interest lies along the lines of ancient
and modern history, and new thought. He is a member
of the First Unitarian Church, and is a member of the
board of same.

Mr. Murray married Elizabeth Sonnberger, who is
now deceased. Their children are: Charles, who is with
the above concern at Buffalo; and Jesse.

of the Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Indepeni
Order of Odd Fellows.

ROY HARRISON WEBBER— Among the younger
men who are taking prominent positions in the world
of mechanics in Toronto, Canada, is numbered Roy
Harrison Webber, the head of the Webber Machine Com-
pany. He is a son of Owen H. Webber, at one time a
resident of Ontario, later of the States, and a merchant of
Tolland, Alberta, at the present time.

Roy H. Webber was born in Hamilton, Ontario, July
4, 1892. His boyhood, however, was spent in Winsted,
Connecticut, and there he attended the public and high
schools. After leaving school he entered the employ of the
Franklin Moore Company, of Winsted, where he re-
mained for some time, later leaving Winsted and going
to Buffalo, New York, where he became connected with
the Pierce-Arrow Car Company. Coming to Toronto in
1910, Mr. Webber entered the employ of the Russell
Motor Car Company, as a machinist, for a short time,
after which the Hamilton Gear and Machinery Company
engaged his services. In the meantime he was pursuing a
night course in drafting, machine designing and mathe-
matics. In 1915 Mr. Webber established the present
enterprise at No. 848 Dupont street, his present address,
under the name of the Webber Machine Company. Mr.
Webber has since developed a thriving interest, building
special machinery for garage and automobile work from
his own designs. He exhibits at the Canadian National
Exhibition, and one of his significant achievements is the
designing and building of the Webber Cylinder Grinder,
the first machine of its kind ever designed and built in
Canada. This machine constitutes the specialty on
Mr. Webber's list, and the product includes also pistons
and rings, also piston pins, axles and propeller shafts,
fly wheels, and many repair parts, etc. In June, 1919,
Mr. Webber also established the Webber Motor Supplies
Company, located at No. 101 Church street, Toronto'
but this business he sold, on January 1 , 1920, to the Auto-
motive Equipment Company. Mr. Webber is a member

ALBERT WOODLAND WALKER— A member i
English family that has been known in the north ei
Toronto for over one hundred years, Mi. Walker
born in the city. May 11, 1888. He is a son of W
Walker, with whom he is associated in business,
Caroline (Brown) Walker. His father, who was boi
London, Ontario, was connected with the J. W. C
Company as their foreman for twenty-five years.
Walker's mother, who is still living, was bom and bro
up in Toronto, and is a descendant of a well known (
adian family.

Albert W. Walker received his preliminary edua
in the public schools. He proceeded to a tech
school for special work and studied business and
mercial methods at Wells' Business College. A
student, he easily mastered his studies, and at an v
ually early age joined his father in the formation o
Walker & Son. This firm was organized for the whol
and retail selling of hardware supplies. Walter Wi
conducted the sheet metal and iron work department,
Albert W. Walker took charge of the retail hard
department. In 1910 Albert W. Walker assumec
position of general manager of the sheet metal and
department, and after making a close analysis ol
business conducted therein found that the firm was
making a success of that branch of the business, owii
the difficulty of managing it in connection with
greatly increased volume of trade conducted by tl
tail department. On the basis of this report, it was
cided to discontinue the sheet metal and iron bus:
and to devote the entire energy and all the resource
the firm to the development of the retail hardwan
partment. Accordingly, the sheet metal and iron busi
was sold to two former employees, Mr. Fessenden
Mr. McCarthy, and since 1911 the firm of W. Ws
& Son has devoted itself exclusively to the marketi)
general hardware and hardware for builders. In
Mr. Walker's father retired and the younger Mr. Wi
assumed full charge ol the business. Under his co
a great expansion took place, and orders began to r
the firm from the Maritime Provinces in the ea;
British Columbia in the west. A great believer ir
value of rendering sincere service to the buying p
and holding the opinion that business is more tb
matter of mechanical buying and selling, Mr. W
has impressed his customers with the idea thatfrii
ness is one of the prime objects of all the firm's tra
tions. This unique idea has been reflected in the 1
ledgers and immense turnover of the firm. Start!
1902 with the two partners, the company now
ploys forty-seven people, and their area of floor
has been increased from 134 square feet to '■<
square feet. In 1918 the rapid growth of the ba
necessitated a re-organization and the firm was ina
ated as W.Walker & Son, Limited, with Walter Wal <
president, Albert W. Walker as vice-presiden' '
managing director, and Walter Irving Walker, seci
and treasurer. In 1919 the firm applied for and ob:
a license as wholesale hardware and iron mercham
has conducted a wholesale business ever since. Th
markets their roofing products under the regi
trade mark of "Owl," and their paints, varnishes
under the trade mark of "Aero". The retail depar
formerly maintained by the company was then
over by Walter Irving Walker and is now c'l"'
under his management as the NorthTorontoii ;
The romance of business has always made a sli'^
peal to Mr. Walker and he has few interests outsi
Walker organization. He finds his greatest happit

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BIOGRAPHICAL

fup to the Rotarian motto: "He profits most
serves best."

religious faith, Mr. Walker is a Baptist. He is an
e member of the Century Baptist Church of Toron-
nd, since 1911, has been a member of the finance
1, and of the board of management of the church.
5 a member of the Board of Trade of Toronto; the
idian Manufacturers' Association; and the North
[Merchants' Association. He belongs to the Inde-
lent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the
ige Order.

!•. Walker married, in 1910, Ada Gertrude West, of
abridge, Ontario, born November 6, 1890. Mr. and
I Walker have three daughters: Lois Gertrude,
1 March 6, 1911; Marjorie Helen, born July 29,
J and Mary Alberta, born October 5, 1921.

LMES stares — President of the well known
nto firm of A. Weller & Company, Ltd., Mr. Stares
I om at the village of Romsey, Hampshire, England,
lie, 1852. He was educated in the English public
pis. Coming to Canada at the age of twenty-tour,
■tared the field of business as a builder and con-
pr. As president and managing director of A.
Ir & Company, Ltd., he is widely known in Cana-
n)usiness circles.

It Stares is an enthusiastic lover of horses. He is a
aer of the Ontario Jockey Club and takes an active
Mit in racing and all kinds of sports.

nOMAS SOUTH WORTH— Retiring to business

lie life after fourteen years in official place, Mr.

th's record includes valuable accomplishments

' velopment and safe-guarding of the natural re-

A the Province and business success of the first

|Southwood is ot Puritan descent, son of Stephen
Diantha (Stoddard) Southworth, and was born
township, Leeds county, Ontario, in 1855.
I educated in the local public school and Athens
School, and moving to Brockville, became an
writer on the "Recorder," a journal he after-
ned and conducted lor several years. In May,
entered the Ontario Public Service, and as
of the Bureau ot Forestry was included in the
[Commission appointed to examine and report
Jtorests of Ontario in 1897. In 1899 he was ap-
director of the Ontario Bureau of Forestry and
tion, resigning because ot ill health in February,
Bce that year Mr. Southworth has been engaged
life and is managing director of the Deloro
& Refining Company, Ltd.
&6 he was a delegate to the American Forestry
s; in 1909 was elected president of the Canadian
'Association; and was offered an appointment as
i' Commissioner of Toronto in 1908, which he
He has lectured on "Ontario's Permanent
serves" and related subjects, and was spoken
"Montreal Witness" as "a man of wonderful
land splendidly endowed for his work, whose offic-
irements have been many." Mr. Southworth is a
lin political faith, and the founder of the Brock-
meral Club.

)uthworth married, in 1879, Mary, daughter of
Taylor, of Gananoque, Ontario.

HUH REGINALD BROWN, D.C.— Formerly

in the automobile business. Dr. Brown has

established himself as an independent doctor of

■tic, with offices at No. 200 Bathurst street,

He was bom at Toronto, December 4, 1881,

Villlam A. and Margaret (Lennox) Brown. His

father was for forty-four years a member of the fire
department ot the city ot Toronto, and Dr. Brown grew
up with such a knowledge and understanding of Toronto
and her greatness as is vouchsafed only to her native sons.

Hugh R. Brown received his preliminary education in
the public schools ot Toronto, graduating from the Bolton
Avenue PubUc School upon completion of his studies.
With a natural gift for mechanics and a great interest
in machinery, he decided to enter the automobile busi-
ness, and immediately after his graduation trom school,
formed a connection with a motor manufacturing com-
pany in order to learn the ins and outs of the business.
He began as a machinist and automobile mechanic
and soon became a master of the trade, expert at instal-
ling and repairing motors of all descriptions. He was then
promoted to the position oi automotjile foreman for the
Ontario Motor Car Company at their Toronto branch.
He met with such success in this work that he maintained
the connection for the space of five years. He might
have remained with this firm indefinitely, but when this
period came to an end he was offered the position of
assistant service manager for the Hudson Motor Com-
pany at Cleveland, Ohio, and this offer he accepted,
resigning his position with the Ontario Motor Car Com-
pany, to the great regret of all his associates. He moved
to Cleveland and remained there for some years. But
although he could have risen to any position in the auto-
mobile business which he might have desired, he began
to wish for a change of employment and to consider the
opportunities for success and broad humanitarian effort
afforded by the profession of chiropractic. Accordingly,
he decided to become a doctor of chiropractic, and in
order to put this decision into effect, he left his work at
Cleveland and returned to Toronto, where he became
a student at the Canadian Chiropractic College.

Dr. Brown's subsequent success has abundantly
proved the wisdom of his decision to abandon the busi-
ness field for the profession of chiropractic. He com-
pleted a full course of study at the Canadian Chiroprac-
tic College and was graduated therefrom February 7,
1922, with the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic. Immed-
iately upon his graduation, he opened his offices at No.
200 Bathurst street, and from the very Ijeginning he met
with unusual success. He has already acquired a wide
reputation for his skill and ability, and his practice is
steadily increasing.

In religious faith. Dr. Brown is a F*rotestant. He is a
member of the Broadview Old Boys' Club; the Toronto
Rowing Club; and the Argonaut Rugby Club. Although
he does not seek political office, he is keenly interested
in political affairs insofar as they relate to the advance-
ment of the public health, sanitary provisions, and civic
welfare. Dr. Brown is unmarried.

THOIVIAS EDWARD MENZIES, president of Men-
zies & Company, Ltd., and the A. C. Gilbert-Menzies
Company, comes of Scottish descent, his grandfather,
Thomas Menzies, having come from Scotland to Canada
about 1840, locating in Toronto. For forty-five years
Thomas Menzies was engaged in the government weather
bureau service, and died in 1885. Charles Menzies, his
son and Mr. Menzies' father, was born in Toronto,
October, 1846, and was educated in the grammar schools
of the city and the Model School. For forty-five years
he was active in business in this city as a building con-
tractor, and for a short time held the office of inspector
of public buildings. He now resides at No. 75 Asquith
avenue. He married, in 1865, Catherine Colgan, who
died in 1915, and their children are as follows: Cather-
ine, wife of David Mcintosh, of Vancouver, British
Columbia; Charles William, manager of production for
the A. C. Gilbert-Menzies Company, Ltd; Ethel, now a

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resident of Vancouver; and Thomas Edward, whose name
heads this review.

Thomas E. Menzies was born in Toronto, March
14, 1880, and prepared for his career in the educational
institutions of this city. His first position was with the
R. J. Lovell Company, of Toronto, where he remained
until 1901. In that year he founded Menzies & Company,
building up a very extensive business in wholesale station-
ery, importing and representing British manufacturers.
Later he began the manufacture of a great variety of
Christmas cards, being the first in Canada to undertake
this branch of stationery production. He built up a
business of national scope, which reaches throughout
the Canadian Provinces. The Menzies Company still
operates as a distinct business, related to the A. C. Gil-
bert-Menzies Company, Ltd.. only through Mr. Menzies'
personal connection. In 1918 Mr. Menzies took over
the Gilbert interests in Canada under the name of the A.
C. Gilbert-Menzies Company, Ltd., manufacturing in
Toronto, as well as distributing, the Gilbert electrical
specialties, viz: the Polar Cub Electric Fan and the
Polar Cub Electric Heater, with offices, showrooms and
factory at No. 439 King street. West. The A. C. Gil-
bert Company, with head offices and factory at New
Haven, Connecticut, manufacture in great variety the
mechanical, electrical and structural toys which have of
recent years revolutionized the play-interests of boy-
hood, including the well known "Erector." These toys,
which, strictly spe«il<ing, are not toys, but mechanisms
of permanent and instructive value to youth, are de-
signed to give impetus and direction to the activities of
boyhood, and are fundamentally correct in principle,
while especially suited to the unskilled handling of boys.
Thus these toys impart an elementary knowledge of the
great forces of nature which have been harnessed by the
inventors of all times, and teach more, through actual
use, than abstract records could possibly convey to the
restless, but eagerly searching minds for which they are
designed. The A. C. Gilbert Company, together with the
A. C. Gilbert-Menzies Company, Ltd., comprise the
largest manufacturers of toys in the world, it is under-
stood, outdistancing any three German manufacturers,
and the product is very extensively exported, principal-
ly to England, New Zealand, Australia and China.
They were one of the first firms on the continent to enter
into the manufacture of radio sets and equipment.

Mr. Menzies is a member of the Canadian Manufactur-
ers' Association, and is a Conservative in politics. He
holds membership in the National Club, the Royal Cana-
dian Yacht Club and the Rosedale Golf Club, and is a
member of the Anglican church.

Mr. Menzies married, in 1915, Eleanor McMahon, of
Toronto, and they reside at No. 70 Clarendon avenue,
Toronto.

JOHN FRANK DALES is a son of Dr. John R. Dales,
a well known physician of Dunbarton, Ontario, who has
been in active practice in that community for a period
of thirty-five years. The family is of English descent,
and has been in Canada for many years. Dr. Dales
married Mary Ellen Dunbar, who is also still living.

John Frank Dales was born in Dunbarton, in July,
1886, and received his early education in the public
schools of his native place. Later attending Whitby
Collegiate Institute, he entered the University of Toron-
to, from which he was graduated in the class of 1913,
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then completed
his professional studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, and
was called to the bar in 1916. He at once entered upon the
general practice of law in Toronto, but his career was in-
terrupted, almost at the outset, by his enlistment in the
Canadian army. He went overseas in 1917, holdingthe

rank of lieutenant, and in 1918 was transferred
Imperial army, with which he served for nine m
He was listed as a first casualty in the British I
having been gassed at the battle of Arras. He w;
charged in 1919, and returned to his professional
ties, establishing his office at No. 485 Danforth a'
being the first barrister to establish a regular law
in the Danforth section, and he is handling a gi
general practice.

Mr. Dales is a member ol the Ontario Bar Ai
tion, and is a member and secretary of the Da
Business Men's Association. He holds members
the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Dales married, in October, 1919, at Owen f
Ontario, Grace Cochrane, of that town, and the\
one son, John H. Dales. The family resides at N
Monarch Park avenue.

HEMAN HUMPHREY LANG— An energetic
resource! ul man of affairs, Mr. Lang was born in Ca
county, Ontario, June 16, 1865, son of Humphre
Anna (Perkins) Lang. His father, who was en
in the mercantile business until his death, was born
Province of Quebec. Mr. Lang's mother was b<
Kemptville, Ontario, and is still living.

Mr. Lang received his education in the public si
ot Carleton county. He graduated from high school
unusually early age, and upon leaving school serv
apprenticeship in the general mercantile business
the firm of H. McElroy & Son, of Richmond, On
After leaving Mr. McElroy, he became a salesmj
Charles H. Bottsford, of Toronto. This connectioi
satisfactory while it lasted, but it did not long er
Mr. Lang receiving an offer from the Bryson & Gr
Company, of Ottawa. He spent two years at the ci
as a salesman for this firm and then established him;
the dry goods business, in partnership with "Th
Lindsay. This venture proved successful, and pre
developed into a regular department store business, '
they carried on under the name of Lindsay & Lang,
partners held together tor three years and a halt, i
end ot which Mr. Lang disposed ot his interest anc
ceeded to Winnipeg, where he purchased the busin
Banfield & McKeachen. He conducted this bui
under the name of H. H. Lang for five years, at th
of which time he sold out and returned to Ottawa,
he again established himself as an independent re
Three years later he sold his Ottawa store and enten
wholesale field, and being extremely successful
wholesaler, continued his activities in this field fi
years and then carried his capital to Cobalt, On
where for seven years he took a very active part i
mining industry. He still continues active in the rr
business and has large interests in course of dei
ment. He came to Toronto in 1911, and, seeir
opportunity in the real estate business, he invested
ily in Toronto properties and organized the firm ,
Lang, Limited, for the purpose of dealing in Can
real estate. He has continued in this business ever
his offices being at No. 47 King street. West, L
annex of the Union Bank building.

A career so varied is bound to yield many comp
tions that are not ordinarily listed on the balance
of business. Mr. Lang never lacked confidence eitl
himself or in the opportunities that Canada offe
industry and a constructive business imagini
After his manifold experiences, Mr. Lang, from the
tage ground of his real estate office, can watch thi
ther growth of the Dominion with the interest that (!
from a perfect appreciation of the human energyJ
has transformed the wilderness and is building a p
Canada day by day.

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335

religious faith. Mr. Lang is a member of the Pres-
■ian church of Toronto. He is a member of Rich-
l Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is
rr warden : abo a member of ^^ctoria Chapter No.
Ro.val Arch Masons. He is an Orangeman, and holds
bership in Lodge No. 85 of that organization. He is
inber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
gs to the Encampment. During his residence at
pa. Mr. Lang served for two terms as a member of
itj' Council, and while he was at Cobalt, he held
ffice of alderman for one term and served for three
as mayor of Cobalt.

Lang married, in 1893. Florence E. Beckett, who
lom at Oxford Mills. Ontario. September 9, 1873,
a descendant of a brother of the well known
Thomas A. Be<rkett. Mr. and Mrs. Lang have
Slildren: Harr>- Beckett. Heman Otter, Charles
', and Hilda Rita, all of further mention. Needless
when the resources of the Dominion were mobil-
' the World War. Mr. Lang's two sons, who were
lOUgh to fight, went to the front, and his other son
laughter would have gone had they been old
h.

Ty Beckett Lang, who is now attending the Uni-

of Toronto, served in the Fifth Canadian Am-

e Corps from April, 1915, until 1920. He was on

service in the field with the doctors for fifteen

In 1917 he was promoted to the rank of lieu-

and attached to the Second Bedfordshire Regi-

Within six weeks from the time he received his

ion as lieutenant, he was further promoted to

of captain. During one of the innumerable

;ts in which he participated, he was severely

and was awarded the Military Cross for

in action. His valor and military daring were

recognized by three other citations, and he was

by being placed in charge of the colors, accom-

the commanding officer to London, where they

ived. He received his discharge in 1920, holding

of captain.

Otter Lang, who like his brother is attending

lity of Toronto, enlisted with the Roj-al

Horse Artillery of Kingston in 1916. He was on

ice overseas for three years, holding the rank

and gunner. He received his discharge in 1919,

rank of driver.

s youngest son, Charles Edgar Lang, is an

Imember of the Canadian Scouts, and ser\-es

master. Hilda Rita Lang, Mr. Lang's only

; is in training at the Toronto Hospital, with the

1922.

MacDONALD REID, D.C., Sp.C— At

engaged in the practice of Chiropractic, Dr.

formerly associated with various business firms

lakpert stenographer. She was bom in Hallowell

ns D, Prince Edward countj-, Ontario, December 9,

-?hter of Frederick Eugene and Emma Augusta

MacDonald. Her parents were of old New

stock and came from a family which, being

Itiie time of the American Revolution, moved to

land became domiciled there.

id received her preliminary education in the

>ls of her native county. .After her graduation

8<Aool, she proceeded to business college, where

a thorough knowledge of business methods

rcial subjects. She had particular ability lor

of shorthand and decided to enter the field of

a stenographer. She had no difficulty in form-

ible and advantageous connection, and as

unusually rapid and accurate writer and had

an instinctive appreciation of the value qt

precise and orderly methods, she proved an invaluable
assistant to the various firms tor which she worked. At
the end of ten years of this work, however, she decided to
seek a change of occupation and. accordingly, resigned
her position, to the great regret ot all her associates.

After giNing careful consideration to the choice of a
new profession. Dr. Reid. who had alwaj-s been attracted
by humanitarian efforts ot every kind, decided to become
a doctor of Ctiiropractic. tieliving that thus her natural
abilities would best be used for the service of others.
In order to cany out this decision, she entered the Cana-
dian Chiropractic College for her professional training.
She devoted herself to her studies at this institution of
learning with such enthusiasm and energy that she won
the approval of her instructors and fellow-students and
completed the full course of study with great credit,
graduating in due course with the degree of Doctor ol
Chiropractic. Later, she acquired the degiee ol Sp. C.

Upon her graduation from the Canadian Chiropractic
College, Dr. Reid established herself as an independent
practitioner, with offices at No. nO.\ Bloor street. West-
Toronto. Her practice has grown steadily trom the b)e-
ginning. and although it is only a year or so since sh«
opened her office, she has already acquired a wide repu-
tation for her skill and ability. In 1922 she was appointed
an instructor of symptomatoloor at the Canadian
Chiropractic College and this position she has filled with
distinction. Her students have the utmost respect for
her scientific and masterly methods of instruction, and
her success in this field justifies a belief that she will con-
tinue to be a member ot the teacJiing staff of the college
for many years to come.

In religious faith. Dr. Reid is a membyer of the Meth-
odist church. She is passionately devoted to her work,
and finds her chief recreation in the careful and orderly
accomplishment of the daily tasks of life and in her
profession. She has so far found no occasion to affiliate
herself with any of the numerous organizations or
societies of the country, but she takes a great interest in
all movements affecting the public welfare.

On July 2, 1915, she married, at Toronto, a Mr. Reid.
Dr. Reid has no children.

CHARLES ALBERT MATTHEWS, JR. the assis-
tant treasurer ot the Province ot Ontario, received his
training in a varied school of experience, and has had a
career which has qualified him tor the position he now
holds in the Provincial Government. He was bom at
London, Ontario, in 1879, son of Charles .\. and Annie
(Bray) Matthews. When he was nine years old his par-
ents brought him to Toronto, and thedty has been his
home ever since.

He received his early education in the public schools
of Toronto, and matriculated at Harbord Collegiate
Institute. A talent tor practical affairs had early mani-
fested itself in him and he decided that he had every-
thing to gain by entering the field ol business at the ear-
liest possible moment. He had no difficultj* in finding
emplojTnent, being engaged as a bookkeeper by the
firm of R. J. Lovel & Company of Toronto. This connec-
tion, although it was not destined to provide Mr. Mat-
thews with a career, was, nevertheless, valuable insofar
as it gave him practical experience in business methods.
.\fter leaving R. J. Lovel & Company, Mr. Matthews
became a stenographer and bookkeeper tor the Metropol-
itan Life Insurance Company. He maintained this
connection for a year, at the end of which he was offered
an opportunity to become secretary' to J. E. Atkinson,
managing director ot the Toronto "Daily Star." Mr.
Matthews found his new employment congenial and ad-
mirably suited to his particular ability and tempera-
ment. The experience he thus acquired has been the

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greatest value to him throughout his career. He main-
tained his connection with Mr. Atkinson for several
years. He finally relinquished this post in order to become
secretary to Sir John Willison ot the Toronto "Globe."
Some time later, when Sir John Willison took over the
Toronto "Daily News," Mr. Matthews went with him to
that paper, retaining for a time his position as secretary
and later was a reporter. He remained at the "Daily
News" until March 1, 1905, when he was appointed sec-
retary to the late Lieutenant-Colonel, the Hon. A. J.
Matheson, who was at that time treasurer of the Prov-
ince of Ontario. Mr. Matthews served successively the
Hon. I. B. Lucus, the Hon. T. W. McGarry, and the
Hon. Peter Smith during their tenure of office as provin-
cial treasurer. Finally, on September 1, 1920, he was
appointed assistant treasurer of the Province of Ontario,
the office he now holds.

Mr. Matthews is a member ot the Anglican church.
He is a Mason and belongs to High Park Lodge, Free
and Accepted Masons; Toronto Chapter; Cyrene Pre-
ceptory; and Rameses Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
His principal recreation is boating.

Mr. Matthews married Annette Wilson Crewdson.
Mrs. Matthews died on September 1, 1921. Mr. Mat-
thews has one son, Charles Raymond Matthews, who was
bom March 13, 1907.

BRUNO EDGAR WIANCKO— A well-to-do farmer of
Sparrow Lake, Muskoka, Ontario. Adolphus Wiancko,
father of Bruno Edgar Wiancko, for a number of years
was "Reeve" of the township of Morrison, and for more
than thirty years he was postmaster, also holding the
office of justice of the peace. He married Meta Hilde-
brand and they were the parents of nine children.
Bruno Edgar Wiancko was the fourth son, bom October,
24, 1879, at the home farm at Sparrow Lake, Muskoka,
and now engaged in the book and stationery business
in Toronto, a business he has followed for the past
fjlteen years.

Bruno E. Wiancko was educated in the public schools
of Sparrow Lake and at Ontario Agricultural College,
where he pursued courses of study in dairying and cream-
ery operation. But his life was turned into a different
channel, and the work of the agriculturist was laid aside
for a business career, which has since been steadily pur-
sued, with gratifying success. Mr. Wiancko came to
Toronto in 1904, where he entered the employ of the
Gutta Percha and Rubber Company, serving tor three
years as manager of their fire-hose department. He
then purchased the stock and goodwill of a book and
stationery business on Spadina avenue, and with his
brother, Theodore A. F. Wiancko, as a partner, he estab-
lished the film of Wiancko Brothers. The firm continued
business foi about two years when Bruno E. purchased
his brother's interest and continued the business alone.
For nine years he remained in the original store on
Spadina avenue, but, desiring a more prominent and
central location, he established his business at the corner
ot Bloor and Yonge streets, where he devotes himself
entirely to its progress and efficiency. In politics Mr.
Wiancko is a Liberal, and, while living in Muskoka, was
lor a time secretary of the Liberal Association. His
recreation is found in the out-of-doors, particularly
rowing and the sports of forest and stream.

Mr. Wiancko married, at Aylmer, Ontario, January 1,
1913, Elmina Raymer, daughter of Christian and
Christina (Stouffer) Raymer, her father a minister of
the Mennonite church all his active life. Two children
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wiancko: Reford Adolphus
and Margaret Christina, both attending the Model
School, Toronto.

WILLIAM J. SEITZ was born in Toronto,
December 23, 1896, son ot John J. and Nora
Seitz, his father president of the United Ty
Company, Ltd., of Toronto. After a public schoo
he entered St. Michael's College, taking a genen
but specializing in color chemistry. After grs
from St. Michael's in 1914, he became chemis
Peerless Carbon and Ribbon Company, his di
analyzing ot dyes and inks, and combining
produce the coloied ribbons and caibons desirec
still the company's chemist, and since 1918 has a
its secretary-treasurer. In that capacity he is in c
all manufacturing at the plant, their produc
carbon paper, typewriter ribbons, stamp pa
duplicator supplies, the Peerless Carbon and
Company being the largest company of its kin
world. "The company was formed by John J. S<

Jrivate capital, the officers being John J. Seitz, pi
. L. Seitz, vice-president; William J. Seitz, s«
tieasurer; and Edward Grand, manager. Two 1
are maintained, one in London, England, and t
in New York City.

In 1916 Mr. Seitz enlisted in the First Fores
talion of London, Ontario, and went overseas
land, where he was transferred to the infantry
in active service until the close of the war. He is
ber of the Scarboro Golf Club, and the Roman <
church.

Mr. Seitz married, October 9, 1919, in Kitche
tario, Mary Lang, daughter of George C. H. and
(Foley) Lang, of Kitchener, her father presider
Lang "Tanning Company, her parents both living
Mr. and Mrs. Seitz have two sons: William„Jr.,
1920, and John J., bom in 1921.

DR. DAVID CAMERON MURRAY, who i

ling a very extensive practice in Toronto and •
is a representative physician of Ontario, Can:
native of this Province, and trained in its institu
is a son of Alexander and Annie (Ross) Murr
residents of Perth county, Ontario.

Dr. Murray was born in Newton, Perth coui
tario, January 28, 1877. The foundation ot
cation was laid in the public schools of his nati-
and a preparatory course at Stratford Collegia
tute followed. He was graduated from Quei
versity, at Kingston, Ontario, in the class ot
ceiving the degree of Master of Arts, then to
later was graduated from the University of To
1904, with the degree ot Bachelor of Medicine. F
time until the present, Dr. Murray has followed
eral practice of medicine in Toronto, and earli
the confidence of the people, he has develope
successful practice.

In various interests Dr. Murray keeps in to
the general advance, and fraternally holds roe
in the Free and Accepted Masons, the Independi ■
ot Odd Fellows, and the Canadian Order ot I «
He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Dr. Murray married, in 1909, Lucy Louise 1 '
daughter of Charles and Mary Alice (Home) J *
and they have one daughter, Mary Alice it
Murray, born July 28, 1911.

ERNEST O. COOPER, president and foum
Cooper Calendar and Metal Company, wasg
Colbome Ontario, June 13, 1879. He is the I
son of the late venerable Horace D. Coopi jl
D.D., Archdeacon of Keewatin, who died in 19( Jl
almost completed fifty years in the rainisti «!
Church of England. Archdeacon Cooper wa
Canada, his father, Rev. Henry C. Cooper,

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837

ridge University, England, coming to this country
irery young man; he was one of the noteworthy
»r clergymen of Ontario, beginning his ministry in
uron Diocese in the early thirties of the last cen-
later coming to Islington, where he was rector
George's Church for over forty years.
i Cooper acquired his early education in the public
p of Collingwood, and he completed his education
I Collingwood Collegiate Institute. His first busi-
bosition was with the Toronto Lithograph Com-
I where he remained for about fifteen years, work-
it through the various departments until he held
iSce of manager. Then, tor three years, he was
t'd in commercial photography, doing business
ihis own name in the Western Provinces. There-
feturning to Toronto, Mr. Cooper established the
t business under the name of the Cooper Calen-
3tal Company. This concern was started in 1913,
anulactures calendar metal slides, and also does
ishing of calendar works, as special lines of activ-
ndling many kindred operations in this field of
IS. They are the only firm of this kind in the
iion, and the plant is located at No. 16 Pearl
I Toronto.

lie head of this interest, Mr. Cooper holds a posi-
I prominence in the business world ot Toronto. As
K man, from 1900 until 1903 he served one en-
It in the York Rangers, enlisting as private and
his honorable discharge with the rank of ser-
Walter N. Cooper and Stanley H. Cooper,
, served overseas in the World War, Walter
king the supreme sacrifice at Vimy Ridge.
Ooper is identified with the Anglican church,
(loper, married in 1904, Lena Whitfield Griffith,
»s born in Toronto, September 9, 1886, and died
8l27, 1919, leaving the following children: Gladys
)ouglas H. W., John A. S., Phillis S., and Harry
,' !• youngest of whom died in 1917.

'ILIAM C. SCHULTZ is one of the younger busi-

itn and hotel owners in Toronto, Canada. He was

i a Renfrew, Ontario, June 13, 1884, son of William

>ophia (Hasse) Schultz, both deceased. His

s the well known building contractor of Arn-

itario.

1 C. Schultz was educated in the grammar and
ols of Arnprior, Ontario, and it was not until
he came to Toronto to find the larger oppor-
iie served four years learning the plumber's
. arious local establishments, and in 1906 went
CSS for himself, carrying on extensive industrial
■iitial contracts. In 1917 he became interested
and purchased the Isabella Hotel, a modem
use on the corner of Sherbourne and Isabelle
Toronto.

Iiultz has not been able to give much time to

■1 which he is an Independent, or to social and

lie is a communicant of the Methodist church.

1 C. Schultz married on September 18, 1913,

•ito, Corrinne Henrietta Brines, daughter

and Edith (Ross) Brines, of Toronto. Mr.

Schultz are the parents of two children:

■vho died in infancy; and John Douglas, born

i918.

Ingram & Bell, Limited. He is also well known in club and
fraternal circles of the city, his birthplace.

His father, William C. Bell, was born in England in
1834, and came to Toronto about 1850. During his actiye
career he was an agent for the New Williams Machine
Company and also for the Singer Sewing Machine
Company. He married, in 1859, Elizabeth Jerman, a
native of Markham, Ontario.

FYederick John Bell was born in Toronto, July 29.
1878, and was educated in DufiFerin School and Harbora
Collegiate Institute. After leaving school he entered the
employ of the Chandler-Massey Company, remaining
with this company until 1905, when the firm of Ingram
& Bell was formed, purchasing the Chandler-Massey
interests. The original line, the manufacture of pharma-
ceutical preparations, has been continued, and the com-
pany are also dealers in phvsicians' and hospital sup-
plies. In 1914 a building of three stories was erected,
and in 1917 two stories were added, giving twenty
thousand feet of floor space. In this modern plant about
seventy people are employed, taking care of the large
volume of business that the present administration bunt
up from the small and unimportant beginning in 1905.
There is a branch of the company at Calgary, and reprer
sentatives of the company, dealing directly with hospitala,
physicians, and nurses, market their products throughout
the Dominion.

Mr. Bell is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers'
Association, the Kiwanis Club, the Rusholme Lawn
Bowling Club, and also fraternizes with the Masonic
order.

iRICK JOHN BELL— Mr. Bell's active
s'an in the employ of the Chandler-Massey
. and his work has been in connection with this
o the present, although in 1905 he became
and treasurer of the corporation, purchasing
^s of the original proprietors, the present title.

ALFRED TENNYSON CHANNELL— The Channell
name, which in the city of Toronto, Canada, stands for
important manufacturing interests, has come to be
known throughout the Dominion of Canada for its con-
nection with those necessities ot the modem housewife
which have become familiar under the trade-mark of
"O'Cedar."

Alfred T. Channell, who is at the head of this man-
ufacturing concern, was bom in the village of Stanstead,
in the Province of Quebec, June 26, 1882. His education
was acquired in the public schools of Stanstead, Cook-
shire and Sherbrooke, and the high schools of the last-
named place. His first employment was as a "devil"
in the printing establishment conducted by his brother
in Sherbrooke. Later he worked on his uncle's farm,
then, in 1907, went to Chicago, Illinois, where he entered
the employ of another brother, the head of the Channell
Chemical Company of that city, manufacturers of
chemicals and disinfectants. First holding an office
position, then later going on the road for the same con-
cern, Mr. Channell eventually became vice-president
of the concern. Disposing of his interest in the Chicago
business in 1913, he came to Toronto, and here opened
a factory tor the manufacture of "O'Cedar" mops and
polishes, having secured the manufacturing and salea
rights in the Dominion. Beginning under the name ot the
Channell Chemical Company, Limited, the business
developed to a marked degree, and in 1920 a new char-
ter was taken out, and at that time the firm name be-
came Channell, Limited. This concem also acts as dis-
tributors for the "Aladdin" dye soaps in Canada. The
plant is located at No. 369 Sorauren avenue, occupying
three floors and basement, or 12,000 square feet ol
floor space, and employs forty-five people. The "O'
Cedar" goods produced here reach every part of the
Dominion, and are distributed through wholesale houses.

iVs a member ot the Canadian Manufacturers' Assoc-
iation and ot the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Channell
keeps in touch with the general progress. He chooses
the outdoor world for recreation, is a member ot the

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Mississauga Golf Club and the Lake Shore Country
Club. In religious faith, he is a Christian Scientist.

Mr. Channell married Lile M. Hahn, of Chicago,
Illinois, and they have two children: Ruth Lile, and
Charles Alfred.

ROBERT HENRY EASSON, a native of Toronto,
has spent his active life in this city and is now vice-
president ot the Otto Higel Company, widely known
giano action and key manufacturers, with whose progress
e has been associated since 1904. He is a son of Robert
F. and Millicent Easson, his father one of the pioneer
telegraphers ot Canada, who was identified with the
Great Northwestern Telegraph Company from its
earliest days.

Robert Henry Easson was educated in the grammar
and high schools of Toronto, and began business life in
the employ of M. and L. Samuel, Benjamin & Company,
wholesale hardware merchants, as cashier and office
assistant. This was in 1890, and in 1900 he became man-
ager of the audit department of Jenkins & Hardy, assign-
ees and chartered accountants, resigning in 1904 to
form his present association with the Otto Higel Com-
pany, piano action and key manufacturers. In 1906 Mr.
Easson became vice-president of this company and still
serves in that capacity, having made substantial con-
tributions to the upbuilding of the prosperous organiza-
tion of the present company. He has taken active interest
in the affairs of the Canadian Manufacturers' Associa-
tion, being chairman ot the Toronto branch, and is a
member of the Rotary Club, also holding membership
in the National Club, Canadian Club, and the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club, fraternizing with the Masonic
order. Politically, Mr. Easson is a Liberal, and his
religious faith is Presbyterian. He turns to bowling and
motoring for recreation and exercise in the midst of
busy affairs.

Mr. Easson married, December 28, 1904, Winifred
Garvin, daughter of John Garvin, deceased. They are the
parents ot three children: Robeit Farmer, Cecilie
Catherine, James Garvin.

THOMAS EDWARDS— For half a century Mr. Ed-
wards has been a resident of Toronto, Canada, and in
that time it has been his privilege to watch the city
grow, nearly doubling its population every twenty years
until now it boasts of a population of more than 500,000,
and is universally conceded to be one of the most beau-
tiful residential cities ot the world.

Thomas Edwards was born in England in 1845, son of
John Edwards, ot Edenbridge of Kent, England.
His mother, Ann Edwards, was also a native of England.
When Thomas Edwards was twenty-six years of age he
came to Toronto. Travel in those days did not offer
the delights such as modern travellers enjoy, and many
days had elapsed since this young man had leit his home
in England for a land strange and unfamiliar, but one
which he knew held a wealth of opportunities for the
ambitious youth.

Mr. Edwards had received a liberal education in
England, and soon after his arrival he secured employ-
ment in a real estate office, eventually engaging in the
publishing business. For three years he published the
Yorkville "News" and the Parkdale "News," and for
eleven yeare he was special correspondent for the
"Telegram." However, in his work around the city in
the interests of his publication, he could not but see how
great was the opportunity presented by real estate and
insurance interests and he finally, in 1873, gave up the
publishing business to give his entire time to real estate
and insurance. He has been exceedingly successful, and
his knowledge of real estate values makes him an author-

ity on the subject. From 1873 to 1883 he sold real
in Yorkville, then went to Parkdale and sold real
and then came to Northwest Toronto in 1916. For
years Mr. Edwards served on the school board <
Parkdale schools.

Politically he is an Independent, but he is I
means a politician. His church affiliation is wi(
Church of England.

Mr. Edwards married, in 1876, in Toronto, Am
Childley, of Toronto, and they have one son aa
daughter. The family home is at No. 128 Margi
Street, Toronto.

WILLIAM NELSON KNECHTEL— For t\

years William Nelson Knechtel has bees engaged i
undertaking and embalming business, and since
has been located in Toronto. He enjoys the well-e
reputation ot being an expert in his line, and his si
in achieving the supposedly impossible feat of 8(
paring a body tor transportation from Toronto to 1
pool, England, that when removed from its casii
England, it showed no discoloration of any kind, tl
exposed to public view tor four days, has won fo:
the highest commendation and praise.

William Nelson Knechtel was born in Waterloo co
Ontario, July 28, 1876, son of John and Jane (P(
Knechtel, ol that county, his grandparents, on
the maternal and paternal sides, being old Cani
stock of the same county. He received his early e
tion in Victoria Public School of Gait, Ontario, and
his period of attendance at the day sessions was
pleted he attended the evening school for several sea
He then associated himself with Cowan & Compat
Gait, Ontario, with whom he learned the trade o
machinist, completing, in the meantime, a coun
study under the direction of the International C(
pondence School of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Aftei
years ot experience in the employ of Cowan & Com
he severed his connection with that firm and be
identified with Goldie & McCulloch, ot Gait, Oni
This connection he maintained for a period of two,
and then accepted a position as assistant engineer
sugar plantation in Cuba, in the employ of Broo
Company, of Liverpool, England, with whom h
mained tor four years. At the end of that time h
cided to engage in business for himself, and alter
paring himself by a course ot study, took out papf
1903, and engaged in the undertaking business in Pa
ston, Ontario. There he conducted a successful u
taking and embalming business lor a period of
years, until 1910, when he came to Toronto and (
lished himself in the same line, opening an office a
1202 Yonge street, where he has continued succes
to the present time (1922), under the name ol the
Burial Company. The undertaking work oi Mr. K
tel has not been confined to Toronto, and his ski
his courtesy, as well as his integrity as a business
have won loi him the highest praise. He has m -
careful study ol several difficult parts ot his wor •
has not been content merely to do in the best pr
manner the routine work ot his calling, but ha^
beyond that and has succeeded in doing wha
generally been considered impossible. In the case
body of Mrs. Lomax, already mentioned, Mr. Kti
accepted the task, October, 1921, of embalming, en 4'
and preserving the body for shipment from Toro •
Liverpool for burial. It was generally believed
body could not be cased and embalmed in such a n
as to avoid any discoloration, bruising, or other
for so long a time, especially while in transit, but tl
did not prevent Mr. Knechtel from undertakii
commission. His knowledge ot the preservation ol I "i

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oined with his resourcefulness and skill in applying
, knowledge, accomplished the seemingly impossible,
I the highest commendation was accorded Mr.
ehtel both by members of his profession in England
iby the friends and relatives of Mrs. Lomax. The
I of William Seales & Company of Blackburn, Eng-
i sent him a letter of congratulation from which the
l*ing is quoted: "in regard to the excellence of your
i: — both as to the preservation of the body and the
;etiveness and durability oi the casket used." Mr.
. Dickinson also sent him a letter, which states in
r "The body was released in fifteen minutes by the
i ms authorities at Liverpool. I had it taken out of
;hell for four days, and at least one hundred and
;:people, including five undertakers, saw it, and they
j^hey have seen nothing to compare with the ex-
Iit workmanship and the type of casket used. The
d had not moved the fraction of an inch while en
i and the color was as natural as if the body were
it rabalmed." The skill and conscientious care which
lied Mr. Knechtel to accomplish this feat has
irl for him an equally high reputation in the ordinary
r of his profession, and the name, York Burial Com-
n; has become a guarantee for first class workman-
p honest business methods, and tact and courtesy
n nagement.

Pi tically, Mr. Knechtel is an Independent, and takes

aive interest in the public affairs of his community,

)ui he has neither time nor inclination for the honors

piilic office. Ten of his family served in the World

ir Fraternally he is well known, being a member of

stale Lodge, No. 337, of which he is a past grand,

lemdent Order of Odd Fellows; City grand, Loyal

ar? Lodge, No. 2067, of which he is past master;

U" ck Lodge, No. 13, Sons of England Benefit Society;

yi Templars of Temperance, Lodge No. 104, North

ro;o. His religious affiliation is with the Yonge

■M Methodist Church of Toronto.

"an Nelson Knechtel married, on April 16, 1908,

Ontario, Mary Maud Willard, daughter of Wil-

i Mary (Hambly) Willard, of Gait, Ontario,

are the parents of two children. Willard H.,

. Palmerston, Ontario, July 20, 1909; and John

, bm in Toronto, April 25, 1911.

(MiDEL RYDER — An active and energetic young

ifflliman who has now become a Canadian, Mr.

vHs born at Manchester, January 1, 1884. He

ated in the public schools oi his native city

ared himself for a business career by studying

-ncy.

1 Mr. Ryder came to Toronto and had no diffi-
tinding employment. He spent several years
iTvice of various firms of accountants, and
his period he was often employed individually
ito firms for special work. In 1918 he entered
state business, opening an office in the east end
io in the Danforth section. Mr. Ryder has al-
1 a fair measure of success and his business is
owing. He promoted the Danforth Beach street
and finds his time completely occupied by the
f his new work. His offices are at No. 1451
avenue, Toronto, Ont. At the present time, Mr.
les not belong to any clubs or fraternal oigani-
' 1 is residence is in Toronto.

and commerce. In Toronto Alfred Chapman stands
among the leaders in this profession, with offices in the
Harbor Commission building.

Mr. Chapman is of English descent, his paternal
grandfather having settled in Toronto about 1860, and
is a son of Alfred and Frances M. Chapman. His father
was born in England and came to Toronto with his par-
ents, later being active as a merchant, and died January
11, 1920.

Mr. Chapman was born in Toronto, December 8,
1878, and his early education was received in the Model
School. After a course in the Harbord Collegiate In-
stitute he studied architecture for five years in Toronto
and then went abroad, and from 1901 to 1903, inclusive,
studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, in
Paris. Crossing to America, he practiced his profession
in New York City for about two years, then, in 1905,
returned to Toronto. Here Mr. Chapman established
himself permanently, and has since been identified with
the designing of many of the finer structures in and about
the city. He designed Knox College; Albert College, at
Belleville, Ontario; the Harbor Commission building and
the Harbor Commission Work at Sunnyside; the Pure
Food building at the Exposition Grounds; various in-
dustrial plants, and many private residences, and was
also one of the architects who designed the Toronto
Public Library. In 1919 Mr. Chapman entered into the
present partnership, the firm name becoming Chapman
& Oxley, and the business of the concern is constantly
extending. Mr. Chapman is also vice-president of
Chapman, Limited, succeeding his father. Mr. Chap-
man, in connection with his regular work, acts as con-
sulting architect for the Harbor Commission and the
Canadian National Exhibition.

Mr. Chapman is a member of the Royal Architectural
Institute of Canada, and of the Ontario Association of
Architects. He is a member of the Arts and Letters
Club, and holds membership in the Church of England.

Mr. Chapman married, on December 31, 1913, in
England, Doris H. Dennison, and they have one daugh-
ter and two sons: Philiippa, Howard and Robert.

: ED CHAPMAN— With the continual advance
ihase of civic activity there is great significance
reased subservience of art to utility, particularly
■"uctures which house the daily interests of the
I'he architect of today is creating a city-beautiful
.Jst of the inevitable toil and stress of industry

HARRY BERTRAM ANDERSON, M. D., L.R.C.P.,

M. R. C. S., son of Duncan and Elizabeth (Ritchie)
Anderson, was born September 20, 1868. His educa-
tion, which began in the Peterborough county public
schools, was continued in Norwood High School, Col-
lingwood Collegiate Institute, Ottawa Normal School,
and Trinity University, he graduating in medicine in
1892, and winning the gold medal. He continued study
in University College, London, England, in 1893;
Pathological Laboratory, Claybury Asylum, London,
1898; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland,
1895 and 1901; University of Munich, 1907; University
of Vienna, 1911. He has been engaged in the practice
of medicine at different intervals since 1893 in the city of
Toronto, for some years as a consulting physician only.
He is consulting physician to Muskoka Hospital and
Cottage Sanitarium, consultant to tl« Hospital for
Incurables, and chief medical referee for the Imperial
Life Assurance Company.

Dr. Anderson was professor of pathology. Trinity
University, 1894-1901; professor of clinical pathology,
University of Toronto, 1901-03; and associate professor
of clinical medicine, 1901-1919. He served for a time
before the war as junior medical officer of the 12th
Battalion, York Rangers, and was commissioned
lieutenant-colonel of the Canadian Army Medical
Corps in 1915. He organized the medical stall of Central
Convalescent Hospital, Toronto, and was consultant to
Spadina Hospital.

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In 1896 Dr. Anderson was elected president of the
Toronto Pathological Society; in 1906 president of the
Toronto Clinical Society; in 1915 president of the
Academy of Medicine, Toronto; in 1916 president of the
Ontario Medical Association; is chairman of the board
of trustees of the Academy of Medicine; and president
of the Medical Alumni Association of the University of
Toronto. He is a member of the American Therapeutic
Society, vice-president in 1919; member of the Canadian
Medical Association; British Medical Association;
American Association of Medical Directors of Insurance;
and medical adviser to the Inspectors and Teachers'
Superannuation Commission of Ontario.

In addition to numerous contributions to the current
literature of his profession. Dr. Anderson is the author
of "Oral Sepsis: Tice's Practice of Medicine." He is a
member of the Masonic order, affiliated with St. Paul's
Royal Arch Chapter (past principal); and with the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. His clubs are the
York, Lambton Golf, and Toronto Winter, and he is an
honorary member cf Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity.
He is a Conservative in politics, and a Presbyterian in
religion. He enjoys open air sports, golf, fishing and
walking being his favorite recreations.

Dr. Anderson married, in Toronto, Canada, August
14, 1901, Florence Northway, and they have one daugh-
ter, Katharine. In 1913 Dr. Anderson represented
Canada, as one of the delegates from the Dominion, at
the International Medical Congress in London. The
family home is No. 73 South Drive, Toronto.

REV. GERALD J. KIRBY— Born in the city of
Toronto, educated in the city schools, preparatory,
classical and theological. Rev. Father Kirby meets all
the requirements of a "native son." Furthermore his
pastoral service since ordination has been with churches
in Toronto, and although a young man his appointments
have been important ones in recognition of his zeal and
ability.

He is a son of Michael and Marie (Jordan) Kirby, his
father born in Ireland, his mother in Wellington county,
Ontario. Michael Kirby was born May 5, 1857, and came
to the Dominion of Canada in youth. He married, in
Fergus, Ontario, Marie Jordan, born June 7, 1867, and
resided in Guelph, Ontario, where he held a public office,
later removing to Toronto. Their family consisted of
ten sons and one daughter.

Gerald J. Kirby was born in Toronto, Ontario,
February 10, 1890. His education begun in St. Helen's
Parochial School, Toronto, was continued at La Salle
Institute and St. Michael's College, Toronto, whence he
completed his preparation for the University of Toronto,
whence he was graduated A. B., class of 1912. He pur-
sued courses of theology at Grand Seminary, Montreal,
finishing at St. Augustine Seminary, Toronto. He was
ordained to the priesthood of the Roman Catholic
church in 1916, and was appointed assistant to the rector
of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Toronto, a post he
acceptably filled for a period of four and a half years.
Following this service he was made chancellor of the
Arch Diocese of Toronto, and private secretary of
Archbishop O'Neil. In May, 1921, he was appointed
rector of St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, and still
continues in that important appointment.

While a student in St. Michael's, Father Kirby was a
member of the editorial staff of the "College Year Book"
(1912), and has always been interested in matters
literary. He is a constant reader and delights in the
best authors. He is a member of the Knights of Colum-
bus, and of numerous religious orders and organi-
zations.

JASON A. HAUGH— In the field of practice
ment manufacture the name of the J. A. Haugh
ufacturing Company of Toronto, of which Jai
Haugh is the active head, holds a leading pc
The Haugh organization, a thoroughly Canadian
prise financed by Canadian capital, is the result <
and diligent labor on the part of its organizer an(
aging head, Jason Alexander Haugh. Mr. H
first work of importance was the organization
Defiance Manufacturing Company of Toronto, ir
a business similar to that which he now cot
After several years of success in the manufaet
high-grade overalls, shirts, and trousers, Mr.
in 1915 formed the J. A. Haugh Manufacturing
pany, by merging into one large business the Di
Manufacturing Company and the T. E. Braine Cor
established for over forty years as a leader in th(
ufacture of men's working apparel. The plan
business of the T. E. Braine Company was taken (
the merger. Mr. Haugh has brought this busir
the front in its particular field and had mat
extended its scope. The concern now manuff
men's cotton clothing of all kinds and the Haugh
"Kiddie" garments. The product is marketed tl
the firm's own representatives, and the business e
throughout the entire Dominion, including Yuko

Mr. Haugh is a member of the Canadian Manul
ers' Association and of the Toronto Board of '
He is an official member of the Howard Park Met
Church.

NORMAN ARMSTRONG WYLIE— The bt
talents and energy of Norman Armstrong Wyli
won him responsible place in one of Toronto's for
industrial organizations, the Sheet Metal Pri
Company, and he had embarked upon a well-ai
independent venture when death called him.
organization of modern business has placed pi
emphasis upon sales, and it was in this departmer
Mr. Wylie had made a brilliant record that had att
wide attention in Canadian commercial circles,
bright promise of his future was based upon the
foundation of practical conquests already madi
which are written into the business history of his (

Mr. Wylie was a son of Robert Jameson and Ch;
(Armstrong) Wylie, his maternal grandfather,
Armstrong, one of Toronto's early settlers. John
strong came from Scotland to Canada, becan
owner of an axe factory on Shepard street, and
member of the first City Council. His death occu
Durham county.

Norman Armstrong Wylie was bom in Ti
September 1, 1887, and died in this city January I
He was educated in the public schools of the city,
a youth entered the employ of Rice, Lewis and Coi
hardware merchants, learning the business thor
and becoming a most successful salesman. In I •
left this organization to accept the sales-manager f
the Sheet Metal Products Company, Ltd., contiii t
charge of the sales department until 1919. Thi
Metal Products Company, Ltd., occupies a p
leadership in its field, having branch offices at W i|
and Montreal, and the responsibilities of his posi n
the distribution of the company's products were \ {'
and important.

Withdrawing from this organization in I919,hei ei
a new business, but his death ended his new wor n
very beginning. Mr. Wylie was a member of tl -"
adian Manufacturers' Association, and was one
committee who made a trip abroad under the s
of the association in the interest of Canadian
facturers. His abilities were recognized in the C:

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341

iiness fraternity, and a genial disposition, winning
(ionality, and unswerving devotion to high ideals won
ii countless friends.

'e was a member of the Masonic order in which he
e' the thirty-second degree, being affiliated with
*iand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
liclubs were the Rosedale Golf, National and Canadian
II he was a member of the executive committee of the
uinamed. He was active in church work, being a mem-
€iof St. Paul's Anglican Church, and for a number of
e's a sidesman.

r. Wylie married, in 1911, at Collingwood, Ontario,
Jy Rosamond Telfer, daughter of Frank Foster
'tor, president of the Telfer Biscuit Company, Ltd.,
n Mary (Baker) Telfer. Mr. and Mrs. Wylie were
hiparents of Eleanor and Rosamond.

AMES ALLAN TODD, M. B., of No. 165 College

tr't,was born in Churchill, Simcoe county, Ontario, in

Us 1853, son of Hugh and Margaret Allan Todd, his

it!r a farmer and one of the pioneers of Simcoe county,

»nirio. His education, begun in the district schools,

iitinued in high school and Collegiate Institute

', Ontario. From the Institute he passed to the

department of the University of Toronto in

d in 1879 was graduated from that institution.

went to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he entered

;d College of Physicians and Surgeons, becoming

ate of that college in 1880. In 1881 he returned

lid the same year began medical practice in

own, Ontario, there continuing for seven years.

^ he located in Toronto, where he has since

'! with a full measure of success during the

ihirty-five years which have elapsed. He is

and favorably known in his adopted city, and is

[in high regard by his contemporaries of the pro-

|n.

Todd is independent in political thought and ac-

ittt is keenly alive to the duties and responsibilities

ihip, is public-spirited and progressive, always

found concerned in any movement for the welfare

ity. He is identified with the Masonic order,

past master of Credit Lodge, No. 219, Free and

d Masons of Georgetown; is past chief ranger

t high physician of the Independent Order of

s. He is a member of the Presbyterian church,

lie time was a member of the board of managers

Id Erskine Presbyterian Church of Toronto.

Iprmo, Alton county, Ontario, Dr. Todd married,

"ur 6, 1883, Louise Jane Switzer, daughter of

11. M. Switzer, of Palermo, and of an old Paler-

:ly.

id Mrs. Todd are the parents of two sons, both

1 gave their lives to their country: 1. Dr. James

Todd, a practicing physician of Toronto until

the supreme sacrifice in the war with Germany

:'; was a graduate of the University of Toronto,

i practice when his Mother Country called, his

I' being immediate, his name appearing in the

iie first Canadian troops to go overseas in 1914,

immediate command acting as body guard to the

staff. He fought in Flanders, but was later

red to Cleveland Hospital near London, where

r formed valuable X-ray service at a military

1. Later he was transferred to Quebec, Canada,

!ip died of pneumonia, October 17, 1918. 2.

mt Allan Switzer Todd, was a lieutenant in the

Own Regiment, a noted rifle shot and the winner

honors and awards as a marksman. He trained

urtis Aviation School at Long Branch, Ontario,

t overseas in 1915 with one of the first Canadian

'Irons. He was in many engagements and gave

up his life in the Forest of Dessart, France, January 4.

1917.

CHARLES HORACE GOODERHAM A business
career long and useful, philanthropic endeavor wisely and
generously directed, social activities centering in a group
of loyal friends, family relations into which the best of
the world's joys entered, — these were the principal divi-
sions of the life of Charles Horace Gooderham. Toronto,
looking back over the less than two decades that separate
his time from the present, recognizes anew his service to
the city and his place therein, and numbers him among
her sons to whom she is proud to extend honors.

Son of William and Harriet (Hern) Gooderham,
Charles Horace Gooderham was born in Toronto,
February 18, 1843, and completed his scholastic educa-
tion in Upper Canada College.

Mr. Gooderham served as president of the Freehold
Loan Association and as a director of the Canada Per-
inanent Loan and Mortgage Association. He was a
director of the Home for Incurables, giving to this
institution devoted aid and support through his time
and his means. He was a member of the Methodist
church. For his most enjoyed recreation he went to the
out-of-doors, and salmon fishing and shooting were his
favorite sports. He was also the owner of a large farm
and English gardens at Meadowvale, Ontario, and gave
much of his leisure time to their care.

He married Eliza Folwell, daughter of Charles and
Lucretia (Rowe) Folwell, her father deceased, a farmer
and lumber merchant at Alpha Mills. Children: Mar-
garet; Mabel May, married R. T. Ramsay; Helen
Madeline, married Stanley J. Castleman; Henry E., a
barrister, married Mildred Parsons; James H., a rancher
of Saskatchewan, married Margaret Curry; and Grace
Adelia.

Charles Horace Gooderham died in his native city
October 18, 1905. His strength and talents were ex-
pended in the pursuit of high and noble aims, and those
whose privilege it was to know him intimately realized
the great degree in which he attained them.

HAROLD ROCHESTER FROST— As a member of
the well known law firm of Briggs, Frost, Dillon &
Birks, Harold R. Frost, of Toronto, Canada, holds a
responsible position in the profession in this Province.
Mr. Frost's family is of English origin, his grandfather,
John Frost, having been the first of the family to settle
in Canada. John Frost came to Ontario about 1840 and
located near Ottawa for a time, later removing to Owen
Sound. There he gained more than ordinary prominence
as a general merchant and manufacturer, and was one
of the early mayors of Owen Sound.

Alfred Frost, son of John Frost, and father of Harold
R., was born in Owen Sound in 1843, and died in 1893.
He was a barrister of note in his time, was created
Queen's Counsel, and was crown attorney and clerk of
the peace for the County of Grey at the time of his
death. For a number of years and up to the date of his
death, he had as a partner the late A. G. Mackay, K.C.,
for a time leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legis-
lature, and later member of the Alberta Legislature.

Harold Rochester Frost was born in Owen Sound,
Ontario, July 7, 1877, and attended the public and high
schools of that city. He received the degree of LL.B.
from the University of Toronto, and graduated from
Osgoode Hall Law School in 1903, receiving his call to the
bar in the same year. He at once entered into partner-
ship with A. W. Briggs, K.C., and has since practiced
continuously in Toronto. As a member of the above
firm he handles an extensive general practice, standing
high in the profession. He is a member of the Canadian

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Bar Association and of the York County Law Associa-
tion.

For years Mr. Frost has been more or less interested
in the business life of Toronto, and is a director in various
financial and industrial institutions. Politically he
supports the Liberal party. Fraternally he holds mem-
bership in both Rehoboam and Grey Lodges, Free and
Accepted Masons. Always active in the work of the
Young Men's Christian Association, he serves on the
board of directors of the Toronto Association and has
taken a prominent part in the boy's work in the Prov-
ince. He is a member of the Ontario Club.

Mr. Frost married, in Toronto, in 1906, Ethel Isabel
Macleod, of Toronto, and they have one son, Irving
Rochester. Mr. and Mrs. Frost are members of the
Methodist church.

THOMAS HENRY — For more than a quarter of a
century Thomas Henry has been connected with engin-
eering firms and projects in Toronto, his start being with
the Waterous Engine Works, marine engineering having
been his earliest specialty. He has been identified as
chief or consulting engineer with various public utility
companies of the city, and has to his credit the planning
and building of public works of importance. He is head
of the Henry Engineering Company, at No. 89 Welling-
ton street, manufacturers, agents, consulting engineers,
in connection with a battery agency and a service station.

Thomas Henry was born in Guelph, Ontario, Septem-
ber 30, 1876, son of Thomas and Jessie (Morton) Henry,
his parents born in Scotland, his mother still living (1922)
a resident of Muskoka, Ontario. Thomas Henry, the
elder, was a chemist and color expert in Scotland, with
the Henry Monteith Company, textile manufacturers.
On coming to Canada he settled in Guelph, Ontario;
later on a farm in the beautiful Muskoka Lake region,
and there his son, Thomas, spent the years of his youth,
assisting on his father's farm.

"Thomas Henry, the younger, was educated in the
public schools of Muskoka, Technical College of Toronto,
and through the medium of correspondence schools,
pursued several courses in marine and electrical en-
gineering. He remained at the home farm several years
after leaving school and developed a love of athletics and
aquatic sports, the Muskoka lake region with its one
thousand lakes and ponds surrounded by beautiful
forest scenery offering tempting inducements to a lover
of out-of-doors.

In 1895 Mr. Henry left the farm and became engaged
with the Waterous Engine Works of Brantford, in their
marine engineering department. He continued with that
company for several years, gaining valuable experience.
In 1902 he entered the service of the Stark Telephone,
Light & Power Company of Toronto, as chief engineer,
and remained with that company until its dissolution in
1910. "The company was then reorganized as the Inter-
urban Electric Company, with plants located in the
heart of West Toronto, to supply light and power within
the city limits. Mr. Henry was appointed chief en-
gineer of the reorganized company, and while in that
position designed and built plants for the Erindale
Power Company, on the Credit river, to supply light and
power to points outside the corporate limits of West
Toronto. He was also chief engineer of that company,
serving until 1915, when both the Interurban Electric
Company and the Erindale Power Company were taken
over by the Hydro Electric Commission, and in that
year Mr. Henry opened offices at No. 58 Front street.
West, and until 1918 he confined himself to consultation.
In 1918 he formed the Henry Engineering Company,
manufacturers' agents and consulting engineers, with
offices at No. 71 Bay street, Toronto. In 1920 he re-

moved to No. 89 Wellington street, and added an af
for the Vesta Battery, and now (1922) also raaint
a service station at the same location.

In politics Mr. Henry is a Liberal, and in reli
faith a member of the Hyde Park Baptist Church, hi
been a deacon of that church and an active w
therein. In 1900 Mr. Henry won the canoeing cham
ship of the Muskoka Lake Association, and he has i
lost his early love of aquatic and athletic sports.

Thomas Henry married, in 1903, at Reading, 1
sylvania, Emily L. Heilman, daughter of Adam
Susan (St. Clair) Heilman, of Reading, her parents
deceased. Adam Heilman was a hardware merchi
Reading, a soldier of the Union during the Civil
1861-1865, who was shot through the lungs in b
Mr. and Mrs. Henry are the parents of one son: Tl
(3) Henry, now a student at Humberside Colli
Institute. The family home is at No. 7 Rowland s
Toronto.

GEORGE GOUINLOCK— For many years a sui
ful business man of Toronto, member of the firm (
Toronto Hardware Company, Mr. Gouinlock was k
in the city of his adoption as an upright man of affair
substantial citizen.

George Gouinlock, son of George Gouinlock, of Ii
county, Ontario, and grandson, on his mother's sir
Dr. William Chalk, also of Huron county, was bo
Harpurhey, now Seaforth, Huron county, Oni
December 19, 1854. Mr. Gouinlock was educat(
Upper Canada College. His business life began ii
capacity of clerk for Adam Hope, of Hamilton. Re
ing to Seaforth in 1874, he was associated witl
brother. Dr. Gouinlock, in the management ot
Gouinlock Salt Works. He came to Toronto in
and formed a partnership with J. H. Paterson, ii
manufacture of hardware, the firm later becoming ki
as the Toronto Hardware Manufacturing Com]
Ltd., located at No. 1100 Queen street, West.

He had been a member of St. Mark's Anglican Ch
affiliated with the Masonic order, was a member o
Lambton Golf Club, and a life member of the Pari
Canoe Club.

He married Agnes C. Holmestead, daughter of Ai
Holmestead, a barrister of London, England.

Mr. and Mrs. Gouinlock were the parents of: ft
Holmestead, held the rank of lieutenant in the Roys
Force and saw duty overseas, is now engaged in tl
business in Toronto; Agnes Constance, married ft
P. Carr, manager of the Dominion Bank at Nap;
Ontario; Edith Audrey, married Trevor H. Tei
of Toronto; Kathleen, married R. M. Harcour
Toronto; and Naomi Frances, married C. P. Dou
of Toronto.

Mr. Gouinlock's death occurred in Toronto, Od
4, 1915.

FREDERICK FITZROY CLARKE— A memb
an old country family, Mr. Clarke is now engagf
business at Toronto as a manufacturing printer,
was Isorn at Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England
of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Fredericka CI
His father was engaged in the brewery business, v
was founded long ago and carried on until Mr. Cla
death in 1910.

Mr. Clarke was educated at Derby School, Di
and at Orleton School, Scarborough, in Yorkshire,
studied law in England for a period of three years bi
coming to this country. He settled in Toronto
found the opportunities of the business world i
attractive than the study of law. He had vai

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MILTON ROY ROBINSON— In legal circles in
Toronto the presence of Milton Roy Robinson, who was
the junior member of the firm of Gullen & Robinson,
barristers, is greatly missed . Mr. Robinson's antecedents
came from England and Ireland to Canada, settling in
Ontario about 1845. He was a son of Charles W. and
Martha A. (Huston) Robinson, who were both born on
Canadian soil. For many years the elder Mr. Robinson
was engaged in farming near St. Mar>''s, Ontario, but
is now acting as valuator at Exeter, Ontario. The
mother died in 1908.

Milton Roy Robinson was born at St. Mary's, On-
tario, April 4, 1892, and received his early education in
the public and high schools of that community, later
attending the high school and normal school at Strat-
ford, Ontario. Then, entering the University of Toronto
in 1914, he pursued his studies there until the call of his
country interrupted the course. Enlisting in the Can-
adian Signal Corps in May, 1916, he went overseas in Sept-
ember same year, then on to France in August, 1917,
where he served as a "sapper." During his service
overseas Mr. Robinson had a special course at Inns of
Court, at Lincoln's Inn, in London, England, and also
at the London School of Economics, at the University
of London. Discharged from the service in July, 1919,
he returned to Canada and to the University of Toronto,
finishing his course in 1921, receiving his degree of
Bachelor of Arts. Meanwhile, he was called to the
bar on October 31, 1920, and from that time until his
death on November 26, 1921, he was associated with
Frederick C. Gullen, whose life is reviewed elsewhere in
this work, in the general practice of law.

Mr. Robinson was broadly interested in the public
advance, although he never took active part in the affairs
of the city or ^ovince. His residence was at No. 76
DeLisle avenue, and he was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church.

DR. LOU PARTIN, who at the time of his passing
away December 16, 1921, was a resident of Toronto,
Canada, was born in Vienna, Austria, March 17, 1872.
When young he was taken by his parents to Paris, France,
and there his education was begun. He was a graduate of
Strasburg, University of Brussels, and pursued special
courses at Budapest, where he fitted for practice as a skin
specialist. He prepared long and carefully, then, in 1900,
opened in London, England, his first "Institute," and there
spent five successful years, his business venture growing
very satisfactorily. In 1905hedecidedthatCanadaoffered
an inviting field for a modern skin specialist, so came to
the city of Toronto, and at No. 105 Yonge street opened
an "Institute de Beautie," still continuing his offices in
London, through an assistant. The "Institute" in
Yonge street, opened in 1905, accommodated Dr.
Partin's business for twelve years, then had so outgrown
the accommodation there obtainable that greatly en-
larged offices were secured at No. 193 Bloor street. There
he continued his successful career as a skin specialist
until his passing in 1921. The business he founded was
continued by his widow. Olivette Hazel Partin, who is
also a skin specialist, who removed to No. 754 Yonge
street.

Dr. Partin was a Conservative in politics; a member of
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church; and belonged to
the Imperial Club of Toronto.

Dr. Partin married, in Toronto, May 21, 1917,
Olivette Hazel Rusgrove, daughter of Edmund and
Alice (Thorn) Rusgrove, her father a skilled commercial
engraver of "Toronto. Edmund Rusgrove, now living
with his daughter, Mrs. Partin, at No. 105 Alexander
street, is of English parentage, his family settling in
Toronto in 1885. Alice (Thorn) Rusgrove, mother of

Mrs. Partin, is also of English ancestry, her fa
coming to Toronto in 1880. To Dr. and Mrs. Partin
children were born: Barbara Lou Olivette, born M
25, 1918; and Barry Pateeky, born August 31, 1920,
born in Toronto. Mrs. Partin is president of the Pi
Academy, Limited, at No. 754 Yonge street, and
specialist in electrolysis as applied to the remov;
facial blemishes and treatm.ent of the hair and -s
She was associated with her husband as a special!
hair dressing and beauty culture, and in her own
the possessor of valuable formulas for toilet prei
tions which were sold by Mrs. Partin to the P:
Academy, Limited, by whom they are manufacturec

EDGAR THOMPSON STEPHENS— Prior to

tering the real estate field in Toronto, Mr. Step]
active career had included a period of work on the 1
forces, several years in hardware lines, one year
machinist, and a year in carpentering. In real e
dealings he has found the work for which he is emini
qualified, and his operations, uniformly successful,
attracted wide and favorable attention among his
dates and the public.

Mr. Stephens' father, James Stephens, born in 'i
shire, England, in 1829, was the first of his line to 1
England and come to Canada, making the journey i
early age, when sailing vessels required sixteen w
He followed the printer's trade for some time,
throughout the greater part of his active years eng
in agricultural occupations. For more than tw
years he filled the office of justice of the peace, and
prominent in politics and public affairs. His deatl
curred in Mimico, Ontario, in 1913. He married I
Thompson born in Etobicoke, in 1831, died in 1913.

Edgar Thompson Stephens was born in Mii
Ontario, February 28, 1883, and was educated ir
public schools, completing his scholastic training
one year in the high schools at Oakville. For a
he worked on his father's farm, and upon attainin
majority, left home and came to Toronto, being :
short time associated with the Russell Hardware <
pany of this city. Subsequently, and for one yea
was a machinist in the employ of the United El(
Company, then spending the same period as a carpe
He was a young man of twenty-four years of age wh'
entered the real estate field, opening the office at N
Victoria street, where he remained for one year,
two years following were spent in the Robbins bull
at Church and Adelaide streets, and for the pas
years his office has been at its present location, No
Victoria street. Mr. Stephens has confined his opera
to suburban property, and in this branch of his bm
has conducted dealings that give him rank amonf
largest realtors of the district. In 1919 his bus
was incorporated as E.T. Stephens, Limited, this
becoming the largest owners and sub-dividers of s
ban property in Canada. The company is capit;
for one million dollars. He has at the present
more than 3,100 acres available for sub-division i:
different parts of the city and suburbs, and mainta
branch office in the suburb of Long Branch.

Mr. Stephens' fraternal affiliations are with the M
ic order and the Knights of Pythias. He is an attei
of the Methodist church, and in politics is indeper
He is also a member of the Board of managertif
the Broadview Young Men's Christian Association

Mr. Stephens married, in Buffalo, New York, in
Annie Moore, born in Toronto, daughter of Tl
and Annie (Niles) Moore, her parents, natives of Ca
her father a farmer of Whitby, Ontario. Mr. and
Stephens are the parents of: Stewart Thompson,
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here at this time he is operating a farm of four hundred
id forty acres, with three-quarters of a mile frontage on
onge street.

WILLIAM E. PIKE— Mr. Pike's connection with
e awning and tent business dates to his childhood, he
.ving grown up in this field of endeavor. At the age of
[ht he began to learn the practical end of the business
his father's establishment at the old St. Lawrence
arket, at No. 157 King street. East, Toronto.
When he was twelve years old he spent his summer
cation under canvas, tenting along the beautiful lake
d rivers of Ontario.

In 1896 William E. Pike became a member of the firm
the D. Pike Manufacturing Company, Limited, manu-
torers of tents, awnings, sails and canvas goods,
ter thoroughly acquainting himself with the con-
viction of tents and awnings, he became estimator and
es manager of the company and had charge of all
rk in the Province of Ontario. He remained with this
fen until 1905 and gained a thorough knowledge of all
ases of manufacture of these articles. To further his
iowledge of this industry, he decided to enter the selling
ji of the business. Accordingly, in 1904, he made a trip
|und America as special sales' agent for some of the
it tent and awning companies. In this capacity
^came familiar with the manufacture of the cloth
the very beginning, and subsequently became an
ient buyer and seller of the material as well as the
ihed article.
1910 Mr. Pike returned to Toronto, and opened his
establishment for the manufacture of high-grade
and awnings, at No. 1468 Queen street, West, and
the time of its inception the business met with suc-
and has expanded. After conducting the business at
location for several years, it was necessary for Mr.
to obtain larger quarters in order to cope with the
ly increase of the enterprise, and the entire three
of the buildings at Nos. 1267-69 Queen street,
;, with a floor space often thousand square feet, weie
ihased. In normal times forty people are employed
T.Pike, and his agencies are located throughout the
[dpal cities and towns in Ontario, but his activities
id from coast to coast. A few of the institutions and
supplied by W. E. Pike are as follows: The
Edward Hotel, Parliament Buildings, Christie
it Hospital, Hydro-Electric Commission, Hydro-
,c System, of "Toronto, the Prince Edward Hotel of
Isor, the Copeland Chatterson Company, of Bramp-
Ithe houses of George Gooderham, Sir Edmund Walk-
lir Edmund Osier, and many others.

order to better serve his customers, Mr. Pike
itains at his plant a modernly-equipped blacksmith
j, assembling room, cutting room, lettering room, and
:e storeroom. His workshops are equipped with all
im machinery, including sewing machines which
le the material and turn out the finished canvas
uniform stitching and all ready for the scalloping
iss. These machines can be operated by one person,
and labor thus being conserved and uniform first-
workmanship assured. The storeroom is main-
id for the purpose of storing awnings belonging to
imers of the firm. During the winter months the
gs are stored away under a numbering system, in a
iate rack, insuring each customer distinct service,
entity as to the owner's name is lost, but the number
insures the return of the awnings to the proper
This department is known as the "Service De-
tent." An "Erection Department" is also main-
for prompt service. Five trucks are in use by that
lent, all equipped with wire baskets for transport-

ing awnings, cleanliness and efficiency resulting. An
improvement on all awnings used in large buildings and
homes is now nearing completion. This is a patented
steel spool, by which the awnings for large buildings can
be made in a single piece up to a hundr^ feet in length,
and yet be operated on one crank shaft. This eliminates
the possibility of awnings falling or getting out of order.
Small window awnings for homes are oeing made that can
be operated from inside the house, without raising or
lowering windows.

Mr. Pike is a member of Orient Lodge, No. 339, Free
and Accepted Masons; Humber Valley Golf Club; the
Motor League; and the Weston Golf Club.

WILLIAM JOHN TELFORD was born in Hanover,
Ontario, October 3, 1883. His father, John Telford, is a
native of Ireland, but came to Canada in his youth and is
at the present time a merchant and police magistrate in
Hanover. His mother is a Canadian, born near Spring-
field, Ontario.

William J. Telford was educated in Hanover and
Owen Sound, early entered business life, and is now
president of Telford & Craddock, Limited, a firm of well
known and successful printers of Toronto, specializing in
color work, catalogues and general commercial printing.
With the exception of a few years spent in Hamilton,
Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Telford has been a
continuous resident of Toronto. He is a member of the
Masonic order, the Kiwanis Club, and the firm he repre-
sents are members of Toronto Typothetae.

Mr. Telford married Clara M. Ball, daughter of Dr.
John and Mrs. Ball.

GEORGE ALEXANDER GROVER— Throughout
the active ytars of a career ended in the full vigor of
strength and usefulness, George Alexander Grover was
associated with the express business, and it was in the
discharge of his duties in this field that his death oc-
curred in London, England. For a number of years he
was closely associated with Toronto interests, and his
life record is here placed among those who there appreci-
ated his business abilities and qualities of good citizen-
ship.

George Alexander Grover was born at Grafton, Ontar-
io, October 28, 1849, son of P. M. Grover, a farmer and
large landowner of Norwood, and a member of Parlia-
ment for that district. The public schools of Norwood,
Ontario, and Upper Canada College furnished him with
his educational opportunities, and he entered business
life as a clerk in the employ of the Canadian Express
Company. In the course of his upward progress in his
chosen line of endeavor he became the agent of that
company at Hamilton. In 1882 he was appointed
superintendent of the Canadian Express Company and
came to the head offices in Toronto, continuing the super-
intendency until 1890. In 1896 he was commissioned to
go to England to assume charge of the English branch of
the American Express Company, with offices at London.
He had been there but a short time and had but com-
pleted the rearrangement of the London office in accord-
ance with his own plans when his death occurred in
London, England, November 11, 1897. Mr. Grover was
known in the express business as one of the authorities
on transportation of all kinds, particularly the express
department, and his early death removed from this field
one of its most capable and highly regarded members.
He was a member of the Albany Club of Toronto, at-
tended the Anglican church, and was a staunch Con-
servative in politics. He was essentially a great lover of
home life and his leisure was spent mostly in reading.

Mr. Grover married Helena Louise Irwin, daughter of
Dr. Charles K. Irwin, her father a native of Colburne,

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Ontario, who served as surgeon in the Union army during
the Civil War, and who was mayor of Dunkirk, New
York, at the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Grover
were the parents of: George A., a member of the law firm
of Grover & Grover, of Toronto, who served during the
World War with the rank of major in the 180th Battalion;
and John Irwin, member of the law firm of Grover &
Grover, held the rank of captain in the 81st Battalion,
Canadian army, but while overseas was transferred to the
Imperial army.

DAVID GALBRAITH, D. C— For twelve years
(1910-1922) David Galbraith has practiced chiropractic
in Toronto, and was one of the pioneers of that method
of treating disease in that city, being one of the charter
members of the Canadian and of the Ontario Chiro-
practor Association, and is the author and publisher of
the "Chiropractic" devoted to the interests of the school
of healing to which he adheres. He is a graduate of
Universal Chiropractic College of Davenport, Iowa,
United States of America. He has delved deeply into
the learning of chiropractic, and has written many
articles in defence of the school and for the enlighten-
ment of those anxious to be informed. His motive in
presenting his booklet "Chiropractic" to the public, he
explains, "Is with a sincere desire to aid and lift the
afflicted out of their state of suffering."

David Galbraith, son of James Charles and Mary
(Baird) Galbraith, was born in the county of Simcoe,
Ontario, September 5, 1877. He was educated in the
schools of Georgina, in York county, and in North
Gwillembury in the same county, his professional edu-
cation being obtained in Universal College of Chiroprac-
tic, in Davenport, Iowa, United States of America,
whence he was graduated in 1910. The same year he
located in Toronto, where he has been in continuous
practice until the present, 1923, with offices at No. 623
Bathurst street. He commands a good practice and
during the war period, 1914-18, treated without fee,
soldiers and soldiers' families. He rendered important
service against the passage of laws adverse to chiropractic
in 1912, and since then the Canadian and Ontario Chir-
opractic Associations, both to which he belongs, have
safeguarded the interests of chiropractors against unjust
legislation. He is treasurer of the Ontario Association
and one of the strong men of the profession. He was re-
cently appointed as official chiropractor of the Toronto
Athletic Club, Limited.

In politics Dr. Galbraith is a Liberal; in fraternity, an
Odd Fellow, and in religious faith a Presbyterian.

NORMAN H. CAMPBELL— Among the younger
executives active in large interests in Toronto is num-
bered Norman H. Campbell, secretary and treasurer of
the Campbell Flour Milling Company, Limited, and son
of the founder of the Campbell flour milling interests in
Toronto.

The late Hon. Archibald Campbell, former member
of the Dominion Parliament, and Mr. Campbell's
father, was for many years a resident of Toronto, and
built the original mill of the above company in the year
1892. Beginning as the Campbell Flour Company, he
carried on the interests alone until 1904, when he sold
to the firm known as the Campbell Milling Company,
Limited, still retaining an interest in the business until
his death, which occurred in January, 1913. He married
Marriette Burke, who was born in Toronto.

_ Norman H. Campbell was born in Toronto, and after
his elementary studies in the public schools, covered the
high school course in this city, then attended Humberside
Collegiate Institute, completing his education at Upper
Canada College. He became identified with the present

concern in the year 1905, and by practical experient
the various operations in milling, gained a thorou
comprehensive familiarity of the business. In 191:
was placed in charge of the Peterborough branch of
concern, but after spending a short time there he
termined to gain a better insight into the grain trade f
the production end. For this purpose he went ou
the great grain producing Provinces of the Canai
West, where he remained until the summer of 1
Returning then to Toronto, he has since taken an ac
part in the business which now bears the name of
Campbell Flour Milling Company, Limited, in the ci
city of secretary and treasurer. The head offices of
concern are located on Junction street, in West Toro
In the fall of 1919 the stock of the Campbell Flour »
was sold to the Maple Leaf Milling Company, and
Campbell was made general manager of the Camp
Flour Mills, and remained in this capacity until 1
when he resigned.

Through his more personal interests Mr. Campbe
well known in Toronto and in the Province of
tario. He is a member of Peterborough Lodge, No.
Free and Accepted Masons, and is a member of the 1
versity of Toronto Club. His chief recreation is golf,
he is a member of the Lambton Golf Club. He ident
himself with the Anglican church.

Mr. Campbell married Mary Victoria Turner, dai
ter of J. B. Turner, of Gananoque, Ontario, and they h
one son, John Norman, born July 30, 1921.

ROBERT JAMES DODDS— After many years
successful business activities along various lines,
however, more or less closely related to his pres
field of endeavor, Mr. Dodds has for a number of y^
past been engaged in the brokerage and real es(
business, with offices at No. 69 Yonge street, Toroi
Mr. Dodds comes of pioneer Canadian stock, his gra
father, Robert Dodds having been one of the first sett
in Dufferin county, Ontario. He is the son of Hugh
Alice (Gordon) Dodds, long residents of Orangev
in thatcounty, and was born in the township of M(
county of Dufferin, on the farm that was his fath
birthplace, September 5, 1870. He received a pract
education in the schools of his native place, and assie
his father on the farm unl il he was twenty-one year
age. He then went to the United States and locatei
Binghamton, New York, there engaging in the busii
of contracting and building with marked success. L
returning to Orangeville, he followed the same lini
activity there, specializing in the construction of pu
buildings. Coming to Toronto in 1902, Mr. Dc
entered the wholesale and retail lumber business
was engaged along this line until 1908, when he wen
Mexico. There he leased one hundred and thirty th
and acres of timber lands having a heavy stand of troi
hard woods indigenous to that country. Returnin
Toronto in 1909, Mr. Dodds leased Nos. 14-16 I
street East, remodelling the building and sub-leasing
premises. This was Mr. Dodds' first venture in ■
estate, but it was a success, and he continued in this .
at first combining operations with his other inten ■
In 1915 the firm of Dodds, Limited, was chartered, ■
Dodds being president and general manager, and he '
since devoted his entire time to this business, banc I
general brokerage and real estate.

Throughout his career Mr. Dodds has been a 1 «
observer of the trend of conditions, general as we J
those affecting his business interests, and is now estee i
an authority on transportation. He has written n !'
articles on this subject for the daily and trade press il
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esentation of his idea. In 1911 Mr. Dodds made a
IP abroad, visiting London and Paris in an attempt to
lomote what was then known as the "People's Railway"
i electrical interurban and suburban system which
ceived from the populace sections of Toronto undivided
pport, although, owing to the strong opposition by
^e interests, the plan was abandoned. Fraternally he
H member of Harris Lodge, No. 216, Ancient Free and
Scepted Masons, of Orangeville, Ontario, and he is a
!mber of the Presbyterian church.
VIr. Dodds married, on November 20, 1912, Mary L.
Esad, daughter of William H. Broad of Toronto. They
t the parents of four children; Hugh Allan; Lenora
Wrey; Dorothy Alice, and Violet Loraine.

). HERBERT MOORE— Climbing from the position

Tk in a gentlemen's furnishing store to that of chief

an for two or three of Canada's largest manu-

uring concerns, and instructor in courses of sales-

ihip in recognized institutions, S. Herbert Moore,

H. Moore & Company, grocery brokers, Toronto, is

lUtstanding example of the fact that earnest effort,

Ihfully applied, will bring success.

'robably Mr. Moore got his first instincts of sales-

i^iship trading knives and marbles with the boys in

Ontario, where he saw the light in 1872. His

johool education followed in the public schools of

u and Hamilton. His business education began in

into in the furnishings store previously mentioned.

ir a couple of years selling ties, collars, shirts and

, he stepped up a notch into a wider field as a clerk

le warehouse of Taylor, Scott & Company, broom

brush manufacturers. In a few months he demon-

his ability and the flair for salesmanship came out,

iting in his appointment as city salesman, a position

he held for four years, during which time a strong

fction was established and scores of friends made

Toronto grocery trade.

ther step up the ladder of success was made when
■ chosen as traveller for Toronto and central On-
T Pugsley, Dingman & Company, manufacturers
and toilet articles. When it is known that seven-
ears were spent with that firm whose business in
'fitory multiplied several times, it will be realized
(>t only was the field cultivated, but also that the
lies of salesmanship were being personally in-
■d. A feature of the work in this period was the
ig up of the popularity of Comfort Soap, the firm's
ine. It is safe to say that Comfort was by a long
'le best known and best selling laundry soap in
;etral Ontario at that time.
Iiring his later years with Pugsley, Dingman &
my, Mr. Moore became interested in the philos-
nd course of Sheldon, business scientist and master
an, took the Sheldon courses, and from then on
to study salesmanship from a scientific and
phic standpoint, as well as from the practical.
it features during these years were trips to the
•iSce and works of the Sunlight Soap Company at
unlight, in England, during which, methods of
mdising in England and European countries were

'12 a still larger field presented itself in the position
ern sales manager for the William Neilson Com-
■A'hich at that time was extending its business in
nadian West. Mr. Moore was markedly success-
his, and at the same time made an intimate con-
■■ with the country and the personnel of the
ionery trade in the West.

irning to Toronto, a most attractive proposition
i» pened to him in the management of the Noble

Manufacturing Company, St. Thomas. Entering this,
an active organization was built up, but lack of financial
support and difficult local conditions made the business
an impossible one to carry, and he returned to Toronto
where he secured several lines as manufacturers' agent.
A little time later the business was organized under the
name S. H. Moore & Company, grocery brokers. The
company's offices are now in the Gooderham building
Church and Front streets, Toronto.

During the last few years Mr. Moore's acquaintance
with and authority on salesmanship have been recognized
when he has been sought frequently for addresses on
plans and principles of selling. For several years he has
been instructor in the salesmanship classes in the Toronto
Central Young Men's Christian Association schools,
training as many as two hundred young men in this line
in a season. Some of these have developed into high-
grade specialty salesmen.

Mr. Moore has not been selfish in his interests, nor
confined them all by any means to business. As a young
man he became interested in Sunday school work and
has been known as one of the most successful superin-
tendents in Toronto. He held the position in North
jParkdale Methodist School for fourteen years, and later
in Howard Park Methodist School for some time. For
three years he was secretary and for two years president
of the Toronto Sunday School Union and always an
energetic worker in the interests of that institution. This
sort of work, naturally, has kept him rather busy outside
of business hours, but in addition he has found occasion
to devote some time to Masonry, being a member of
Georgina Lodge. He also holds membership in the Can-
adian Club and the Toronto Board of Trade.

Mr. Moore has been exceedingly happy in his family
life. In 1893 he married Nellie Welch, daughter of
Henry Welch, of Toronto. Five children, all of whom are
filling useful places in Toronto city life, have blessed the
home. They are all staunch Canadians, standing
sturdily for national institutions and national develop-
ment.

ROBERT DAVIDSON NIMMO, D. C— Prior to
becoming a practitioner of chiropractic, Dr. Nimmo was
for several years a teacher, principal and official examin-
er on commercial subjects in different educational in-
stitutions in Ontario, and won high rank as an educator
in his line. Since 1920 he has been practicing Chiro-
practic and is at present (January, 1923) professor of
anatomy at the Canadian Chiropractic College. He has
won high rank in this school of drugless healing and has a
large practice.

Dr. Nimmo is a grandson of Thomas Nimmo, who in
1814 came to Canada from Scotland and founded the
family of Nimmo in the "new country." He was one of
the pioneer settlers of South Monaghan township,
Northumberland county, Ontario, there making settle-
ment soon after his arrival in 1814. Thomas Nimmo's
eldest son, Robert Nimmo, was born in Northumberland
county, in 1828, and pursued the career of a contractor
and builder.

Robert Davidson Nimmo, son of Robert Nimmo, was
born in South Monaghan township, Northumberland
county, Ontario, and, on completion of his public and
high school training, he devoted several years to the
study of commercial subjects with a view of engaging in
business college work. He then came to Toronto as a
teacher of commercial subjects and for three years en-
gaged in that special line of work. In 1893 he established
the Nimmo & Harrison Business College, of Toronto, and
in 1903 he amalgamated his interests in this college with
those of the Dominion Business College, Limited, of
Toronto, continuing as principal of the last-named in-

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stitution until 1906, when he retired from the teaching
profession to engage in the work of an accountant and
auditor. Deciding to enter the healing profession, he
entered the Canadian Chiropractic College of Toronto.
Upon graduating he began practice and is now well es-
tablished at No. 14 Ferrier avenue, Toronto. Dr. Nimmo
is a member of the Masonic order. In religious faith he is
a Presbyterian.

Dr. Nimmo married, in Glenarm, Ontario, December
28, 1892, Margaret E. Smithson, daughter of Thomas
and Margaret (Murchison) Smithson, and granddaughter
of William Smithson, who came from Yorkshire, England,
and settled in South Monaghan township, Northumber-
land county, Ontario. Dr. and Mrs. Nimmo are the par-
ents of three sons, all born in Toronto: Clarence R., now
an optometrist in Stratford, Ontario; William R., a
chiropractor of Clinton, Ontario; and Thomas Victor,
a chiropractor of Toronto.

ARTHUR RICHARD DENISON— Many of the

large buildings and churches erected in the Dominion
of Canada during the years Arthur R. Denison has been
prominent, have been built from plans prepared by him,
his career including eight years' service as district ar-
chitect to the Dominion Government. He is a son of
Col. Richard Lippincott and Susan Maria (Hipburn)
Denison, his father an officer in command of the York
district military during the Rebellion.

Arthur R. Denison was born in Dovemount, Toronto,
Ontario, January 20, 1857. He was educated in Upper
Canada College, and Toro'.to Military School, his pro-
fessional study being as an apprentice under Walter R.
Strickland and Joseph Connelly, architects of Toronto.
After completing his apprenticeship he engaged in busi-
ness as an architect under his own name, and secured
such professional standing that he was appointed dis-
trict architect for the Dominion Government, a position
he filled so satisfactorily that he held it eight years, then
resigned to establish a private practice in Toronto. He
stands high professionally, and as a citizen is widely
known through his years of public service.

In business Mr. Denison has large interests, mining,
manufacturing and commercial, his principal interest
outside his profession being in the Summit Sand & Gravel
Company, of Toronto, of which he is president. He is a
Conservative in politics and was for a number of years an
official of the Conservative Association of West Toronto,
that, the nominating body for members of Parliament.
He was a member of the city school board for four years,
a member of the high school board for six years, and was
an alderman representing the Fifth Ward for five years,
and was justice of peace for the eounty of York. For six
years Mr. Denison was in the Queen's Own Regiment,
and for two years in the Governor General's Guard,
qualified for a captain's commission. He was active in
war time activities 1914-18, and always was ready to
render assistance.

He is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade; Ontar-
io Association of Architects; Alpha Lodge, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons; the York Pioneers; and of the Estab-
lished Church, attending the Church of the Redeemer,
of Toronto. A devotee of out-of-door sports for many
years Mr. Denison is officially connected with several
of the best known clubs of the city. He was president of
the Lake View Curling Club ; is now president of the
Island Aquatic Club; president of the Glen. Major
Angling Club; president of the Dwight Hunting Club;
ex-president of the Ontario Football Association; and
member of the Argonaut Rowing Club. For years he
rowed with the Argonauts in their races, played foot-
ball, is an amateur boxer of skill and a good all-round

athlete, and has in his trophy collection many me
and cups won in individual competition.

Mr. Denison married in Toronto, in June, 1876, H
Stewart, daughter of George A. and Cecilia (Ward) Si
art. Her father, chief engineer with the Midland raih
also engineer for the Dominion Government in the Re
Mountain Northwest, held high degree in the Masi
order, and was well known in club circles. Mr.
Mrs. Denison are the parents of two children: Cecil
married Arthur P. Jackes; and Esther H., reside!
home, at No. 281 St. George street, Toronto.

JOHN MALONEY— In the production of one of
necessities of modern construction work, John Maloi
of Toronto, Ontario, has long borne a very practical ]
in the progress of the city. Mr. Maloney is a soi
John Maloney, who came to this country from Irel
in the forties, settling in Toronto, where he lived
died.

John Maloney, subject of this sketch, was bori
Toronto, August 15, 1857, and was educated in the pu
schools of this city. For twenty-five years he was
gaged in the manufacture of brick, establishing
business in 1879. During more recent years, with
advance of the times in building construction, he char
the nature of his product, securing extensive quarrie
Puslinch, Ontario, where he has manufactured crus
stone. A number of years ago he also entered upon
distribution of builders' supplies of every kind, and
since dealt largely in this field. In 1914 he received
son, J. Larkin Maloney, into the business, and h
now in active charge as manager, the father being
tired from all responsibility. He resides at No.
Brock avenue.

Mr. Maloney has long been a member of the Ri
Manufacturers' Association of Toronto, and althc
never seeking leadership in public affairs, has for se>
years held the office of alderman. He is a member ol
Knights of Columbus.

Mr. Maloney married, on February 4, 1889, in To
to, Josephine Dwyer, who died in 1920, leaving
children: J. Larkin, of whom further; Ethel, Josepl
Geraldine, and Isabelle.

J. Larkin Maloney was born in Toronto, August
1894, and received his education in the public schoc
the city. He early took an interest in the busine
which his father was engaged, and at the age of tw
years became a member of the firm. Mastering th-
tails of the business, he soon assumed increase!
sponsibilities, and with his father's recent retirei
became manager. He is meeting with gratifying sue i
and taking a position amor.g the progressive young i
of the day. He is a member of the Knights of Colun i
and resides at No. 426 Brock avenue. On June 2, )
John Larkin Maloney married Am Downey, of Tor^ )
and they have one child, Margarv,t Mary.

JOHN J. McCABEwas born in the township of) !,
York county, Ontario, June 23, 1881, son of John i
Ellen (Trainor) McCabe. He received his educati »
the public schools of King township and the A' i
High School. In 1900, immediately after his gradu «
from high school, he came to Toronto and bega »
business life by entering the service of McWilliai
Everett, as a bookkeeper. He subsequently be
cashier for this firm and remained with them in all *
period of three years. In 1903 Mr. McCabe enteral I"
partnership with W. B. Strenger & Company, deal "
fruit. He was a member of this firm until 1908, wh
disposed of his holdings and established the who
fruit business that bears his name. Mr. McCab "
been extremely successful in the conduct of this bu: •

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nd during the past few years it has grown to large pro-
ortions.

Mr. McCabe is a Catholic, a member of the Knights
f Columbus; also is a member of the Ontario Jockey
i:iub.

Mr. McCabe married, on June 26, 1906, Mary Meagher,
^ughter of John and Bridget fQuinn) Meagher. Mr.
id Mrs. McCabe have three children: Noel Herbert,
ho was born December 25, 1908; Caroline Elizabeth,
ho was born February 12, 1916; and Josephine Mary,
jm January 11, 1919.

GEORGE A. STEPHENSON— Because of its prox-

lity to Toronto, St. Catharines has the honor of being

e home and training of many of the younger gen-

lation of Toronto bu.siness and professional men.

ijorge A. Stephenson, senior member of the firm of

<;orge Stephenson & Company, at No. 123 Bay street,

')ronto, was born at St. Catharines, June 29, 1886,

■n of Robert and Marjorie Stephen.son. Robert Steph-

was for forty years a resident of St Catharines,

he was engaged in the manufacture of pumps.

George A. Stephenson was educated at St. Catharines,

sending the public and high schools there. His first busi-

r<3 connection was with the Sovereign Bank at St. Cath-

anes and later he became as.sociated with the Bank of

1- ^nto at St Catharines, and in 1905 was promoted to

ad office of the Bank of Toronto, remaining in the

in there for three years. Between the years 1908

;914 he specialized in accounting, and assisted

;1 local Toronto firms in the work of accounting.

!ay 1, 1914, he formed the present firm of George

■nson & Company, who are recognized specialists

.-■iccounting practice, and are regularly employed as

% horized trustees in bankruptcy proceedings.

■•though Mr. Stephenson devotes almost all of his

to his profession, he is financially interested in

- interests as well. Mr. Stephen.son attends the

•ty-ices of the Central Gospel Hall.

te married, in Toronto, in 1909, Ethel Clara Williams,

■iter of William Williams. They have two children:

rong, and Ruth E.

OBERT G. LONG, a widely known "native son,"
.'-rn in Toronto, September 30, 1881; his parents

orge and Sarah fConnor; Long. He was educated

public schools and at Jamieson avenue Collegiate
ite. After graduating from the institute he entered
'ominion Express Company of Toronto, and sub-
ntly, became a salesman for a leather manufactur-
mpany. Four years later he became associated with

me Glove Company of Montreal. His first posi-
'ith this company was that of salesman, but his

being made manifest, he was soon promoted to
'ice of general sales manager and finally he became
resident of the company. In 1913, Mr. Long re-
i to Toronto and established the Bob Long Man-
uring Company. This company, of which Mr.

was president, manufactures gloves, mittens,

sins, shirts, overalls, and knitted goods, and their
!Tiark was known everywhere in Canada, as was its
'•r. The company discontinued business in 1921,
Ir. Long now has other interests that occupy his
-nd energy. Mr. Long was founder and controller

Hanover Cotton and Woolen Mills, sole owner of
lilton Worsted Mills, at Milton, Ontario. He
.'■i to the Ontario Club, is a member of the Canadian
.facturers' Association, and attends the Methodist
)pal church.
t married Lydia Samme, a daughter of Joseph and
.Vlaorie (MacCallum; Samme. Mr. and Mrs. Long

have two children: Robert John Long, who was bom on
March 16, 1912, and Frederick Lone, who wa« born on
.July 10, 1919.

CHARLES STEWART CARRUTHERS - As a re-
sponsible executive in one of the leading manufacturing
establLshments of Toronto, Charles Stewart Carruthers
is bearing a very practical part in the general welfare of
the people, hLs duties being the management of the pro-
duction end of the Ideal Bread Company, Limited, one
of the most familiar names among the people of the city.
Mr. Carruthers is a son of Thomas and Amy ^Hope)
Carruthers, his father being of Irish descent and hia
mother English. Thomas Carruthers came to Canada
many years ago, settling first in Whitby, Ontario county,
Ontario, later removing to Uxbridge, in the same county.
He was a farmer by occupation and died in 1898.

Charles Stewart Carruthers was born in the town-
ship of Whitby, Ontario, July 29, 1882, where he was
educated in the public schools. Working with hi.s father
on the farm until he was sixteen years of age, he then
came to Toronto, and entered the employ of the Naamith
Company, Limited, a leading bakery concern, where
he learned the business. Remaining with this concern
for three years, Mr. Carruthers then became identified
with T. Eaton & Company, Limited, in their baking
department, where he was engaged for a similar period.
In 1904 he went to the George Weston Company, where
he continued intil 1908, when he became associated with
his elder brother, William Hope Carruthers, in the or-
ganization of the Ideal Bread Company, Limited. Will-
iam H. Carruthers, whose career is reviewed elsewhere
in this work, became president and general manager of
the business, and Charles S. Carruthers vice-president
and production manager. Beginning with three wagons
in 1908, and with a small plant consisting of a dwelling
remodeled to meet their requirements, with bake-shop
built on, this company has grown to be one of the largest
in its field in the Dominion, and has one of the finest
and best-equipped buildings devoted to a business of
this nature. They now have one hundred and twenty-
five wagons for distributing their product, which i*
probably the best known and most universally popular
bread in Toronto and vicinity, owing primarily to the
high quality of the product and secondarily to the modem
advertising methods. The first makes "The Bread that
Stopped Mother Baking" a truly "Ideal" loaf, and the
second has brought the Ideal Bread to the attention
of the public in a strikingly effective manner. Two
hundred and fifty people are employed by the company,
the maintenance of cordial relations between employers
and employees being one of the avowed policies of the
concern, and one they consider a vital factor in their
success.

As managing director of the manufacturing end ol
this large interest Charles S. Carruthers finds little
leisure for outside activities, and takes part in public
affairs only as a citizen, supporting the Conservative
party. He is a member of the MethodLst church.

Mr. Carruthers married, in Toronto, on April 6,
1907, Beatrice Ida Middleton, of Toronto, and they now
reside at No. 437 Gladstone avenue.

MAITLAND DOUGLAS JOHNSON, who has been a
resident of Toronto, Canada, for more than thirty years,
and is widely known in the city and al.so in the Province
of Ontario, has achieved marked success in the field of
life insurance. He is a son of Robert and Marion (Hall)
Johnson, and the third generation from the pioneer of
the family, his grandfather having been born in Can-
ada.

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Maitland Douglas Johnson was born in Victoria
county, Ontario, July 11, 1880. His parents moved to
Toronto in 1891, and he early entered the business
world, spending five years in the office of Massey-Harris,
Limited, after which he became identified with the
Central Canada Loan and Savings Company, where he
remained another five years. With the above two firms
Mr. Johnson gained valuable executive and financial
experience, and in 1909 he became associated with the
Toronto office of the Aetna Life Insurance Company.
He has been successful in this branch of practical
economics, receiving his training in insurance under J. 0.
McCarthy, then Ontario manager of the Aetna interests.
It is well known that Mr. Johnson's preliminary study
of insurance tables and mortality statistics fitted him for
his present responsible position, that of manager of the
Central Ontario agency of the Aetna Life Insurance
Company. In 1915 Mr. Johnson entei'ed into partner-
ship with Mr. George H. Orr, the firm becoming Johnson
& Orr. This partnership still endures, and Mr. Johnson's
activities are holding the name of Aetna in the fore-
front of progress in Ontario, by an increased volume of
business each year.

Long a member of the Toronto Life Underwriters' As-
sociation, Mr. Johnson served this organization as presi-
dent in the year 1913. During the World War, in 1914,
he became active in soldiers' insurance, which was made
possible through the Aetna Life Insurance Company.
This company accepted insurance risks in great numbens
from several municipalities, insuring citizens of their
towns who went into service. This insurance was given
at the regular premium rates.

Mr. Johnson is a member of St. Andrew's Masonic
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Patrick's Royal
Arch Chapter; the Kiwanis Club of Riverdale, of which
he is a director and chairman of public affairs and the
boys' work committee. He is a member of the Bloor
Street Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Johnson married Elizabeth Gordon Alexander
and they have two children: Douglas Alexander, and
Ross Maitland.

CHARLES B. OWENS— Of Scotch stock, Mr. Owens
was born at German town, Kentucky, October 29, 1881,
son of Theodoric and Betty (Norris) Owens. He re-
ceived his early education in the public schools of Ger-
mantown and, after his graduation from high school,
proceeded to the State University. A talent for drawing
had early manifested itself in him and during his high
school days he had determined to become an engineer.
This purpose he carried out at the engineering school of
the University of Kentucky. He was graduated in 1905,
with the degree of Bachelor of Mechanical Engineer-
ing.

Upon his graduation, Mr. Owens was offered a position
as draughtsman by the American Car and Foundry
Company. His abilities were admirably suited to this
position and he served the company with great distinction
for a period of four years. He severed his connection
with the American Car and Foundry Company in order
to become manager of the sales office of the Youngstown
Car Manufacturing Company. His executive ability and
thorough training enabled him to fill this new position in
a manner that was extremely satisfactory to the firm,
but, as so often happens with men who possess rare
qualifications, opportunity again sought him out and
offered him a further chance of advancement. He left
Youngstown in 1911 and came to Toronto as secretary
and manager of the Canadian Power'Regulator Company,
Limited. This connection he still maintains. In 1917
Mr. Owens became a partner in the United Electric Com-
pany of Toronto, Limited. He is vice-president of this

company and, in addition to his other interests, he take
an active part in its management. Mr. Owens is ai
ardent believer in the great future of Toronto, and b;
his constructive energy and devotion to the highes
business ideals, he is helping to develop the city's re
sources and to increase its power.

In religious faith Mr. Owens is a Methodist, a membe
of the Howard Park Methodist Church. His favorit
outdoor recreation is golf, and he belongs to the Lake
view Golf Club. He also holds membership in the Rotar
Club; The Parkdale Canoe Club; and the High Pari
Club.

Mr. Owens married, on June 8, 1911, Jean Crispin
daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Jackson) Crispin
of Berwick, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Owens havi
two daughters: Margaret Crispin, who was born Apri
8, 1912; and Beth Crispin, who was born November 4
1914.

JOHN W. HOBBS, son of William R. and Anni(
(Osborne) Hobbs, was born in London, Ontario, ir
October, 1875, and there completed preparatory studj
in London Collegiate Institute. He then entered Torontc
University, whence he was graduated B. A., class ol
1898, after which he entered the business world, in as-
sociation with others of his family, in The Consolidatec
Plate Glass Company of Toronto, of which he is now
(1922) managing director.

The Consolidated Plate Glass Company dates iu
life from 1873, and is a merger of several plate glasi
manufacturing companies of Toronto, Montreal, Hamil-
ton and London, their main office in Toronto on Spadina
avenue. While the company has its headquarters in
Toronto, branches and factories are maintained in
Montreal, Hamilton, London and Winnipeg, each branch
office operating its own factory plant independent ol
the others. The business of the company is the manu-
facture and sale of flat glass, the Hobbs family at th«
time of the merger and founding of The Consolidated
Plate Glass Company being part owners of the merginj
companies, and continue owners of the Consolidated
The officials of the company are: William R. Hobbs
president; John W. Hobbs, managing director; W. R
Hobbs, director; Frank Hobbs, director; and J. F. Wil
son, secretary-treasurer. John W. Hobbs is also i
director of the Continental Life Insurance Compan}'
and of The Imperial Bank of Canada.

During the World War, 1917-18, John W. Hobbi
supported liberally all war activities and movements
He is a director of the Girls' Home of Toronto ; a past presi
dent of the University of Toronto Athletic Associ
ation; member of the Lambton Golf Club; the Yorl
Club; Toronto Hunt Club; and the Mount Roys
Club of Montreal.

Mr. Hobbs married, in St. Thomas, Ontario, in 190?
Katherine Babbitt, daughter of George and Jan
(McCrea) Babbitt, her parents deceased. Mr. an
Mrs. Hobbs are the parents of a daughter, Katherin
Louise, born in Toronto. The family home is No. 9
Madison avenue, Toronto, their summer home f
Georgian Bay.

JAMES STEPHENSON— A native and lifelong res
dent of Ontario, James Stephenson comes of a family i
Englishmen noted on both sides of the Atlantic in varioi
fields of endeavor. His grandfather, Thomas Stephe)
son, was born in Yorkshire, England, and was one of tl
seven sons of Thomas Stephenson, of Yorkshire, the
sons being widely famous in their native country. Eve!
one stood over six feet in height, and six were chosen
serve in the King's bodyguard. Thomas, being rejecte
came to Canada in 1834, and settled in the townsh

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Pickering, County of Ontario. The voyage from
l^erpool to Halifax consumed six weeks' time and in
) old type of sailing vessel, and five weeks more were
iiuired for the trip from Halifax to Pickering. He
I'k up a tract of virgin timber land, and with his own
lids converted it into a fine farm homestead. He
irried the sister of the late Michael Fawcett, a Meth-
ist minister and one of the first circuit riders of the
Iminion.

lohert Stephenson, their son, and Mr. Stephenson's
Bier, was born in Yorkshire, England, and came to
Jiada with his parents as a child, hardily surviving the
iidships of the long and tedious journey. "Throughout
li life-time he was engaged in the fruit business in
>;ario cities, and his death occurred in the year 1901.
I married Augusta Hare, who was bom in Jordan,
l;ario . and is still living.

imes Stephenson, whose name heads this review, was
nn in Grimsby, Ontario, October 23, 1873. His early
diation was acquired in the public schools of Welland
g Toronto, with the changes of the family residence,
a his studies were completed at the Collegiate In-
Bite of Welland. His first business experience was
n\ the J. B. McKay Company, of Toronto, leading
rn dealers of that day, and he was identified with this
0«m for a period of eight years. With this experi-
n behind him Mr. Stephenson then became associ-
t« with the Whitby Company, of Whitby, Ontario, in
hi capacity of manager, and was thus engaged for
wve years. Upon severing his connection with the
itr firm,_ Mr. Stephenson came to Toronto and went
it the vinegar and wine business for himself, later
ding jams and marmalades. He has continued along
niline until the present time, under the firm name of
1.1 -s Stephenson & Son, manufacturers, and has become
f the successful men of the day in Toronto. For
■1 years his son, Charles L. Stephenson, has been
' sted with him in the business, and in addition to

1 own product they import malt vinegar, and are
(^P'sentatives of Pumell's, of Bristol, England.

■^hile broadly interested in all advance, Mr. Stephen-
as found the exactions of business such as to pre-
his active participation, to any extent, in public

't ', although for one term he served as a member of

e'own Council of Whitby. He is a member of the
^e odist church.

J'. Stephenson married, in 1896, Flora Clarry, of

<a:ham, Ontario, who was bom February 20, 1876.

lire the parents of one son, Charles Lavergne, who

im January 4, 1899, was educated in the public

~ of Whitby, is a graduate of Riverdale Collegiate

te, class of 1916, and is now associated with his

"vi in business. Tlie family residence is at No. 37

iarSrey Road, Toronto.

RV. LANCELOT MI NEMAN— As priest and chap-

=tm n various communities, Rev. Lancelot Minehan,

priest of St. Vincent de Paul, in Toronto, has

•■<\ valuable service. Not only as a faithful min-

f the regular work of the church, but as a con-

le worker as well, he has demonstrated his

to do big things, and during the eight years of his

pastorate he has fully demonstrated his ability

and direct in large enterprises.

cr Minehan was born in Killaloe, County Clare,

. January 18, 1862, son of Michael, who died in

ged eighty-seven years, and of Martha Hannah

ii) Minehan, who died in 1921, aged eighty-one

He received a careful preparatory education in

^sical schools of his home town, and then entered

allow's College, in Dublin, Ireland. Upon the

"mjjtion of his course in that famous institution, he

came to Canada, and completed hia theological educa-
tion in Grand Seminary, in Montreal. He then began
his active career as iussistant priest in Thomhill, Adjola
in St. Helen's, St. Mary's, and St. Paul's, in Toronto,
later serving as chaplain in the Ontario Reformatory for
Boys, and chaplain of the Central Prison of Toronto.
He then served as parish priest of Schonberg, King
township, York county, Ontario, and at the termination
of that pastorate began his long and eventful ministry
as parish priest of St. Peter's in Toronto. For eighteen
years and a half he was first pastor of that parish and
during that time practically all of the present church
buildings were erected. Under his leadership the
present church was planned and built, and the rectory
and the club house also came into existence under his
vigorous and efficient management. The spiritual con-
dition of the church as well as the material growth were
carefully looked after, and (he pastorate of Father
Minehan marked an important epoch in the development
of the Church of St. Peter's. At the end of eighteen and
a half years of notably successful constructive work in
that parish, in October, 1914, Father Minehan was made
parish priest of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, also
in Toronto. The whole building of the temporal and
material church, as well as the greater part of the
building up of a membership, was thus placed in the
hands of the pastor, for there was no church building,
no facilities for religious work, and only a small member-
ship. Beginning in some vacant stores, which he used
as a temporary chapel in 1914, he at once set to work to
provide a suitable place of worship. In 1915 the base-
ment of the present church was built and made ready for
use, and as rapidly as possible the means for the super-
structure were procured, and at the present time (1922)
the church proper is nearing completion.

Politically, Father Minehan gives his support to the
candidates and the principles of the Liberal party when-
ever those candidates and principles seem to him to be
likely to secure the best possible results for the com-
munity and the nation, but he is an Independent Liberal
and reserves to himself the right to vote as seems to him
best when he cannot fully indorse the aims or the men of
the Liberal party. He is a member of the Knights of
Columbus and of the Catholic Order of Foresters, and
for many years was a member of the Empire Club.
For many years he was editor and departmental writer
for the "Catholic Register."

As a faithful minister to the spiritual needs of his parish
and also as a public-spirited citizen and a conservator of
the moral welfare of his community, as well as a most
successful executive. Father Minehan is widely known
and deeply respected. Both in a material and economic
way and in a moral and spiritual sense, he has con-
tributed a valuable share to the advancement of his
section of the city of Toronto, and his work will live and
grow long after he has left the scene of his labors.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FREDERICK GIL-
MAN, D.S.O., was born on July 22, 1882, at Rockbum,
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, son of John C.
and Charlotte (Butler) Oilman (both deceased), the
family on his paternal side being of old Puritan and later
United Empire Loyalist stock. His great-grandfather
and other members of the family came to America in
1624, but the former settled in Canada at the time of the
Revolutionary War.

At the age of eighteen, after completing his edu-
cation. Colonel Oilman entered upon a military career
as a lieutenant in the 8th Princess Louise, New Bruns-
wick Hussars, later being appointed lieutenant in
the Royal Canadian Dragoons and posted to B Squadron
at Toronto. He served in this capacity until August,

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1911, during which time, in July, 1911, he received his
brevet captaincy. Shortly after he was transferred to
A Squadron of his regiment, stationed at St. John,
Quebec. In November, 1921, he was seconded to the
army in India and there served with both the British
and native units, being attached to various staffs and
instructional institutions, but May 13, 1914, found him
back in Toronto with his own regiment in B Squadron.
At the outbreak of the World War his unit proceeded
to Valcartier, Quebec, and thence to England, arriving
in October, 1914, he having been appointed adjutant
In May, 1915, the regiment went to France and shortly
after the battle of Festubart, he received his majority,
and remained as squadron commander until September,
1915, when he was seconded to the 1st Canadian Division-
al Headquarters as assistant provost-marshal. He was
appointed assistant provost-marshal of the Canadian
Corps in May, 1916, and shortly after was given the
temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel, in which office
he completed his services in France in May, 1919.
Both the New Year and Birthday Honor Lists of 1917
recorded his name and he was mentioned in despatches,
and also received the D.S.O. in the same year. Upon
returning to Canada in June, 1919, he was for a time
inactive in war work, but from September 1st to De-
cember 1st, he was appointed temporarily to the dis-
trict staff of Military District No. 13 at Calgary, Alberta.
On February 2, 1920, he was appointed to the com-
mand of his regiment, the Royal Canadian Dragoons,
with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, which command
he now holds, also being commandant of Stanley Bar-
racks, Toronto.

Colonel Oilman married, at Maresfield, England, Hilda
A. Reid, daughter of George P. and Caroline (Cox)
Reid, of Toronto. Mrs. Oilman's father was a prom-
inent figure in the financial world, having been for a
number of years president of the Standard Bank of
Canada, and now secretary of the Ontario Anglican Sy-
nod. Mr. and Mrs. Reid reside in Toronto.

ine, and his activities along these various lines i
doubtedly gave him that keen insight into conditions s
relativities which is obvious in his treatise entitled "1
bour Conciliation, Arbitration and Strikes in Canad
Mr. Reid is a loyal supporter of the Conservative pa
and its principles, and is broadly interested in all ci
and national progress. He is a member of the Albs
Club, and of the Presbyterian church. He is unmarri

ROBERT ALEXANDER REID, trained for his chos-
en profession in the leading universities of the Canadian
provinces, and possessing a wide experience in certain
fields of legal and civic advance, holds an eminent
position at the Ontario bar. Mr. Reid is a son of
Ralph A. and Wilhelmina (Parsons) Reid, his mother
being a daughter of the Hon. R. J. Parsons, formerly
speaker of the Newfoundland Legislature, and widely
known as an orator and statesman.

Robert Alexander Reid was born in St. John's, New-
foundland, June 13, 1879. Following his elementary
studies, Mr. Reid attended the Methodist College at
St. John's, after which he entered Dalhousie University,
at Halifax, Nova Scotia, from which institution he was
graduated with honors in 1902, receiving the degree
of Bachelor of Laws. Coming to Toronto in the fall of
the same year, Mr. Reid entered Trinity University of
that city, which conferred upon him at that time the
degree of Bachelor of Civil Law, and later, in 1909, made
him a Doctor of Civil Law. Mr. Reid was called to the
Nova Scotia bar in the year 1904, and upon being called
to the Ontario bar in 1907, took up the practice of law
in Toronto, and has since been thus engaged, attaining
large success.

It is but natural that with his family traditions and
the trend which his practice has taken that Mr. Reid
should give of his best to the public service when the call
came to him. While still a young man, before entering
upon his legal studies, he acted as one of the secretaries
to the Royal Commission to investigate the report on the
French shore question in Newfoundland (1898). He was
for a number of years secretary to the Hon. A. B. Mor-

WILLIAM H. BANFIELD, president of W. H. B
field & Sons, Limited, a Canadian by birth, bom
the city of Quebec, July 7, 1843, is a son of Willi
and Elizabeth Banfield.

He was apprenticed as a machinist and tool ma
in the machine shops of the Water Works Departme
City of Quebec, and served from 1858 to 1863.
served in the shops of the Gilbert Machine Wor
Montreal, from 1863 to 1864, leaving to travel throi
the United States as a journeyman machinist, work
for six years with the Union Pacific railway from Omi
to California. In 1870 he returned to Sherbrco
Quebec, working for the Smith Elkins Manufactur
Company, leaving to accept a position as foreman in '
North Shore Railway Shops at Quebec, leaving there
take charge of the machinery repairs in connection w
the construction of the Louisa Dock, Quebec,
served in No. 2 Company, Montreal Engineers, um
Captain Kennedy, 1864-1866, and was awarded
Fenian Raid Medal. In 1876 Mr. Banfield came
Toronto, working as a die and tool-maker with i
Dominion Tin Stamping Company. In 1877 he start
business in the city of Toronto as machinist, die a
toolmaker and designer and maker of special machini
under the name of W. H. Banfield. In 1881 the fimi
W. H. Banfield & Sons was formed, two sons join
the firm. In 1916 the firm was incorporated as W.
Banfield & Sons, Limited.

The practical experience and knowledge of Mr. B
field was obtained through his visits from time to ti
through the largest manufacturing plants in the Uni
States and Canada, but all of his independent operati
have been located in Toronto, where for almost hai
century he has been a member of the business fratem
Mr. Banfield is prominent and influential in fraternal ;
philanthropic circles.

At the outbreak of the Great War of 1914 to 1918
firm of W. H. Banfield & Sons, Limited, was among
first to receive orders for munitions from the Shell Ci
mittee at Montreal in 1914, afterwards the Impe
Munitions Board, Ottawa, for the manufacture
18 lb. high explosive and shrapnel type shells, toget
with orders for component parts, until the fall of 1!
when contracts were received from the United St
Government for large quantities of 75 M.M. type sh
production continuing on a large scale until the signin
the armistice. The several contracts for munit
amounted to 30,000,000 pieces. Commencing in 1:
the plant was gradually reconstructed for the manu
ture of peace-time products, and is at present produ
phonograph motors, tone-arms and reproducers, elect'
wiring devices, lighting fixtures, stamped brass gi
and metal stampings, automobile hardware and pi

Mr. Banfield is a member of the Canadian and
pire clubs, Canadian Manufacturers' Association, i '
of England, L.O.L. 857, Ancient Order of United W •
men, and president of the Veterans of 1866 Assoeial
Is a generous and dependable supporter of charit '
and philanthropic works, having donated $20,00< '
the Loyal True Blue Orphanage, at Richmond .
now nearing completion; and a trust in perpetuit '
$20,000, the income being used for the distribution i
year of books as prizes to the Methodist Sabbath scl '

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S'the Province of Quebec. In religious faith Mr.
field is a Methodist, a member of the Timothy Eaton
norial Church and of the Quarterly Board. Was for
ity-six years librarian of the Metropolitan Methodist
rch. Mr. Banfield married Elizabeth Johnston,
ased, of Quebec, and their children were: Ida R.,
in J., Alexander W., William I., Annie M., and
yS.

ILLIAM HENRY SHAW— Since 1879 William
y Shaw has been a practical educationalist, who has

expression to his specialty through the successful
uct, from 1884 until the present (1923), of business
lis for the proper training of young people to carry
le commercial interests of our country. In 1892
Shaw located in Toronto, Ontario, where among the
ts of his thirty years' residence and work is to be
the Shaw System of Business Schools and The

Correspondence School, and it has been admitted
in his special field of endeavor he has no superiors,
dliam H. Shaw, son of Oscar F. and Amy Shaw, was
on a farm in Camden township, near the village of
; Bridge, Kent county, Ontario, on April 1, 1858.
larly education was obtained in the public and high
lis of his native county, followed by graduation from
Normal School, Toronto. For eight years he
it in the public schools of Kent county, giving to
sgnlar work in that capacity added practical value

Kh special attention to the fundamentals on which
, sensible education rests.

active connection with business school work began

',, when he became a member of the staff of the Can-

usiness College, Chatham, Ontario. The estab-

it of the business school in Stratford, which has

successfully from January, 1887, marks his first

mdent effort in business school organization. This

occupied his time to the exclusion of all other

iiB until August, 1892, when he sought a wider field

irganized his first business school in the city of

ito. This school was opened in August, 1892, and

id the foundation of the present series of Shaw

which now comprises eleven well equipped busi-

ools, giving instruction in all phases of com-

work at day and evening sessions, and including

Shaw Correspondence School, which is giving

,de instruction by home study plans. All these

are located in Toronto, although the organization

of the subject of this sketch is reflected in splen-

Iness schools in Winnipeg and Vancouver. The

illege of which he was the founder and principal,

' in Stratford, was known as the Central Business

and the first school organized in Toronto bore

name. As the system broadened this name was

ited, and now all these schools are commonly

IS Shaw's Business Schools. Mr. Shaw has

his life to the cause of practical education and

jarded as the foremost exponent of the business

plan for qualifying young people to serve in the

immerciai field.

Shaw is well and lavorably known on the lecture

and has rendered good service in a public way

'ellow-citizens by serving for the period of fifteen

the Toronto Board of Education and for several

a member of the Board of Control and the City

In the business field Mr. Shaw is president

ark Lawn Cemetery Company of Toronto, and a

|r_of the Empire Publications, Limited. He is a

in politics, and in 1908 and 1911 he measured

with Sir George E. Foster, contesting for the

the House of Commons as a representative for the

BCtdal district of North Toronto.

Mr. Shaw's religious faith is reflected in his member-
ship in the Central Methodist Church of Toronto, In
which he serves as a member of the several boards and In
whose work he is especially interested. His experience
covers twenty-six years' service in Sunday school
work, chiefly as superintendent. In the Masonic order
Mr. Shaw has served as district deputy grand master
under the Grand Lodge of Canada in Ontario, and as
district superintendent under the Grand Chapter of Can-
ada. For twenty years he has been treasurer of Har-
mony Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is past
potentate of Rameses Temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a past grand master
of the Canadian Order of Odd Fellows and for fourteen
years has held the position of treasurer of this order.
His clubs are: The Ontario, Rotary, Canadian, Empire,
Scarboro Golf and Queen City Country.

W. H. Shaw married Charlotte J. Gill, daughter o(
George and Mary Gill, of Chatham, Ontario, and they are
the parents of a daughter, Mabel, wife of J. F. M.
Stewart, of Toronto, and two sons, E. Roy Shaw, now o(
Detroit, Michigan, and W. Reginald Shaw, of Toronto.
The family home is No. 185 Crescent road, Toronto.

ALFRED FITZPATRICK— Throughout the Do-
minion of Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the
name of Alfred Fitzpatrick, M.A., has become not so
much a "household" as a "camp" and "shack" word,
because of his many years of devoted work among the
laboring men engaged in lumbering or in construction.

He is a native of Nova Scotia, born April 22, 1862,
his birthplace being Millsville, in Pictou county. After
a preparatory course in the celebrated Pictou Academy,
then under the principalship of Alexander Howard
MacKay, later superintendent of education for the
Province of Nova Scotia, he completed, between 1884
and 1892, courses in art and theology in Queen's
University, Kingston, Ontario, winning during these
years the Lewis prize and a scholarship in church
history. After ordination by the Presbytery of St.
John, New Brunswick, he spent nearly two years under
the auspices of the Presbyterian Church North of the
United States, doing missionary work in the redwoods of
California. It was here that he first came into prac-
tical contact with camp men and loggers. He also pur-
sued graduate work at Leland Stanford University, and
later finished a course extra-murally with Queen's
University, Canada, in Honour English.

After his return to Canada he spent some time at
home mission work for the Presbyterian church, and
in furthering his educational training. He took a par-
tial course in Trinity Medical College, Toronto, and sub-
sequently completed his Master's degree in sociology at
McMaster University.

In 1900 he was stationed at Webbwood, Ontario, where
he came into direct contact with the men working in the
lumber camps. There he was impressed more than
ever with the conditions under which the lumberjacks
lived, and with a view to finding better opportunities to
help them, he initiated the work of the Frontier Col-
lege, the first branches of which were established in the
lumber camps in the vicinity of Nairn Centre, Algoraa,
Ontario.

From that time on he has been incessantly engaged,
partly in actual teaching, but of late years much more
in the task of shaping courses of study, finding suitable
assistants, and raising funds for carrying on the work
of education among the lumberjacks, railway and other
navvies from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The
general scope and purpose of his cultural theories, prac-
tical plans and pedagogical methods, are so well set forth
in his treatise on "The University in Overalls" that a

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few statements from this recently published work may be
usefully quoted:

The medium between the worker and the Universities is
resident instruction, — a man wliose hands are trained as well as
his mind and soul. He must be a University man who can
not only satisfy the foreman with his daily work, but also
awaken enthusiasm in a gan^ of men. The man in the Camp
responds most readily to the concrete influence of one sharinar
his environment. Nothing but efBciency appeals to these
men — efficiency not in mathematics, or literature, or theology,
but in actual labor of the hands and in their particular brand of
manual labor. It is nothing to them that one has taken a
double-first in a College, or won renown as a pitcher or catcher
on the campus. To be personally popular with the shantymen
one must handle the cant-hook with any of the old-time leaders
and skidders. The river-drivers' standard of character is
ability to handle a peavy, ride a log. and break a lam. The
miner judges a man by his ability to drill holes and handle dy-
namite. The fisherman re-spects the man who can manipulate
his net.s and trim his sails in the roughest weather. The student
who wants to win the frontier toiler and help to develop his mind
and soul must first be his hero : he must excel in the special work
of that laborer; he must prove that his all-round education of
hands and mind and soul has made him more contented, hap-
pier, and more efficient than those whose hands and feet have
been overworked while their minds are dormant.

And the appeal for co-operation in this educational
movement is not made to men alone:

When will the woman graduate see that with her mind en-
riched partly at the public expense, and with her broader vis-
ion, she has an obligation to go for a time as an actual worker
and teacher in the shirt factories, the cotton mills, the crowded
offlces, or where, amid machinery and clatter of activity, wo-
man workers, to often lacking her acquirements, are herded
together. If misguided youths in camps need the presence of
the university instructor, even more so does the conversation of
a band of girl employees in a mill group need direction. Too
long have women graduates left the leadership in such matters
to minds less fitted to guide.

Nor need healthy sport be overlooked. A wide-awake in-
structor at a saw mill in New Brunswick where two hundred and
fifty men were employed, seventy-five per cent of whom were
foreigners — Roumanians, Poles, Swedes, and Danes — not only
conducted classes four nights a week, but organized an athletic
association, with a large membership of men, women and young
people of both sexes. Baseball and tennis especially were en-
couraged. Passing the grounds of an evening one might see a
scene surpassed only in cities and large towns. There were as
many as three ball teams, as well as other forms of amuse-
ment, the instructors directing all the activities.

College instructors at the various camps may well co-operate
with the parole officers of the Dominion. As preceptors they can
become the "big brothers" to some lads allowed out on sus-
pended sentence. This has frequently been done. Such
boys are sent to a camp or works where an instructor is employed :
they report regularly to the instructor, who also takes a personal
interest in his protege to teach or otherwise help him. This
arrangement is known only to the manager of the works and
the instructor, and thus no prejudice is aroused as a barrier
to the experiment. Thus does the trained instructor prove his
place, not alone as a teacher at the works or camps, but even as
a preceptor to boys on parole. His work is limitless. He lives
not for himself but for others. Life and daily contact and
influence, not words, count in his battle. This is no child's
play, no sinecure for a summer's vacation. It is a very real

Bhase of university effort. Only in such ways can labor and
fe be grooved aright, and happiness become our common
portion.

The varied but peculiar cultural work carried on
from 1900, during the following twenty-three years,
have now expanded so much and opened up a prospect
so full of encouragement to its promoters and voluntary
supporters that a charter was obtained from the Do-
minion Parliament in 1922, entitled: "An Act to In-
corporate the Frontier College." At the present time,
1923, the institution is in process of organization, with
Sir Edmund Osier, of Toronto, and Tom Moore, presi-
dent of the Trades and Labour Council of Canada, Ot-
tawa; Rev. C. W. Gordon, D.D., LL.D. (Ralph Connor)
Winnipeg; and others, as patrons; D. B. Hanna, of
Toronto, honorary treasurer; Alfred Fitzpatrick, M.A.,
principal; and E. W. Bradwin, M.A., long associated
with Mr. Fitzpatrick, as inspector; and a board of di-
rectors of prominent Canadian citizens.

The need of such an institution has been amply dem
strated by the work it has already accomplished, of
under trying conditions and very uncertain sources
revenue. Those who desire further information ab<
the work carried on, the lines of its unique evolution
far, and the great room for its future development, n
find it extremely interesting to study the contents
two small but ample treatises: "A Handbook for N
Canadians," prepared by Principal Fitzpatrick i
Inspector Bradwin (1919); and "The University
Overalls: A Plea for Part Time Study," by Princi
Fitzpatrick (1920).

WILLIAM HOUSTON, M.A., was born in 1
township of Pakenham, County of Lanark, Ontai
September 9, 1844, the son of James Houston,
immigrant from Orkney, and Janet Donaldson Youi
an immigrant from Glasgow. He received his ea:
education at Bennie's Corners, Ramsay township, 1
the last three years under the tuition of the late Jo
McCarter, from whom he acquired a useful training
Latin and Greek, as well as algebra and geometi
Between the ages of twelve and thirteen he migrat
with the rest of the family circle to the County of Bru(
then in process of early settlement, and began teachii
in a backwood's school at the age of seventeen.
1864 he attended the Toronto Normal School, thi
under the academic and pedagogic management
the late Thomas Jafifray Robertson, M.A., and tl
late John Herbert Sangster, M.A.; in 1866 he matricul
ted at the University of Toronto, but did not cot
plete the course in the Faculty of Arts till 1872. 1
entered at once on a journalistic career as a city nes
reporter for the Toronto "Globe," but in a few weel
became an editorial writer; in the winter of 1872-73 \
was for sometime on the editorial staff of the St. Job
(New Brunswick) "Telegraph;" in 1875 he resume
editorial work on the Toronto "Liberal," and later agai
on the "Globe." He was in the latter office in 18&
when George Brown was fatally shot by a dismisse
employee, and has been on the same paper continuous!
since 1903.

In the intervals of journalism Mr. Houston has spei
much time in educational work, inspecting public schoo
in Northern Ontario, teaching high school in Beamsvili
carrying on pedagogical work as director of teacher
institutes, and conducting for several years academ
classes in English literature and economics, under tl
auspices of the Young Men's Christian Associatio
Mr. Houston has been almost continuously, since 188
a member of the Senate of the University of Toronto
a representative of the alumni in the Faculty of Art
was for several years librarian to the Ontario Legislatw
and has been for years, since its very beginning associ
ted with the work of the Frontier College, among t
lumbermen in the forests, the navvies on the railwa;
and the miners in the coal and metallic ore regions of t
Dominion. (See preceding sketch of Alfred Fitzpatri
for history of Frontier College). Mr. Houston w
mainly instrumental in securing for women the privile
of attending lectures in the University of Toronto;
edited and published in 1890 an annotated edition
"Documents illustrative of the Canadian Constitutior
with the two-fold motive of effecting the substituti
of class study for listening to lectures, and of maki
the same method applicable to the constitutions of t^
United Kingdom, the British Empire, and the Unit^
States of America. ^

The name of William Houston has long been a houi
hold word, not only in Toronto, but throughout t

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ince, as a man of wide learning and encyclopedic

|ledge. He has been called the Dean of Education-

ind his advice is eagerly sought. For a generation

Ts' conventions have been honored by his presence

lave profited by his special addresses. For many

too, he has been an outstanding member of the

of Education in this city.

Houston is a man of imperturbable disposition
If uniformly good health. He is fond of out-door
ties and makes a practice even yet of spending a
portion of a week often in extensive hikes along the
and bush trails in the newer parts of the Province,
len are more familiar with the physical contour
lada. A lovable man, his friends are legion and
proud to count them amongst all classes of the
lunity.

fUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN S. CAMPBELL

le intervals of a long and honorable military record,
knant-Colonel John S. Campbell has been prom-
Hn the business life of Ontario, and since the close
_World War has held the office of president of the
"'sh Company, Limited, located at No. 70 King
West, Toronto.

Campbell's family has resided in Canada con-
>ly more than a century, his grandfather having
|he first settler in Nottawasaga township, County
Ontario, having come from Scotland in 1808
tie there. Mr. Campbell's father, David Camp-
born in Scotland, and came to Canada with
snts as a child, later taking up farming in County
which occupation he followed throughout his
He married Isabella Blackstone, who also was
Scotland, and both are deceased.
S. Campbell, son of David and Isabella (Black-
Campbell, was born in the County of Simcoe,
Oj August 11, 1869. Receiving his early edu-
m the public schools near his home, he com-
|his studies at the CoUingwood High School. In
! entered the Royal School of Infantry, and from
L898, until September, 1899, he served in the
Field Force, then, in October, 1899, went to
lAfrica, where he served until May, 1902. For
there he received the Queen's Medal, with four
Bps, and the King's Medal, with two bars,
ling to Toronto he was for some years engaged
BS, and from 1912 until 1915 held the office of
lanager of the Federal Engineering Company,
1, of this city. With the outbreak of the World
Ir. Campbell became a member of the 48th
iders, with the 35th Battalion, Canadian Ex-
Forces. This was in February, 1915, and
llater transferred to the 37th Battalion and still
|the 83rd, being with the last-named from March,
itil November of the same year. From No-
1915, until January, 1918, he acted as inspector
I troops of Military District No. 2, and was
in dispatches for services in Canada. Mr.
_ became a member of the Cam-Fish Company,
J in 1919, and was made president of the concern.
re wholesalers in engineering and mill supplies,
|doing a large business throughout the Dominion,
from Great Britain, and being leaders in this
March, 1922, Mr. Campbell severed his con-
with the Cam-Fish Company, and in November,
led a partnership with J. W. G. Greey for the
m of chrome leather belting, they being the
in this industry in Canada. The office and
are at No. 60 Esplanade East, Toronto. The
is The Canadian Chrome Leather Belting

Mr. Campbell is a member of the Canadian Military
Institute, and of the Toronto Board of Trade. Politically
he endorses the Conservative party, and his social con-
nections include membership in the Empire Club. He
is a member of St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 16, G. R.C.,
F. and A. M., and is a member of Toronto Valley Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite. He is a member of the
Presbyterian church.

M r. Campbell married in Toronto, Beatrice M . Herbert,
of this city, and they have two children. The family
resides at No. 296 Clinton Street, Toronto. •

COLONEL FREDERICK F. CLARKE, holding
active rank as colonel in York Rangers Regiment,
began his military career as a cadet in 1892, and still
takes interest in the boys and has a large cadet organiza-
tion in connection with his regiment. He is a veteran
of the World War, having served on all British fronts
except Arras. By profession he is a surveyor, and is now
chief land surveyor for the entire Canadian National
railway. He is a son of William Henry and Anna
Clarke, his father for thirty-five years in the civil service
of the Province of Ontario, in the King's Printers'
Department. I

Frederick F. Clarke was born in Hamilton, Ontario,
August 22, 1878. He was educated in Upper Canada
College, and University of Toronto, taking the civil
engineering course with special reference to surveying.
He passed the examinations the Ontario and Dominion
land surveyors must pass, and began professional work
in the townships from Smith's Falls, East, in 1902, and
was associated with H. J. Moore, Ontario land surveyor,
and Dunn & Fullerton, engineers. In 1905 Colonel
Clarke became a member of the surveying staff of Cana-
dian National railways' as surveyor for Ontario, and in
1919 was appointed chief surveyor for the entire system.

After his cadet experience. Colonel Clarke regularly
enlisted in the 13th Hamilton Regiment, in 1894 as a
private, and in 1896 was made a sergeant of the 48th
Highlanders. He received a commission in the York
Regiment in 1897, and served three years, 1899-1902,
in the Royal Canadian Rangers as captain. In 1913 he
was commissioned major, in 1915 lieutenant-colonel,
and since January, 1922, has held the active rank of
colonel. He was in command of the first contingent
of troops that left Toronto for overseas, sailing in August,
1914, the detachment being composed of York and Peel
county troops. He built and was in command of an
Internment Camp at Hapuskaring in 1915; commanded
the York Rangers Overseas Battalion from November
15 until March, 1919; and was on active duty in France
for twenty-five months, serving in all the British battle
sectors save Arras.

Colonel Clarke was with the Australians in the Ba-
paume offensive of 1917; with General Gough from May
to November, 1917, on the Ypres front; and during
February and March, 1918, was on the St. Quentin
front, and commanded his own battalion and miscellan-
eous troops who filled in the gap in the line during the
German offensive on Amiens, 1918. Since returning
to Canada he has taken an active interest and part in the
organization of the Canadian Legion, a private, holding
position as grand commander. Colonel Clarke was three
times mentioned in dispatches, and received the D.S.O.
for signal bravery in the Ypres fighting of 1917, and a bar
to accompany the D.S.O. for his work on the Amiens
front, in March, 1918. He also possesses the Long
Service decoration of the Canadian Military.

Colonel Clarke married, in Montreal, in 1906, Agnes
Veronica Himelman, of Nova Scotia. Colonel and Mrs.
Clarke are the parents of four sons: Frederick, Bruce

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Roy and Walter. The family home is No. 137 Shel-
drake boulevard, Toronto.

CHARLES SHEARD, M . D ., an eminent physician, was
bom in Toronto, February 15, 1857, son of the late
Joseph S. Sheard, mayor of Toronto in 1871-72. He
received his education in Upper Canada College, and in
Trinity University, in Toronto, graduating from the
latter institution in 1878 with the degree of Bachelor
of Medicine. He was made a fellow of Trinity Medical
College in 1878, and a member of the Royal College of
Surgeons of England a few years later, and has success-
fully engaged in practice in Toronto throughout the years
of his active career. The Toronto "Globe" has charac-
terized him as "a scientist to his finger tips," and the
Toronto "News" cites him as "a man with a trained
mind, clear-headed and quick; and, as medical health
officer, has earned a provincial reputation." Along
with his professional duties, Dr. Charles Sheard found
time for service in public office. He served as a member
of the City Council; as medical health officer of Toronto,
1893-1911; was president of the Ontario Health
Officers' Association in 1896; an examiner of the Cana-
dian branch of the Royal Sanitary Institute in 1906;
vice-president of the Toronto League for the Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis in 1909; professor of Preventive
Medicine of Toronto University, 1906-1911; professor of
Physiology and Clinical Medicine, Trinity College,
Toronto, 1883, 1905-06; president of the Dominion Med-
ical Association, 1893; and chairman of the Provincial
Board of Health, 1906-1911. In all these varied pro-
fessional and civic activities Dr. Sheard has won the
esteem and the confidence of his fellow-citizens, and in
1917j;they gave evidence of their high esteem by electing
himfto the House of Commons at General Election,
re-electing him in 1921, and he is still sitting (1923).
He is also president member of the constituency of
South Toronto. Politically, Dr. Sheard is a Con-
servative, and his religious affiliation is with the Anglican
church, in which he takes an active interest.

In 1885 Dr. Charles Sheard married Virna Stanton,
daughter of the late Eldridge Stanton, of Toronto,
and a cousin of Wendell Phillips. Mrs. Sheard has won
considerable reputation as a writer of graceful verse and
of short stories, and in addition to her shorter work in
fiction has produced three novels: "Trevelyan's Little
Daughter," "A Maid of Many Moods," and "By the
Queen's Grace," all of which have won for the author
the highest praise.

The children of Dr. and Mrs. Sheard are: Charles
(2),M.R.C.P.;Paul,B.A.S.C.; Terence, B.A.; and Joseph
L., whose review follows.

JOSEPH L. SHEARD — Among the younger men of
the legal profession in Toronto, Canada, is Joseph L.
Sheard, who for the past three years has been engaged
in general practice in this city. He is a son of Dr.
Charles and Virna (Stanton) Sheard, and was born
m Toronto, January 5, 1891.

Joseph L. Sheard received his preparatory education in
the Model schools of Toronto and then entered Upper Can-
ada College, from which he matriculated in 1907. He then
entered the University of Toronto, graduating in 1911,
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After a period of
special study at Osgoode Hall, he was called to the
bar in 1919, and since that time has been engaged in
general practice in Toronto. He is steadily building up
a successful and important practice. During the World
War he held a commission in the Royal Artillery, in
which he served. Mr. Sheard is a member of the

Eglinton Hunt Club, and his church affiliation is ^
Church of England.

Joseph L. Sheard married, on November li
Marjorie Gray, daughter of William T. Gra
granddaughter of the late Colonel Gray. N
Mrs. Sheard are the parents of one child, Marjo;

ALBERT EDWARD WILSON— Although a
education and a teacher in the public school of Ch
Mr. Wilson elected a business career, and after t
three years, entered the insurance field by secu
agency with the Globe Indemnity Insurance Com
Canada for the town of Wallaceburg, Ontario,
that time onward his interest has been in the in
business, he now being president of A. E. W
Company, general insurance, Lumsden buildir
6 Adelaide street, East. Mr. Wilson is a native so
m Tilbury, Kent county, Ontario, and educated
lie schools and Chatham Collegiate Institute.

After receiving his agency for the Globe Ind
Insurance Company, Mr. Wilson worked hard ]
years to make it profitable to the company, ai
ceeded so well that he was given additional t(
with authority to establish other agencies. 1
did, finally having strong branches in the cour
Essex, Kent, and Lambton, his headquarters h
the Chatham agency. This territory he covere
1906, then was given the agency for the eastern c
of Ontario, he then making London, Ontario, hi
headquarters. In 1908 he further extended his
tions and entered Toronto, establishing an of
King street, West, but in 1913 he removed to the
erected Lumsden building. No. 6 Adelaide stree
Wilson being the first office occupant of that bi
Until 1917 he conducted his business without mi
ial assistance, but it had grown so large that i
he incorporated as A. E. Wilson & Company, L
A. E. Wilson, president; W. F. Wilson, vice-pre
M. Gumming, secretary; these men, with A. G. I
and Gordon Herington, constituting the board ol
tors. The business of the company is in the c;
and fire insurance policies issued by the Globe '
nity Insurance Company of Canada, and in ■
insurance. The reputation of the company ii
Mr. Wilson is a director of the Toronto Casual
and Marine Insurance Company of Toronto; pr
of The Canadian Automobile Service Associa
Toronto; director of the Richardson Cartage
pany. Limited.

Mr. Wilson married Maria Trotter, daugl
Mr. and Mrs. William Trotter, and they are the
of one child, Marie. The family home is at
Binscarth road.

EDWARD MEREDITH SCARLETT, who 1

position of prominence in the business world of T
as vice-president of The Wilson-Munroe Cci
Limited, comes of an old Toronto family, and is t
son of the late Dr. Edward Meredith and Maria S
Mr. Scarlett was born in the city of Toronto,
1881, and was educated in the public schools of tl
Choosing a business rather than a professional ca
entered the employ of W. J. Gage & Company, I
at the age of fifteen, in the capacity of office bo
maining with this concern for eight years, he g
comprehensive knowledge of the business. H
joined the staff of Buntin Reid & Company, pap ''
chants, where he remained until 1904. This ^ '"
year of the great fire, when the wholesale pa] ^^
trict of the city was practically swept away, i''
time he became associated with Wilson-Monroe i <»
pany, as they were then known, who were just s tW

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rhe paper business, and after a few years they formed
imited company under the name The Wilson-Monroe
/npany, Limited. Mr. Scarlett acted as travelling sales-
m for the company for a number of years, and in June,
.! 6, became vice-president of the concern, which office he
tl ably fills, bearing an active part in the selling
1 of the business. Mr. Scarlett holds membership in
\ Kmpire and the Kiwanis clubs, and he is a member
irhe Howard Park Methodist Church.
Ir. Scarlett married, January 1, 1913, Jeanette Mer-
ePaterson, daughter of John and Marian Paterson,
t they are the parents of two children: James
Iredith, born May 16, 1915; and Marian Meredith,
w May 23, 1916. The family home is at No. 243
^it Fern avenue.

AMUEL McCORD— Standing behind the con-

iction work of the city of Toronto, in the distribution

' lilders' supplies of many kinds, the firm of S. McCord

ompany. Limited, is one of the enterprising and pro-

•i5ive concerns of the day.

iimuel McCord, the founder and still the head of this

<s, was born in Lisburn, Ireland, May 6, 1858.

iiig some experience in building activity in hisna-

.i.;iice,Mr.McCordcametoTorontoin 1882, and es-

.Ished himself in the contracting business specializing

wer construction. Gradually he extended his oper-

to include many kinds of construction work,

^hile doing a very considerable business in the

^ing of supplies incident to this class of work.

lit 1900 the mercantile branch of his business

I Me of such importance that he discontinued his

I ity in contracting, and established the firm which

low become one of the largest distributors of build-

lupplies in the city. Upon the incorporation of the

itn in 1919 Samuel McCord was made president,

ge S. McCord vice-president, and R. J. Scott

tary and treasurer. With new modern offices and

farious warehouses, the plant, which is located at

11 King street. East, occupies three acres of ground.

McCord is a hard-working, practical man, in an

mtly practical business, and he attributes the

of the concern to the quality of goods they handle

heir progressive business methods.

|th scant leisure for recreation, Mr. McCord never-

e^s takes a deep interest in all advance. Fraternally

a member of the King Solomon Lodge, No. 21,

ind Accepted Masons, and of St. Matthew's

; Club. He is a member of the Methodist

u [L.

^. McCord married, in England, in 1880, Annie

icinan, of Lisburn, Ireland, and they have five

■rs and three sons. The sons, Thomas and

'. R., are in executive capacities in the firm; and

S., is of further mention. The family home

'. 14 Victor avenue, Toronto.

k'e S. McCord, vice-president of S. McCord

!)any, Limited, was born in Toronto, October

-, and attended the public schools of his native

entering his father's employ in 1909, he thor-

iamiliarized himself with the business in all its

es. Upon the incorporation of the concern he was

' its vice-president, and has since been actively

•'1 with its management. He is a member of the

lomon Lodge, No. 21, Free and Accepted Masons.

LHOus affiliations are with the Methodist church.

'pril 12, 1916, he married Estelle McCauley, of

•im, and they have one son, Keith. The family

'1 IS at No. 73 McLean avenue.

W^LIAM STEWART WALLACE— Associate libra-
' «the University of Toronto, and a veteran of the

World War, William Stewart Wallace is a recognized
historian and author. He was born in Georgetown,
Ontario, June 23, 1884, son of the Rev. W. G. and
Margaret (Stewart) Wallace. Mr. Wallace's father
is a minister of the Presbyterian church, and holds the
degree of Doctor of Divinity.

The early education of William S. Wallace was re-
ceived in the public schools of Toronto, whither his
family had moved while he was quite young. After
having completed his preparatory studies, he pro-
ceeded to the University of Toronto, where he was en-
rolled as a student in University College. He com-
pleted the full course with great credit, and was grad-
uated as a member of the class of 1906, with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts. His unusual gifts determined him
to follow a scholastic career, and he proceeded to England
during the autumn of the same year and became a student
at Balliol College, Oxford. Here, amid the quiet sur-
roundings and scholarly traditions of one of Oxford's
oldest and most renowned colleges, he pursued his studies
for the space of three years. In 1909 he received the
degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University.

Upon the completion of his undergraduate course at
Oxford he returned to Toronto and was given the chair
of history at McMaster University. During the follow-
ing year he was appointed lecturer in history at the
University of Toronto, and this office he held until 1922.
when he became associate librarian. Mr. Wallace found
his work as a professor both interesting and agreeable,
and he continued to hold the chair of history at Mc-
Master University until 1920, in spite of the intervention
of the war, which caused his absence for a considerable
space of time. In 1920, when he resigned his chair,
he did so in order to accept an assistant librarianship at
the University of Toronto, and this position led to his
appointment as associate librarian two years later, when
he gave up his other connections in order to devote all
of his time and energies to the duties of his new position.

During the World War, Major Wallace was attached
to the 139th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces,
with which he went overseas. He became adjutant of
the Third Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe, England,
and was later appointed officer in charge of the Khaki
University, Shorncliffe Area, England. After receiving
his discharge from the service, he resumed his scholastic
career at Toronto. In 1912, "Mr. Wallace received
the degree of Master of Arts from Balliol College, Ox-
ford, upon the completion of his studies. He is the
author of "The United Empire Loyalists," 1913, "The
Family Compact," 1915; "The Maseres Letters," 1920;
and "By Star and Compass," published in 1922. In
religious faith he is a Presbyterian. He belongs to the
Toronto Golf Club and the York Club.

In 1913, Mr. Wallace married, in Toronto, Isobel
Dora Graeme Robertson, daughter of Alexander James
and Julia (Carrie) Robertson. Mrs. Wallace's father
died some years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have two
children, Ian Stewart, bom in London, England, De-
cember 1, 1917; and Mary Marcia Delmage, born in
Toronto, April 14 1920.

McGregor & McINTYRE, limited, fabricators
of structural steel and manufacturers of all kinds of orna-
mental iron work, was established in 1902, with its plant
and offices on Pearl street, Toronto, the founders being
Joseph H. McGregor, president, and Robert L. Mclntyre,
managing director. The plant, which was sixty feet by
eighty feet in dimensions, was equipped for general black-
smith work, and specialized in builders' iron. The
character of the business gradually changed into struc-
tural steel work. An air compressor, beam shears,
derricks, etc., were added, and the business expanded

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until seventy-five men were employed. A decade after
the founding of the company, business demanded greatly
enlarged quarters, and six acres were purchased on Shaw
street, between Dupont street and the Canadian Pacific
railroad, and there a large factory was erected, with an
area of 27,000 square feet. A two-story office building,
with 4,500 square feet of floor surface was added later.
The machinery from the Pearl street plant was installed
in the Shaw street factory, along with a great deal of
new equipment, including fifteen-ton and thirty-ton
bridge cranes. Tracks connect the plant with the Cana-
dian Pacific railroad lines, and shipments are made
direct from the factory. Since the original purchase
four adjoining acres have been secured and added to the
plant area. McGregor & Mclntyre, Limited, supply, fabri-
cate and erect structural steel for office and mill buildings,
churches, bridges, both railroad and highway, elevators,
and other large buildings. They also manufacture and
erect a stair of a patented steel trough design, which has
been highly endorsed by many leading architects and
contractors.

A large engineering staff is kept constantly em-
ployed by the firm, and in addition a department known
as the "short order" department has been established to
handle small orders quickly without going through the
more complicated routine of the larger shops. Two
hundred men are now employed in normal times in the
plant. The annual output is 16,000 tons.

Some of the larger contracts executed by McGregor
& Mclntyre, Limited, include the structural steel and
ornamental iron work for the Methodist Book Room;
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company building;
the Christie-Brown building; the Canadian Aeroplanes
building; Excelsior Life Insurance Company building;
Leaside Munitions building, Leaside; Hart House;
Gutta Percha and Rubber Company building, Toronto;
the screen house for the Hydro-Electric Power Com-
mission of Queenstown, and the generating station for
the same commission at Cameron Falls; St. Clair avenue
bridge, Toronto; Burrill Creek Viaduct, Canadian
Pacific railroad; and twenty-seven bridges for the Inter-
Colonial railway in Nova Scotia.

The officers of this firm are: J. H. McGregor, presi-
dent; R. L. Mclntyre, managing director; John Mackrell,
secretary; A. Ross Robertson, assistant manager;
A. E. Wells, manager of the ornamental iron department;
E. T. Bridges, chief engineer; and G. A. Hicks, manager
of the short order department. The firm offices are at
No. 1139 Shaw street, Toronto.

JOHN A. BREMNER— With a comprehensive prep-
aration for his career and broad experience in the
business world, John A. Bremner, of Toronto, is now
filling a position of large responsibility in this city as
assistant general manager for the Canadian General
Electric Company, at their head offices in Toronto.

Mr. Bremner was born in Toronto, and as a lad
attended the public schools of this city, later having the
advantage of a course at Jarvis street Collegiate In-
stitute, matriculating from that institution to Toronto
University. After completing his education, he entered
the law office of a prominent legal firm, and was thus
engaged for about two years, but then decided not to
follow the law as a profession. He accepted the position
of secretary to the mayor of Toronto, filling the duties
of this position for about one year. . He then acted as
"cub" reporter on the Toronto "Globe" for a time,
after which he became identified with the wholesale
grocery business in association with Davidson & Hay,
and was active along this line until 1898. At that time
Mr. Bremner went to British Columbia, where he was
engaged for a time in various enterprises. Then re-

turning to Toronto he settled permanently here,
entered the employ of the Canadian General Elec
Company, as an inspector. Remaining with this '
cern, he has risen through the various department
the business until he is now assistant general mana
and handles large interests.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr. Bi
ner also holds membership in the Canadian Ms
facturers' Association, is widely known in the trade,
is a director of several companies. He is also soci
prominent, a member of the Royal Canadian Yi
Club, the Toronto Club, the Ontario Club, the Argoi
Rowing Club, the Mississauga Golf Club and the P(
boro Club, this group of organizations revealing
preference for recreative interests of an outdoor nat
He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Bremner married Isobel Hodgins, of Dun
Ontario. They have one daughter, Isobel M., (
cated in the public schools of Toronto and Have
College.

WILLIAM INGLIS— Two generations of the Ii
family have had an important share in the developn
of Canadian industry, the representative of the
having given his name to the business he founded,
John Inglis Company, Limited, manufacturers of boil
engines and pumps. William Inglis, son of the foun
is the present head of this large enterprise, and occu
a place of prominence in Toronto, where his busi
interests have centered for a quarter of a century.

John Inglis was born in Scotland, and in the e
fifties came to Canada, settling first in Chippe
Ontario, later moving to Simcoe, to Dundas, and the
1858 to Guelph. His trade was that of millwright,
he followed this calling until the establishment of
business that has since been conducted under his n
and whose development is outlined below. John Ii
was a man of unusual mechanical skill combined
keen business instinct and wise judgment. He bee
one of the well known manufacturers of the provi
at an early day establishing the reputation for
company's products that, jealously guarded, has D
Inglis machinery a Canadian standard. Mr. Ii
died April 3, 1898, respected for sterling personal q
ties and for the contribution of worthy effort to
industrial and commercial progress of his time.

William Inglis, son of John Inglis, was born in Gut
Ontario, October 20, 1868, and there attended pi
school. As a youth, in 1881, he began to learn the
chinist's trade under his father's instruction, and
the death of the elder Inglis he was always ident
with his father in business. The title of the cor
became John Inglis & Sons, and about 1895 was loi
in Toronto. Incorporation as The John Inglis Coraj
Limited, was made in 1903, and at this time Wi '
Inglis was elected to the presidency.

Since 1860 the name Inglis stamped upon statio
engines and boilers has represented the most depem
machinery obtainable. In the sixty years that
elapsed since that time, the company's line has i
broadened to include boilers, tanks, stacks, water to' '
all classes of steel plate work, marine, Corliss and p'
ing engines, centrifugal pumps, and all descriptio
special machinery, which have gained the high r
nition accorded the engines and boilers first n
factured. Boiler making has, however, been the
cipal interest of the company, and Inglis boilers <
compiled remarkable records of efficiency and '■
ability. All types are manufactured, including mf >•
return tubular, and water-tube, the company ho I
the sole Canadian rights to the manufacture of the
City water-tube boiler. Inglis boilers represent

■ : Jarn/niij.n .' uhz/s/'.ing iSo.Iid.

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■iiximum of safety, durability, and economy, and
trough these qualities have come into widespread favor
Uh engmeere and plant owners. The general offices
rl plant of the company are at No. 14 Strachan avenue
Miito, the original location in the city, although none
I' first plant is in active service at the present time
<■ plant, a modern and model construction of brick
sel, and glass, covers about eight acres, and com-
fsos two boiler shops, a machine shop, a moulding
8)p, and a smith shop. In equipment, organization
al coordinated efficiency of operation the plant is
- "Id to none. The number of employees mounts at
ity production to twelve hundred, carefully selected
kill and reliability, many of whom have been with
t company for a long period of years.

U the outbreak of the World War the company like

nst of Canada's notable manufacturing concerns was

p pared to take an active part in the country's war-

- effort by diverting its facilities to the making of

ments of war. An order was given the com-

^. ly ior the manufacture of shells, but only a small part

oihis had been executed when it was requested to build

e.ines and boilers for the Canadian Government Mer-

Marine, a department of war service for which it

minently fitted. Many engines and boilers were

:pd for government use, and among the more notable

^ of work accomplished was the building, for four

tons freighters, triple expansion marine engines of

horse power.

Inglis is a member of the Canadian Manufaetur-

-sociation and the Board of Trade, and is numbered

^nu •7®^''^^^"*''*'"^® "^^^ °f affairs of the Domin-

I he ideas and ideals of his distinguished father were

ritage, and under modern conditions he has

I the policy and development of the company

progressive, substantial lines. He is a member of

ironto Club, the Engineers' Club, the Lambton

lub, and the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. He is a

■• yjur of the Presbyterian church, a dependable factor

mil good work organized in his city.

r. Inghs married, in Toronto, December 19, 1898,
B«.ha Hewett. They have one daughter, Margaret
T\ family home is at No. 153 St. George Street

OBERT ALEXANDER BAKER-Coming from

• merald Isle when a boy, Mr. Baker has found

lal business surroundings in the city of Toronto

,a'a ?"^„?^ president of the enterprise which he

olded, IS filling a niche in city life which he is rapidly

u rowing, and IS winning a position of strength and

JOjilanty outside the business field.

.7,a%'^} Alexander Baker was born in Ireland, July

■ MSCS, son of Samuel and Catherine Baker. He

fL^„ f ?*y °!/^°''°'l^^' Ontario, in 1885, and there

^aeducated in the public schools, high school, and

heJniversity of Toronto. In the course of his business

i|, ■"!, "® became advertising manager of the Toronto

»i , and has gone on in that special field of work,

itaieT^ P'^esident of the Baker Advertising Agencies,

-^?^'?m/'^^^''*'^'"S Agencies, Limited, was or-
'n.lyll as a newspaper and magazine advertising
with oflSces at No. 26 Adelaide street, Toronto,

■ ..ler moved to Wellington street, and finally to
■e resent location at No. 184 Bay street. The busi-
es..hus established by Mr. Baker was conducted on a
er. modest scale for sometime, but it prospered from
■ai1m'"d"^' ^"'^ "°^ t^o floors of the building at
nAK^ ^F *'''®®* ^^f necessary for its departments
'la bout twenty people are kept constantly employed.

t.Ll"^'«®^* °^ ^,^^^^ Advertising Agencies, Limited,

"serve hrms and corporations in their publicity de-

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partments by taking full charge of all their newsnan^r
and magazine, advertising: selecting the medS'^n
which advertising is to appear, detemining^paie pos"
^on. style of type, the seasons for using the different
mediums and the preparation of all illustrat ons A few
of the corporations served in the foregoing manner are
herein named as follows: The National CaTh Register
Company of Canada, Limited; The Goodyear "Hre and
Rubber Company of Canada, Limited; Ontario wlnd

Canada^'"Th?'^<?r"'^P Company; The Sterling Ba^k of
panada, The Standard Silver Company of Canada

^Z'^t' >.''•" ^^^' ^°'"P«"y °f Canada^The CMpman:
Hope Knitting Company; the Carnation Milk Products
Company; The Canadian Kodak Company; The Ddco
Light Company of Oshawa, and many o hers -The

^iTL^^ *^' '"''"P^j^y ^'^-- Robert A. Baker: presi-
dent and managing director; Frederick H. Hayhuret
vice-president; R. G. Thomas, secretary-treasurer '

Cnlf Ph.l n'^.^ member of the Masonic order, Lambton
Golf Club, Ontario Club, and of the Anglican church.

WILLIAM JOHN ROBERTS-Son of a wealthy
tnTjA Cornwall, England, William J. Roberta came
Rrn?hll= ^' ^"/^ '".Toronto has founded The Roberts
norw K mS- *'"« '°" Company, one of the most im-
portant building firms of the city, particularly strong
and well known in private residential construction
The partnership is a union of the four sons of Alfred
Tho!^f/"M-^V Ann (Meagor) Roberts: William John,
Jilw f ^"'^°i?o' ?"d Herbert Roberts, the busines^
datmg from 1910 in Toronto, the partnership from

n J^k"^"^/- t^So®""^ f ^ •'orn in Cornwall, England,
October 24, 1882, and there educated in the public
schools. Later he pursued courses of study in archi-
tecture and in building construction, also receivine
practical instruction in building. He came to Canada,
located in Toronto, and in 1910 established in business
as a contracting builder. Two years later he was
joined by his brothers and The Roberts Brothers Con-
struction Company was formed, a firm that continues
after a decade of prosperous existence. That firm has
a record of erecting some of the finest apartment, resi-
dential and business buildings in Toronto, including The
Kingsley Mansions at King and Jamieson streets, and
the large government Re-establishment building on
bpadina avenue, known as the Department of Soldiers
Civil Re-establishment. The Roberts Construction
Company have their offices and plant at No. 241 Dover-
court road, the company owned entirely by the four
brothers.

William J. Roberts is a Conservative in politics; his
fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order being
a member of High Park Lodge, and the Canadian Order
of Foresters; and he is a member of the Builders' Ex-
change. Mr. Roberts is devoted to all out-of-door
sports and particularly favors motoring, yachting
hunting and fishing. He is a man of good business
ability, and The Roberts Construction Company en-
joys a high reputation in their line.

Mr. Roberts married, in Toronto, October 4, 1915
Ethel Maud Lean, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann)
(Miner) Lean. Two children were born to Mr. and'
Mrs. William J. Roberts, Roderick and Elizabeth. The
family are members of the Methodist church.

WILLIAM HENRY PEARSON— Very widely ex-
perienced as a lighting engineer, his work having taken
him to many parts of the world, William H. Pearson has
for the past sue years turned his attention to less exacting
activities, and is now a leading figure in the automobile

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world of Toronto as president and general manager of
the Universal Car Company.

William Henry Pearson was born in Toronto, March
12, 1860, and is a son of William H. Pearson, who settled
in Toronto in 1833 as a young man. During the early
years of his residence here he was in the employ of the
postal department, but later became identified with the
Consumers' Gas Company, and was with that concern
for a period of fifty-five years, for the greater part of that
time in the capacity of manager. He was a man of
broad mental culture and keen appreciation of human
progress in its every phase, a facile writer, and author of
Reminiscences of Toronto of Old." He lived to the
great age of eighty-nine years, passing away in 1920.

Receiving his early education in the public schools
and the Model School of Toronto, William Henry Pearson,
completed his preparation for his career with a course
at Day's Commercial College. At the age of sixteen
years he entered the world of men and affairs in the capac-
ity of clerk in a wholesale fancy goods house. His next
position was with James Lumbers, a well known grocer
of that day, as entry and invoice clerk. About 1879
Mr. Pearson entered the employ of the Consumers' Gas
Company, and with this concern he was eventually con-
nected, all told, for thirty-three years, — becoming their
chief engineer, building their new plant and rebuilding
the old plant. Meanwhile he spent three years in the
States, and during this time built and operated the
Westchester & Yonkers Gas Company's plant, which
was the first pure water gas plant in the history of
municipal lighting, although this system is now in uni-
versal use. Returning to Toronto, Mr. Pearson became
one of the organizers and vice-president of the Econ-
omical Gas Construction Company, building gas plants
in England, South America, Japan, and many other parts
of the world. Thereafter for a time he was a member
of the firm of Meredith, Westcott & Pearson, engineers
and patentees. Still later he built and operated the
Belleville Gas Company, and while thus engaged con-
structed the first long distance electrical transmission
line. This was built for the Trenton Electric & Water
Power Company, of Trenton, Ontario, carrying ten
thousand volts and securing power from the Trenton
river. Mr. Pearson then returned to the Consumers'
Gas Company, as engineer, remaining until 1913. A
short period of leisure then followed his thirty-eight
years of constant activity in positions of large responsi-
bility. But the habit of work was not so readily to be
laid aside, and Mr. Pearson again got into harness in
1916, opening an agency for the Ford car in Toronto, and
organizing the Universal Car Company, of which he
became president and general manager, and of which he
he is still the head. This concern is located at No. 621
Yonge street, and holds a leading position in the world
of motor vehicles in this city. He is a member of the
Toronto Automobile Dealers' Association.

In various interests, civic, social and fraternal, Mr.
Pearson has long been active. In 1890 he was a member
of the Queen's Own Regiment, (No. 5 Company). He
has long been a member of the Free and Accepted
Masons, and of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Scarboro Golf
Club, and of the Albany Club. Mr. Pearson's favorite
recreation is yachting, and he has owned several fast
yachts. He has for many years been a member of the
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, and has been on the com-
mittee of the club for the greater part of the time.
He enjoys duck shooting, and also plays golf. He has a
gallery of fine paintings, and is a connoisseur in art. He
is a riiember of St. Paul's Anglican Church.

Mr. Pearson married, in Toronto, Annie Emily Smith,
daughter of James Smith, the builder of the Walker

House. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson have four chil
Vera; Ida, wife of Kenneth MacLaren, son of
Justice MacLaren; Dorothy; and Grace.

EARL FREDERICK ABELL, a representative
Ontario family, was born in the territory of the U
States, at Saint John's, Michigan, March 12, 1887
of Samuel Daniel and Sarah Elizabeth (Jackson) 1
Mr. Abell's father, who was born at Aylmer, On
conducts a tailoring business. Mr. Abell's mothe;
born and brought up in the town of Arkona, On
She is still living.

Mr. Abell received his education in the public
collegiate schools of Ontario. From constant asf
tion with his father, he had acquired some know
of the tailoring business, and upon leaving scho
decided to become a manufacturing tailor on his
account. To further this purpose, he worked for V£
firms in different parts of Canada. In 1913, wh(
had completed the period of his self-imposed trai
he established the Abell Mercantile Agency,
venture was very successful, and four years late
business was in-corporated under the firm name o
Abell Mercantile Corporation, Limited, with Mr.
as general manager — the position he now holds.
Abell is a member of the Methodist church, of Tor

In politics he is a Liberal. He belongs to the Can
Club, and holds membership in the Independent (
of Odd Fellows and the Masonic order. He is ca
of the Napanee Cadet Corps, and during the World
from 1914 to 1918, he acted as sergeant in the To
Home Guard.

In 1913 Mr. Abell married Euphemia May C
of Napanee, Ontario. Mrs. Abell was born ^
21, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Abell have two sons: R
Coats, born in 1915; John Daniel, born in 1918.

THOMAS WILLIAM SELF— In the substantia
dences of his calling, building contracting, and i:
less tangible works of long continued effort foi
general welfare, Mr. Self has made many contribv
to the prosperity and advancement of Toronto,
career is one of rare interest in the contrasts it c
and in its constant enlarging, is a sphere of influenc
usefulness.

Mr. Self is a son of William Gilbert and Co;
(Treverton) Self, both natives of England.
Ham Gilbert Self established a branch of Sir R^
Rogers' white goods factory in Coleraine, Ulster
land, and here his son, Thomas William Self, was
March 22, 1854. Thomas William Self attended f
at Coleraine until he was nine years of age am
father's death occurring at this time (1863), the ir
took the family to England. Bodmin, in Con
became their home, and here Mr. Self added t
family income by selling papers, later peddling cro
up and down the English highway. As a youth of i
years he entered the admiralty service, resigning froi
position during the Gladstone great reduction
came to Canada in 1876. He located in Toronto
was articled as an apprentice with Hagon & Bryci
with William Galley, building contractors, ii
brick-laying trade. After work he for a time att
the drawing classes held in the old Mechanics Insi
under Mr. Armstrong, at the corner of Church strei
Adelaide street West, in 1877. At this perio(
Self enlisted in the old Toronto Garrison Battery
commanded by Captain Gibson, and took a short ■
at Kingston, Ontario, in Battery B, which qualifie >
for an instructor's certificate. He later became i
the instructors.

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About 1884 Mr. Self began contracting and building
(erations under his own name, and in this line he has
(titinued with steadily increasing prosperity and suc-
c)s. In the more than a third of a century of his par-
tipation in this calling he has constructed hundreds
c private dwellings and a number of structures of
jblic nature, including the Manufacturers building,
t? Art Gallery, Exhibition Gallery of Massey Hall,
ad many others. Mr. Self has long been active in
Circh and temperance work, and is a member of the
J;thodist Communion. He has always been interested
i) public affairs, and was one of the leaders in all tem-
P'ance campaigns from their inception in Toronto,
ai in 1909 was selected by the City Council as one
cits representatives on the Toronto Public Library
lard. He fraternizes with the Masonic order, be-
ii a life member of St. Andrew's Lodge, Free and Ac-
Cited Masons, and is one of the past county masters of
t' Toronto County Orange Lodge, holding his mem-
bship in the latter order since 1878. He was one
othe organizers of the old Borden Club. His political
biefs are Conservative.

At. Self married, in Toronto, in 1882, Sarah Faircloth,
dighter of Sherlock Faircloth, her father a prominent
itmber of the Berkeley Street Methodist Church.
^. and Mrs. Self are the parents of: William Gilbert,
G)rge Sherlock, Cordelia Treverton, Dorothy Fletcher,
Jin Sarah, and Mary Honora.

ICOTT LYNN— In 1912, realizing the vast possi-

bities of the Canadian electric field, the Sangamo

Ectric Company of Canada, Limited, at No. 183

Girge street, Toronto, entered the field and is rapidly

b(oming an important industry in Toronto. The meter

wch they manufacture for measuring electricity is

°" known for its finish, durability, and accuracy, and

at has been the demand for it that the company is

im plating important extensions and an increase in

tb number of their employees.

s factory manager, Scott LsTin has the practical

crement of one of Dominion's important manu-

iiig enterprises, one that has made enormous

ii-^rice during the single decade of its life.

he Sangamo Company of Canada was chartered in

19i for the sale and distribution of Sangamo products

in anada. In January, 1917, manufacturing operations

w(3 begun in quarters secured in the McLean building,

onVdelaide street. In 1919 increased business justified

"xmsion and the company purchased their present

• at No. 183 George street, Toronto, where approx-

:y twenty-five thousand square feet of factory space

ise. The company owns the exclusive manufactur-

(i sales rights under all of the Sangamo patents

ng electric meters and kindred devices. The

facture of meters is a highly technical industry, in

the commercial limits in inspection are extremely

and the success of the company's manufacturing

ds is reflected in the reputation of their product

nmghout the Dominion.

Btween sixty and seventy per cent, of the raw ma-
•" 'p used in the manufacture of these meters, including
t wire, aluminum, castings and insulating materials
lUght in Canada. Half of the manufactured prod-
shipped to Dominion points, the remainder to all
of the world. The company is one of the largest
jf its kind in Canada, its factory speaking loudly
efforts the management is making to supply the
»ui with Sangamo products.

^ 'le officials of the company are: President, Jacob
: 111: vice-president, R. C. Lanphier; managing direc-
ifred CoUyer; secretary-treasurer and factory man-
Scott Ljmn.

ROBERT PINCHIN— Widely known on account
of his development of the pure magnesium sulphat*
deposits of British Columbia, Mr. Pinchin occupies an
important position in the Canadian business world.
The magnesium sulphate obtained in British Columbia
is chiefly used in the tanning and textile industries of the
Dominion, and by wholesale drug manufacturers,
The putput now amounts to millions of pounds, and the
entire business of developing and marketing the product
has been due to Mr. Pinchm's initiative, and has been
carried out under his expert direction.

Mr. Pinchin was born at Mimico, Ontario, October
1, 1865, son of Robert and Ann (Patterson) Pinchin,
and received his education in the public schools of
Mimico and at the Parkdale Collegiate Institute of
Toronto. He began his business life as a member of the
staff of E. R. C. Clarkson & Sons, accountants. He
held this position for some time and then established
himself as an assignee and accountant at Windsor,
Ontario. He presently purchased an interest in the
wholesale grocery firm of J. F. Smythe & Company of
Windsor. He was also one of the incorporators and vice-
president of the Windsor Turned Goods Company of
Windsor, and for over twelve years was director of the
Standard Paint and Varnish Company of Windsor.
In 1913 he disposed of his holdings at Windsor and
came to Toronto, where he established the Ontario Oil
and Turpentine Company, Limited. He is an active
member of the Board of Trade of Toronto.

In religious faith Mr. Pinchin is a Methodist. He is
well known in Masonic circles, being member of High Park
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Toronto, and is a
life member of the Royal Arch Chapter at Windsor;
he also is a Knight Templar; and belongs to the Mystic
Shrine. He is an executive officer of the Kiwanis Club
of West Toronto, and a member of the Albany Club.
His city home is at No. 140 High Park avenue.

Mr. Pinchin married, in 1896, Mary Florence White-
side, daughter of William and Mary Ann (Hodgson)
Whiteside. Mr. and Mrs. Pinchin have eight chil-
dren: Robert James, who is a veteran of the World
War; Arthur H., also a veteran of the World War;
William H., Marion, Jessie, Beatrice, and Dorothy and
Jean, who are twins.

THOMAS McMillan — A prominent business ex-
ecutive of Toronto, Thomas McMillan has won his way
to success through the means of long and faithful service,
having begun his career with the house of which he is
now secretary and treasurer. Mr. McMillan comes of
an old Scotch family, his father, Thomas McMillan,
being the first to come to Canada. Thomas McMillan, Sr.,
was born in Scotland in 1835, and crossing the Atlantic
at an early age, he settled in Toronto, where he estab-
lished a grocery business. Developing a prosperous
interest, he continued along the same line until his
death, which occurred in 1910. He married Ann Eliz-
abeth Myers, who was born in Toronto in 1845, and also
died in 1910.

Thomas McMillan was born in Toronto, September
16, 1869. He was educated in St. George's School
and the Model School of Toronto, and immediately-
after completing his studies entered the business world.
Choosing to make his own way rather than begin
under his father's training, Mr. McMillan secured
a position in the employ of the Ansley-Dineen Hat
& Fur Company, Limited. This concern is one of the
oldest of its kind in Toronto, having been established in
this city in the early seventies, when it was known as
Gillespie, Ansley & Martin, and was located at No.
30 Wellington street, West. Upon the death of George

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF TORONTO

E. Gillespie, which occurred in 1891, the firm name be-
came Gillespie, Ansley & Dixon. On the retirement of
Mr. H. C. Dixon the firm was carried on as Gillespie,
Ansley & Company. After the great fire, the Gillespie
Fur Company, Limited, took over the fur department
and A. Ansley & Company continued the hat depart-
ment. The A. Ansley & Company later amalgamated
with the Dineen Manufacturing Company, Limited,
forming the Ansley, Dineen Hat & Fur Company, Lim-
ited. Meanwhile, with the rapid growth of the business
and necessity for expansion, it was removed to No. 60
Wellington street, West, where it was continued until
the present location was chosen, at No. 60 Front street.
West. Today the Ansley-Dineen Hat & Fur Company,
Limited, are leaders in their field, as distributors for the
famous hat manufacturers of London, England, Christie
& Company, and they cover the entire territory of the
United States and Canada in the interests of this con-
cern. They have a very large and successful selling
organization, and as one of the most active executives
of this wide-reaching interest, Mr. McMillan stands
among the foremost business men of the day in Toronto.
Mr. McMillan is secretary of the Gillespie Fur Com-
pany, Limited, in addition to the above.

Holding membership in the Toronto Board of Trade,
Mr. McMillan is also a member of the Canadian Credit
Men's Association, which body he served as president in
the year 1919. He is a member of the Independent
Order of Foresters, the Empire Club, the Ontario
Club, the Lakeview Golf Club, and the Rotary Club.
In political affairs he endorses the Conservative party,
and he is an elder in the Westminster Presbyterian
Church, and has been active in many of the committees
of the Presbyterian church in Canada.

Mr. McMillan married (first) Mary Gowans, daughter
of John and Margaret (Craig) Gowans, and their
children are: Thomas Murray, born in 1901, now
with the Western Assurance Company; Edith Mary,
born in 1905, died in 1908; and Alfred Norman, born
in 1907, now attending the University of Toronto schools.
Mrs. McMillan died in March, 1917. Mr. McMillan
married (second), in 1918, Margaret Grant, daughter
of James Grant, now deceased, of New Glasgow, Nova
Scotia. Mrs. McMillan is a sister of the late Principal
Grant of Queen's University.

REV. JAMES A. TRAYLING, son of William and
Bridget (Travers) Trayling, was born in Toronto, On-
tario, Canada, July 5, 1859, his father a carriage builder.
After preparatory study in public schools he entered
St. Michael's, going thence to Grand Seminary, of
Montreal, affiliated with Laval University of Montreal.
He was ordained to the priesthood of the Roman Catholic
church December 8, 1885, and appointed assistant to the
rector of St. Mary's Parish. In 1886 he was appointed
assistant at St. Paul's Parish, and in September, 1887,
was given his first pastorate. Fort Erie, where he re-
mained three and one-half years. From Fort Erie he
was transferred to Dixie Parish, thence, after four years'
service, to Port Colborne Parish, where he served with
great acceptance and blessing for fourteen years. The
following five years Father Trayling was pastor of
Orillia Parish, then was rector of St. Michael's Cathedral
Parish until in October, 1920, he was appointed to the
pastorate of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in
Toronto, his present parish. At Orillia, Ontario,
Father "Trayling built a magnificent stone church, with a
seating capacity of one thousand, and has made many
improvements in St. Mary's Parish. He is a member
of St. Mary's Club, and of the Knights of Columbus,
formerly serving Orillia Council as chaplain.

H. W. CARTER was born in Bristol, Engli
March 11, 1888. He was educated in Bristol, Engli
High School. He arrived in Canada in 1910, and w
pioneer of oxy-acetylene cutting and welding in Can
He started in business as the Carter Welding Comj
in 1910. As president of this company, he did much
training of returned soldiers in oxy-acetylene w
ing, and was also the teacher of the first women opers
this side of the Continent on welding aeroplane fitt
without charge. The Carter Welding Company is
of the largest and oldest welding companies in Can
He is a member of the Board of Trade and Cana
Manufacturers. He was the youngest member of the 0
of Buffalos in England. His hobby has been m(
ing for the last twenty years, and he has toured ir
countries and covered many thousands of miles,
religion he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a Lib

Mr. Carter married, in 1913, Alice Maud Watfc
Bristol, England. They have the following child
Ra3Tnond, Roy, Kenneth, Vernon, Dorine and Herl

THOMAS HARWELL CLEAVE, who is hoi

a prominent position in Canada as secretary of
Blatchford Calf Meal Company of Canada, Lim
has achieved his personal success along the lim
endeavor in which his family has been engaged for ne
a century and a quarter. Mr. Gleave is a son of Jo;
and Mary Elizabeth (Barwell) Gleave. His fal
who was connected with the parent company in ]
land, died in 1890, but the mother still survives, resi
part of the time in Toronto, and the rest of the
in her English home.

Mr. Gleave was born in Liverpool, England, in
uary, 1882, and was educated in the schools of Leice
England. As a young man he early became inters
in the activities of the concern with which the family
been connected for so many years. The firm invents
produces milk substitute feeds for the raising of s
without diverting the milk supply from the usual c
purposes. The development of the idea and the fo
ing of the concern dates back to Mr. Gleave's grandfai
Thomas Barwell in Leicester, England, and to the :
1800. Beginning in a small way at that time,
business developed to a producing and distributing
cern of incalculable significance to the agricultura
terests of two continents. Mr. Gleave's grandfi
was at the head of the business during his lifet
and sent his son, Mr. Gleave's uncle, to Canad
1879 to gain a foothold on the American Contii
Later a company was established in the United St
and for many years now the product has been este(
indispensable in American stock-raising circles. Th-
B. Gleave early became connected with the orga
tion. He spent several years with the American
pany in Waukegan, Illinois, then in 1919, cam^
Canada, as secretary-treasurer of the Canadian^
pany in Toronto, organized to produce and
Blatchford products in Canada. Of recent yea
concern has also produced special poultry feeds,
the result of experimental work carried on by
Gleave, he giving to this field of effort the same i
attention as that which has carried them to
in the original enterprise.

In connection with their business the cone
operated, in both England and the United States, i
imental farms which fill the purpose of demonstr.'^
and they plan to inaugurate a similar enterprise in
ada. Personally, Mr. Gleave is doing efl!icient edua
al work among the farmers of the Dominion, partii '
ly with reference to poultry, through lectures to pc )
associations, farmers' clubs, etc., and he is conside 1
leading authority on all questions relating to poult

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868

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr.
leave also holds membership in the Canadian Manu-
cturers' Association. Politically he holds himself
ee from any particular party. He is a fellow of the
oyal Colonial Institute; is a member of the Empire
lub, and has been a secretary of the Overseas Club
-.r many years. He affiliates with the Anglican church.

Mr. Cleave married, in Leicester, England, in 1903,
!ose Higgs, of Loughton, Buckinghamshire, England,
:id they have one son, Thomas Barwell, Jr. The
Imily reside at No. 12 Alhambra avenue, Toronto.

RAMSAY EDWARD SINCLAIR— A member of the
Sottish branch of the Sinclair family, Mr. Sinclair was
Irn at Wingham, Huron county, Ontario, April 16,
;70, son of Rev. T. and Georgina (Miller) Sinclair,
is father was a minister of the Baptist church, and a
(scendant of Sir William Sinclair, who introduced
te Baptist faith into Scotland. Rev. T. Sinclair had
<arge of a Baptist congregation in Scotland. In
167 he accepted a call to the Baptist church at Wingham
(itario, where he served for six years. The remainder
c his life was devoted to the work of the Baptist min-
iry in different fields in Ontario.

Mr. Sinclair received his early education in the On-
t-io public schools and Vienna High School. He be-
etle apprenticed to a druggist and later entered the
8 vice of W. E. Saunders & Company, wholesale drug-
fits, of London, Ontario, travelling for eleven years
f this firm. He came to Toronto in 1899 and made
ts city his headquarters. He finally gave up his
Fiition as a selling representative for W. E. Saunders
^Company and went West, remaining there for one
yir. Upon his return to the East in 1907 he entered
t^ employ of the E. B. Shuttleworth Chemical Company
ai was associated with this firm for two years, in 1909
eablishing his real estate office at No. 772 Bathurst
Seat, corner of Bloor street, his present address. Mr.
Sclair deals in all kinds of property and has been
eremely successful in the field of real estate. Mr.
S clair specializes in Western Canada lands, being
narded as an authority on valuations and conditions
ai being frequently consulted in regard thereto. In
alition to real estate, he is a director of the Paragon
Piducts, Limited, Toronto. In 1905 he was elected
t(the office of justice of the peace for the County
olYork, and has held the office ever since. He finds
n-eation in outdoor sports, especially in sailing and
b'ting. As a youth he was an enthusiastic cyclist
ail was well known as a rider. He is president of the
HIerest Checker Club of Toronto. Mr. Sinclair holds
mnbership in several fraternal organizations, and is an
a( ve member of the Baptist church.

Ir. Sinclair married, on June 7, 1899, Mary E.
B:er, daughter of the late Joel and Rachel (Johnson)
B:;er. Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair have one son, Douglas
W B., who was born February 28, 1901, and is em-
pl/ed by the Paragon Products, Limited, Toronto.

. J. McCAFFERY— President of the Toronto
Bieball Club of the Eastern League for the past eighteen
^, and an authority on all matters relating to out-
sports, Mr. McCaflery had a wide circle of friends
acquaintances, many of whom knew him since
oyhood days. He was born at Toronto, October
! S83, son of John A. and Ann Jane (Johnson) Mc-
Oiery. His father, who was a pioneer hotel man of
Tconto, was highly respected and by reason of his genial
disosition exceedingly popular with all classes of the
CO munity, and his early death was greatly regretted.
r. McCaffery received his education in the public
sclols of Toronto and, at the age of sixteen years, be-

came his father's assistant. When the elder Mr.
McCaffery died, he sold the family hotel property and
purchased the Bay Street Hotel. He conducted this
hotel successfully for twenty-one years, but in 1919
he disposed of his holdings in order to devote himself
entirely to the management of the Toronto Baseball
Club, of which he was president since 1904.

In religious faith Mr. McCaffery was a member of the
Church of England. He was a Mason, and belonged
to the Orient Lodge, of which he was a life member.
He was also a member of McKinley Loyal Orange
Lodge No. 275, Royal Black Knights.

JAMES BRUCE THOMSON— In construction circles
in Toronto and vicinity the firm of Thomson Brothers,
Limited, is well and favorably known, having been active
in general contracting for upwards of thirty-seven years,
and James Bruce Thomson, one of the founders of the
business and its head throughout its entire history, is a
figure of note in this field of endeavor. Mr. Thomson is
a son of Thomas and Margaret (Stark) Thomson, both
natives of Scotland. The father came to Canada in
1850, and settling in York county, was engaged as a
farmer until his death, at a comparatively early age,
in 1863. The mother came to Canada in 1852, and lived
to a good old age, passing away on March 19, 1916.

James Bruce Thomson was born in the community
then known as Hogg's Hollow (now York Mills) March
16, 1855. He received a practical education in the
public schools of Cooksville and Port Credit, then, for
several years, followed farming and butchering until
he was twenty-two years of age. He then learned the
trade of brick-laying, working in Huron county for two
years, after which he came to Toronto, settling per-
manently here. His first position here was in the em-
ploy of the late John Matson, in the contracting busi-
ness, where he was engaged for five years, after the
first year being foreman. In 1884 Mr. Thomson struck
out for himself in the same line of activity, receiving into
partnership a brother, Thomas Thomson, the firm being
known as Thomson Brothers. The enterprise pros-
pered, and with the rapid development of the city of
Toronto, and the continual out-reaching of its beautiful
suburbs, bore a constantly increasing part in the growth
of the city. The business continued a partnership until
1919, when the company was incorporated under the
name of Thomson Brothers, Limited, the officers being
as follows: James B. Thomson, president, Allen G.
Thomson, vice-president, and William R. Thomson,
secretary and treasurer. With offices in the Ryrie
building, at No. 222 Yonge street, the company does
general contracting, and has been connected, from time
to time, with many important contracts in the construc-
tion world of this section.

A member of the Toronto Board of Tirade, Mr. Thom-
son is widely prominent fraternally, being a life member
of Rehoboara Lodge, No. 65, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons; King Solomon's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons;
Geoffrey Preceptory, Knights Templar; and Rameses
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine. He is a member of the Chalmers Presbyterian
Church.

Mr. Thomson married, in 1883, Augusta J. Gold-
thorp, who was born in Port Credit, Ontario, February
20, 1859, and is also still living. They are the parents
of eight children: Amy Margaret; William Ross;
Mildred Hannah, deceased; Allen Goldthorp; Hazel
Evelyn; James Gordon; Bertha E.; and Arthur Thomas.
The family residence is located at No. 151 Rusholme
road.

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JOHN FRANCIS SCHOLES— Distinction is justly
accorded to Toronto as the home of athletes of renown.
On many occasions representatives of her full-blooded
young manhood have gone far afield to demonstrate their
supremacy in the realm of clean sport and have returned
victorious, bearing honors which redound to the great
glory of the Queen City of the land of the Maple Leaf.
No other city on the face of the globe has been privileged
to boast of so many world champions, and it is safe
to assert that no one family, anywhere, has demonstrated
its superiority in athletic prowess to the magnificent
extent that the Scholes family of Toronto has manifested.

For years, three world's amateur championships, held
by the proud father and his two sons, were housed under
the Scholes roof, appropriately known as the Athlete
Hotel. This triumvirate was broken in 1918 through
the death of the veteran, John F. Scholes, whose snow-
shoe records, made in the early seventies, remained
unbeaten up to the time of his widely-regretted demise,
which removed the finest all-round sportsman and
athlete Canada has known. He achieved his crowning
ambition when his two boys acquired universal fame and
undisputed premier laurels in the accomplishments of
boxing and rowing, as well as attaining outstanding
proficiency in various other branches of amateur sport.
These sons, who survive to enjoy their honors, are
John L., who is the undefeated amateur featherweight
boxer of the world, and Lewis F., who reached the
pinnacle of amateur rowing fame when he captured the
coveted Diamond Sculls and established the time record
for this classic on the renowned Henley course.

The late John Francis Scholes loved Toronto, having
watched the city growing out of its swaddling clothes
while he contributed a generous share towards its ad-
vancement, particularly in the encouragement of good
sportmanship. He was born December 21, 1843, at
Moat, Queen's county, Ireland. In his infancy he crossed
the ocean with his parents, who took up residence in
Canada. He was but a boy when he adopted Toronto
as his home, and in his early youth he demonstrated
marked ability as a jumper and as a runner from one
hundred yards to three miles, for all of which distances
he made championship records. He established the
world's mark for snowshoeing at Montreal in 1871. Mr.
Scholes was, indeed, a great athlete. After gaining re-
nown on track and field he achieved fame as an oarsman
and was one of the four-oared crew that won the Inter-
national championship or. Toronto Bay in 1878, and he
won the Single S^ull championship, defeating Black
Bob Berry on Toronto Bay in 1877. He trained the late
Ned Hanlan when the former world's professional row-
ing champion, who brought so much glory to Toronto,
was in his prime. He was an expert lacrosse player, being
for a long time captain of the famous old Ontario's.

It may be said, however, that it was as a boxer that
Mr. Scholes shone at his brightest. From the fifties
until the eighties he met all the world's heavyweight
fistic champions in exhibitions at Toronto and elsewhere,
and in none of these contests was he ever bested. His
hostelry was the recognized headquarters for sports-
men from near and far, and its genial proprietor, who
retained great vigor until shortly before his death, was
deemed as an unfailing authority on most matters per-
taining to sport. He was a great story-teller and had
some wonderful reminiscences which he enhanced with
droll humor, that being one of his marked characteristics.

Throughout his life Mr. Scholes took great pleasure
and interest in hunting and fishing, employing skill
which brought him remarkable success. Up to the
year of his death he never missed his annual trip to the
bush. He was a crack rifle shot, and was for many
years the president of the Off-Hand Rifle Club. He was

also connected with various driving clubs, being exceed-
ingly fond of horses and always possessing two or three
of exceptional merit. As a dog fancier his reputation
was continent-wide and his entries were frequent win-
ners at the principal shows here and across the border.
He accumulated a marvellous collection of trophies, of
which he was very proud. He was active in Orange
and Masonic circles, and a warm follower of the late
Sir John A. Macdonald in politics. Mr. Scholes en-
joyed his reputation as an honorable sportsman, and
was highly respected throughout the community.

The business which Mr. Scholes had established sus-
tained a severe blow from the prohibition legislation
which was enacted shortly before his death and the two
sons were faced by a difficult problem when it was left
in their care. Unlike so many others who were some-
what similarly situated, they did not yield to dismay and
give up the ghost. Their sporting spirit responded to
the occasion and their staunch and optimistic Canadian-
ism asserted itself. They accepted the unpleasant
situation philosophically, went to work with a will in
making the best of the facilities left at their disposal
and, with untiring energy and close application, have
succeeded beyond their rosiest anticipations. The
Athlete Hotel may still be regarded as one of the places
of interest in Toronto.

Mr. Scholes married, in Toronto, in 1874, Mary E.
Lewis, and to this union there were born two sons:
John L. and Lewis F. (see sketches following); and
four daughters, all of whom reside in Toronto, and are
as follows: Mrs. H. A. Robinson; Mrs. Frank Warren;
Mrs. James Whitney Wilson; and Mrs. Samuel Malcolm
McEachren.

JOHN LEWIS SCHOLES, the eldest son of John
F. and Mary E. (Lewis) Scholes, (see preceding sketch),
was born in Toronto, November 2, 1878. He finished
his schooling at the old Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute.
As a youngster he was an enthusiastic lacrosse player
at Wellesley school and afterwards with the Checkers,
a formidable aggregation of those times. His fondness
for boxing dates back to his short pants' days and it
was scientifically developed by his accomplished father.
His laurels commenced to arrive in earnest when he
captured the Canadian championship in the 125 lb. class
at the old Toronto Athletic Club in 1897, boxing under
the colors of the Toronto Swimming Club. In the follow-
ing year he defended his title under the colors of the
Athenaeum Club. In 1899, at the old pavilion in Allan
Gardens, he successfully met all comers in the light-
weight and feather-weight classes and then went over to
England. Wearing the colors of the Don Rowing
Club, he captured the 126 lb. championship of England,
after a series of difficult bouts in St. James' Hall, Pic-
cadilly, London. In 1900 he won the American 125
lb. championship at New York and in the same year
crossed the continent and won the Pacific Coast cham-
pionship at the Olympic Club, San Francisco. In 1901
he successfully defended his laurels at Pittsburgh and then
laid away the padded gloves, an undefeated champion.

In the course of his training Mr. Scholes boxed with
all the top-liners in the professional arena, including
the renowned Jem Mace, Peter Jackson, Bob Fitz-
simmons, Jim Corbett, Joe Gans, Dan Doherty, Terry
McGovern, Casper Leon, Joe Walcott, Rube Ferns,
and in fact practically all the world's champions of his
time. He has been frequently referred to, by those who
know, as the cleverest man who ever donned a pair of
boxing gloves, and in none of his contests was there ever
any serious doubt as to the outcome. His skill was at
all times strengthened by remarkable coolness and keen
judgment.

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Like his father in many ways, "Jack" Scholes is an
snthusiastic hunter and angler. The North country
inds him among those present when the deer are dodging.
Se is a member of the Toronto Off-Hand Rifle Associa-
;ion and a good marksman, having had early training
n that regard at the rifle ranges when he was a member
if the Royal Grenadiers. He is one of the pioneers
if basketball in Toronto, having been captain of teams
it Wellesley and Victoria public schools when he was
I little fellow. He was one of the early members of the
["oronto Swimming Club and is a strong swimmer. At
me time he was ambitious to become an oarsman and
owed with the Dons, but decided that he lacked the
/eight required in order to become a celebrity in that
ranch of strenuous endeavor.

Mr. Scholes is still a consistent follower of all forms

f outdoor recreation and has lately joined the grand

rmy of golfers. He takes a deep interest in public

(fairs, and in politics is Independent, with Conservative

■anings. He is a member of Doric Lodge, Free and

ccepted Masons; St. Patrick's Royal Arch Chapter; and

f Brunswick L.O.L. No. 404. He attends the Anglican

lurch. Mr. Scholes is a business man from the ground

p and a tireless worker. He is progressive to a degree

ad has solved the problem of making work a pleasure.

great believer in the benefits to be obtained from

reasonable amount of exercise, he still does regular

ork in the gymnasium and, whenever the opportunity

•csents itself, he delights in a long tramp. His con-

ction is that keeping fit for business is more than half

le battle. He is of a kind and sociable disposition, mod-

■ t in his bearing, loves to hear or tell a good story, and

Uy retains the popularity he won when starring in the

vuared circle.

Mr. Scholes married, in Grace Church, Toronto, in

'03, Maud Louise Kerrigan, of Toronto. They have

I'o daughters: Catherine Lewis and Mary Emily.

LEWIS FRANCIS SCHOLES, second son of John
1 and Mary E. (Lewis) Scholes (q.v.), is of rather more
iipressive physique than his brother, John L., and re-
smbles his father in many ways. He was born in Toronto,
. ne 15, 1880. Always regarded "strong as a bull," he ex-
<!led in general athletics at school and, as a bicycle
iier, made several records for the Toronto and Tourist
<ibs. He established the boy's novice record at
ii old track at Hanlan's Point. He was but eighteen
jars of age when he launched on his meteoric career
I an oarsman. It was in 1898 that he won his novice
r:e on Toronto Bay, wearing the colors of the Dons.
Is active championship progress commenced in 1899.
yen he and Harry Marsh won the Junior double sculls.
Ten, in 1900, at Toronto, he and Frank Smith, another
e;ellent Toronto oarsman, captured the Canadian
I;ermediate double scull honors. In 1901 he became
a ateur single scull champion of Toronto Bay, an honor
b successfully defended on subsequent occasions. In
1)2 he won the Intermediate championship of America
a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and followed it up by
oturing the association and senior singles events
b.h in one day at the Harlem regatta.
_ These successes resulted in a trip to England that year
iijuest of the Diamond Sculls, but it proved to be rather
pmature and the young Canadian oarsman met with
h first, and what proved to be the only serious re-
V'se in his great career. He resumed rowing in 1903,
wming the Dominion Day championship at Toronto,
asA'ell as the doubles, again rowing with Frank Smith,
ail these performances were duplicated at the Cana-
d:ti championships. In the same year he won the
seior singles at the National American championships
rejtta in Worcester, and he and Frank Smith won the

doubles. By this time he was confidently regarded
as about ripe to once more meet the best oarsmen in the
Empire at Henley, and the opinion was vindicated in an
impressive manner in the next year when he again crossed
the briny deep, in fine fettle, and fortified by lessons he
had learned on his previous trip.

The crowning triumph of "Lou" Scholes' athletic
career was the capture of the Diamond sculls, the single
scull rowing classic of the world, which he won in spec-
tacular fashion at Henley-on-Thames in July, 1904.
His accomplishment was all the more remarkable for the
fact that he established the record for the course, 8
minutes and 23 seconds. When he wrested this trophy
in competition with the flower of Great Britain's water-
men, he gained a place among the greatest scullers the
world has ever seen. With this feather in his cap the
champion "rested on his oars," He picked up a few
more trophies in minor events in 1905, keeping in
condition, with the intention of returning to England
to defend the Diamond Sculls, but an attack of typhoid
fever upset those plans and he decided to retire. To
make his clean-up complete, however, he went to Nel-
son, B.C. in 1909, and won the Pacific Coast champion-
ship for single sculls. When he put his shell away he
had met and defeated all the amateur rowing celebrities
of his day.

Not alone as an oarsman was "Lou" Scholes supreme.
As a boxer he was invincible in his early twenties. He
won the heavy-weight championship of Canada in 1902,
but dropped boxing seriously, fearing the possibility
of injury to his hands which would be disastrous to his
rowing.

In his youth he was a member of the famous Queen's
Own Rifles Bugle Band and afterwards served in the
ranks of the 48th Highlanders. When the 180th
Sportsmen's Battalion was formed early in the war he
received a commission, but suffered a broken leg during
the training period and was in the hospital when his
battalion went oversea. When he recovered suflficiently
he was appointed director of sports for Military Division,
No. 2, with the rank of captain. Eventually he went
to Russia on active service as brigade transport officer
with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, Siberian Con-
tingent, and served in Siberia for six months.

'There has been no abatement in his interest in sport.
He is superviser of the track and field section of the On-
tario Amateur Athletic Union, an official judge for the
Ontario Boxing Commission, and an executive officer
of the Sportsmen's Patriotic Association, with which he
has been prominent since its inception. He is active
in Masonic circles, being a Knight Templar and a
Mystic Shriner, and is also an Orangeman, associated
with McKinley Lodge. In religion he is an Anglican,
and in politics an independent Conservative. His hobby
is the promotion of athletic sports amongst the young-
sters.

The combined medals and trophies acquired by the
Scholes family, father and sons, make a most remarkable
and impressive collection, each piece claiming its own
interesting story. The public receptions which have
been accorded to the Scholes' brothers on their trium-
phant return from conquests abroad have been out-
standing events in the history of their native city.

Mr. Scholes became a benedict in the month following
his victorious return from Henley, in 1904, his bride
being Jennie Tozer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Tozer, of Toronto, and they have three children: Dor-
othy Irene, John Francis, and Lewis Francis, Jr.

E. D. RANCK — At the head of one of the most
enterprising and progressive manufacturing plants of
Toronto, Canada, Mr. Ranck is taking an active part

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in general advance, the affairs under his hand reaching
throughout the Dominion in their various ramifications.

Mr. Ranck, son of Amos and Rebecca Anne (White)
Ranck, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He
received a broadly practical education, and has also
enjoyed the advantage of extensive experience along
executive lines, having been engaged for a number of
years in manufacturing interests in Johannesburg, South
Africa. After his return to Canada Mr. Ranck became
identified with the Coleman Lamp Company, Limited,
as secretary-treasurer and general manager. This
concern is a recent factor in the manufacturing world
of Ontario, and is advantageously located at the corner
of Queen and Davies streets, in Toronto, where he has
additional ground for expansion. An American enter-
prise originally, with the parent plant at Wichita, Kan-
sas, the coalition of the Canadian company with Cana-
dian ideals and principles is complete. The products of
the concern comprise the Coleman lamps and lanterns,
which produce an extremely brilliant, clear, white light,
by the burning of gasoline in a specially constructed
mantle, various patents protecting their interests. Con-
struction was begun on the Toronto plant in May, 1920,
and completed in that year. Following the equipment
of the plant, manufacturing operations were begun
on February 1, 1921. The plant is one of the most
modern structures in the city, every principle of eflSciency
in shop practice and ideal conditions of labor having
been considered in the designing and erection of the
buildings. The product for Canadian and export
markets is entirely manufactured in the Toronto fac-
tory, although it is subsidiary to the parent plant in
Kansas, and W. C. Coleman, the inventor of this method
of lighting, is president of both concerns. With H. H.
Minard, formerly of Calgary and vicinity, as vice-pres-
ident and production manager, and Mr. Ranck in the
offices mentioned above, the concern is making rapid
progress here. They are now bringing out further
products in the form of a specially built automobile
pump, and a line of gas cooking stoves and camp stoves.
It would be impossible to give even the shortest resume
of the Coleman Lamp Company, Limited, without
some word of the attitude of the concern toward their
employees. Besides making working conditions all
that they should be, the company goes far beyond
the requirements of the law in protecting their workers
against hardship in case of sickness or accident by the
continuation of their wages over extended periods and
group insurance on each employee who has served for
three months or more. The significance of this concern
to the city and province is well appraised by the fact
that in the issue of August 2, 1921, the "Journal of
Commerce" of Canada, gave nearly two pages to the
company and its plant, placing it in their series entitled
"National Industries."

Mr. Ranck, as the active head of this concern, stands
among the prominent men of the day in Toronto. He is
a member of the Toronto Board of Trade and the Rotary
Club. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order,
and a member of the Thornhill Golf Club, and his
religious affiliation is with the Methodist church.

Mr. Ranck married, in 1908, Anna Grace Robinson,
daughter of Edward and Mary (Whiteside) Robinson,
of Orillia, Ontario, and they have one son, William
Edward Ranck. Edward Robinson, until his death
in 1919, was a prominent lumber dealer in Canada and
the United States.

RICHARD BIGLEY— One of the long established
and successful manufacturing enterprises of the city
of Toronto, Canada, is the foundry of the R. Bigley

Manufacturing Company, Limited, of which Richa
Bigley was the founder and is still the head.

The Bigley family has been in Toronto for nearly
century and a quarter, Mr. Bigley's grandfather havi
come here from New York State in the year 1800, ai
the family having lived here throughout the interv
Mr. Bigley is a son of John Bigley, who was long acti
in Ontario and other provinces as a railway contract!
but is now deceased. Mr. Bigley's children are of t
fourth generation in Canada.

Richard Bigley was born near Toronto, May 5
1856, and received his education in the public schoc
of this city. At the age of thirteen years he entered t
world of industry, learning the trade of pattern-makir
serving an apprenticeship of seven years. Thereafi
he followed this trade, starting in business for hims
in 1875, making patterns and selling stoves. Throu
his mercantile line Mr. Bigley was led to undertake t
manufacture of furnaces and steam fittings. The 1
ginning was small, but the business grew steadi!
and, established in 1885, became one of the Imports
concerns in this field in Ontario. In 1908 the compa
was incorporated under the name of the R. Bigley Ma
ufacturing Company, Limited. They now manufacti
a very extensive and complete list of grey iron fittini
furnaces, pipe, and water heaters for both coal and gi
In this connection it is of interest that Mr. Bigley h
patented about twenty devices for stoves and stes
fittings, and these patents give his products a certa
exclusive quality in design and operation which counts i
in their intrinsic value and also in their efficiency a;
durability. The plant is located at No. 252 Macdon
avenue, Toronto, and the warehouses are at Nos. 96 ai
98 Queen street. East. In normal times the conce
employs three hundred and twenty-five men, and t
product is known as the "R.B." furnaces and fittings.

Mr. Bigley, as head of this important interest, is proi
inent in Toronto, and holds membership in the Board
Trade of this city, also in the Canadian Manufacture:
Association and the Foundrymen's Association. He if
member of the Knights of Columbus, and of the Socie
of St. Vincent de Paul, and is always active in benevole
work, taking a deep interest in hospitals and pub
institutions which he frequently visits, and in eve
phase of public advance.

Mr. Bigley married Elizabeth Doyle, of Toron
daughter of Michael Doyle, and they are the parents
seven children : Richard Joseph, now secretary a
treasurer of the R. Bigley Manufacturing Compai
Limited, who was a member of the Royal Flying Coi
during the World War, and was overseas for a time, tl
was returned to Canada as an instructor; Francis, m;
ager of the above concern; Edward, assistant sup
intendent of the factory; Charles, at school; Margar
Julia; and Catherine.

FRANK DAVID LYNETT, of Toronto, having «
a prominent position entirely through his own effo»
is bearing a part in the general welfare as undertaker I
funeral director. He is a son of David and Ann (Ld
Lynett, well known farming people of Richmond I
Ontario.

Mr. Lynett was born in Richmond Hill, Septembej
1887. He received his education in the public schc
of his native place. Caring little for the occupation
which his father was engaged, he left the farm at
age of sixteen, this step ending his school days so fafc
classical studies were concerned. Entering upon
study of embalming and funeral directing at Aurc
Ontario, Mr. Lynett was engaged in this field for sew
years, in the employ of leading houses in Ontario, t
in 1914 established his present business, his first local

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ig on the same street as now, and near his present
[ress. Not long after making the start, he purchased

building he now occupies, and remodeled and re-
ad it to meet the requirements of his profession. He
/ has a fine, modern plant, which includes a large and
jiplete motor equipment, and commands an excel-

class of patronage. Politically Mr. Lynett endorses
Liberal party, and he is well known fraternally, being
ember of the Independent Order of Foresters and of

Knights of Columbus. He is a member of St.
lilia's Roman Catholic Church, and active on various
imittees in the church work, being an usher, col-
or, and a leading member of the church societies,
[r. Lynett married, June 4, 1916, Angeline Mahoney,
)etroit, Michigan, and they have one daughter, Reta
trude.

ILLIAM JAY, florist, of Toronto, Canada, is a son
7illiam and Mary (Jones) Jay, his father a well-to-
irmer of Upper Ashwood Park, in the Parish of Eye,
ifordshire, England. Mrs. Mary (Jones) Jay came
agricultural family of England, and from his parents
iam (2) Jay inherited a love for the out-of-doors
the business he has been engaged in for more than
a century in Toronto, that of gardening and flower
ire. He is located at No. 44 Wells street, Toronto,
is one of the well known florists of the city,
illiam (2) Jay was born in the Parish of Little
ford, Herefordshire, England, November 18, 1848.
iras educated in private school at Ashton, and in
h came to Canada, locating in the city of Toronto,
e in 1870 he began his long connection with his pres-
business, florist and gardener. Fifty-two years
since elapsed and he has become widely known in
)ecial lines. Mr. Jay is a member of the Gardeners'
orists' Society, and of the Horticultural Society,
igious connection he is a member of the Methodist
ih, and in politics, acts with the Independent Reform

am (2) Jay married, in Toronto, November 15,

Mary Jane Lowe, daughter of George and Jane

lihell) Lowe, her parents born in Leitrim, Ireland.

^nd Mrs. Jay are the parents of three children:

an Francis, who died in infancy. 2. Adelaide

Be Mary, who died in 1891. 3. William Charles,

lied in 1911: he married, in 1905, Leone Emma

daughter of Andrew and Emma (Morrow)

and they were the parents of one child, Leone

William Jay resides at No. 42 Wells street.

LBERT H. ADAMS—Associated with his father,

I Adams, and his brother William Robert Adams

I in the business of manufacturing harness and

goods since 1900, Wilbert H. Adams, as a long

wdent of Toronto, and successful business man

I high in the estimation of the progressive citizens

Dominion.

; H. Adams was born in Oxford county in 1877,

|J. H. Adams, a Toronto business man. He attend-

public schools of his boyhood home, later entering

Je Collegiate Institute, graduating in 1900. In

ae year he became associated with his father in

ness and leather business in Toronto. Remain-

|th this company until 1913, he resigned, and

I brother William Robert Adams, established The

I Manufacturing Company, with offices and factory

I 212 Adelaide street. West, Toronto. The busi-

I the company is specializing in the manufacture

J-grade commercial luggage.

ert H.Adams is an active member of the Masonic

|afRliated with Alpha Lodge. He is also a mem-

the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, the

Canadian Paper Box Association, and of the Carton
Club, which is a branch of the Canadian Paper Box
Association. He is a Methodist and a member of the
Methodist church of Toronto.

Mr. Adams married, in Toronto, June 8, 1904, Sadie
E. Simmons, of Toronto. They have three children, two
daughters and one son.-

WILLIAM ROBERT ADAMS— For years the busi-
ness of the Adams Manufacturing Company has been
one of Toronto's most important assets. From its
earliest beginning as a little harness shop in a corner
of the capital city of Ontario, to its present commodious
quarters at No. 212 Adelaide street. West, it has
grown constantly until now it is rated as one of the
finest of its kind to be found anywhere.

William Robert Adams was born in Norwich, Ontario,
in 1883, son of J. H. Adams. Early in 1887 J. H.
Adams started in business in Toronto, making and repair-
ing harness and leather goods. The venture prospered
from the beginning, and in 1900, as The Adams Brothers
Harness Company, it was firmly established as one of
the most successful manufacturing companies in Can-
ada. In that year William Robert Adams, then a
boy of .only seventeen, was taken into the business by
his father, as was also his older brother Wilbert H.
Adams (q.v), and the firm became the Adams Brothers
Harness Company. In 1906 J. H. Adams retired from
active participation in the company and in 1913 William
Robert and Wilbert H. Adams severed their connections
with the Adams Brothers Harness Company and es-
tablished The Adams Manufacturing Company as
manufacturers and wholesalers of high-grade trunks and
leather goods with Wilbert H. Adams as president, and
William Robert Adams as secretary and treasurer.
The firm started the manufacture of paper boxes
and jewelry boxes in 1918, thereby greatly increasing
its field of interest. Today the concern is rated as the
largest specialists in leather goods, their specialty being
commercial luggage.

William R. Adams enlisted in the Canadian army
early in the war, received the commission of lieutenant
and was attached to the 54th Battalion until the Battle
of Passchendaele, when he was severely wounded. After
he was discharged from the hospital he was sent to
Monte Carlo to convalesce and later was discharged
from service. He returned home to resume his business
life as secretary-treasurer of the Adams Manufacturing
Company.

Mr. Adams is a member of the Canadian Manufac-
turers' Association, and the Great War Veterans' Assoc-
iation. He is actively affiliated with the Masonic order,
and is a member of Stephenson Lodge, Toronto.

In 1901 Mr. Adams married Agnes May Harbottle,
of Toronto, who died while he was serving overseas.
Three children were born to them: Jack Harbottle,
Dorothy Grace and Wilbert Robert.

ALEXANDER McCOWAN— In 1833 James W.
McCowan came from Scotland and engaged in farming.
He married Martha Weir, and in 1853, at the time of the
birth of their son, Alexander, he was farming in Scarboro
township, York county, Ontario, where both he and his
wife died. "The son, Alexander McCowan, followed
his father's example, and until the age of fifty continued
a successful farmer. He then retired to enter public life,
and for eighteen years he has held important offices,
being the present sheriff of York county. His life has
been one of usefulness and he has always held the con-
fidence and esteem of his community.

Alexander McCowan was born at the home farm in
Scarboro township, York county, Ontario, May 27,

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1853, and there attended Public School No. 8. He early
became his father's assistant and there continued until
taking a farm of his own. In 1904 he retired and sold
his farm, devoting his subsequent years to the public
service. He was a successful farmer, and while living
in Scarboro served four years as a member of Council.
For twenty-eight years he was treasurer of the Scarboro
Agricultural Society; for eight years he was treasurer of
the Scarboro Milk Producers' Association; was a direc-
tor of the Standard Insurance Company of Markham
for three years; and has been executor of many estates,
their value now amounting to one-half million dollars.

In 1905 Mr. McCowan was elected as a Conservative
to represent the East Riding of York county in the
Canadian Parliament. He was continued the repres-
entative of that Riding through successive reelections
until he had sat in nine sessions of Parliament. In 1913
he resigned to accept the office of sheriff of York county,
beginning on September 13th of that year. He has
capably administered the duties of the sheriff's office
for nine years, being yet (1922) the incumbent. He
holds the esteem of those having business with him as
sheriff of York county, and where that business brings
him into conflict with wrong doers, he is stern, and always
places duty before sentiment or personal feeling. During
the World War, Sheriff McCowan rendered valued assis-
tance in the varied activities of that troubled period.

Since 1905 he has been a member of the York Pioneers;
is a member of St. Andrew's Society; and in religious
faith is a Presbyterian. For about fifteen years he was
secretary of the managing board of St. Andrew's Church
in Scarboro.

Mr. McCowan married (first) January 21, 1891, Geor-
gianna Ashbridge, daughter of Isaac and Ruth (Au-
burn) Ashbridge. He married (second) June 6, 1904,
Mary Marshall, daughter of David and Agnes (Brownlee)
Marshall, her parents both coming to Ontario from
Scotland. Sheriff McCowan has two children: Geor-
gianna Ruth Weir, now Mrs. William Splan; and David
Alexander, a manufacturer of toys and novelties and
radio supplies.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL GOODWIN GIBSON—

Four sons of Goodwin and Emily M. (Adair) Gibson
served in Canadian units during the World War, one
of them L. P. K. Gibson, lieutenant in the 19th Battalion,
48th Highlanders, making the supreme sacrifice at the
battle of Ypres in March, 1916; another, J. Adair Gibson,
was lieutenant of the 35th Battery, Canadian Field
Artillery; a third son, M. M. Gibson, who enlisted as a
private, received his commission on the field, was
wounded and invalided home in 1916; Goodwin, the
fourth of these sons, is of further mention in this review.
The father, Goodwin Gibson, was a prominent barrister
of Toronto, until his death in February, 1920, his wife
surviving him. He was in the active military service
of the Dominion during the Northwest Rebellion.

Goodwin Gibson was born in Toronto, Ontario,
February 5, 1892. He was educated in the public
schools and the Harbord Collegiate Institute of Toronto.
In 1906, at the age of fourteen years, he entered the
employ of Reed, Shaw & McNaught, insurance brokers.
A year later, seeing the possibilities of the real estate
business, with his brother, J. Adair Gibson, estab-
lished the firm, Gibson Brothers, real estate and insur-
ance brokers. The members of the firm were young,
but they were ambitious, energetic and capable, and so
they succeeded. Offices were first opened at No. 97
King street, but later moved to No. 9 Toronto street,
thence in 1910 to No. 44 Adelaide street. West. The
business has grown to such large proportions that the
firm has been obliged to move to much larger premises,

in the General Assurance building, north east coi
Bay and Temperance streets, Toronto. Gibson Bi
is considered one of the largest and most reputah
estate firms in the city, specializing in the buying,
and managing of business and residential proi
The firm is widely known for its fair dealings and e;
service, and are members of the Toronto Real
Board.

Goodwin Gibson enlisted in June, 1915, in the
Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, and after s
in the Royal School of Artillery at Kingston, qi
for a lieutenant's certificate in September, 191
December of the same year he was posted as lieu
to the Eighth Brigade, Canadian Reld Artillery, a
Canada for active service overseas, arriving in E:
in February, 1916. He was commissioned capt
March, 1916, and proceeded to France, where 1
posted to the staff of the Third Canadian Div
Artillery in July, 1916. He was later appointei
captain of the Third Canadian Divisional Ar
and from September to November, 1916, saw
service on the Somme front. Immediately up
tiring from that sector he went to Vimy Ridge, s
after, being invalided to England. In May, 19
was sufficiently recovered to return to Canada, wl:
continued on duty until honorably discharged, Mi
1920. Upon returning to Canada he was appoin
No. 2 Casualty Unit, with the rank of major, hii
mission dating January 5, 1918, ten days later
promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, in con
of demobilization. In July, 1918, he was made
manding officer of No. 2. District Depot, and on i
15, 1919, was appointed district assistant adjutai
quartermaster-general, holding these commission
he himself was demobilized, with the rank of lieut
colonel, March 1, 1920.

Lieutenant-Colonel Gibson is a Conservati
politics, and is connected with The Bloor Street P
terian Church. He is a life member of the Ne
Club; member of the Lambton Golf and Country
the Toronto Hunt Club; Ontario Jockey Club, ai
Canadian Military Institute.

Lieutenant-Colonel Goodwin Gibson married, ir
don, England, May 23, 1916, lone Hunter Heint
daughter of George C. and Clara May (Hunter) K
man. George C. Heintzman is the president c
well known firm of Heintzman & Company, LL
builders of the Heintzman Piano, and a director
Imperial Bank of Canada. Lieutenant-Colonel ani
Gibson are the parents of a daughter, Clara May.
in Toronto, April 1, 1920. The family home is 1
Heath street. West.

JOHN MACDONALD, when he reached tl
of seventeen, became associated with John Maci ,
& Company, a firm founded by his father, Hon i
Macdonald, fourteen years prior to the birth of h ]
To the upbuilding and development of the comri
enterprise which he had founded, Hon. John Mac)
gave his life. When his son, John Macdonald, r )
suitable age, he was admitted to an association t '
and to the same firm, now a corporation, he has!
the years which have since intervened, forty t
The business is now conducted under the corporate I
of John Macdonald & Company, Limited, its lo t
Nos. 21-27 WelHngton street. East, Toronto. '
experience gained in the upbuilding and managen i
that business Mr. Macdonald has added seryic »
other corporations and has come to high position
commercial and civic life of his city. His intere
broad and his life has been one of usefulness.

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John Macdonald, son of Hon. John and Annie Eliza-
th (Alcorn) Macdonald, was born at "Oaklands,"
)ronto, November 4, 1963. After courses of study
Upper Canada College, continuing until 1880, he
tered the service of his father, who was the head of
hn Macdonald & Company, a wholesale dry goods
use founded by him in 1849. In due season John Mac-
inald was admitted a partner, and in 1890 succeeded
father as senior partner. For fifty-seven years the
3iness was operated as a partnership, then, in 1906,
IS reorganized as a stock company, the name then be-
ining John Macdonald & Company, Limited, John Mac-
liald, our subject, president, a responsible relation
I yet holds with the company. Mr. Macdonald is a
lector of the Bank of Toronto; also of the Confeder-
i)n Life Association; the Guarantee Company of North
^lerica, Ontario, and of The Scottish Union and Nat-
cal Insurance Company.

''o these responsibilities of a business man, weighty
uthey are, Mr. Macdonald adds service as a citizen,
»ch is exceedingly valuable. He is a member of the
[■■onto Board of Trade; chairman of the Bureau of
Vnicipal Research; honorary governor of Toronto
jieral Hospital; vice-president of The Humane So-
ny; vice-president of the Hospital for Incurables;
lictor of the Toronto Academy of Music; president of
;b Toronto Open Air Horse Parade; chairman of the
Fiince Committee Dominion Prohibition; and chair-
nj of the Ontario Referendum Committee. He is a
T^ee and an official member of Yonge Street Metho-
lU Church and chairman of its finance committee, and
i lember of the Defence League.
1 club life Mr. Macdonald is well known, his clubs
ocieties being many. He is a member of the
'<) clubs, York, National and Hunt; of the British
■' Club of London, England; the Commercial
rs' Association; British Empire League; Horse
rs' Association; Hackney Horse Association;
Pioneers; Caledonian Society; Ancient Order of
Workmen; The Methodist Union; College
s Association; Upper Canada College "Old Boys"
ition; St. Andrew's Society; and the Canadian
te.

Macdonald married in Belleville, Ontario, August
!, S. St. Claire Hungerford, and they are the
^ of two daughters: Winnifred and Jean. The
home is "Clairesholme," Avenue Road, Toronto,

y.V. DOMENICOVIGLIANTl.— Among those who

re oing a splendid work in upbuilding the moral and
iLil life of the community Rev. Domenico Viglianti,
of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church in
1), Canada, deserves mention. Father Viglianti
lained a priest June 17, 1904, and since that time
■ n actively serving as instructor, missionary and

i-r Viglianti was born in Veroli, Province of Rome,

;)ecember 5, 1881, son of Sante and Giovanna

Hi) Viglianti. He received his earliest education

:)ublic schools, and then attended the high school

li, Province of Rome. On September 29, 1897, he

the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,

ndfter a year of novitiate he entered the seminary

: Citona, Province of Arezzo, Italy. When his studies

ereiompleted he made the religious profession at the

out of St. Alphonsus. As professor of Canon Law

' ' Holy Scriptures at Cortona, Italy, he served most

Hy, and after doing missionary work at Rome and

'■ for a time, he came to Canada, where, from 1913

'. th present (1923), he has been actively engaged in

issiiary work in Toronto. As rector of Mount Carmel

Church he is doing a most efficient work, and contributing
largely to the moral and religious life of his section of
the city of Toronto. Since September 29, 1898, he haa
been a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy
Redeemer, Rev. N. Bonomo, of the congregation, also
being associated with Father Viglianti in the mission
work of Mount Carmel Church.

The Italian parish of Mount Carmel was founded in
October, 1908, Father Carlo Doglio being the first
pastor. Two years later Father Joseph Longo became
pastor. Father Doglio then returning to the United
States. On March 7, 1913, Archbishop Neil McNeil
placed the parish under the care of the Redemptorist
Fathers, Fathers A. T. Coughlan, C.S.S.R., and Domenico
Viglianti, C.S.S.R., the latter coming from Italy, being
placed in charge of the parish. Father A. Kuhn, C.S.S.
R., was associated with them for one year, he being
succeeded in February, 1915, by Father Umberto
Bonomo, and since July, 1915, Fathers Viglianti and
Bonomo have been in charge. During the time the
Redemptorist Fathers have been in charge of the parish
the church has been decorated with beautiful paintings
by the Italian artist, I. Panzironi, from New York. The
societies of Holy Name, Christian Mothers, and Children
of Mary have been established, also a Catholic club
(the Circolo Colombo), organized for the men of the
parish. For four years the young men of the parish
have given the Passion Play, twice in the Italian and
twice in the English language. This wonderful play
attracted thousands of people, both Catholics and
Protestants, and the players received most favorable
notices. Mount Carmel parish contains between
fifteen hundred and two thousand souls in its member-
ship, and every year about one hundred and thirty are
baptized in the faith, and forty marriages solemnized
within its church walls.

HENRY MOWAT DAVY— Under present methods
of business transaction the salesman has no peer as a
vitalizing influence. Without the power that he supplies
to the industrial and commercial machine, production
and consumption on the scale now in force could not
take place. It was in this field of work that Mr. Davy|s
early success came; it has been principally through his
abilities in this line that the business of H. M. Davy
& Company has attained success.

Mr. Davy is a son of Henry Sidney and Eleanor Maria
(Hagerman) Davy; the Davy family are descendants of
an English line founded in Virginia in 1610. Henry
Sidney Davy has prepared a detailed and most inter-
esting account of the family, dealing largely with mili-
tary experiences of its members in Indian warfare,
and from this the following is quoted:

In the year of our Lord One Thousand .Six Hundred and
Ten. Thomas Davy, the son of one Thoma.s Davy. wa.s taken
on board a British man-of-war. on the South-west coast of
England. He was then a young man between nineteen and
twenty years of age and wets sent out to America on military
duty to Virginia, wiiich at that time was a Dutch colony.
This Thomas Davy, who was the only son and heir of his
father, never returned to England. In the course of time he
married, and among the family of children which he had were
two sons: Thomas and Peter, who were both military men.

This family and its descendants remained in what are now
known as the Southern States for a little over one hundred
vears We then find that one of their descendants. Thomas
Davy held a position of Lieutenant in the British .4rmy in the
year of our Lord. 1750, in the state of New York. This Tliomas
Davy had three brothers: Peter, George and Henry. They,
like their father, were military men, and we find that in the old
French War of 17.50, they were fighting on the side of Britam.
From this Peter Davy our line descends.

This Peter Davy had a son whoso name was Peter, and also
three other sons named: Michael. Thomas and Henry. Peter
Davy was the writer's grandfather, and fought m the Revolution-
ary War of 1777. in what is now Known as the United .states of
America, together with his brother. Henry, who held a cap-

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talncy In the British Army. His brother, Thomas, was but
nine years of age during the second year of this war. He.
with his brother Peter, was returning on the MohawK river with
a sIeii?hload of flour, on the ice after darK, when they had the
misfortune to have the team breaK tlu'ough the Ice. This
occurred just opposite their home which was in a fort, walled
in by logs about the old Davy homestead. The lad. Thomas,
was sent by his brother, Peter, to the fort for an axe, but when
he arrived there he found the enemy, consisting of many In-
dians, had captured the fort during their absence and were
carrying away the spoils of flour, pork and other things. Thomas
slipped behind an Indian who was on guard at the fort entrance
and obtained the axe. which he toolc safely to his brother
Peter. When the horses were taken from the water and things
were fixed up so as to start, they at once drove up to the fort.
When they arrived they found the Indians had just left. Peter,
running into the house-part of the enclosure, found a baby bay-
onetted, lying dead in a cradle and his own wife unconscious
lying on tlie bed with a tomahawk wound between her shoulders,
but she recovered. Five dead and wounded were found about
the premises and the balance of the men, who were left to
defend the fort, amounting in all to about eighteen, and com-
manded by Captain John Davy, a cousin of the above Peter
Davy, were found at a distance where they had taken shelter
to escape, and reformed to follow the retreating Indians when
they had received some reinforcements on the following day.
This occurred near what is now known as Little Falls, on the
Mohawk, which was the original home of the Davys, when they
came north from the Southern States.

This Peter Davy had two wives. The first one was named
Betsy Sphoon. by whom he had nine children. On her death
he removed to Canada in 1784 and married Eliza Hillier, by
whom he also had nine children, seven girls and two boys.
The elder boy's name was Peter, the younger one's name John
P. This John P. Davy was the father of the present writer.
He was bom in the Township of Emesttown. near a place known
as Asselestein's factory, on the 29th day of November. In the
year of our Lord. 1803. During the Revolutionary War his
father's two brothers were taken prisoners, escaped and came
to Canada. The other two members of the family did also,
and. as the United Empire Loyalists, drew land from the
Government in the County of Lennox, part of the village of
Bath. Of the seven sisters of my father, John P, Davy, four
of them. Mary, Peggy, Aify, and Sarah, married and settled
m the Township of Emesttown. The other three Hannah,
Eliza Jane and Susan moved to Western Canada. Sarah Davy
married Jacob HUlIard and in after years removed to the
State of Michigan, where she died, at the age of one hundred
and five years, and her husband at the age of one hundred and
seven years. They were married and lived on a farm now owned
by the present writer. H. S. Davy, being a part of lot No.
thirty-six In the fourth concession of the Township of Ernest-
town, which farm my grandfather. Peter Davy, settled on and
bought from the Government In the year of our Lord, 1806,
and my father was three years of age when he moved to the said
farm. He married my mother, whose maiden name was Eliza
Montgomery. She was bom on the 27th day of February,
in the state of Massachusetts in 1811. and came to this country
when one year of age. They were married on the first day of
May, by the Reverend Father Madole, Presbyterian Minister,
in the year of otrr Lord. 1827. From this union five children
were born, the two eldest dying in infancy, when but a few days
of age. The other three were: John Wesley Davy, born on the
29th day of January. 1835; the present writer, Henry Sidney
Davy, bom on the 18th day of September, 1842; and their
sister, Eliza Jane Davy, born on the 12th day of February.
She died on the 20th day of February. 1863, being sixteen years
of age. She was a solo singer of much merit for her age. John
Wesley Davy died on the sixth day of August, 1891. He was a
professor of music, both vocal and instrumental. He also
patented the first machine to dig potatoes, and Invented iron
posts for wire fences, and the present iron posts used for trolley
cars and electrical wires. The present writer married Eleanor
Maria Hagerman, daughter of^ Abraham Hagerman of the
Township of Emesttown, They were married on the 29th
day of November, 1866, by the Reverend Wesley Casson, of
the Methodist Church.

Henry Sidney Davy was engaged in farming opera-
tions until 1868, then for a number of years followed
woolen manufacturing in eastern Ontario, disposing of
his industrial holdings to enter the field of fraternal
insurance. He is now retired, he and his wife making
their home on the farm in Odessa, Ontario, which has
been a family possession through five generations. Mr.
Davy is an active member of the Methodist Church,
and throughout his life time has been a strong advocate of
temperance. Henry Sidney and Eleanor Maria (Hager-
man) Davy are the parents of six children: Eliza J.,
now Mrs. J. W. Milne, of Weston; Catherine H.,now
Mrs. Austin M. Fraser, of Lexon and Addington;

Nellie L., deceased, who married Corry Redd(
Kingston; Sidanna M., who married Alexande
Bell, of Oshawa; Laura E., who married George M
of Toronto; and Henry Mowat, of further mentioi
Henry Mowat Davy was born at Odessa, Oi
April 6, 1884. When he was sixteen years of i
came to Toronto for the purpose of attending e
and after receiving a course in business training
Central Business College, he entered the employ
Eaton and Company, Toronto, as salesman in the
furnishing department. Although his salary was
and the hours were long, he was blessed with
and a will to succeed, and in a short time his salai
increased, and he was given an opportunity to d
his talent as a salesman. During vacations he t
panied his father on his trips in the interest
Canadian Order of Chosen Friends. This was a sp
o^pportunity which he eagerly accepted, and he fi
with credit certain duties his father alloted to him
described as the silver tongued orator of fraternal
ance. The work of organizer seemed to him t(
excellent opportunity to use his talents as a salesm;
when, in 1902, the Grand Organizer of the Ca
Order of Chosen FYiends appointed him organi;
the society, he accepted the commission. For eigh
he was one of the most successful representatives
Society.

He was ambitious to establish in business indepe
ly and in 1911, with a commendable record a
achieved, he opened a little office in his home, en
in selling real estate and insurance. In a year th
ness became too large to take care of in his hon
he opened an office at No. 155 Roncesvalles aveni
continued the business there. This office soon w
grown, and he moved to No. 105 Roncesvalles a
He purchased this building, where he has sine
located, and here the business has attained sue
portions that it is now recognized as one of the
real estate and insurance offices in the city of T
Mr. Davy is known throughout the Province as an
on property valuation, and his advice is sought co
ly by real estate dealers and owners.

Mr. Da-vy keeps in touch with real estate ii
everywhere and enjoys the opportunity for an e)
of ideas with the members of the Toronto Real
Board, of which he is a member. He fraterniz
the Masonic order, a life member of St. A
Lodge, No. 16. He is also affiliated with the C;
Order of Chosen Friends, the Ancient Order of
Workmen, the Independent Order of Foresters
Circle, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Loyi
of Moose, Kiwanis Club of West Toronto, and
master of the Canada Lodge, No. 2710, Loyal
Lodge. He is a member of the West End Youn
Christian Association and has taken active
membership and financial drives, and is also a
of the Parkdale Canoe Club, and of the Thistledd
and Country Club.

As Mr. Davy believes that wholesome fun am
tion are as necessary as they are valuable, he mi
practice to enjoy as much out-of-door sport as >
and among his favorite sports is golf. He hai
taken an independent position in politics. In
was elected alderman of the Seventh Ward, r
by a decided majority, and re-elected in 1922 ah
Mr. Davy has been a strong supporter of publi \i
ship. He has advocated the elimination of
railway crossings throughout the city, and was
ental in presenting a petition to the municipa
signed by over eight thousand (8,000) citizen a-
that immediate steps be taken for the closing'
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(avenue, and for the operation of transportation
! across this half mile gap. He has also advo-
d illuminated street naming signs throughout the
,|hich has been acted upon by the city. Mr. Davy's
it generous sportsmanship and fair play was evi-
at the first council meeting of 1923, when corn-
were being appointed for the current year.
least two occasions, when a tie vote existed be-
him and a fellow-committeeman for the chair-
, jp, he withdrew in favor of his opponent. He is
tnunicant of the Howard Park Methodist Church
itively interested in the work of that denomination.
1 909 Henry Mowat Davy married Irene EUavyne
V , of Hamilton. They have four children : Henry
V, John Winston, Leila Eleanor, and Madeline

IRED WILLIAM BRIGGS, K.C.— A man of

i( views, deeply interested in church life, possessing
1 ;i<lministrative ability and eminence in legal
. Alfred W. Briggs, K.C., needs little introduction
:i readers of this work.

e William Briggs, D.D., father of Alfred W. Briggs,

wpII known minister of the Methodist church,

nt preacher, ranking high among the edu-

11 ri of his time, and for forty years was book

I of his church. He was the son of Thomas

of Ban Bridge, County Down, Ireland, of

and Irish descent. Rev. Dr. Briggs was born

Bridge, September 9, 1836, and died at Port

November 5, 1922. He came to Canada a young

«d was received on trial by the (Quebec Conference
iJethodist church at Durham m 1859. He was
d a minister of that church in 1863, and was
of churches in Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal,
, Coburg, Belleville, and again at Toronto
>olitan church). He held many offices in the
ice, was chosen delegate to each Quadrennial
Conference of his church, and was a delegate
anada to the Ecumenical Conference held in
jton, D.C., in 1891, and in London in 1901.
he was elected book steward of the Methodist
nd Publishing House, becoming head of the
book-publishing house in Toronto, and the
mblishing house in the Dominion. He received
!toria University the honorary degree of D.D. in
d held many offices of importance in connection
fi church and the university. He married
Marian Clarke, of Melbourne, Australia.
, William Briggs, son of Rev. William and
Marian (Clarke) Briggs, was born in London,
June 24, 1871. He was educated in the
Street Collegiate Institute, Toronto, and in
University, B.A., class of 1891; LL.B., 1892;
. 1893. He was admitted a barrister in
d became a member of the law firm of Cook,
Id & Briggs, practicing in Toronto with that
;hree years. From 1897 until 1903 he practiced
A in 1910 was made a member of the King's
In 1903 he joined in partnership with Harold
their practice gradually extending in Toronto
lunding districts. The firm now consists of
lers, practicing under the name of Briggs,
Hon, Birks & Morris, with offices at No. 33
' street. West.

k^gs is on the board of the Toronto Orthopedic
is Canadian secretary of the Star Life Assur-
;ty, of London, England; a vice-president of the
Trusts Corporation; and a director of the
ilders' Mutual Life Insurance Company. His
iiations are with the Canada Lawn Bowling
• Port Credit Lawn Bowling Club, and the

University Club. He is a member of the Methodist
church, secretary of the Methodist Church Court o(
Appeal, and serves on many other church committees.
Mr. Briggs married, in Toronto, June 14, 1900,
Demeredy F. Wright, second daughter of John J. and
Jessie (Firstbrook) Wright, her father for many years
manager of the Toronto Electric Light Company, and
prominent in business life. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs are
the parents of two children: Ruth Marian, and Mar-
garet Landon Briggs.

ROBERT STANFIELD CORYELL— Upon reaching

the age of sixteen years, school books were closed to
Robert S. Coryell and the business volume of his life
was opened. "That was a quarter of a century ago, and
for nineteen of those years he has been associated with
one house, The Adams Furniture Company, Limited,
of Toronto. He is a native son of Toronto, his parents
Charles Seymour and Nellie Miriam Coryell, his father
deceased.

Robert S. Coryell was born in Toronto, York county,
Ontario, October 9, 1882, and attended Victoria street,
Church street, and Winchester street public schools,the
Model School, finishing at Parkdale Collegiate Institute.
In 1898 he left school and entered the employ of J. G.
Ramsey & Company, remaining in their employ until
1901, when he transferred his services to the J. F.
Adams Company, of Buffalo, New York, serving that
firm for three years. He then spent a year in New York,
finally, in 1904, entering upon his duties with The
Adams Furniture Company, Limited, of Toronto, the
years which have since intervened having been spent with
that company in positions of increasing responsibility.

Mr. Coryell is a Conservative in politics, and in reli-
gious faith a Presbyterian, being a member of the
board of managers and of the music committee of The
United Church of North Rosedale. He is affiliated with
Zetland Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; the Rotary
Club, Scarboro Golf and Country Club, Parkdale Canoe
Club, Granite Club, Red Chalk Fish and Game Club,
and the Toronto Board of Trade. His sports and recrea-
tions, as indicated by his clubs, are golf, fishing and
hunting.

In Toronto, April 21, 1909, Mr. Coryell married Edna
M. Bilton, daughter of Thomas and Amelia Bilton, and
a brother of Lieutenant N. C. Bilton, who made the
supreme sacrifice overseas during the World War. Mr.
and Mrs. Coryell are the parents of a son, Thomas Sey-
mour, born in Toronto, June 27, 1910, and a daughter,
Lois Creighton, born in Toronto, October 25, 1912.
The family home is No. 17 St. Andrew's Gardens,
Toronto.

CHARLES PRICE-GREEN, F.R.G.S.— A son of an

Oxford professor, Charles Price-Green, Sr., B.A., Oxford,
Charles Price-Green, of this review, also received a
university education and from the same alma mater as his
father. Professor Charles Price-Green early embraced
the profession of pedagogy and continued an educator all
his life. He was head of a number of public schools in
England. He married Marion Marchmont, and they
were the parents of Charles Price-Green, born in Eng-
land, January, 1870.

Charles Price-Green was educated at St. Peter's,
York; Oxford University, England; and later accom-
plished a special course at McGill University, Montreal.
Sometime after coming to Canada he became connected
with the engineering staff of the Canadian Pacific rail-
way, an association that continued for a number of years.
He was then, for a few years, identified with mining, and
later with the Grand Trunk railway, but since 1906 has
been associated with the Canadian Northern and Cana-

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dian National railways, his position being that of com-
missioner, Department of Resources.

Charles Price-Green has been a contributor to a num-
ber of scientific and literary journals in Canada and the
United States, and has published booklets and pamphlets
dealing with economic conditions, the discussion of
"America's Forest Resources, and a Plea for their
Conservation," and reports on "Minerals and Mining
Industries on the Canadian National railways," and
the "Rocky Mountains."

Mr. Price-Green is a fellow of The Royal Geographical
Society; member of the Society of Chemical Industry;
member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy; president of the Mimico Horticultural
Society since its organization; founder and chairman
of Mimico Public Library from its foundation; director
and member of the advisory board of the Canadian
Camp, New York; and of several sports organizations,
for he is an ardent sportsman, very fond of hunting,
fishing, yachting, rowing, excelling in some of these,
and the winner of many trophies. He enjoys travel
and his work has caused him to explore the "lone"
places of Canada, a work that has given him deep
satisfaction.

Charles Price-Green married, in Brockville, Ontario,
April 19th, 1894, Helen Leonora Taylor, daughter of
Francis Daniel Taylor, C. E.M.E., well known and emin-
ent civil and mining engineer, results of whose work can
be seen in the city of Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Price-Green are the parents of: Catherine, married,
and residing in Ottawa; Charles, a mechanical engineer
of Toronto; and Patricia.

THOMAS URQUHART was born on the sixteenth
day of April, 1858, in the village of Wallacetown, county
of Elgin, in the Province of Ontario.

His father, Alexander Cameron Urquhart, of Ding-
wall, Rosshire, Scotland, came to Canada in 1847, and
carried on at first a tailoring business, and later, a general
store business in Wallacetown. In the year 1853,
Alexander C. Urquhart married Sarah MacCallum,
daughter of John MacCallum, a native of Argyleshire,
Scotland, who, in the year 1819, settled in the township
of Dunwich, Elgin county, Ontario.

Their son, Thomas Urquhart, attended public school
in Wallacetown until the age of thirteen years. For
the ensuing ten years he was employed in his father's
general store. When twenty-one years of age he was
appointed municipal clerk of the township of Dunwich,
and later he became secretary of the Agricultural Society
of the West Riding of Elgin, and also secretary of the
West Elgin Reform Association.

By means of personal study, without teachers, he
passed the matriculation examination of the Law
Society, in August, 1881, in which year he withdrew from
the offices above mentioned and entered the office of
Messrs. Farley & Doherty, barristers and solicitors, St.
Thomas, Ontario. In March, 1882, he went to Winni-
peg, Manitoba, with the intention of pursuing the
study of law in that Province, but, after spending
about four months there, he determined to finish his
course in Ontario. In August, 1882, he came to Toronto
and entered the office of McCarthy, Hoskin, Plumb and
Creelman, as a student. With that firm (which was
later known as McCarthy, Osier, Hoskin & Creelman)
he continued until 1886, when he graduated from Os-
goode Hall as a barrister and solicitor.

After Mr. Urquhart's graduation he entered into
partnership with Alexander Mills, K.C., and Joseph
Heighington, under the firm name of Mills, Heighington
& Urquhart. About two years later Mr. Heighington
and Mr. Urquhart formed a new firm under the name

of Heighington & Urquhart. This firm was
in 1891. Early in 1892 Mr. Urquhart and hi
Daniel Urquhart, entered into partnership i
name of Urquhart & Urquhart, which partni
since continued. At the present time, Janui
the partners in the firm are: Daniel Urquh;
Thomas Urquhart, and Thomas Cameron Ui
In January, 1900, Mr. Urquhart was e
alderman for Ward Four in the city of Torontt
reelected in 1901 and in 1902. In January,
was elected mayor of the city, his chief oppone
Oliver A. Howland and Daniel Lamb. In 19
reelected by acclamation, and in 1905, in a coi
George H. Gooderham, Mr. Urquhart won the i
for a third term. Upon his retirement "Th(
Globe," in its issue of December 23, 1904, pub
following editorial:

The retirement of Mayor Urquhart from the Ma:
Is a fitting time to put on record the obligation of I
for three laborious and memorable years spent ii
chair. What the Mayor has done is of too recent (
ment to make it necessary to recount it here, but
hoped that before his term closes he will have an o
of giving an account of his stewardship and a histo
eventful years. The Mayor is an untiring and effeci
and an indication of how civic business ha.s grown c
in the enormous demands that his duty has made upc
The recognition and thanlis of the citizens for the sj
vice he has rendered will to a man of his ideals an
ment be a much valued reward. That be has tWs 1
the utmost assurance. He has risen equal to evei
made upon him and never once has he been shown to I
adequate or self interested.

The Globe can say this with ail the more detachmc
it did not aid in his first election. A year In ofBce
his worth and competence and thereafter it supi
without misgiving. It is temperate praise to sa
was one of the best Mayors Toronto ever had and i
but the truth to say that he was the equal of the bcsl
chosen again to be a candidate he would have had ou
ing support, for if he was a good Chief Magistrate th(
he was still better equipped with each succeeding j
man may feel proud of leaving such a record behin
when his portrait adorns the walls of the groat buildii
a large part of his civic worjt was transacted, the
truthfully point to it and say: "There was one of tb
cutive heads this city ever had."

"The Evening Telegram" in an editorial of
date published in part as follows:

Thomas Urquhart has done well.

Toronto has been well and faithfully and zealoi
by Thomas Urquhart.

The Tory bigotry of Toronto did not previ
Urquhart's election in his first contest.

Conservatives have no cause to regret the suppor i
given to Thomas Urquhart.

No better Mayor ever sat in the City Hall an'
he lias been able to do, the evils tliat his courage a
of purpose have averted constitute the City's reward
principle before party and adhering steadfastly to I
every believer in public rights and public owners]

CIVIC GOVERNMENT IS BUSINESS NOT PC

In politics Mr. Urquhart is a Liberal, andj
was chosen by that party to contest the Ridi]
Toronto for the Ontario Legislature, against
Thomas Crawford, but he was defeated,
was selected by the Liberal party to contest t )
of North Toronto against Sir George E. FosI,
election held in that year for the House of ■'
but lost by a small majority. In 1906 he coi
Riding of North Toronto for the Local Legislat
W. K. McNaught, but in this also he was defe [(i
Urquhart supported the Union Government : |tb
tion of 1917, and in the election held in 1921 >P
the Progressive party.

Mr. Urquhart is a member of the Baptist
tion, having been baptized in Beverley Stn
Church, Toronto, on the last Sunday of the '
Since then he has been actively interested in
several Baptist churches of which he has
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ito, for twenty-two years, and Aurora Baptist
:h for six years, during his residence in that town,
at present a member of Mount Pleasant Road
jrly Davisville) Baptist Church. He has held in
lurches he attended the offices of church clerk,
1, trustee and Sunday school superintendent. He
; one time president of the Baptist Young People's
of Ontario, and at another time vice-president of
iptist Young People's Union of America. In 1908
i elected president of the Baptist Convention of
o and Quebec, for the years 1908-1909. For the
venty-eight years he has been a valued member of
)me Mission Board of the Baptist Convention of
0 and Quebec.

mas Urquhart was married, in Peterborough,
0, on the fifth day of July, 1899, to Margaret
McDonald, a daughter of Duncan and Janet
son McDonald. Mr. McDonald was a member
first council of what is now the city of Peter-
b. Before her marriage. Miss McDonald had
r a number of years a teacher in one of the public
of Toronto. One child, Isabel Urquhart, was
1 the twenty-eighth day of November, 1902, and
iile still in infancy.

"rquhart has continuously resided in Toronto
ugust, 1882, excepting seven years, when he
in the town of Aurora, but practiced his profes-
^oronto.
g back over his life, Mr. Urquhart believes
most important event to any individual, both
life and the life hereafter, occurs when a man
esus Christ as his Saviour, and Lord, and realizes
Word of God should be the guide and the con-
jpower in the life of every one who trusts Him.

>ERICK WILLIAM HALLS was born in

Ontario, December 3, 1874, son of William and

'anton) Halls. His father was born in Devon-

igland, in 1844, and came to London, Ontario,

ly age. He was engaged in the contracting busi-

)ndon for several years. Coming to Toronto

I he established himself as an independent con-

rl In course of time he became very successful,

'In his death occurred in 1914, he was one of

t-i leading business men. His son, Henry H.

r. Halls' brother, then assumed control of the

• t; business, which he still conducts under

r William Halls and Son. Mr. Halls' mother,

ton) Halls, was born in Devonshire, England,

1, 1844. She is at the present time a resi-

onto.

!< William Halls received his early education

lie schools. At the age of twelve years he

ironto with his father and became a pupil of

on School. Immediately upon the com-

his studies, he formed a connection with the

own Brothers, Limited, manufacturing sta-

ntering the business as a junior clerk, Mr.

lined with Brown Brothers for a quarter

iry, during the last years of which he was

'loyed by them as a salesman. In 1912 Mr.

it'd to enter the field of business as an inde-

■ holesale paper merchant and accordingly

^ the Frederick W. Halls Paper Company,

ills first place of business occupied three

quare feet of floor space, in a building on

street, at the corner of Duncan street. In

i)f a few years his business increased to such

that it became necessary for him to seek

s. Accordingly, in July, 1920, he purchased

ilding at Nos. 257-61 Adelaide street. West.

ss now occupies no less than twenty-four

thousand square feet of floor space, and will eventually
require a great deal more. Mr. Halls has always been
the active head and president of the company. He has
developed the business by means of personal force, busi-
ness courage, and industry of the highest type. His
organization now includes a large staff of salesmen who
are busily engaged in taking orders for the firm through-
out the Province of Ontario.

Mr. Halls is a member of the Methodist church.
In politics he is a Conservative. He is a Mason, a Mys-
tic Shriner, a Knight Templar, and belongs to the
Rameses Lodge. He also holds membership in the
Kiwanis Club.

Frederick William Halls married, in 1900, in Toronto,
Florence Kate McGill, daughter of Donald and Edith
(Edis) McGill. Mrs. Halls was born in Toronto. Her
father, who was born in Scotland, came to Toronto at
an early age. He retired from active participation in
business affairs some years before his death, which
occurred in 1914. Mrs. Halls' mother, who was born
in Kent, England, is at the present time a resident of
Toronto.

Mr. and Mrs. Halls have eight children: Frederick
McGill, who was born in 1901; William Tanton, who was
born in 1903; Donald John, Richard, Phillip, Peter,
Margaret Lenore and Frances Catherine. Two of
Mr. Halls' sons are associated with him in his business,
Frederick McGill having become a member of the sales
department in 1917; and William Tanton having en-
tered the office in 1919.

WESSELY R. CAMPBELL— Special representative
of the Brantford Carriage Company in the Province of
Ontario, and manager of the firm's Toronto office, Mr.
Campbell has had a varied and interesting career.
He was born at Markham, Ontario, November 29, 1890,
son of Henry and Nellie (Rogerson) Campbell. His
father was a well known agriculturist and devoted his
life to the management of his farm, which was his hobby
and to which he had a great attachment. So ably did
he conduct the affairs of the property that the income
therefrom added considerably to his private fortune,
which was already large, and in this manner his pleasure
in agricultural work was profitable in every way, unlike
many other hobbies that might be named.

Mr. Campbell received his education in the Mongolia
Public School. He later, after his graduation therefrom,
engaged in special study, completing various courses in
business subjects and in mechanics. Naturally gifted
with technical ability and an analytical mind, Mr.
Campbell decided at an early age to engage in the auto-
mobile industry, for which he had a great liking. His
father approved of this determination, and accordingly,
in 1911, Mr. Campbell became an apprentice in the es-
tablishment of the Britnell Motor Car Company. He
served an apprenticeship of a few years with this firm
and acquired a thorough technical knowledge of the work
of manufacturing, repairing, and selling motors of all
descriptions. He learned rapidly and soon became a
master of the intricacies of the trade. When the term
of his apprenticeship came to an end, he formed a
connection with the Ford Motor Company of Toronto,
with which he remained for more than three years.
During his association with the Ford Motor Company
his skill and energy proved invaluable to the company,
and he was employed in many ways. Among other
things, he was instrumental in organizing and establish-
ing the night service which has since become such a
feature of the company's work in Toronto.

Mr. Campbell left the Ford Motor Company, greatly
to their regret, in order to accept a position as super-
intendent of the Universal Car Company, which has

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its offices on Yonge street. His connection with this
firm was very agreeable and he spent the nesrt two years
in their service. His business and technical skill had
attracted some attention by this time, however, and he
was offered the position of branch manager for the Brant-
ford Carriage Company. This offer he accepted, and
the connection has been maintained ever since. Mr.
Campbell has full charge of the firm's Toronto office,
which is located at No. 188 Strachan avenue, and he is
the special representative of the firm in the Province
of Ontario. The company, which was founded about
fifty years ago, is engaged in the manufacture of auto-
mobile truck bodies, motor car bodies of every descrip-
tion, cutters, carriages, and sleighs. The firm is widely
known and executes orders for many of the largest
automobile manufacturing firms in the Dominion. In
addition to his other interests, Mr. Campbell was for
some time at the head of a large garage in the city, but
with the pressure of his other interests, he was finally
obliged to give up his work in this connection in order
to devote himself to the management of his work for
the Brantford Carriage Company. He has many friends,
not only in the city itself but also among automobile
dealers and users in many other parts of the Dominion,
and by all ranks of the industry he is rightly regarded
as one of the most energetic and progressive members of
the business community.

In religious faith Mr. Campbell is a member of the
Anglican church. He is a Mason, and belongs to Orange
Lodge, No. 864; Western District Chapter, No. 337;
Maple Leaf Black Preceptory; John Ross Robertson
Lodge, No. 545; Occident Chapter, No. 77; and he is a
past master of Hillsdale Lodge, No. 644. Mr. Campbell
is a great lover of all outdoor sports and activities.
With the vigor of a man whose youth was spent upon
a farm, amid the health-giving activities and sur-
roundings of agricultural life, he is a keen and en-
thusiastic follower of motoring, fishing, and hunting,
and many other athletic pastimes. During the World
War Mr. Campbell offered his services to the govern-
ment but he was not called into military service and was
consequently obliged to render such assistance as he
could in civilian life by supporting the various drives
and war activities of the government at home.

On March 15, 1910, Wessely R. Campbell married, at
Elmvale, Emma Smyth, daughter of William and
Charlotte (Cutting) Smyth. Her father had extensive
interests in the lumber business and had charge of the
Martin Brothers Lumber mill at Martinsville, Ontario,
which is widely known as one of the largest in the vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have seven children: William
Henry Ross, Charlotte Nellie, Margery Mona, Thelma,
Thergan, Wessely R., Jr., and Edith Eyvon, all of
whom were born in Toronto.

HARRY J. ST. CLAIR was born at Chicago, Illi-
nois, and is a son of O. C. St. Clair, of Chicago.

Mr. St. Clair received his education in the public
schools of Chicago, graduating from high school at an
early age. He formed a business connection with the
Pittsburgh Plate Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
and was actively engaged in the company's affairs until
1909, when he moved to Toronto, Canada, and estab-
lished the Harry J. St. Clair Company, Limited, which
is chartered by the Dominion of Canada and has ex-
tensive interests in Canada and the United States.
The Company's business consists of the designing and
manufacture of store fronts.

Mr. St. Clair is one of Toronto's most public-spirited
citizens. He is interested in all matters pertaining to
the city's welfare and takes an active part in all cam-
paigns for civic improvement and community service.

He belongs to the Big Brothers, and in him tl
Scouts have a powerful and sympathetic friend.
St. Clair is a member of the Toronto Board of
the Kiwanis Club; the Old Colony Club; the Lak
Golf Club; the Canadian Manufacturers' Assoc
the Canadian Club; the Empire Club; the I
Lawn Tennis Club; and the Ontario Motor I
He is also an active member of the Young Men's
ian Association.

Harry J. St. Clair married Lillian R. Hoitt. R
Mrs. St. Clair have no children.

GEORGE H. LOCKE is the chief librarian
Public Library of Toronto. He is a native-born Ca:
educated in the Toronto Public schools, Brampt
CoUingwood Collegiate Institutes, and in the ^
College, University of Toronto, from which he grs
in 1893, with honors in classics. He was imm(
appointed fellow in Greek in his alma mater.
he graduated from the Ontario College of Pedai
that he might have the right to teach in his owi
ince. After teaching a year he went to the Un
of Chicago, Illinois, where he was appointed fe
education. Thence he was invited to become ins
in the History and Art of Teaching and in the
zation of School Systems, in Harvard Univers
Radcliffe College. After three years he was in'
return to the University of Chicago, where
successively assistant professor, associate profess
dean of the College of Education. He was also ir
of Accredited High Schools, and for five yean
of the "School Review."

Mr. Locke left academic work in 1906 to beco
sistant to Dr. C. H. Thurber, the senior ed
Ginn & Company, the great educational book pu
of Boston. In 1907 he was invited by Sir
Macdonald to organize the educational work <
donald College and during these years he was r
of education in McGill University. At the end
he was invited by the Public Library Board of
to take charge of their work as chief librarian a
that time he has been engaged in that work,
the fifteen years, he has designed and super
the erection of a branch library each year,
today there are seventeen public libraries in
under the one management, and especially is 1
of the Boys' and Girls' House, the only on
British Empire.

Mr. Locke has been vice-president of the_ij
Library Association; president of the Ontario j
Association, of the Canadian Methodist 1'
Association, of the Toronto Canadian Club i
the Arts and Letters Club; and vice-preside (
Royal Colonial Institute; and is a member of ■
of regents of Victoria University, the senal <
University of Toronto, and the board of synd
Hart House Theatre. During the last eighteen i
the Great War he was associate director 1
Information for the Dominion.

ROBERT WILLSON DOAN— For more in
six years Robert Willson Doan has been enga f i
important business of instructing and devel in
mental and moral powers of the next generat •
sessed of marked ability both as a teacher and id
linarian, he has justly earned the esteem of tV «
profession and of his students. The valui
to those who have benefited by his faithfuln.
ity as a teacher and as a friendly guide rai
timated in this generation, but will continue
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I his reward. At the present writing (1922) Mr. Doan
the oldest living educator in Toronto.
Mr. Doan was born in East Gwillinburg, York
mnty, Ontario, July 14, 1839, son of Ira and Eliza-
jth (Haines) Doan. The Doans, who were members
' the Society of Friends, came to York county, Ontario,
Om Bucks county, Pennsylvania, early in the nine-
«nth century, and engaged in farming in their new
Wie. He received his education in the Queensville
iblic school and in the Toronto Normal Training School,
td was granted a First Class Teachers' Provincial
ertificate. He at once entered the profession of teach-
f, and the entire period of his long and active life
IS been devoted to educational work. He held prin-
palships in the Aurora public. Parliament street,
torge street, Victoria street, and Dufferin schools of
Oronto for many years, and having in those positions
fly demonstrated his rare ability, both as a resource-
land vital teacher and as a wise disciplinarian, he was
Bde principal of the City Model School for the training
teachers. This important position he filled most
Sciently from 1881 until 1888. For many years he was
member of the Ontario Educational Council, and
loe 1871 he has been a member of the Board of School
Himiners for York county, and secretary of the board,
e i.s ex-president of the Toronto Teachers' Association;
:-presid(,'nt of the Toronto Principals' Association;
as chosen special examiner by the Ontario Educational
epartment, also secretary of the Ontario Educational
I'iation for forty-three years. In all these positions
;i3 exerted a strong and helpful influence upon the
lucational system of the province as well as upon the
lucational work of Toronto. Of broad vision, devoted
lirit, and rare ability as a teacher, he has been largely
strumental in guiding the educational policy toward
gh standards and the securing of a better teaching
;rce. His practical experience and his clear discern-
ent of the vital point m each problem as it rose has
Mf;d him to use moderation and common sense in
:»ttainment of better things, and has enabled the
' ucational authorities to make progress without the
lual amount of "opposition to change" which always
lakes the way of the constructive worker difficult.
Ourteous always, always giving to the opinion of others
111 weight and consideration, he patiently met and over-
(me opposition if, after hearing the other side, he was
ill convinced that his own course was best, and yet
'« willing to yield a point whenever he was con-
jnced that in so doing he would best forward the real
i:erests of educational progress in his field of responsi-
lity. He has won the highest regard of his professional
Bociates, and among his students there are many who
(re to him not only careful training but a widened out-
bk and inspiration for the carrying forward of their
Ite work.

Politically, Mr. Doan gives his support to the Liberal
Jrty, and in the midst of his busy professional life he
und time to "do his bit" in local public office by serving
£ commissioner for taking affidavits in York and Peel
cunties. Deeply interested in the welfare of the com-
r^inity in which he lives, especially in all of the pha.se3
c civic and community life which touch and influence
tb lives of the young, he gave his earnest aid in the work
cthe Sherbourne Street Methodist Church, which he
sved as superintendent of the Sunday school and as
r;ording steward of the church organization for many
jars. Not only in Toronto has he made his influence
ft for good, but throughout York county he is widely
kown and highly esteemed both for what he has accom-
pshed and for what he is. In educational and religious
atiyities he has been prominent for some fifty years,
li is a good reader and interpreter, and that talent he

haa often been called upon to use in lighter aocial gather-
ings, where his simple courtesy and nis genuine enjoy-
ment of and interest in "just folks" has always made him
a welcome guest. Fraternally, he is a member of St.
Andrew's Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
of which he is a past master. He is also a member of
the York Pioneer and Historical Society, of which he ia
vice-president; of the United Canadian Bible Society,
of which he is vice-president; also a member of the
Cadets of Temperance, of the Sons of Temperance, and
Good Templars, and has held presiding offices in same.
In August, 1865, at East Gwillinburg, Mr. Doan
married Elizabeth Evans, daughter of David and Jane
(Arbuthnot) Evans, the latter a daughter of the Hon.
Alexander Arbuthnot, son of Viscount Arbuthnot, o(
Kincardineshire, Scotland.

WILLIAM RANKIN— On the old Colonel Denniaon
estate, known as "Dovercourt," on Churchill street,
Toronto, one of the oldest in the city, now resides
William Rankin, he an old time resident of Parkdale
until it became a part of the city of Toronto and lost
its identity. He is a son of James and Anna (Mallory)
Rankin, who at the time of the birth of their son William,
were living at Kilmarnick, Scotland. James Rankin was
an engineer and helped to build the first locomotive
used on the Grand Trunk railroad. He later became
engineer at Mercer Reformatory, a position he held
from the opening of that institution. He was a ruling
elder of Parkdale Presbyterian Church, and a man
genuinely respected by all who knew him.

William Rankin was born at Kilmarnick, Scotland,
October 5, 1850, and came to Canada in 1855, with his
parents, they settling in Toronto, and later moved to
Parkdale. He was educated in grammar and high schools
and when his school years were over he began learning
the trade of carpenter, serving an apprenticeship under
William Moles on Peter street. After becoming a
journeyman carpenter, he soon became a contractor
and builder under his own name, and for many years did
a large business. He later opened a planing mill on
Dundas street, then moved to his present location on
the same street. He manufactures at the mill all kinds
of woodwork for builders' use, and supplies a large trade.
The business is conducted under the corporate name of
Rankin & Company, Limited, William Rankin, presi-
dent.

Mr. Rankin was one of the pioneers of Parkdale, waa
one of the men who selected that name for the settle-
ment, and for many years was a member of Town
Council. He is a member of the Reform party, and
several times his election to Parkdale Council was by
acclamation. This was before Parkdale became a part
of Toronto. At the time of the Fenian Raid he joined
the Toronto Garrison Battery. He is a member of the
Masonic order, the Canadian Order of Chosen Friends,
York Pioneer Society, the Manufacturers' Association,
and the Parkdale Presbyterian Church, which he aided
in organizing, his name being cut on the cornerstone
of the church among those of that early period of the
church history. He was a member of the building
committee of the church, and has always been an active
worker in church affairs.

William Rankin married, in Parkdale, August 16,
1876, Lucy Plant, daughter of William and Sarah
(Whitehouse) Plant, her father a brick manufacturer,
who came to Toronto and located his yards in what waa
then known as Muddy York, now a finely built up resi-
dential section of the city. William Plant came in the
early eighties and made the first sewer pipe laid in
Toronto. William and Lucy fPlant) Rankin were the
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librarian of John Rylands Library, Manchester, Eng-
land. 2. Gordon, manager of Rankin & Company,
member of Toronto Board of Trade. 3. Lucy, a grad-
uate B. A., married Charles Teasdale, a civil engineer.
4. Donald, a graduate B. A., a barrister of Toronto,
practicing law at No. 152 Bay street, corner of Adelaide
street. 5. Wallace M., a student at Toronto University.
6. William James, representing the Forty-Eighth High-
landers at the Queen's Jubilee in London in 1900,
receiving a medal from the hands of Queen Victoria; he
was in charge of the Bayonet Corps, and upon his re-
turn to Toronto received a souvenir medal from the
city of Toronto.

The Rankin family residence is at No. 36 Churchill
street, Toronto, Mr Rankin's business address No.
1536 bundas street, Toronto.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ALFRED CURRAN,

now retired and living in Toronto, reviews a life of
activity in both the civil and military service of his city,
his entire business life having been spent in the Toronto
post office, and during his military career he held every
rank in the Canadian militia service save that of sergeant
major. He has many cups and medals won in marks-
manship contests, and his service medals include the
clasp which denotes service in the North Western
Rebellion of 1885. He is a son of James Sidney and
Ann (Beatty) Curran, both born in Manchester, England,
his father interested in the cotton trade of that city,
but later a well known building contractor of Toronto,
Canada, and a member of the Home Guard in 1866.

Alfred Curran was born in Kleinsburg, Ontario, Sep-
tember 14, 1857, but Toronto became the family home
in his boyhood, and there he was educated in Provincial
Model School, at Church and Gould streets, in private
school and under private tutors. He completed his
years of educational preparation at the age of seventeen,
then became an employee of the Toronto post office,
there advancing through many promotions to the office
of superintendent, which he held until his retirement in
1911.

In 1878 Colonel Curran enlisted as a private in The
Queens Own, but was transferred to the Royal Gren-
adiers during the reorganization under Colonel Gazette.
He was commissioned lieutenant of the Twelfth York
Rangers, and held all militia rank except sergeant major.
He held many staff appointments, being brigade major
of the Twenty-second Brigade; was second in command
at Canadian Officers' Training Corps at Niagara-on-the-
Lake, the corps being then under the command of
General W. C. MacDonald, now deceased. This was a
famous Dominion training camp and attracted visitors
from every walk of life, the Duke of Connaupht being
entertained there.

_ A feature of his military life has been his long con-
tinued interest and his high standing in marksmanship.
As a marksman he possessed expert skill, and in com-
petition he was long invincible. A list of the trophies he
won would be like calling the roll of the marksmans'
events of the year in the Dominion. His trophies are
many and he figured in about every individual shooting
event of importance in Canada during his years of
greatest efficiency as a marksman and in many team
events. He wears the Long Service Medal and The
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Medal, also the medal of the
North Western Rebellion of 1885, with clasp. He was
engaged at the battle of Fish Creek in that war, and was
in at the capture of Batoche. While his expert rifle
shooting days are over. Colonel Curran is still able to
give battle for honors as a marksman, and takes a deep
interest in the Dominion Rifle Association, and in
civilian organizations devoted to rifle shooting. He is

president of the Toronto Gun Club and of the Gar
Protectors' Association.

In 1878 Colonel Curran became a member of t
Masonic order, and in 1886 was elected master of 1
lodge. He is a charter member of War Veterans Lodj
of which he is past master, and by virtue of his office
member of the Grand Lodge of Canada in Ontar:
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. For many yea
he has been a member of Brunswick Loyal Lodge, bei
senior past member and past master of that lodge. I
was a member of the United Workmen and of t
Canadian Military Institute. In politics he is an Ind
pendent, a member of the Church of England, and alwa
an ardent supporter of all church work. He has nev
lost an interest in out-of-door sports and in athlel
contests, is fond of shooting, hunting, fishing, yachtir
and lacrosse, the latter a sport in which he also excel!
in much younger years.

Colonel Curran married, at St. Philip's Church, Se
tember 12, 1877, Louise Hortense Smith, a member
the United Empire Loyalists, daughter of Willia
Henry and Rhoda (White) Smith, her father a contra(
or. To Colonel and Mrs. Curran seven children we
born: Ida, married the Rev. E. J. McKittrick; Lillii
Louise, married the Rev. Reginald Houghton; Capta
Sidney Curran; Alfred James Curran; Elma, marrii
E. D. Willis; Cecil Curran; and Lloyd Curran. T
family home is No. 99 Brunswick avenue, Toront
Colonel Curran is now on the retired list of Canadii
Militia.

BASIL WILLIAM ESSERY— Two generations
the Essery family are engaged in active legal practi
in Ontario, and in the Province and the Dominion ti
name is well known and highly regarded 'through t!
professional service of Emanuel Thomas Essery, K. (
and Basil William Essery, father and son. The work
the older man, who stands in the forefront of his callin
centres in London, that of the younger, in Toronto.

Emanuel Thomas Essery was born in London, Ontari
and after attending the public schools of his birthpla(
completed his studies in Toronto University. In 18
he was called to the bar, and since that time he h
been connected with important professional work th
has taken him to all of the courts of the Dominic
Recognition as a learned and able barrister came
him early in his practice and a continuous record
worthy success has been his. He was president of t
London and Port Stanley railroad in 1893-4. Duri
the Fenian Raid he served with the Seventh Battalic
London Light Infantry, holds the medal for this servi'
and is a past president of the Veterans' Association.
1893-4 he was mayor of London. He is a member
the Masonic order; St. George's Society; the Canadi
Order of Chosen Friends, of which he was grand coi
cillor in 1906-7-8-9; the Canadian Fraternal Assoc
tion, of which he was president in 1908; the Canadi
Order of Beavers (grand secretary); and the Eastf
Star (grand treasurer). He married Lillian WaleeJ
native of Kingston, Ontario. J

Basil William Essery, son of Emanuel Thomas {
Lillian (Wales) Essery, was born in London, Ontai
October 27, 1885. He was educated in the Lone
public schools, London Collegiate Institute, and <
goode Hall Law School, Toronto, taking up his reside!
permanently in Toronto in 1903. He was articled
a student with Meredith & Fisher, London, subseque
ly being with Macdonald & Macintosh, Toronto, t
in 1907 was called to the bar. Until 1911 he remaii
in private practice, leaning towards criminal work, s
in that year he became assistant city solicitor of Toron
Cases involving corporation law formed the major p

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his work in this position and he was markedly suc-
ssful in defending the city's interests throughout his
c years in office. Since 1917 he has followed private
actice, specializing in criminal and corporation law,
id has won responsible place in Toronto's legal frater-

ty.

Mr. Essery is a Conservative in political belief. He
lids membership in the Masonic order, affiliating as a
;e member with Ulster Lodge, No. 537, Free and Ac-
.pted Masons, and Ulster Chapter, No. 219, Royal
.ch Masons. He is also a member of Queen City
■.idge. No. 857, Loyal Orange Lodge. His church is
!. Paul's Anglican.

Basil William Essery married, in Toronto, May 27,
jll, Lillian Harron, and they are the parents of one
SI, John Basil.

MICHAEL MEALY— In his sixty-fourth year
lichael Healy, Toronto's largest individual contracting
lilder, answered the final summons, a most useful
al valuable life then closing. He was of Irish parent-
al and Canadian birth, his life work being self-chosen.
I spent the years from youth until life's ending as a
citractor in building, and he built well, all over the
?5tern provinces. To his own day and generation
h gave himself with all his talent, ability and energy,
^ile to Canada's future he gave sons and daughters,
h two eldest sons being professional men, who with a
yinger brother served with Canadian forces in the
■V.rld War, 1914-18.

'eter Healy and his wife, Mary (Cullen) Healy,
we born in Ireland, were there married, and from the
Ud of their birth came to Ontario, Canada, becoming
pneer settlers of Smith's Falls. Peter Healy was for
Sferal years engaged in commercial life, then bought a
fjn upon which he and Mrs. Healy resided until death,
b>h being over seventy years of age.

lichael Healy, son of Peter and Mary (Cullen)

Hily, was born at Smith's Falls, Ontario, Canada,

Ail 7, 1858, and died in the city of Toronto, January

3;1923. He was educated in private schools, his studies

taing a wide range to include courses in construction

ar materials. He prepared for a business career by a

reilar apprenticeship, and he early began contracting

asi business, taking his first contract before reaching

le;.l age. He was a skilled mechanic, and came to be

or of the foremost builders of Canada, operating in

miy provinces of the Dominion and erecting some of

thr finest buildings. He was rated as the largest in-

di'iual contractor in the Dominion, and there is prac-

tidy no city or town of size in which evidence of his

■'"■■- in construction cannot be found. He was the

pct of his own fortunes and won his way to the

ilace he held in the building world by force of his

'•■nius, mechanical ability and managerial capacity,

by his own family co-operation in financing many

large building operations. He had no other am-

than to build, and no contract staggered him.

iifc^as a born builder and loved his work.

') enumerate the large buildings which Michael

f^''v contracted for and built would be to call the roll

building operations of his day. He was a skilled

inic at the age of twenty, and before reaching

.-one contracted to erect a large Presbyterian

I edifice at Smith's Falls, that, his first contract,

faithfully executed. He built many other large

ires there and became the town's largest property

and taxpayer. He built, under contract, St.

IS Hospital at Smith's Falls, a large addition to

rancis de Sales Church, of the same city, as well

as ta largest business buildings on Main street and many

of le town's fine residences. In 1901 he contracted

and built the large Catholic church at Perth, OnUrio,
also the Church and School of St. Ignatius, Sault Ste.
Marie. In Sault Ste. Marie he rebuilt Sacred Heart
Church, erected the Municipal buildings, the Harris
block, the CuUis block, the C. N. Smith block, the Huron
chambers, the Hussey block, and several large residences.
He also erected in Sault Ste. Marie, the Wmdsor Hotel,
the Leland House, and other important buildings.
At Blind River, Mr. Healy built the large Anglican
church; in Sudbury he erected the King Edward Hotel,
rebuilt the American Hotel, the Montreal Hotel and the
White House. In North Bay he built the large skating
and curling rink, the Opera House, and many residences.

Obtaining materials in such quantities as he desired
was a problem Mr. Healy solved by removing to Toronto
in 1906 and making that city his base of supply and his
home. In Toronto he continued a successful career as a
contracting builder, and in the city has many fine
business houses and residences to his credit. He ar-
ranged the finances and built for the Knights of Colum-
bus their beautiful and well appointed club house at the
corner of Sherbourne and Linden streets, Toronto. In
the city of Calgary he was the contractor for the erection
of many apartment houses and private residences,
Sacred Heart School, Holy Cross Hospital and St.
Mary's School, being the first large contracts in the
Western Provinces. He built in the provinces of Al-
berta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, in the varioiw
towns and cities, and one of the largest hotels between
Winnipeg and Calgary is named in his honor, "The
Healy Hotel," in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. He con-
tracted one hundred and fifty Union Bank buildings
throughout the Dominion, was the pioneer builder of
Moore Park, Toronto, and at the time of his passing
was building as far out as Heath street. Many of the
large residences on Rose Park drive were erected by
Mr. Healy, who left monuments everywhere in Canada
in the form of public buildings, churches, schools, bus-
iness houses and dwellings.

While Mr. Healy was a business man first and last, he
was not unmindful of his duties as a citizen. For years
he served as alderman at Smith's Falls, and was one of
the youngest men to sit in Council in that city. He was
rated in that body a man of sound views, whose only
concern was to serve his city well, and all through life
his sound judgment and unfailing common sense at-
tracted public attention and comment. He was level-
headed, sound to the core, and a man to be trusted.
During the World War his large farm was devoted to
wheat growing to a greater extent than ever, Mr.
Healy feeling that every additional bushel raised was
helping the boys to "win the war." He aided the Im-
perial cause in many ways, and was always ready to
respond to a call upon him for any kind of service. The
second charitable function given in Toronto after the
beginning of the World War was given in Mr. Healy's
fine residence at No. 153 St. George street.

In religious faith he was Roman Catholic, very gen-
erous to charity and church, one of the Stations in
Lourdes Church, Toronto, being his donation. He was
a member of the Knights of Columbus; Catholic Mutual
Beneficial Association; Catholic Order of Foresters;
Holy Name Society; St. Vincent de Paul Society; the
Canadian Club; Toronto Board of Trade; Lake View
Golf Club; and the Midwick Golf Club of Los Angeles,
California.

Michael Healy was twice married. His second mar-
riage took place on April 25, 1900, in Iroquois, Ontario,
to Celia Timmons, daughter of Michael and Margaret
(Walsh) Timmons, her father a pioneer of the village of
Iroquois, and a railroad man. Michael Healy was the
father of three sons and two daughters, all born of his

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first marriage, and all born at Smith's Falls, Ontario,
namely: Dr. J. J. Healy, born January 28, 1885, a
graduate M. D., McGill University, class of 1907,
taking post-graduate courses in New York City; he
practiced in Winnipeg four years, then enlisted in the
Canadian Army Medical Corps, and was on military
duty in China, and in Toronto hospitals; in 1915 he
enlisted in the Canadian Army for World War service,
continuing on duty four years, winning a captain's
commission. Dr. P. J. Healy, born April 24, 1888, a
graduate in dentistry. Royal College of Dental Sur-
geons, University of Toronto, 1910. He practiced his
profession in Toronto two years, in Calgary three years,
then in 1915 enlisted in the Canadian Army Dental
Corps, was with the Canadian forces overseas until
1917, when he was returned to Canada on hospital
duty, ranking as captain; he is dental officer for the
soldiers' civil re-establishment for the Province of Al-
berta, as well as taking care of his own office practice.
Michael C. Healy, born September 30, 1894, was an art
student at the University of Toronto until November,

1916, when he left college, went to England, and en-
listed in the Royal Air Service. He was on duty in
guarding points in England and Scotland from attack
from German bombing planes, then for a year was on
duty with the 58th Air Squadron in France. He later
spent three months in England, then returned to Can-
ada, the armistice having been signed. He held the
rank of lieutenant while in the Flying Squadron, and
saw active service, being now in commercial life. Rita
and Cecil.

Michael Healy built a beautiful residence at No. 74
Glen road, Toronto, in 1922, and many of its art treas-
ures were collected while he and Mrs. Healy travelled
in the Orient and Europe in 1907. Many of the paintings
they brought to their Toronto home are priceless, and
the Oriental rugs and other objects he collected have
great value. During the last fourteen winters of his
life, Mr. and Mrs. Healy spent in the mild climate of
Pasadena, California, and there he indulged in his one
sporting recreation, golf. The journals devoted to
building and construction made mention of Mr. Healy,
and he was well known in California. His Toronto
home and family was the pride and great love of his
life and there he loved to be. Mr. Healy also built his
own fine residence in Pasadena, California.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GORDON FRASER
MORRISON, D. S. O., a veteran officer of the World
War, in which he served with the Nineteenth and
Eighteenth battalions of the Canadian Corps, overseas,
is a native son, his parents being Curran McKay and
Jessie Anna (Fraser) Morrison, his father clerk of the
court, justice of the peace, and notary public. Colonel
Morrison's grandfather, Angus Morrison, was mayor of
Toronto in 1876-77-78, and his grand-uncle was the
late Judge Morrison.

Gordon Fraser Morrison was born in Toronto, Canada,
October 16, 1884, and there educated in public school
and Harbord Collegiate Institute. He entered business
life with the National Trust Company of Toronto, in
1900, remaining with that company four and one-half
years. He then engaged with Messrs. Pellatt & Pellatt,
ifinancial agents, and for nine and one-half years con-
tinued in that employ. Then came the "Great War"
which was to make such drafts upon loyal Canada, and
with a captain's commission, he entered the British
Army with the Nineteenth Infantry Battalion. Cap-
tain Morrison went overseas in May, 1915, with his
command, and was returned a convalescent in April,

1917, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, having been
mentioned in dispatches and awarded the D. S. 0.

During those two years in FVance he saw the h
est service, and was with that gallant little army
swept Vimy Ridge clear of Germans. He fough
the battles of St. Eloi, Lens, Courcelette; after t
engagements he was given command of the Eighte(
Canadian Infantry Battalion, and remained with ■
battalion until after Vimy Ridge. After his returi
Canada, he was assigned to military headquarters
2, as deputy assistant adjutant and quarterma
general. On November 11, 1918, he was transferre
the Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment and appoii
director of Unit D.

Colonel Morrison is fond of all out-of-door sports,
in his younger years was a member of the Argoi
Rowing Club of Toronto. He is a member of the (
adian Military Institute, Ontario Motor League, S
boro Golf and Country clubs and the Royal Cana
Yacht Club. In church relation he is a Presbyteria

Colonel Morrison married, in Toronto, Noven
24, 1909, Mabel Ethel Chalcraft, daughter of Will
Edwin and Clara (Randall) Chalcraft, her fatht
large clothing manufacturer. Colonel and Mrs. I
rison are the parents of three children: Eleanor C
craft, Angus Curran, and William Randall Morri
The family home is at No. 118 Bedford road, Toront

ARCHIBALD STEWARD TURNER, born in '
onto, Canada, in 1870, has passed his life in the cit
his birth, and in its business life has won high reputa
as a man of integrity, sound judgment, and abi
His father was a contractor and builder of the cit
man of mechanical skill, and a builder in whom the
most confidence could be placed. Grandfather, fat
and son, each in his own generation, were men of abi
and Toronto owes something to these three generat
of Turners who aided in the making of a city.

John Boxall Turner, grandfather of Archibald
Turner, settled in Toronto in 1834, coming from Arur
Sussex, England, where he was born March 14, 1
He took part in the Mackenzie Rebellion, and with
father-in-law, Captain Hugh Steward, of the R
Navy, was imprisoned in the famed old Montgor
Tavern. He was a very prominent Orangeman, ai
member of the York pioneers.

Hugh Steward Turner, father of Archibald S. Tui
was an ensign of the Royal Grenadiers, and a Vetera
the "Fenian Raid"; he was long a contractor
builder of Toronto, associated in business with his fa
for years. He married Mary Anne Thompson, and
were the parents of Archibald Steward Turner.

Archibald Steward Turner, son of Hugh Steward \
Mary Anne (Thompson) Turner, was born in "Torr^
Ontario, May 1, 1870. He was educated in the p
schools and in the British-American Business Col
He was with the firm of McKay for a short time, I
became a member of the firm of Turner & SprJ
grain dealers, and in that business he has pracla
spent his life. He became an authority on grain!
quality and price, and as deputy and chief grain
spector served the Canadian Government in a terr i
extending from Fort William to Kingston, over a p :
of twenty-three years. He was an expert on grair i
cereals, and during the World War the govern i
transferred him to Montreal, there to inspect and d
on the different cargoes of grain and hay being sh
to England and France. He entered the grain bui
when it was conducted under the old Federal Go
ment System, and later acted as the representati
the Trade and Commerce Department, when insp« '
came under his jurisdiction. He supports the Cons •
tive party, and in religious faith is a Presbyt i'
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nomination. He is a member of the Independent
Order of Foresters and the Humber Valley Golf Club.

Archibald S. Turner married, at Midland, Ontario,
.June 30, 1903, Mary Annie (M. Annie) TuUey, daughter
of Edward B. and Mary Josephine (McGregor) Tulley,
her father connected with the Midland Grain Elevators
i for years, and was also for many years in mercantile
business at Peterborough. He was a veteran of the
"Fenian Raid" of 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Turner are the
parents of a son, John Steward Francis, born April 28,
1908. The family home is at No. 175 Rowland avenue,
Toronto.

COLONEL VINCENT ROBERT BISCOE, now re-
tired from the military service of the Empire, has the
distinction of being the only Imperial Army officer
residing in the city of Toronto. He is of English birth
and parentage, his Canadian residence beginning in
1857, when as a boy of twelve he came from England.
At the age of nineteen he joined the Imperial Army, and
was retired after forty years of service in all parts of
the world. He attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel
in 1890, and has received many marks of distinction
during his long and honorable service. He is a son of
Major Vincent Joseph and Margaret (Van Baeile)
Biscoe, his father an officer of the Royal Engineers, who
was killed in Hong Kong, China, by sunstroke.

Vincent Robert Biscoe was born in Gosport, Hamp-
shire, England, April 16, 1845. In 1857 he came to
I Canada, where his education was completed in Upper
Canada College. In 1864 he joined the Forty-seventh
Hamilton and was continuously in the service of the
Empire until his retirement in 1902, seeing service in
the Fenian Raid in 1866, also serving in the West Indies,
in India, and all over the world. He was adjutant of the
Forty-seventh for nine years; was promoted to the second
Battalion in 1894; was assistant adjutant-general of the
Imperial forces in Canada, in 1896; and the last two
years of his service, before retirement in 1902, was in
command of Imperial troops in Canada. He was com-
missioned colonel in September, 1894. In politics, Col-
onel Biscoe is a Conservative, and in religion a communi-
cant of the Church of England.

Colonel Biscoe has always been a devotee of out-
of-door recreations, hunting, yachting, and rifle shooting
but has also a side for fine arts, painting and sketching.

In Stonington, Northumberland county, England,
Colonel Biscoe married Margaret Augusta Blood,
daughter of Dr. Michael and Margaret Blood, her father
a physician, practicing in England and the Channel
Islands. Colonel and Mrs. Biscoe are the parents of
sue children: Margaret Catherine; Vincent Henry R.;
John Ramsay, a major, who was badly wounded in
action during the World War; Mary Benigna; Charles
Hilton, a veteran of the World War, in which he was
severely wounded; Dorothy.

SAMUEL EDMUND ROBERTS— In the year 1842

William Pell, a London gilder, came to Toronto, Canada,

and established an art gallery, which in the course of

time was acquired by Samuel E. Roberts, through

whom it came to his son, Percy Roberts, whose con-

I nection with it has extended over a period of forty-two

I years, more than one-half of the eighty years which have

I elapsed since its founding by William Pell. Roberts &

Son have the distinction of being the oldest firm in the

Dominion dealing in fine arts. Samuel E. Roberts,

prior to his connection with the Toronto gallery had

been a fine arts dealer in Brighton, England, and was a

lover of art for arts' sake, but likewise made it his busi-

I ness until his passing in 1892. He once expressed

himself, saying: "we are missionaries in art," and adding.

"my grand-children will reap the benefit of my experience
and success before they are born," and his words were
prophetic. The Roberts Art Gallery has continued in
the family, and the present day representative has de-
veloped an art gallery that is an honor to the city of
Toronto. Percy Roberts succeeded his father and has
maintained a fine blend of the artistic and practical,
and to him have come the rewards of both the artist
and the merchant. Grandchildren of Samuel E. Roberta
are associated with their father, and the name Roberts
is synonymous with arts in Toronto.

Samuel Roberts was born October 18, 1795, at Roberts
Bridge, Kent, England. He married Martha Maria
Maxey, born November 17, 1798, and they were the
parents of Samuel Edmund Roberts, of whom further.

Samuel E. Roberts was born May 26, 1831, in Hast-
ings, Sussex, England, and died in Toronto, Canada.
July 18, 1892. He spent the first thirty-nine years of
his life in England, and was an art dealer there until
1870, when he came to Toronto, Canada, and succeeded
to the business founded by William Pell in 1842. The
art gallery on King street, Toronto, was under the cap-
able management of Samuel E. Roberts until the ad-
mission of his son, Percy, in 1880, when the business was
reorganized as Roberts & Son, the father's death oc-
curring twelve years later. He was a man of fine
personality, a good business man, and lacked no at-
tribute of true manhood. He was a member of the
Astronomical Society of Canada and of a similar society
in the United States. He built what was then the largest
reflecting telescope in the Dominion, and he was one
of the most devoted students of the heavens and its
wonders.

Samuel E. Roberts married Margaret Selina Akehurat,
daughter of George and Elizabeth (Burland) Akehurst,
Brighton, England. Children: Margaret Elizabeth,
married James H. Telfer, deceased, of Toronto, one-
time weighing inspector and paymaster for the Grand
Trunk railroad; Emily Helen, married William A.
Telfer, a druggist of Chicago, Illinois, both now de-
ceased; Alice; Alfred; Annie, married Richard Patching,
a member of the Civil Service Commission of Ottawa;
Percy, a sketch of whom follows; Fanny L.; Ellen;
Edmund Samuel, a member of the firm of Burroughs,
Archer & Roberts, of New York, manufacturers of
pneumatic tires; and Edith Mary, married Joseph M.
Balthazard, owner of the New American Manufactur-
ing Company, Paris, France.

PERCY ROBERTS— After an association with his
father in the business conducted under the firm name,
Roberts & Son, No. 729 Yonge street, Toronto, covering
a period of forty-two years, 1880-1922, Percy Roberts
now has associated with him his own sons, thus assuring
the perpetuity of the business in which three generations
of the Roberts family have engaged.

Percy Roberts, son of Samuel E. and Margaret
Selina (Akehurst) Roberts, (see preceding sketch), was
born at Preston Park, Brighton, England, March 28,
1862, and there passed the first eight years of his life.
In 1870 his parents came to Toronto, Canada, where he
passed through private schools and Guelph A^icultural
College, taking a full course at the last named institution
located at Guelph, Ontario. Later he pursued special
courses in designing, decorating and painting in London
and Paris.

After graduation from Guelph in 1880, Percy Roberts
became associated with his father in the business of the
art gallery, and in 1880 was admitted to a partnership in
the firm of Roberts & Son. In 1892 he succeeded to the
sole ownership, and during the thirty years which have
since elapsed he has been the guiding spirit which has

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made Roberts & Son one of the well known art centres
of the city. In 1910 Roberts & Son removed from the
original site on King street, West, to the present location,
No. 729 Yonge street, where spacious exhibition rooms
attract both the amateur and the connoisseur in art.

Though Mr. Roberts' life has been devoted to art, he
has other interests. He is an enthusiastic yachtsman,
his yacht, "Italia," being one of the largest and fastest
and brings to her owner many trophies of superiority
in her class. Fishing and hunting are favored recreations,
and he enjoys hours "off duty" to the limit. The age
limit kept him from joining the Canadian forces in
France during the World War, 1914-18, although he
volunteered his services. In the earlier years (1879) he
trained the full course with the Ontario Field Battery
and during the War with Germany Mr. Roberts bore a
full share of the burdens which fell alike upon the sol-
dier and civilian, upon the "man behind the gun," and
the man behind him. The Navy League of Canada
has always claimed his warm interest, although always
ready to contribute time, energy and material aid to
any worthy cause. His club is the Royal Canadian
Yacht; his church, the Anglican; his political bias. Con-
servative.

Percy Roberts married, at Huntsville, Canada, July
30, 1890, Freda C. Humme, daughter of Julius and Eliza-
beth (Dudenhofifer) Humme, her father a famed artist,
well known in both Canada and the United States. Mr.
and Mrs. Roberts are the parents of six children: 1
Marjorie F., who married PYederick Hanover, of Spring
Valley, Saskatchewan. 2. Guy B., now associated
in business with his father in Roberts & Son. He en-
listed for service when the King called upon the Do-
minion for her sons in 1914, and went overseas with the
first Canadian contingent. He won a captain's com-
mission in France and later was awarded the Military
Cross. He served three years on the Western front
and was with the Dunster force when with others he
was chosen for service on the Eastern front where he
was on duty two and one-half years. In addition to
the above service Captain Roberts was sent on secret
missions into Mesopotamia, Persia and the Caucasus.
3. Reginald M., a soldier of the World War, on duty
in Canada and England. 4. Ralph H., who also
volunteered during the World War, his service being in
the merchant marine. 5. Sydney A., now attending
school in Toronto. 6. Thomas K., also attending
school in Toronto.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM BURRAY
HALL, D.V.S., of Toronto, retired, traces descent from
United Empire Loyalists, who came to Canada from the
United States of America in 1792 and were granted the
township of Broughton in the Province of Quebec by
His Majesty's government. He is the son of Hammond
Gowen Hall, of that family, a provincial land surveyor
for Quebec, and Susan (Burray) Hall, born in Stanley,
Perthshire, Scotland, who at the time of the birth of
their son, William B., were living in Leeds, Megantic,
Province of Quebec. Colonel Hall, a professional vet-
erinarian, practiced his profession privately, later be-
coming a soldier of the Dominion, retiring in 1913 with
the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

William B. Hall was born in Leeds, Megantic, Quebec,
Canada, June 25, 1849, and there began his education
in the public schools. Later he entered Montreal Vet-
erinary College, whence he was graduated March 29,
1877. He next entered the veterinary department of
McGill University, there receiving the degree D.V.S. at
graduation, April 1, 1890. Dr. Hall practiced his pro-
fession in the city of Quebec for fifteen years, coming

to the city of Toronto in August, 1893, and there has
lived retired since 1913.

Dr. Hall, the year of his graduation at Montreal Vet-
erinary College, was gazetted to the Quebec Field
Battery with the rank of lieutenant, his commission
dated, June 22, 1877. Ten years later, January 29,
1887, he was transferred to B. Battery, Royal Canadian
Artillery, with the rank of captain, and in July, 1893,
was gazetted to the Royal Canadian Dragoons, coming
to Toronto with that regiment in August following.
In April, 1903, he was promoted major, and after a
course at Aldershot in 1904, was promoted to the rank
of lieutenant-colonel. He continued in the service with
the Royal Canadian Dragoons until 1913, when he was
placed upon the retired list.

Major Hall, his then rank, was in active service in
South Africa during the Boer War, going out with the
First Canadian Mounted Rifles, serving during the years
1900-1901. He was mentioned in dispatches by Gen-
eral Hatton under date of October 17, 1900, and re-
ceived the Queen's Medal with four bars for operations
in Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Diamond Hill, and
Belfast. Owing to his age and his retirement. Colonel
Hall could not go overseas with the Canadian Army
but he was employed by the Imperial Government in
purchasing remounts during the World War, 1914-1918.

For nine years Colonel Hall was a member of the
board of managers of Parkdale Presbyterian Church,
and for one year was chairman of the board. For two
years he was a member of the board of managers of the
Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, and during the past
nine years has been an elder of that congregation. He
is a member of the Empire Club, and in his political
faith a Conservative.

Colonel Hall married, in the city of Quebec, Rev.
Dr. Cook officiating, Helen Wallace Waddell, daughter
of Alexander Waddell, M.R.C.V.S., a graduate of the
Royal Veterinary College of Edinburgh, Scotland, and
the first veterinary surgeon with university training to
settle in Quebec. For a number of years he was one of
the examining board of McGill University. Dr. Waddell
married Margaret Burray, of Stabhall, Perthshire, Scot-
land. Colonel and Mrs. Hall are the parents of three
children, the first born dying in childhood. The two
surviving children are Miss Margaret Susan Burray
Hall and Mrs. Helen Wallace Waddell (Hall) Butler.

HENRY BRADFORD CLARK— Long active in the
industrial world of Ontario, Canada, Henry Bradford
Clark now holds a leading position in Toronto as presi-
dent of C. Dupr6 & Company, Limited. Mr. Clark is
a native of Ontario, and is a son of Moses C. and Lucy
Clark, of United Empire Loyalist Stock, formerly resi-
dents of New Brunswick, who removed to Ontario in the
early forties.

Mr. Clark was born in the township of Zora, in the
County of Oxford, Ontario, March 17, 1849, and re-
ceived his early education in the common schools of
West Oxford, where his parents had removed in 1854,
and then completed his studies at Woodstock College.
At the age of twenty-two years Mr. Clark became assoc-
iated with R. Y. Ellis & Company, as a bookkeeper, at
IngersoU, and from this beginning his next step was his
removal to Toronto. Here, with his brother-in-law,
Mr. Johnson, of Detroit, Michigan, he organized the
first carriage-body factory in Canada, in 1880, and
bringing this business to a thriving condition, sold it
to a Mr. Brooks, of London, Ontario. He then organ-
ized the Toronto Upholstery Company, which was one
of the earliest enterprises of this nature in the Dominion.
Later merging his interests with C. Dupr6 & Company
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then became a partner in the concern. In the year
1913 the head office of the company was removed to
Toronto, and one year later Mr. Clark became president
of the corporation.

THOMAS J. LEATHERDALE— In 1909 the late
Mr. Leatherdale, of Leatherdale's Photographic Studio,
Toronto, closed out his business in Hamilton that he had
been conducting for a decade very successfully, and
opened his studio in Toronto later in the same year.
He built up a fine clientele there, Leatherdale's becom-
ing famous for the artistic quality of its portraits.
Mr. Leatherdale was an artist, a master of pose and
lighting, and won the patronage of the most discrimina-
ting and critical, his patrons including the Prince of
Wales, the Duke of Connaught, and many leading men
and families of the city.

At the time of Mr. Leatherdale's death, which occurred
September 4, 1920, the business management devolved
on C. G. Scobell, who since that time has maintained
the high reputation of the studio, and today Leather-
dale's Studio is not only known in Toronto, but well
beyond the bounds of the city, and all over Ontario.
Many of the engravings appearing in this Toronto
work have been reproduced from Leatherdale negatives.
Since his coming to the city in 1903, Mr. Scobell has
taken a keen interest in the general affairs of the city
and he is an enthusiastic member of the Rotary Club.

Mr. Leatherdale was president of the Photographers'
Association of Canada; represented Canada in the
International Association of Photographers; was a mem-
ber of the Rotary Club, the Masonic order, the Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and the
Queen City Bowling and Curling Club. He was a
Liberal in politics, and in religious faith, Anglican.

Mr. Leatherdale married, in Hamilton, Margaret
Gallagher, daughter of James and Ellen (Kennedy)
Gallagher. To Mr. and Mrs. Leatherdale one child was
born, Phyllis M.

THE ALEXANDER AND CABLE LITHOGRAPH-
ING COMPANY, LIMITED — In the year 1880 John
Alexander, Joseph Clare, engravers, and William Cable,
lithographer, organized the firm of Alexander, Clare
and Cable, one of the pioneer concerns to introduce
fine engraving into Canada, printing directly from
steel and copper plates, as well as all branches of
fine commercial lithographic printing in black and
colors. The early death of Mr. Clare brought about a
reorganization in the establishment, and in 1890
the business was incorporated under the present title.
The Alexander and Cable Lithographing Company,
Limited, of Toronto.

The high standard of workmanship always character-
istic of the house has been steadily maintained under the
principals of the present management, entrusted with
the production of many important government and
municipal financial securities, such as bond debentures,
stock certificates, charters, diplomas, etc. Their
experience covers a period of over forty years, and has
naturally gained for this organization the patronage of
those seeking work of highest artistic excellence, and the
printing of the steel plate portraits in this volume is
ample evidence of the publishers' confidence of their
merits. The company's office is at No. 116 King street.
West, with the plant extending through to the next block
including Nos. 39-45 Pearl street, a four-story structure,
housing a complete organization for engraving, litho-
graphing, embossing, plate printing, type printing and
binding.

John Alexander, president of The Alexander and Cable
Lithographing Company, Limited, was born in Glasgow,

Scotland, and about 1865 came to Canada. Nearly
his entire life has been spent in Toronto, with the ex-
ception of his early youth and a few years spent in Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, with a bank note company.
He followed his trade in Philadelphia, then returned
to "Toronto, where he later established the busineM
previously described. He is a member of the Toronto
Board of Trade and of several other organizations.

William W. Alexander, vice-president, who heads the
art department of The Alexander and Cable Litho-
graphing Company, Limited, was born in Toronto, and
has spent his entire life in the engraving business. He
has a wide training in the arts and pursued art studies
in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania; is a past president of "The So-
ciety of Graphic Arts of Toronto; and secretary-treas-
urer of the Society of Canadian Painters and Etchers.
He is an authority on engraving and etching; some of
his own work has been bought for the National Art
Gallery of Ottawa and for the Art Gallery of Toronto.

HENRY ARTHUR HALL— Engaged chiefly along
engineering lines in England, Mr. Hall since coming to
Canada in 1913 has been identified with real estate
corporations as manager, director, and vice-president of
Robins, Ltd., and as an official of other organizations
active in the same field. He is a son of Henry Thomas
Hall, born in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, in 1847,
and there active politically and as an estate agent and
bond appraiser until his death in 1900. Henry Thomas
Hall married Clara Webb, born in Luton, Bedfordshire,
England, where she yet resides, her brothers being ex-
tensive manufacturers of hats, especially those made of
straw, their product widely known throughout the Em-
pire.

Henry Arthur Hall was born at Woburn, Bedfordshire,
England, June 30, 1877, and there attended the public
schools, graduating from high school with the class of
1894. Upon the completion of his general education he
entered the engineering department of the London &
Northwestern Railway Company, and in 1896 was ar-
ticled as an apprentice. He continued in that connection
for about four years, gaining a broad and thorough tech-
nical knowledge, later establishing as a consulting
engineer while serving several gas companies as secre-
tary and manager.

In February, 1913, Mr. Hall came to Toronto and en-
tered the organization of Robins, Limited, an interna-
tionally known real estate company, with head offices in
the Kent building, Toronto; several branches throughout
the city; American branches in the First National Bank
building at Bridgeport, Connecticut; the Majestic build-
ing, at Detroit, Michigan; and an English branch at No.
14 Hanover Square, London. Robins, Limited, have
promoted many large sub-divisions and developments
and the business transacted by the firm reaches vast pro-
portions. In this organization Mr. Hall has won steady
advancement to the offices of manager and vice-presi-
dent and in its interest has made many trips to England.
In addition to his position with Robins, Limited, (of
which he is also a director), Mr. Hall is president of
Cornhill, Limited; Cadogan, Limited; vice-president of
Corners, Limited; director of Toronto Suburbs, Limited;
member of the Toronto Real Estate Board, and is official-
ly identified with other realty companies.

Mr. Hall is a member of St. Clement's Anglican
Church. In politics he is a Conservative, and he is a
member of the Knights of Pythias, St. Andrew's Lodge,
No. 16, Free and Accepted Masons, the Old Colony,
Canadian, Empire, and National clubs.

Mr. Hall married, in Eccles, Lancashire, England, in
1905, Maude Alice Woodstock, born at Woburn, daugh-

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ter of George and Mary (Muirhead) Woodstock, her
father of English, her mother of Scotch birth. George
Woodstock conducted an undertaking business in Wo-
bum until his death, which occurred about 1895. Mr.
and Mrs. Hall have three children: Henry PYancis, born
in June, 1906, now a student at Riverdale Collegiate
Institute; Frederick Herbert, born in December, 1907,
also a student at Riverdale; and Cecile Marguerite, bom
in December, 1911.

JOHN JAMES MAIN— A lifetime of almost seventy
years spent in useful and constructive activity was closed
with the death of John James Main, of Toronto, whose
loss is keenly felt in many circles.

Mr. Main was born on the Isle of Jersey, Channel
Islands, England, February 18, 1851, and died in Tor-
onto, Canada, January 14, 1921. Educated in the public
schools, and later becoming possessed of broad ranges of
information through an inquiring and retentive mind,
he was a positive influence in every undertaking in
which he bore a part. Coming to Toronto in early
life, he learned the trade of boiler maker in this city,
and for a number of years worked at this trade in the
production plants of his day in this vicinity. Gifted
however, with a genius for administration, he was not
destined long to fill a subordinate position, and while
he was still a comparatively young man, he organized
the Heiner Boiler Manufacturing Company, of which he
became manager and agent for Toronto. This interest
he carried forward successfully for many years, then later
became general manager of the Poison Iron Works, and
in this capacity was responsible for large affairs in the
field of boilermaking and shipbuilding. He possessed
not only a resourceful, but an inventive mind, and much
that was new or newly applied in the product which left
his factories, came from his own working out of some
problem in mechanics. Soon after the precipitation
of war conditions in Europe, Mr. Main resigned from all
his active interests to devote his entire time to war work.
He was one of the first members of the Imperial Muni-
tions Board, and one of his most widely practical
pieces of work was the building of an oil furnace for
use in making shells. This was only one of the various
ways in which his experience along production lines was
useful to the government, and outside of his duties as a
member of the board, he was also active in every move-
ment in support of the forces overseas.

In various business enterprises Mr. Main held an
interest. He was a director in the Dominion Radiator
Company, Limited, was president of the Policy Holders'
Mutual Life Insurance Company, and was president
of the Canadian Incineration Company, Limited;
but he was probably most widely known, and will longest
be remembered in the world of mechanics, as the in-
ventor of the oil burner or furnace known as the "John
Main Oil Burner."

Fraternally Mr. Main was very prominent, holding
the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order. He was
a member of St. George's Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, was one of the founders and past master of
St. Patrick's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, was a member
of Geoffrey de St. Aldermar Preceptory, Lodge of Per-
fection. He was past potentate of Rameses Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
He was for many years a member of the National and
Albany clubs, and was also a member of the Toronto
Bowling Club. Mr. Main held membership in the
Toronto Board of Trade, and his church affiliation was
with the Methodist church of St. Paul's, of which he was
an active member and trustee.

Mr. Main married La Delle Grace McCahon, daughter
of John McCahon, a retired farmer of Kitchener,

Ontario. Mrs. Main survives him and resides on Prince
Arthur avenue.

EDMUND H. DUGGAN, of Toronto, Canada, who
died in his eighty-first year, was one of Toronto's
oldest and most prominent citizens. He was the oldest
son of Judge George and Ann (Armstrong) Duggan, his
father at one time being one of the city fathers of Tor-
onto. The late Edmund H. Duggan for many years
was a leading barrister and widely known in "roronto
and throughout Ontario. He stood abreast in legal
matters, and was admired by a large number of friends
in and outside of his profession. He was a member of
the law firm of Duggan & Duggan, and besides this,
for fifty years, he held the position of Tenth Division
Court Clerk. Mr. Duggan had other activities, being
identified with a number of professional and other
affairs. He was an enthusiastic yachtsman, and at the
time of his death was the second oldest member of the
Royal Canadian Yacht Club. He was the first president
of the Victoria Club, and long a member of the Toronto
Club and the Ontario Jockey Club.

Besides his widow, Minnie Lois (Mumford) Duggan,
he left the following children : 1. George W., who was
killed on Armistice Day after serving four and a half
years with the Fort Garry Horse, having been trans-
ferred to the Royal Flying Corps six months before his
death. He served three and a half years in France and
was decorated for valor under fire, for which he received
the Military Cross, and six months later the bar to the
cross. His burial took place at Tidworth Cemetery,
England. 2. Ann Lois, now Mrs. H. E. Beatty.
3. Edmund S., who served four years with the Royal
Flying Corps, returned to Canada, wounded, and on his
return to England was on the "Laconia" when she was
torpedoed. 4. Mildred, who married C. D. MaGuire
of Toronto, nephew of Mayor MaGuire. 5. Edith
Vivian, who married J. D. Simpson; he served four and a
half years in the World War, and was killed in action
in 1917.

HERBERT RICHARD GILLIS— As a bowler, Mr.
Gillis, in 1921. made his name familiar on both sides of
the boundary line by winning with his team the bowling
championship of the United States and Canada. His
fame as a bowler rests on the achievements of a decade
and a half of years, during which he has not only won
individual honors in the form of championships of clubs,
leagues, districts and states, receiving cups and trophies
without number, but has guided many teams and clubs
to like victories. As "anchor" on every team in which
he bowls, he has won many "tenth frame" games by his
steadiness and skill in that trying period oi the game.
His medals are emblematic of the championship of the
Dominion ol Canada, — the city league of Toronto, and
of the United States and Canada, and as a leader and
instructor he has made it his ambition to instill into the
minds of the members of the clubs the true principles
of the sportsmanship of the game he loves.

Herbert R. Gillis was born in Bailey Duff, County of
Manvers, Province of Ontario, Canada, July 7, 1874,
son ol William and Ellen (Anderson) Gillis, his father a
wealthy farmer, an Orangeman, and highly-esteemed
citizen of the community in which he lived. He was
educated in Manvers. For six years after beginning life
for himself he engaged in farming, then, for nine years,
was with a street railway company, the next five years
was in the carpet business in Toronto, then began his
connection with sports as a business, conducting during
this period several of Toronto's bowling and billiard
establishments of the best class, as manager. Himself a
bowler of the highest class, he has developed many

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.earns and individual players of note, and has done a
;reat deal toward popularizing the bowling game. He is
low general manager ot the Saunders Academy of Bowi-
ng and Billiards, of Toronto.

In politics Mr. Gillis is an Independent. During the
World War period he offered his services as a soldier,
)ut was rejected on account of age, he, however, render-
ng valuable assistance through other departments of war
vork. He is an Orangeman, an Odd Fellow, a member of
he Parkdale Bowling Club, Thistle Lawn Bowling Club,
Toronto Bowling Club, Athenaeum Bowling Club, the
ounder and an honorary member ot the Gladstone
Vthletic Club, and a member ot the Leiderkranz Club
)f earlier days, serving most of these clubs as secretary.

Mr. Gillis married, June 23, 1897, Mary Ann Mason,
laughter of John and Ann (Anderson) Mason, her
ather lor thirty years head salesman with the Singer
iewing Machine Company, in Toronto. He was an
)rangeman of the highest degree, a past master of the
Vlasonic order, and a Royal Templar. Mr. and Mrs.
Jillis are the parents of five children: Pearl Irene;
vlabel Dorothy; Lillian Maud; Alfred Richard, and Rose.

JOHN LAING (J. LAING) STOCKS— The textile,
;old mining and canning industries have successively
ngaged Mr. Stocks, the first in his Scotland home,
he second in western Canada, and the last in Ontario.
The Canadian Canners, Limited, of which he is general
nanager, is a leading concern in its field, its products,
mvarying in their high quality, finding a ready market
^nd widespread popularity throughout the Dominion.
! John Laing Stocks was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland,
Vlay 22, 1853, son of John and Ann Janet (Laing)
;tocks, of Invertiel Bank, Kirkcaldy, his father a brewer
md farmer who served in the Fife Yeomanry. After
attending Peter Stewart's Private Boys' School, and the
)ublic high school in his birthplace, he was a student in
jochies House School at Burnt Island, and from 1868

0 1870 at Craigmount House School at Edinburgh,
^fter the completion of his education, he farmed for a
ime at Kirkcaldy, and until 1898 he was engaged in the
nanufacture of Scotch tweeds at Tillicoultry, Scotland,
n that year coming to Nelson, British Columbia, where
le formed connections in gold mining, and fruit growing,
n 1910 he purchased a large canning factory, and for
ive years operated independently, in 1915 becoming iden-
ified with the Canadian Canners, Limited. The fac-
ories of this concern are at Northport, Ontario, and Mr.
itocks directs its extensive affairs as general manager.
?he Canadian Canners, Limited, canning vegetables and
ruits, operate under the most scientific and hygienic
irinciples and methods, and their products have won
ligh commendation in a period in which organizations
(reserving food stuffs are subjected to the closest scrut-
ny. Mr. Stocks is a member of the Canadian Manu-
acturers' Association and is widely known in business
ircles throughout the Dominion. He is a member of
Jueen City Curling Club, and finds his chief recreation

1 this sport. In earlier life Mr. Stocks was active in
he work of the Young Men's Christian Association,
nd he also participated in political affairs, serving in
'COtland as municipal and bailie. He and his wife are
nembers of the Baptist church.

He married at Kirkcaldy, Scotland, in 1885, Rosalind
ilizabeth Cover, daughter of Charles S. and Elizabeth
Wallace) Cover, of Enfield, St. Ann's, Jamaica, West
ndies, and they reside at No. 27 Roxborough street.

JOHN HICKMAN DUNLOP, president of the
orticultural business of John H. Dunlop & Son, Limited,
Iso president of Dunlop's, Limited, of Toronto, is a
ative of New York City, but for many years has been

one of the prominent citizens of Toronto, Canada.
His business is one of the largest of its kind in Canada,
and extends its operations to many of the largest cities
of the United States.

Mr. Dunlop was born January 7, 1856, in New York
City, son of Jackson Dunlop, one of the Scotch coven-
anters, who settled in the North of Ireland, and later
came to New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he waa
manager of the business of the Joseph Sedbary Company,
and of Martha (North) Dunlop, of Limerick, Ireland.

Mr. Dunlop first attended school in New York City,
later attending the Louisa Street School and evening
school in Toronto, then the grammar and high schools
in New York City. In 1867, while residing in Toronto,
he began his business career as an errand boy in the
employ of the L. B. Goodworth Company, on Colborne
street, and when he terminated his connection with
that firm he associated himself with the Wessely Book
Room, at No. 86 King street, East. In 1870 he returned
to New York City, where he remained for a period of
five years, identified first with Lord & Taylor, dry goods
merchants, and then became associated with an uncle,
Mr. Jennings, of the firm of Jennings & Brown, who were
extensively engaged in contracting and building. In
1875 he again came to Toronto, where he found employ-
ment with the Staunton Wall Paper Company, with
whom he remained until 1876. In the latter year he
rented the telegraph and news stand at the Queen's
Hotel. Twelve years later he formed a partnership
with Henry Winnett, proprietor of the Queen's Hotel,
and purchased one acre of land on Mackenzie avenue,
north of Bloor street, at that time situated in a farming
district and entirely outside the city limits. There he
engaged in the horticultural business, maintaining the
partnership with Mr. Winnett until 1910, when he pur-
chased the interests of the latter. The following year,
1911, he sold the Toronto property and purchased a
farm of thirty acres at Richmond Hill. There his
horticultural business has continued to grow and prosper
until at the present time (1922) his florist business is the
largest of its kind in Canada and reaches many of the
largest cities in the United States. He has become an
expert in his line, and his plants and flowers have won
prizes at exhibitions both in Canada and in the United
States. His son, Frank M., was admitted to partner-
ship in 1920, and the business is now conducted under
the name of John H. Dunlop & Son, Limited, of which
Mr. Dunlop is president. He is also president of Dun-
lop's, Limited, of Toronto.

Politically, Mr. Dunlop gives his support to the
Conservative party. He was appointed justice of the
peace during Premier Whitney's administration and that
office he has continued to fill to the present time. He is
well known in fraternal circles, being a past master of
St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 16, Free and Accepted Masons;
a member of Toronto Chapter, Royal Arch Masons;
is past preceptor of Cyrene Preceptory, No. 29, Knights
Templar; and past provincial prior and past potentate
of Rameses Temple, Ancient Accepted Order Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine. He is past T. P. grand master
of the Toronto Lodge of Perfection, Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite; and a member of Rose Croix Chapter;
and has recently been appointed a thirty-third degree
Mason. He is past district deputy grand master of
Toronto, center district of the Grand Lodge of Canada,
in the Province of Ontario; and is an honorary member
of Damascus Commandery, No. 42, Knights Templar,
of Detroit, Michigan. He is a member of the board of
directors of the Thornhill Golf and Country Club. Mr.
Dunlop's family are members of the Bonar Presbyterian
Church, which he serves as an honorary member of the
board of managers and of the board of trustees, and he is

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also a member of the board of managers and a trustee
of the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church.

On May 15, 1877, at Greenpoint, New York, Mr.
Dunlop married (first) Alice Emma Montgomery, who
was born in New York City, daughter of Robert and
Alice (Lester) Montgomery. She died December 28,
1901, and he married (second) November 26, 1903, Mrs.
Eleanor Frances (Pierce) Farley, daughter of Isaac
Warner and Lucy Ann (Dow) Pierce, of Nashua, New
Hampshire. She is a descendant of Sir William Pepper-
ell, of Colonial fame, for whom the town of Pepperell
was named and who was prominent in the American
Revolution in 1775. To the first marriage six children
were born: 1. Martha, who married E. W. Goulding,
engaged in real estate and investment, who resides at
No. 11, Adelaide street. East. 2. Mabel Lester, who
married A. K. Butchart, of Detroit, Michigan, engaged
in the real estate business. 3. Jessie, who married H.
L. Graham, a stock broker of Toronto. 4. Margaret
Baird, who married I. S. Fairty, solicitor for the Toronto
Transportation Commission. 5. Alice, who married
Frederick L. Riggs, of the Gutta Percha Rubber Man-
ufacturing Company. 6. Frank Montgomery, who is
vice-president of John H. Dunlop & Son, Limited, of
Richmond Hill, also of Dunlop's, Limited, of Toronto,
located at No. 12 Adelaide street. West. He attended
Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, where he
completed a two-year advanced course in commercial
floriculture under Professor White. He then associated
himself with the A. N. Pierson Company, of Cromwell,
Connecticut, where he gained valuable experience in
landscape gardening. In 1916 he enlisted for service
in the World War, signing up as an aviator at the British
Recruiting station in New York City. He received
training in Toronto, and in Dallas, Texas.and then went
to England to complete his training as a pilot in the
Independent Air Force, attached to the 97th Squadron.
He piloted a night bomber, handling one of the Handley-
Paige planes, and served in various capacities in some of
the important battles of the war, and received his com-
mission in the British Air Force. The children of Mr.
Dunlop's second marriage are: Dorothy Eleanor, and
Lucy Loraine.

WILLIAM R. JONES, for a number of years, has
been successfully engaged in the real estate business in
the city of Toronto. He rendered valuable service dur-
ing the World War, both at home and abroad, and has
made for himself a substantial place among the citizens
of Toronto.

Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of William
Ross Jones, a civil engineer, William R. Jones received
his education in the Technical School of Glasgow, and
in Cornell University, at Ithaca, New York, U.S.A., and
then settled in Toronto, where for many years he has been
successfully engaged in the buying and selling of real
estate. Politically he is a Conservative, giving his
unqualified support to the principles and candidates of
that party, though he has never sought public office for
himself. He has always been ready to contribute his
share toward all projects which seem to him to be wisely
planned for the advancement of the public good and is
known as a progressive and public-spirited citizen.
During the World War he rendered faithful service, en-
listing at once, August 4, 1914, and serving in France,
Belgium, and Germany. He was wounded and received
treatment in Etaples, No. 2 Field General Hospital.
He was commissioned a sergeant-major, and served with
the Military Police throughout Canada after the close
of the war, attached to the C.I.D. He received his
honorable discharge in October, 1918. His religious
affiliation is with the Baptist church. Since the close of

the war, Mr. Jones has found time to write two books
"Fighting the Hun from Saddle and Trench," am
"Memories of the Cavalry of France."

GEORGE JOSEPH HUBBERT, long engaged ii
the building and contracting business and in decorativ
and art painting, is prominent in business, social, an(
fraternal circles in Toronto, and is known and most high
ly esteemed among a host of those who have benefitei
by his kindly goodwill and his energetic ability.

Mr. Hubbert was born in Shanty Bay, Simcoe county
Canada, April 5, 1865, son of Robert Hubbert, who wa
engaged in public and military service and was in charg
of the wrecking crew department for the Grand Trun
railway, and of Sophia (Horry) Hubbert. He receive
his education in the public schools of Barrie and in th
Elementary School of Art, and upon the completion (
his education, engaged in the building and contractin
business, combining with this occupation the work (
decorative and art painting. In this work he W8
eminently successful, and being versatile in gifts an
talented in many directions, he found time for anotht
line of work which appealed strongly to his artistic m
ture and training. For twenty-seven years he was prof
erty man in the old Grand Theatre on Adelaide streei
As a successful business man, as well as a most pro
gressive and public-spirited citizen, he made for himael
a large place among his associates and among his man'
friends. In numerous enterprises undertaken for th
amelioration of suffering or for the bringing of happines
to the unfortunate and to children, he was a leading spin
and this kind of service he still continues. During thi
World War and the period following the close of tha
conflict, his untiring work for the hospital patient
spread his name all over the country and caused many ti
bless the kindly hand and the smiling face that so oftei
greeted them with helpfulness and cheer as well a
bringing substantial pecuniary aid. It is his delight ti
visit personally the hospitals and children's homes whid
are ministered to by the Confederated Catholic Char
ities. On one Christmas over one thousand patients o
all creeds in the public and private wards of the General
St. Michael's, and Base hospitals and in St. Mary'
Infants' Home received gifts of fruit, candy, flower
and cards distributed by George J. Hubbert and hi
committee of workers from the Confederated Charities
and the delight and gratitude of the recipients wat
considered a rich reward by the distributors.

Politically Mr. Hubbert is an Independent Liberal
Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Columbus
which he served as chairman of the sick committee; am
of the Independent Order of Foresters. He has been ai
active member of several theatrical clubs, and hi;
religious affiliation is with the St. Vincent De Pau
Catholic Church, of which his family are members.

Mr. Hubbert married, on March 21, 1888, in Toronto
Barbara Ann Mann, daughter of Noah Gager anc
Margaret Ann (Ferris) Mann, and they are the parent:
of seven boys and six girls. The family home is at No
118 Westminster avenue, Toronto.

REV. JOHN JOSEPH De KOWSKI— Son of i

Polish peasant farmer. Father De Kowski, now o
Toronto, was brought to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
when a boy of six, and subsequently was prepared foi
the priesthood of the Roman Catholic church. As ;
herald of the Prince of Peace he has delivered his mes
sage to many congregations and to many people unde;
varying circumstances. In the late World War he wai
a valorous member of the noble order of men of al
faiths, the army chaplains, who served in France, hi
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885

de Guerre, and from the government of Poland, in
November, 1922, received that great military reward,
"Virtuti Militari," a distinction that no other priest
in America has received. Since his return from the
army he has been pastor of Polish congregations in
Pittsburgh and Toronto, and is greatly beloved by his
oeople.

I Michael and Mary (Strychalska) De Kowski came
'rom their farm in Poland to the United States in 1888
ind located in Pittsburgh. Michael De Kowski be-
;ame a moulder, and now holds a responsible position
vith a large foundry at Black Rock, Buffalo, New York.
John Joseph De Kowski, son of Michael and Mary
Strychalska) De Kowski, was. born at the home farm in
he Province of Plock, Poland, June 17, 1882, his birth-
)lace the village of Wygoda. In 1888 he was brought
0 America by his parents, and attended St. Stanislaus'
^arochial School at Pittsburgh for four years. He then
pent six years as a wage earner, but at the age of six-
een he entered a Polish Seminary in Detroit, Michi-
an, remaining two years. At the age of eighteen he
lecame a student in Holy Ghost College, Pittsburgh,
nd six years later was graduated with the highest
onors, winning the "General Excellence" medal,
ifter a year's novitiate and completing first year work
i theology, he entered the Seminary of Holy Ghost
'athers in Paris, France, and there completed his
heological studies. He was ordained to the priest-
ood October 27, 1910, and in 1911 was appointed
ssistant to the pastor of the Polish church. The Im-
laculate Heart of Mary, in Pittsburgh, and there spent
ne year. The following year he was made a member
f the faculty of the College of Cornwells, near Phila-
elphia, going thence by appointment as assistant to
le pastor of St. Stanislaus' Church, Pittsburgh, there
imaining for three years.

This brought Father De Kowski to the year 1917, the

lird year of the World War and the year of the entrance

'■ the United States into that great struggle. Father

»e Kowski, on November 9, 1917, joined the Polish

oops, recruiting at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and on

inuary 8, 1918, went overseas with the second conting-

it, being attached to the chief staff of the Polish

rmy, the Franco-Polish Mission. He served with that

jtachment of the French Army, rendering valuable

■rvice in receiving the Polish soldiers coming from

merica and acting as interpreter and leader, and his

nng a linguist greatly helped him in his various duties

France. From the work of liaison officer, he passed

the regular chaplaincy of a regiment, and in Septem-

T, 1918, his regiment went into a first line position

the Vosges Mountains, near Nancy, being for one

onth in that active sector, and so distinguished him-

ilf as to be cited for valor under fire, and received the

-oix de Guerre. He remained abroad after the armis-

•;e, and in June, 1919, entered Poland with the Polish

sops from France. Previous to that time he had been

;omoted divisional chaplain with the rank of major.

3 spent three months in Poland, then, on petition,

'18 honorably discharged from the army, in August,

19, at once returning to the United States. There

1 again took up professional work at Cornwells College,

impleting his five-year vows in 1920, whence he became

•secular priest.

In 1920 Father De Kowski came to Toronto, at the
ijuest of Archbishop McNeil, and was placed in charge
< the Polish parish of the Nativity of the Blessed
Vgin, in West Toronto. In June, 1921, he was placed
i charge of St. Stanislaus' Parish, Toronto, and there
citinues, the only Polish incardinated priest in the
8;h-diocese of Toronto. The National Alumni Asso-
ction of the British Empire, after investigating his

war record, awarded him an honorary diploma. He
prizes among his many war documents papers of recogni-
tion from different foreign governments.

Father De Kowski is pos-sessed of rare literary ability,
and is the author of two published works that were
freely reviewed and highly commended: "Iskierki-
Serdeczne" and "Okruchy." For fifteen years he has
been co-editor of "Filaret," a monthly magazine of wide
circulation among the Poles. To state that Father
De Kowski is a man of spiritual, intellectual and physical
attainments, and a noble product of his native land only
mildly expresses the description of the man.

WILLIAM HENRY HALL was born in Chester,
England, January 23, 1870, and in 1871 Toronto became
the family home. He was educated in the Phoebe
and Ryerson schools and further prepared by a course
at Bengough's School of Shorthand. In April, 1886,
at the age of sixteen, he began his business career as a
junior clerk in the office of the Western Assurance
Company of Toronto, and nine years later, in June,
1895, established a general insurance agency at "Toronto
on his own account and under his own name. In
October, 1905, he was appointed branch manager for
Canada by the American Surety Company of New York,
a position he held, with offices in Toronto, until July,
1913, when he was appointed general manager and a
member of the board of directors of the Canadian
Surety Company, with head offices in Toronto. That
position he yet holds and ably fills.

During the years 1903-04-05, Mr. Hall was living in
Mimico and when it became a police village he was
elected chairman of the first board of commissioners,
which was virtually the chief office. He later moved
his home nearer Toronto, on the west side of High Park,
in Swansea, where he was chairman of the board of
school trustees, 1913-14-15, during which period a
$40,000 addition was made to the Swansea School
(Section No. 22), Township of York, Ontario. He is
now an advisory member of the board for that district
for the advancement of education through night schools.
He is a member of the Parkdale Baptist Church, and
widely connected with club and social life, being a
member of the Independent Order of Foresters; Toronto
Board of Trade; the Rotary Club of Toronto; Parkdale
Canoe Club, life member; the Empire Club, and has
been identified with five lawn-bowling clubs, the
Mimico, Thistle, New Toronto, Morningside and Park-
dale Canoe; was for two years secretary, and in 1907
was chairman of the Dominion Lawn Bowling Asso-
ciation. He has always taken a deep interest in the
organization of men in his own business, has been honored
by his associates in his election as the first secretary
(1899) of the Insurance Institute of Toronto, and as its
president in 1914-1915. Since its inception he has been
a member of the council of the institute. He is a member
of the York Pioneer and Historical Society. The
qualification for membership in the latter is continuous
residence in the County of York for forty years.

Mr. Hall married, in Toronto, April 4, 1893, Charlotte
I. Daney, daughter of Henry Daney, a contractor of
Toronto, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are the
parents of four children, three daughters and one son.

ARTHUR A. TRITSCH— In the business world of
Toronto an enterprise which commands wide recogni-
tion is the Ever Ready Safety Razor Company, of which
Arthur A. Tritsch is president. Mr. Tritsch was born
September 7, 1883, in South Africa, and is a son of
Albert and Judith (Myers) Tritsch.

His first school attendance in South Africa, Mr.
Tritsch, as a young lad, went to England, where his

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education was completed. His studies were along elec-
trical engineering lines, and from 1899 to 1902 he was
engaged in electrical construction work in England.
In 1902 Mr. Tritsch came to United States and entered
the employ of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company
of New York in their electrical department. He then
formed an association with the International Distribu-
ting Company in 1908, being assigned to Canadian terri-
tory, with head office in Montreal. When the Ever
Ready Safety Razor Company, an old established con-
cern, took over the International Distributing Company
in 1919, merging the two interests, Mr. Tritsch became
president of the company, of which Alfred F. Colling
is vice-president, and William H. J. Tubb, secretary
and treasurer. Their modern plant in Toronto covers
3,600 square feet of floor space, and they employ fifty
hands.

On February 19, 1915, Mr. Tritsch enlisted for service
in the World War, and was commissioned lieutenant in
the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. He was sent over-
seas to England, sailing on July 19, 1915, then was
transferred to France in October of the same year.
He was in all actions with this unit until May, 1918,
when he was transferred to London, England, where he
was attached to the quartermasters' inspection depart-
ment. Meanwhile, in 1916, he was promoted to cap-
tain. He was honorably discharged on May 21, 1919,
and returned to his interests in Toronto.

A member of the Toronto Board of Trade, Mr.
Tritsch also holds membership in the Canadian Manu-
facturers' Association. His favorite relaxation is in
outdoor sports, and he keeps in touch with the base-
ball and football activities of the day, never having
relinquished his wholesome interest in these recreations.

Arthur A. Tritsch married, on September 21, 1910,
Mabel Kaufman, a sister of Herbert Kaufman, assist-
ant to former Secretary of State Lansing, of the United
States. Mr. and Mrs. Tritsch have two children:
Joseph A. and Arthur A., Jr.

RICHARD PATRICK GOUGH— For a quarter
of a century Richard P. Gough has been identified with
the business life of Toronto and has won his way to
honorable position among the business men, not only of
the city but throughout the Dominion of Canada. Mr.
Cough's activities cover a wide range, and his interests
are large and varied.

He is a native son, having been born in the county of
York, at Klienburg, February 7, 1865, son of Alexander
and Eliza (McMahon) Gough, his parents now de-
ceased. He was educated in York grade and high
schools, and St. Michael's College, Toronto. At the
age of fifteen years (in 1880) he began an apprenticeship
under Petley and Company, which firm was operated
by Hughes Brothers, their store, called "The Golden
Griffin," in Toronto. He continued with that firm about
four years, and in 1884 he formed a partnership with his
brother, Augustus J. Gough, conducting a general store
in Pine Grove, Ontario, three years after extending to
Peterborough, and in time operating a chain of stores in
Peterborough, Port Hope and Lindsay, and in 1897 to
Toronto.

In 1905 Mr. Gough organized the well known Sellers-
Gough Fur Company, Limited, of which he is president
and managing director. He is now, 1923, director of
Canadian National railways; vice-president of the
Home Bank of Canada; president of Murray-Kay
Company, Limited, Toronto; president of Gough &
Sellers Investments, Limited, Toronto; vice-president of
the Capital Trust Corporation, Ottawa; director of the
Capital Life Assurance Company, Ottawa; director of the
Dominion Sewer Pipe & Clay Industries, Toronto; vice-

president of James A. Oglivey's, Limited, Montreal
director of Salts & Chemicals, Limited, Kitchener; direc
tor of the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Corporation
Montreal; and president of Godrich Arts Craft Furnitur
Company of Godrich.

Mr. Gough is one of the successful business men ho^
has always had great faith in the possibilities of thi
north country and the faculty to discern the poten
wealth of certain pulp and mining locations. He ha
been in association for many years with big men in thes
fields of endeavour, and is expert in his knowledge c
these affairs.

He has taken a keen interest in philanthropy and thing
charitable, and no just cause has gone unaided. Toront
knows him as one of its generous hearted and spirits
citizens. During the World War he was very active o
the Social Service Commission, and rendered muc
valuable aid in various causes.

Hardly yet in the prime of his splendid powers, grea
fields of usefulness may yet be entered by this viril
Canadian citizen. He is a member of the Toront
Board of Trade and the Canadian Manufacturer;
Association. His clubs are: The Lake ViewvGolf, th
York Pioneer, and the Columbus Fishing of Ogdensburi
New York, his recreations being fishing and motorinj
A Liberal in politics; in religion he is a Roman Catholic

Richard Patrick Gough married, in Watertown, Ne-
York, January 15, 1896, Alphonsine LeMay, daughter c
David LeMay, and they are the parents of seven chi
dren: Richard P., Jr., A. Arthur, Alexander D., Geral
dine, Marian, Mildred and Beatrice. The farail
residence is at No. 92 Crescent road, Toronto.

JOHN ALLAN CONSAUL, manufacturer of artisti
furniture and fine drapery, Toronto, was born in Fran!
fort, Hastings county, Ontario, December 12, 1872. H
was educated in the public schools and business colleg
at Belleville, Ontario, and there began his business caree
learning the cabinet maker's trade, with and remainin
in the employ of J. G. Frost, furniture and undertakini
for ten years. He became an expert in fine furnitui
making, and at the expiration of his ten years of servi(
with Mr. Frost began business under his own name i
Belleville, specializing in fine furniture and draperie
For seventeen years he continued a successful busine:
in Belleville, then moved to Toronto, where he has sin(
been engaged in the same business. Mr. Consaul mac
and furnished the artistic furniture which so attractive!
decorates the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, also man
of the fine chairs and other pieces of furniture in the Git
Hall. He executes contracts for artistic and decorati^
furniture all over the Dominion, his special designs ar
splendid workmanship being widely known and aj
predated.

Mr. Consaul is a member of the Conservative part
and is intensely public-spirited. His church affiliatic
is with the Methodist Episcopal faith, his fratern
society the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

He married, April 26, 1893, at Belleville, Ontari
Emma May Woodhouse, and they are the parents
nine children, all, except the youngest, born in Bell
ville: Herman, born May 7, 1894; Nora, born Januai
6, 1896; Evangeline, born July 2, 1898; Gladys, be
June 3, 1900; John A., born August 10, 1903; Harry M
born July 29, 1905; Marie, born October 1, 1906; Hele
born January 15, 1909; and Margaret R., born Septer
ber 5, 1916, at Sarnia, Ontario.

ARTHUR JAMES FROST— With the passing
Mr. Frost on August 27, 1922, Toronto lost one of i
best and longest established florists. Mr. Frost hi
been conducting a horticultural business of his own '

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887

Concord avenue for thirty years, and was widely known
and highly esteemed not only as a successful business
man of sound principles and strict integrity, but also as
a progressive and public-spirited citizen and a worthy
friend and associate.

Arthur James Frost was born in Suffolk, England,
November 2, 1863, son of George Butler and Sara
Ann (Underwood) Frost, the former a big coal operator
of Suffolk. He received a meager education in the
schools of Suffolk, and then came to Canada with his
parents. There he took up market gardening, and after
a time established a horticultural business of his own
outside the city of Toronto. His gardens and his
greenhouses were then entirely outside and beyond the
limits of the city of Toronto, but the city grew out to
him and finally surrounded him so that during the later
period of the thirty years during which he was in busi-
ness there he was located on Concord street, within the
city limits, though he had not changed his location.
During practically the entire period of his active life he
was engaged in the horticultural business, and during the
three decades of his management of the business on Con-
cord street he developed a large and important concern,
which is now conducted by his sons, Arthur G. P.
FVost and Fred Butler Frost. The short period of time
Juring which he was able to attend school as a boy he
compensated for by careful reading and thinking and
by intercourse with the world of men and affairs, and in
the truest sense of the word he was a self-educated and
self-made man. Of a fine, earnest, rugged type, honest,
faithful, and conscientious, and a lover of the beautiful,
he found in the production of flowers and plants not
3nly financial gain, but the delight which his artistic
qualities found in the constant association with beauty
>f color and form.

Politically Mr. Frost gave his support to the principles
and the candidates of the Liberal party, but he never
;ook an active part in the activities of his party. He was
1 member of the Sons of England, and his religious
iffiliation was with the Westmoreland Methodist
Dhurch, which for thirty years he supplied with a
jouquet of flowers each Sunday.

Mr. Frost married on July 6, 1887, in Toronto,
?arah Jane Balmer, who was born in England, Septem-
ber 21, 1868, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Rebecca
Baety) Balmer, and they are the parents of four
ihildren: Arthur G. P., born May 16, 1888; Fred Butler,
lorn July 3, 1890; Elizabeth Jane, born January 13,
1892; and William Jonathan, born October 27, 1898.

HERBERT HORSFALL, a business man of promin-
■nce in the city of Toronto, is of English birth and paren-
■age, a son of George Henry and Matilda (White)
lorsfall, his father, now retired, a former works' mana-
;er of the Dominion Wire Manufacturing Company,
limited, of Montreal.

Herbert Horsfall was born in Sheffield, England, Jan-
lary 27, 1880, but came to Canada in his youth, and
ifter completing high school entered McGill University,
vhence he was graduated in the class of 1902. After
saving college he entered the employ of the Dominion
Afire Manufacturing Company, Limited, of Montreal,
.s assistant superintendent, serving as such for four
'ears. In 1906 he was appointed general superinten-
lent of the same company, holding until 1910; then, for
hree years, 1910-13, was general superintendent of the
"anadian Wire and Cable Company, of Toronto; from
913 to 1915 was works' manager for that company, and
luring the years 1915-1918, vice-president and works'
nanager of the Leaside Munitions Company, Limited,
nd of St. Catharines Steel and Metal Company,
limited. During that period he was in charge of works

at Toronto, St. Catharines and Beaupr^, Quebec.
During the World War he was in charge of the manufac-
ture of six inch and nine inch shells for the Imperial Mu-
nitions Board, and twelve inch shells for the United
States Government, and also made time fuses and
aeroplane parts for the British Government. Since
1919 Mr. Horsfall has been vice-president and gen-
eral manager of the Canadian Wire and Cable Com-
pany. He is also vice-president of the Leaside Engin-
eering Company, and a director of the Laurentian
Power Company, of Quebec.

Mr. Horsfall is a Conservative in politics, and for the
past four years has been a councillor of the town o(
Leaside, York township. He is a member of the En-
gineering Institute of Canada; Engineers' Club of
Toronto; member of a sub-committee of the Canadian
Engineering Standards Association; member of the
Mississauga Golf and Country Club; and of the Masonic
order. He is a registered professional engineer. His
recreations are golfing, cricket and hunting.

Mr. Horsfall married, in Montreal, February 12, 1902,
Lena Rilance, daughter of Rev. William and Clara
(Arnold) Rilance, her father a Methodist clergyman of
Lachine, Quebec. Mr. and Mrs. Horsfall are the parents
of two sons: W. H. Douglas, and Russell.

JAMES H. FLACK— In 1913 Mr. Flack was appoint-
ed to his present post, manager of the Toronto branch
of the Thomas Davidson Company, Limited, and since
that year has directed his firm's interests in the Toronto
field. Mr. Flack was born in Ireland, in 1889, son of
James and Jeanette Flack, residents of Belfast, Ireland.
James Flack, who died in 1918, spent the active years
of his life in the flax spinning industry.

James H. Flack was educated in the schools of Bel-
fast, and about 1900 began the work of life in the ship-
yards of his native land. In 1912 he came to Canada,
locating in Montreal, and there became associated with
the Thomas Davidson Company, Limited, manufacturers
of stoves, ranges, cooking utensils, lithograph tinware
and steel castings. The Toronto branch was established
in 1912, and in 1913 Mr. Flack's abilities and industry
were awarded by appointment to its managership.

While building up a strong market for the Davidson
products in this district, Mr. Flack has formed numer-
ous associations in community life. He is a member
of the Toronto Board of Trade, the England Club, and
in religious faith is a Presbyterian. An Ulsterman, he
is a strong Unionist and follows the trend of affairs in
Ireland with deep interest and concern.

James H. Flack married, in Belfast, Ireland, Sarah
Skeith, of that city, and they are the parents of one son
and three daughters. The family home is at Glenfern
avenue.

GEORGE RICHARD ROGERS— Son of John
Barnard and Ellen (Mellench) Rogers, Mr. Rogers was
born at Tenterfield, Australia, September 9, 1876. He
received his preliminary education in the public schools
of Australia, and entered a technical school at Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia, for instruction in engineering.
He proceeded to the Ballarat School of Mines at Bal-
larat, whence he was graduated in the year 1899.

Mr. Rogers' first position was with the Rivertree Silver
Mines of New South Wales. He was surveyor and assay-
er for the company for a period of two years and seven
months. He then assumed complete charge of the mill
and amalgamation tables at the Malaterre Gold Mines
at South Taiga, Queensland, and in 1899 he joined his
uncle, Charles Rogers, who was manager of the Robinson
Deep Mines at the Rand, in South Africa. Mr. Rogers
remained at the Rand until the beginning of the war be-

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tween England and South Africa Republic, when he
enlisted and left Cape Town with the colours in 1901.
In 1904 he returned to the mines and, later in the same
year, advanced to a position with the Cape Copper
Company. He had complete charge of this company's
mining operations from that time until 1907.

In 1907, Mr. Rogers came to America and took charge
of the Alpine Gold Mines in Eastern Ontario, and of all
the mine and mill operations connected therewith, for a
group of Pennsylvania capitalists. In 1911 he was
employed by English interests to report on certain
mining properties, among others, the Bartlett & Welsh
Silver Mines, the Dobie-Reeve Silver Mines, Silvers,
Limited, the La Buck Silver Mines, the Boyd Gordon
Mining Company, and numerous other mining proper-
ties. During the years 1912 and 1916, Mr. Rogers was
in charge of the Mann Mines, Gowganda, for Toronto
interests. At present he is president and general
manager of the Wasapikia Consolidated Mines, Limited.
Mr. Rogers is a life-member of the Canadian Institute
of Mines and Metallurgy, and is also a life-member of
the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and affiliates
with Elk Lake Lodge, No. 507, Free and Accepted
Masons.

Mr. Rogers married Evelyn C. Mercer, a daughter of
Herbert Mercer, of Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia,
on March 15, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have three
children: Richard Herbert, who was born at Cape Town,
on July 31, 1906; Disa Evelyn, who was born at Toronto,
on November 2, 1907; and Eva Lillian, who was born on
July 12, 1909, at Toronto. The family residence is
at No. 37 Hilton avenue.

CHARLES ALFRED MAGUIRE— Widely popular
among all classes of Toronto's citizens, Charles Alfred
Maguire, since his first induction into municipal office
in 1909 has given virtually all his time to the city's
affairs, and when the time for election of mayor for 1922
arrived, it was felt that the honor was due Mr. Maguire,
and he was elected by acclamation, being the first mayor
of Toronto to receive the first term without a contest,
and he became the forty-first incumbent of the office
first held by William Lyon Mackenzie.

Charles Alfred Maguire is a native son, his parents
being James and Elizabeth (Brown) Maguire. His
father was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and came
to Toronto at the age of sixteen; his mother was born
in Toronto.

Charles Alfred Maguire was born in Toronto, May
24, 1876, at the family home. No. 70 Gerrard street.
West. He was educated at Elizabeth, Victoria, and
Wellesley schools. He entered business life in Toronto
and has for years been a member of the firm of Maguire
& Connon, chief representatives of the Royal Insurance
Company in Toronto and York county. He is also
vice-president of the Hydro-Electric Railway Association
and a member of the executive committee of the Hydro
Electric Power Association.

In 1909 Mr. Maguire was elected alderman for Ward
Three and was re-elected in 1910-11-12-14-15-16-17.
During 1912 he, for a part of the year, was controller of
the city, and re-elected for the entire years of 1918-19-20-
21, and, as stated above, was elected by acclamation
mayor of Toronto, December 21, 1921. At the inaugural
meeting of the new City Council, February 9, 1922,
Mayor Maguire outlined his program for the year and
signified his determination to carry out the will of the
people in the building of hydro radials, the building of a
railway viaduct on the water front, a low tax rate, street
extensions and city improvements long deferred. He
is an ardent and aggressive advocate of public ownership

and devoted to the interests of the city of his birth.
Mr. Maguire was re-elected mayor for 1923, this time
after a contest, the well known R. J. Fleming being his
opponent.

Mr. Maguire is a member of the Masonic order,
affiliated with St. Andrew's Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, and Occident Chapter, Royal Arch Masons;
Cyrene Preceptory, Knights Templar; and is a member
of Rameses "Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine; Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 778; and the
Knights of Pythias. His clubs are the Ontario and Oak-
wood Lawn Bowling. In politics he is a Liberal, in
religious faith a Presbyterian, connected with Deer
Park church.

Mr. Maguire married, February 9, 1900, Lillian,
daughter of Henry M. and Elizabeth (Clare) Cusack,
of London, and they are the parents of a son, Herbert,
born April 13, 1910. The family home is at No. 74
Oriole street, "Toronto.

ROBERT HUGHES, a well known Toronto business
man and head of the Howard Furnace Company, wss
born in Trenton, Ontario, February 15, 1881, son of
George and Jane (Hurven) Hughes, his father a shoe
merchant all his life.

Mr. Hughes was educated in grade and public schools,
and in special business courses has studied a subject
near to his heart — Business Efficiency. Upon leaving
school he began an apprenticeship of eight years in a
tinware and canning factory in Trenton, and at its
conclusion, worked in one of the departments of the
Malleable Iron Works at Oshawa, Ontario. He re-
mained in that position three years, then came, in 1904,
to Toronto. Here he obtained a position with the
Gurney Foundry Company, leaving to take charge of
the heating and construction work for the Canadian
Pacific railway over the different branches. After several
years in that position, he formed a connection with the
Howard Furnace Company, beginning in the spring of
1909. That company included a retail hardware busi-
ness which Mr. Hughes later purchased and removed to
No. 881 Yonge street, where he is conducting it most
successfully. He purchased the building and grounds
in the spring of 1921, and thereon erected a two-story
factory building, upon one end of the plot, and is now,
December, 1922, erecting a four-story factory of steel
and pier construction. The business of the Howard
Furnace Company was established in 1887, and many
Toronto homes of the best class have been equipped
with their heating systems. The business is continued
along the same lines by Mr. Hughes, who is familiar with
its every detail. In addition to his regular business he
has built as a speculative investment twenty-six large
houses in the beach district of Toronto's East End.
His hobby is in the study of fish and fishing, and he
has made many trips about Canada and Florida, United
States of America, where he has fished inland and
ocean, and maintains a small fish aquarium where he
has many species. He is very fond of automobiling
and travel.

Mr. Hughes is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and in political faith a Conservative. He is a
member of the Masonic order, and of the United
Workmen.

Mr. Hughes married, in Toronto, June 21, 1907,
Jeanette A. Swafield, daughter of Fergus and Martha
Swafield, her father a brick contractor. Mr. and Mrs.
Hughes are the parents of three children: King, George
and Madeline.

HOWARD GRAHAM was born in Aurora, Ontario,
September 1, 1882, son of John J. and Eliza (Stevenson)

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Graham. His father, who was born in Aurora, Novem-
ber 7, 1849, is now a resident of Toronto. The family
came to Toronto when Mr. Graham was very young and
have lived in the city ever since, his father serving as
city councilman, and likewise as alderman of his ward for
seventeen consecutive years.

Mr. Graham was educated in the Parkdale Public
School and in Parkdale Collegiate Institute. He
entered upon his business career at the early age of
seventeen years, establishing himself in the brokerage
business at No. 160 Bay street. He subsequently gave
up this location and moved to the Bank of Hamilton
building, and later had offices at Nos. 56-58 King street,
West, in which business he continued for a time.

He specialized in mining stocks and spent much time
at various mining camps in northern Ontario. He is
president of the Metal Mines of Northern Ontario, and
managing director of the Investors' Security Corpora-
tion.

In religious faith Mr. Graham is a member of the
Presbyterian church. In politics he is a Liberal. He is
a Mason, a member of St. Andrew's Lodge. His favorite
recreation is golf, and he holds membership in both
the Thornhill and the Summit Golf clubs.

In 1906 Howard Graham married in Toronto, Jessie
Dunlap, daughter of John H. and Alice (Montgomery)
Dunlap. Mrs. Graham's father, was born in New
York City, and is the president of Dunlap, Limited, of
New York. Her mother is also a native of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham have three daughters: Margaret,
Jean and Helen.

JAMES EDWARD O'FARRELL— Well known in
Florida, where he has financial interests and maintains
a beautiful winter home, and with many ties of sentiment
and relationship binding him to England, Mr. O'Farrell
is nevertheless a representative citizen of Toronto, and
one whose vision and industry this city has well reward-
ed. He was born at Derby, England, February 4,
1882, son of James and Annie L. (Upton) O'Farrell.

Mr. O'Farrell received his early education in the
ancient grammar school at Birmingham, and at the
youthful age of eight years, became an apprentice to
the proprietor of a general stationery store. He spent
five years as an apprentice clerk and then became, suc-
cessively, clerk and chief clerk of the business. After
filling the position of chief clerk for a number of years,
Mr. O'Farrell, in 1898, purchased the business out-
right. He conducted it successfully for two years and
then disposed of it to good advantage. In 1900 he left
Birmingham for Toronto and on the journey over,
the ship developing engine trouble, a landing was made at
a United States port, Mr. O'Farrell being provided with
transportation to "Toronto. Here he organized the
Canadian Cleaning Company, Limited, doing all of
his work himself. His stock in trade amounted to only
five dollars at the time, but the business began to grow
by leaps and bounds and in a few years attained a
wonderful development. At the present time, Mr.
O'Farrell has upon his pay-roll one hundred men who
work the year round, and the company has a branch
office in Buffalo, New York. Mr. O'Farrell personally
purchases his trade supplies in Europe, and in 1921 went
to Cherbourg, France, where he acquired five thousand
3kins (chamois), sending them to England for tanning.
It is a peculiar characteristic of his present large business
that he has nothing to sell but service, but public satis-
"action with the nature and quality of this intangible
:ommodity in its relation to domestic and commercial
•nanagement has built up a flourishing and prosperous
Jrganization. Mr. O'Farrell is also president of the
3ueen City Carpet Cleaning Company, president of the

Canadian Carpet Cleaning Company, and president of
the J. E. O'Farrell Company, interior and exterior decor-
ators.

Mr. O'Farrell is a member of the Board of Trade of
Toronto, the Board of Trade of Lakeworth, Florida, and
the Board of Trade of West Palm Beach, Florida. His
winter home is at Lakeworth, Florida, where he spends
the month of February each year.

Mr. O'Farrell married Edith Layfield Hills, daughter
of Harry E. Hills, a freeman of the City of London.
Mrs. O'Farrell is a graduate nurse of Guy's Hospital,
London. Mr. and Mrs. O'Farrell have two children:
Dorin Layfield, who was born at Toronto, November
18, 1911; and Eleen Gertrude, who was born April 12,
1913. The family residence is at No. 49 St. Andrew's
Gardens, Rosedale, Toronto.

HENRY BUTWELL— Coming to Canada from his
English home in 1857, Henry Butwell had planned to
enter agricultural operations, leaving behind him the
connections in brick manufacture he had formed in
youthful manhood under the instruction of hia father,
whose life had been spent in this industry. In his
Canadian home Mr. Butwell found such promisine
opportunities in the line in which he had been trained
that he altered his intention and formed associations
therein. From 1891 until his retirement in 1918, at
the age of eighty-seven years, he was engaged in in-
dependent brick manufacturing operations, experiencing
reverses with successes, steadily progressing, however,
to a position of prosperity and influence in the trade.
Mr. Butwell died in Toronto four years after his
retirement, a veteran of forty-three years' residence in
that city and of sixty-five years' residence in Canada.

Son of Richard and Prudence Butwell, of Oxfordshire,
England, Henry Butwell was born in 1830, and died in
Toronto, Canada. October 21, 1921. His education was
obtained largely by private study, and at an early age
he entered the brick manufacturing industry. In 1857
he came to Canada and, laying aside his plans for farm-
ing in favor of the line that had occupied him, he obtained
employment as a brickmaker. In 1859 he located
in Prince Edward county, Ontario; later was in
Belleville, Ontario; and in 1878 came to Toronto
in the employ of the government, manufactur-
ing brick for public buildings at the Central Prison.
Until 1891 he was engaged in this connection, but in
1882 he established an independent brick manufacturing
business on a large scale. Varying fortunes were
his lot during the early years of his manufacturing
activity, but industry and determination brought their
certain reward, and step by step he mounted to a high
place in the business. In 1918 he disposed of his manu-
facturing interests and retired, giving his attention to
the administration of his city real estate, to which he
gained title over a long period of years. Millions of
bricks were the output of his factory, and their excellence
of quality, which was never lowered under any con-
ditions, was his greatest pride.

Henry Butwell married, in Oxfordshire, England,
in 1851, Ann Coggins, who died in 1907. To them twelve
children were born eight of whom are: Caleb, Mark,
Annie, James, Elizabeth, Harry, Benjamin and Rich-
ard. All of the sons engaged in brick manufacture in
Toronto and elsewhere, they constituting the third
generation to make that industry their field of endeavor.

ANDREW MALCOLM HERON— In the automobile
world of Toronto the Reo Motor Sales Company holds a
leading position, with Andrew M. Heron as president
of the concern which distributes this well known car in
the Toronto district. Mr. Heron is of Scottish descent,

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and his family has been long on Canadian soil. His
grandfather, John Heron, was born in Muddy York, now
the city of Toronto, in 1797. He is a son of Archibald
and Martha (Henry) Heron, both now deceased. The
father, who was born in Scarboro' township, Ontario, was
engaged in farming in that community during his life-
time, and died in 1920, at the age of eighty-three years.
The mother died in 1911, at the age of seventy years.

Andrew M. Heron was born in Scarboro' township, De-
cember 9, 1874, and was educated in the township
schools. After leaving school he entered upon the work
of the home farm, soon taking a man's place, and even-
tually remained with his father until 1907. In that
year Mr. Heron came to Toronto and entered the build-
ing business, erecting and selling homes for the people.
He was very successful in this activity, which he followed
until 1915. War conditions prohibiting the previous
prosperity of the building trades, Mr. Heron, in De-
cember of that year, together with Thomas A. Cain and
William A. Cain, established and incorporated the
Reo Motor Sales Company, Limited, of Toronto. With
headquarters at 593-595 Yonge street, this concern deals
in Reo cars, both passenger and trucks; salesrooms,
service garage and offices all being at the same address.
Mr. Heron is president of the company, which covers
the city of Toronto and surrounding territory.

Mr. Heron is a member of the Automobile Dealers'
Association, and in connection with the above, his
principal interest, is a director of the Allen Paper Com-
pany, Limited. Fraternally he holds membership in
Acacia Lodge, No. 430, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, of which he is past master, and is also a Scottish
Rite Mason. His favorite sport is curling, and he is a
member of the Aberdeen Curling Club. He is a member
of the Presbyterian church.

In 1903 Mr. Heron married Emma Scott, of Scarboro',
who died in 1906, leaving one son, Malcolm L., now in
school. The family home is at No. 6 Balsam road,
Toronto.

EDGAR EDWARD LENNOX— Turning his activities
in a practical direction Edgar E. Lennox, of Toronto,
attained a successful position through the assistant
managership of the Universal Car Company, of which he
was also vice-president. Mr. Lennox is a son of Edward
James Lennox, a prominent architect of Toronto.

Mr. Lennox was born in Toronto, November 18,
1885, and receiving his early education in the public
and Model schools of his native city, he completed his
studies at Upper Canada College. His first business
association was with his father as his assistant in his
office, the greater part of the time as draftsman. Re-
maining in this connection for a period of twelve years,
Mr. Lennox became a member of the above named
concern, as vice-president, and also acted as assistant
manager.

Formerly, Mr. Lennox was a member of the Queen's
Own Rifles (Second Regiment), having been captain of
"D" Company, 1st Battalion, and he is now on the
retired list. He is a member of the Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, and of the Rosedale Golf Club, and holds
membership in the Anglican church.

Mr. Lennox married, in Toronto, Gretta Doherty, of
this city, and they reside at No. 39 Foxbar road.

HENRY GATHORNE BUCKLAND— With the

physical development of the city of Toronto the name of
Henry G. Buckland was long identified, and various new
and attractive sections of the city owe their existence
to his administrative activities. Mr. Buckland was a
son of George William Buckland, who was for many
years a grain merchant in Toronto.

Henry Gathorne Buckland was born in Toronto, Sep-
tember 26, 1865, and died in the city of his birth, October
19, 1915. Mr. Buckland received his early education
in the private schools of Toronto, then completed his
studies at the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, also
of this city. As his first venture into the business world,
Mr. Buckland became associated with William Reford,
then a prominent real estate man of Toronto, first in the
capacity of assistant, and later becoming a member ol
the firm. Upon the death of Mr. Reford, Mr. Buckland
continued the business for himself, winning his way tc
a foremost position in this field of endeavor. In latei
years Mr. Buckland took up insurance in connectior
with his business, but his most extensive interests wen
in real estate. Handling properties of every kind, hi
nevertheless gave the most attention to the develop
ment of the suburbs of the city, creating group aftei
group of charming residences for the people in sectioni
readily accessible to the business and industrial centen
in Toronto, and possessing all the attractiveness anc
healthfulness of suburban location. His work in thi;
connection will keep his memory alive long after thost
who were his contemporaries in other business activitie;
have passed on. Mr. Buckland was a man of quiet
tastes, and a home lover, interested only as a citizen ir
public life. He was a life member of the Society of St
George, and a member of St. Thomas's Anglican Church

In 1890, in Toronto, Mr. Buckland married Marj
Margaret Dill, daughter of John and Sarah Ann (Hughes'
Dill, of this city. Mrs. Buckland survives him, als(
their four children: Doris Margaret, wife of Roger H
Banks; Edith Mary; Ruth Holland; Georee Henrv.

JOHN GORDON PURVIS— One of the most
successful among the younger business men of Toronto
and general manager of the long established and widelj
known firm of William Rennie Company, Limited
seed merchants, Mr. Purvis has already had an inspiring
career and is destined to fill a very important place ir
the Canadian business world. He was born at Sunder
land, Ontario, March 7, 1881, son of Richard and Eliza-
beth (Thompson) Purvis.

Mr. Purvis was educated in the public schools o:
Sunderland, and upon his graduation from high school
became a clerk for J. F. Brownscombe, of Uxbridge
Ontario. In 1898 he came to Toronto, and two years
later entered the service of William Rennie Company
Limited, as an office boy. By diligence and industry
he rose from one position to another until, in 1904, hi
became the firm's bookkeeper and cashier. During thi
autumn of the same year the firm decided to open i
branch house at Winnipeg and sent Mr. Purvis to Man-
itoba to take charge of the necessary arrangements
Similarly, in the summer of 1905 he represented thi
firm in the establishment of a branch house in Vancouver
The following year, Mr. Purvis opened a branch foi
his firm at Montreal and remained in charge of the firm'!
business in that city until 1912. He then returned ti
Toronto to act as buyer for the firm, and after threi
years of undivided attention to the interests of the firn
in the purchasing department, he was appointed to thi
office of general manager, the position he now holds
In addition to his interests in the William Rennii
Company, Limited, Mr. Purvis is affiliated with C. S
Morrow in the management of J. A. Simmers, Limited
the assets of which were purchased by them in 1920
The offices of this company, which company is entirel;
distinct from the William Rennie Company, Limited, an
at No. 147 King street, East. Mr. Purvis is a membe
of the Anglican church. He belongs to the John Ros;
Robinson Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He alsi
is a member of the Ontario Club.

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Mr. Purvis married, on August 20, 1919, Myla
3andow, daughter of John W. and Evalena (Gerrow)
3andow. Mr. and Mrs. Purvis have no children.

EDGAR J. HOHS — The success of The Polusterine
Products Company of Canada, Limited, is due to the
ability of Edgar J. Hohs, president, who is a qualified
chemist, Ijeing a graduate of colleges in London, England,
and Heidelberg, Germany. This company was organ-
ized in 1913 by Edgar J. Hohs for the sole manufacture
of disinfectants and other chemical supplies. The plant
of the company, located at Nos. 168-70 Ontario street

covers an area of 12,000 square feet, with modemly
equipped laboratories for the manufacture of the
products. Agencies of the company are located at
Winnipeg and Montreal.

Besides a variety of chemical products, including hos-
pital and operating room supplies, the company
manufactures Polusterine, the only non-jwiaonous
disinfectant on the market, which is two and one-half
times stronger than carbolic acid; ucaline, Chile-paste,
embalming fluid, mange cures, chloryphol for coloring,
solyol, which corresponds to the German product
formerly known as lysol, and many other disinfectanta
and disease preventatives.

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